Villa Sehmer
Villa Sehmer stands in Saarbrücken as a three-storey late-classicist villa with an almost square plan. Its symmetrical street façade centres on an entrance framed by Tuscan columns, while a flat-hipped roof, narrow side projections and a southern garden loggia shape the building.
Theodor Sehmer commissioned the villa between 1880 and 1882, and architect Gustav Schmoll is believed to have designed it. A coach house followed in 1889, then architect Karl Brugger added a garden pavilion in 1893. Road expansion altered the entrance in 1913, while later changes removed part of the garden house and greenhouse and replaced the winter garden with a solid structure.
Saarbergwerke AG acquired the property in 1957 and used it as a guest house. Since 2002, Gästehaus Erfort has occupied the villa, with Klaus Erfort’s restaurant receiving three Michelin stars since 2008.
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