Villa Wolde
Villa Wolde stands in Bremen’s Östliche Vorstadt as a neoclassical residence with two or three storeys and a mezzanine. Its grand columned portal gives the entrance a formal presence. Built between 1896 and 1898 for private banker Heinrich August Wolde, the house was designed by Hamburg architect Martin Haller and constructed by Diedrich Tölken. The Lombard Renaissance style reflects the confidence of Bremen’s late nineteenth-century bourgeoisie.
The ground floor opens into a hall with a stucco ceiling and partly preserved wooden panelling. Heinrich August Wolde lived here with his wife and several servants. After the Second World War, Berufsgenossenschaft Norddeutsches Holz owned the property until 1997. Renovation followed Stefan Thews’s acquisition, and the building has accommodated offices and a fitness studio since 1998. Bremen recognises the villa as a protected cultural monument.
The original property once stretched from Osterdeich to Vor dem Steintor, with an extensive garden between them. That former reach places the decorated residence within a larger urban landscape than its present surroundings suggest.
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