Villa von Schertel
Villa von Schertel stands on the Geisberg hillside in Wiesbaden, surrounded by a gently sloping, park-like estate of 6,500 square metres. The English country house design gives the building a distinctive setting beside the Goethewarte, inaugurated next door in 1932.
Munich architect Ernst Haiger built the villa between 1928 and 1929 for the Schertel von Burtenbach family. Prussia acquired the property in 1937, and American occupying forces confiscated it after the Second World War before returning it to Hesse a few months later. Since then, the ground floor has hosted receptions and state honours, while the upper floor contains an apartment for the Hessian Minister-President. A 1.6-million-Deutsche-Mark renovation and the later Dienstvilla affair ended its use as a private residence in the early 1990s.
One vivid change remains on the grounds: Minister-President Holger Börner had the swimming pool demolished.
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