Villa Korn
Villa Korn stands in Saarbrücken as a heritage-protected villa built in the Italian Neorenaissance style. Its two-storey street façade combines yellowish sandstone, rustication, segmental-arch windows and an elaborate entrance framed by two fluted Tuscan columns.
Merchant Wilhelm Korn began shaping factory grounds on Talstraße into a garden in 1860, then replaced the Comptoir with this villa by 1880. Sophie Korn commissioned architect Hans Peter Weszkalnys to remodel the house in 1908, followed by another renovation in 1923 and a mezzanine addition in 1930. Since the end of the First World War, the property has served administrative purposes, and the villa now forms part of offices for the Saarland Ministry of the Interior and Sport.
Inside, panelled rooms, a skylit entrance hall and a grand staircase reveal the former residents’ wealth. A first-floor hallway preserves an antique statue in a wall niche, while the former garden now serves as a ministry car park.
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