Villa Adlon
Villa Adlon stands in Neu Fahrland, a district of Potsdam, as an example of Neo-Baroque architecture. Hans Rottmayer designed the villa for hotelier Louis Adlon. Built in 1925, the complex combines a single-storey main building, a guest house, and a boathouse on a 5,100-square-metre property. Expressionist spatial design shapes parts of this Neo-Baroque ensemble.
Its changing history includes accommodation for Soviet naval personnel during the Potsdam Conference after Louis Adlon’s death. The building later housed a children’s clinic and a civil defence school. After German reunification, Brandenburg’s State Academy for Public Administration used the villa until 2008. The property returned to Adlon heirs before an entrepreneur and partner purchased it in 2011.
Villa Adlon also became a filming location, including for the third season of Babylon Berlin. The villa hosted a controversial meeting attended by right-wing extremists. The property connects architectural history with civic, medical, educational, and cinematic uses in Potsdam. It remains a protected historic monument in Potsdam.
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