Kreisständehaus
The Kreisständehaus stands in Alt-Saarbrücken beside Schlossplatz, where its neo-baroque façade joins the square’s baroque ensemble. A high hipped roof, roof rider, central entrance, and two corner projections give the protected monument its balanced appearance.
Built around 1765 as a remise, lingerie, and lock-up, the building gained two classical wings in 1851. Its rooms later held a peace court, a royal district court, administrative offices, and the residence of the district administrator. In 1910, Berlin architects Alfred Salinger and Eugen Schmohl replaced the original structure with the building visible today. Since 1993, it has housed the Museum for Prehistory and Early History, while the Old Collection of the Saarland Museum moved in during 2006. A glass connecting building now leads directly to the museum in Saarbrücken’s Schlosskirche.
Renovations removed the original neo-baroque interior, but a wrought-iron railing from Palais Bode and the vestibule columns remain. In 1946, the Protestant parish of Alt-Saarbrücken used these rooms as an emergency church after war damage closed the nearby Schlosskirche.
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