Google Translation: The Sprinkenhof is a nine-story office building in Hamburg Kontorhausviertel that occupies the entire complex between Old Town, Burchardstraße and John Wall. Runs through the courtyard between Burchard and Old Town Road in two parallel tracks, the Springeltwiete. The office building was built from 1927 to 1943 in three phases of Hans and Oskar Gerson and Fritz Hoger. With the work on the Gerson Sprinkenhof 1925 began with another monumental Hoeger in Kontorhausviertel, immediately northeast of Chile House - only separated by Burchardstraße - located. The collaboration between the two agencies was based on an alert view to obtaining the best offer by the investor in terms of your buildings in immediate vicinity (Messberghof and Chile House). Under the draft, initially 122 apartments with 10,600 sqm in front, which were not realized. In the basement, the first underground Hamburg was provided. The central reason for the shape of the overbuilding Springeltwiete was a nine-storey cube. The facade is covered with a diamond-shaped pattern clinker, thus emphasizing the block character. Regular ornaments by Ludwig Kunstmann with symbols of commerce and crafts adorn the facade. For the front decoration clinker and terracotta are used. Apart from the south entrance in one central building riesiege fist protrudes with a hammer from the gilded facade that is also from L.Kunstmann. Hans and Oskar Gerson invoked in the form of elements of the Ducal Palace in Venice and the Casa de las Conchas in Salamanca. Later on Burchardplatz after conception by Fritz Schumacher added another, slightly shouldered wing. In the east, on Midsummer Wall was another wing, which was executed by Fritz Hoger alone since Hans Gerson died in 1931 and Oskar Gerson could no longer perform his job. [1] In the east wing, the Interior Ministry has its headquarters on the corner of this wing has low road / John Wall a large "round corner". Above the entrance, a stone sculpture of L. Kunstmann is attached. Hamburg then encloses largest office complex with shops, residential and storerooms three courtyards. The central courtyard shared by two roads that led to an underground car park. From 1999 to 2002 there was a conversion instead of extensive renovation. The two construction company Philipp Holzmann AG, Holst and Friedrich founded the business even during construction house Old Town AG to manage the new office building. 1935 they went into the possession of the city of Hamburg and several years later was renamed Sprinkenhof AG.
