Villa Bohnenberger

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 Under the leadership of the victorious powers, the civilian administration of defeated Germany was rebuilt, initially with Allied military leaders as governors. Institutions of this kind were mainly housed in representative buildings of the former imperial administration. An excellent example of this is the Villa Bohnenberger on Olgastrasse in Stuttgart.

 

 

 The Württemberg Ministry of War had acquired the building in 1908 from the manufacturer family Bohnenberger. In the Third Reich, the office of the military district commander was here. In March 1945, the villa was occupied by the French armed forces. After Stuttgart fell into the American Zone, the villa became the seat of the US regional military government. France also maintained its own liaison office. After the founding of Baden-Württemberg, the successors of the American military government continued to use the building. With the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Germany, it again became the owner of the building. Since then, she has left the premises to the US armed forces for use. They maintain the US Army liaison office in Stuttgart, which maintains contacts with the state government, subordinate authorities and the Bundeswehr.

 The villa was owned by the Pforzheim-born privateer and landowner Artur Bohnenberger built.
Noteworthy are the sculptures and the garden loggia in the Italian Renaissance-Palazzo style with
the sandstone facade. The gate bears the year 1872.

 

 

As a child in the late 1950s, I also lived on Olgastrasse and 
kept dropping in here whenever I wanted to go to the playground.
At the time I had no idea what kind of villa it was. I was always 
enthusiastic about this terrace with the sculptures. Stuttgart is 
my hometown, I was born in this city, I lived in this city and I 
worked with this city on building law.
Stuttgart is a beautiful city, but most people haven't figured it 
out yet and above all it has a lot of history to offer.

 

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