Berlin. Giesebrechtstrasse – Art Nouveau / Jugendstil

The street is located in the district of Charlottenburg, between Wilmersdorfer Strasse and Kurfürsterdamm.

Starting from S-Bahn station Wilmersdorfer Strasse, the street opens with a neoclassical  fountain with eclectic ornaments.

Berlin Geisebrechtstrasse 1

The main tenements built in Jugendstil are numbers 3 and 20

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Tenements on Geisebrechtstrasse  were built around 1900, together with the commercial area around Ku’damm.

On the number 3 one can clearly see the floral ornaments and shapes, characteristic to the style.

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The number 20 on the other hand is decorated in a more eclectic style, with mythical creatures.

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The ornaments in Jugendstil can be found also on other buildings around the street

Geisebrechtstrasse Berlin 9

Before the war the area was populated by Berlin inteligencia, mainly of Jewish origin.

Geisebrechtstrasse Berlin 10

In the vacinity one can also find an old school building.

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It is also full of eclectic ornaments with very interesting entrances.

Geisebrechtstrasse Berlin 12

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Geisebrechtstrasse Berlin 15Geisebrechtstrasse Berlin 16

See my other entries on Art Nouveau/Jugendstil buildings in Berlin:

Hotel Splendid: https://seeinberlin.com/2016/01/11/art-nouveau-traces-in-berlin-1-splendid-hotel/

Gräfekiez: https://seeinberlin.com/2016/01/25/secession-in-berlin-1-graefekiez/

Tietz: https://seeinberlin.com/2016/02/02/berlin-brothers-tietz-shopping-mall-gebruder-tietz-jugendstil-art-nouveau/

Bülowstraße: https://seeinberlin.com/2016/02/16/u-bahn-station-at-buelowstrasse-art-nouveau-jugendstil/

Roter Adler: https://seeinberlin.com/2016/03/01/art-nouveau-traces-in-berlin-roter-adler-hotel-michaelsen-palais/

Admiralspalast: https://seeinberlin.com/2016/03/08/admiralspalast-art-nouveau-jugendstil/

Wittenbergplatz: https://seeinberlin.com/2016/05/10/wittenbergplatz-subway-u-bahn-station-in-berlin-charlottenburg/

Französischer Friedhof:  https://seeinberlin.com/2016/05/24/the-dorothenstadt-french-cemetery-dorotheenstadtischer-franzosischer-friedhof/

Thomasiusstraße: https://seeinberlin.com/2016/06/07/apartment-building-at-thomasiusstrasse-art-nouveau-jugendstil-belle-epoque/