#Industrial and technical building #Leipzig #1933
Description
Although it was built during the Nazi regime, this building has many details that can be categorised as classic International Modernism. The Nazis' style regulations were less binding for commercial buildings, as the functionalist construction method was suitable for more efficient building.
The building served as a sorting centre for mail. A conveyor bridge was built over the road to connect it to the post station. The halls were used for sorting and delivering mail. Their shed roofs are made of glass so that the work areas were better lit.
All facades are cladded with orange ceramics.
Description
Although it was built during the Nazi regime, this building has many details that can be categorised as classic International Modernism. The Nazis' style regulations were less binding for commercial buildings, as the functionalist construction method was suitable for more efficient building.
The building served as a sorting centre for mail. A conveyor bridge was built over the road to connect it to the post station. The halls were used for sorting and delivering mail. Their shed roofs are made of glass so that the work areas were better lit.
All facades are cladded with orange ceramics.
History
The postal service near Leipzig's Central Railway Station has a longer history than this building. Leipzig Central Station was opened in 1915 and featured a Saxon and Prussian sections. This also applies to the postal service.
This building was built in 1933 as an extension to the former Saxon postal station. It is mentioned that the construction lasted from 1933 to 1936. We do not know who was the architect.
The postal system was politically synchronised under the Nazis. Postage became considerably cheaper from 1933. It can be assumed that more mail was sent. Postal secrecy was abolished and the post was also used for war preparations. This building plays an important functional role in this history. Equipped with a conveyor bridge to transport the mail from the postal station to the main building, it used to be the largest mail sorting centre in Germany after its construction. Likewise after World War II in the GDR.
Some Leipzig residents still associate the building with the currency reform in 1990. Shortly before German reunification people came here to pick up the first Deutsche mark. Mail was still sorted here until 1994, before a new postal freight centre was built in Leipzig-Radefeld, because mail in Germany was no longer carried by trains.
History
The postal service near Leipzig's Central Railway Station has a longer history than this building. Leipzig Central Station was opened in 1915 and featured a Saxon and Prussian sections. This also applies to the postal service.
This building was built in 1933 as an extension to the former Saxon postal station. It is mentioned that the construction lasted from 1933 to 1936. We do not know who was the architect.
The postal system was politically synchronised under the Nazis. Postage became considerably cheaper from 1933. It can be assumed that more mail was sent. Postal secrecy was abolished and the post was also used for war preparations. This building plays an important functional role in this history. Equipped with a conveyor bridge to transport the mail from the postal station to the main building, it used to be the largest mail sorting centre in Germany after its construction. Likewise after World War II in the GDR.
Some Leipzig residents still associate the building with the currency reform in 1990. Shortly before German reunification people came here to pick up the first Deutsche mark. Mail was still sorted here until 1994, before a new postal freight centre was built in Leipzig-Radefeld, because mail in Germany was no longer carried by trains.
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