Villa Herpich
Villa Herpich stands on Karl Marx Straße in Babelsberg, Potsdam, as a two-storey early twentieth-century villa. Swedish architect Alfred Grenander designed the building for fur merchant Paul Herpich between 1910 and 1911. Its classical villa form incorporates modern influences from the period.
The villa became a setting for the Potsdam Conference in 1945, when Soviet leader Joseph Stalin stayed there. Afterward, the building housed the Academy of Political Science and Jurisprudence, then Konrad Wolf Film University until 1993. Germany recognized it as an architectural heritage monument in 1977. The large dining room retains its solid wood panelling from the original interior.
A grand entrance hall contains a fireplace, decorative ceiling, and textile wall coverings. Its neobaroque garden once featured terraced paths and hedges, but construction of the Berlin Wall altered it significantly. A plaque outside commemorates Stalin’s stay, while the villa serves as representative office space for Bauindustrieverband Berlin-Brandenburg.
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