This building on Werderscher Markt is home to
Germany's Auswärtiges Amt, or Foreign Ministry
of Germany.
After reunification the Bundestag moved back to
Berlin and when that happened homes needed to be
found for the various federal
institutions. The solution for the Foreign
Office was to house it in the building that had
once been home to the Reichsbank and the Central
Committee (seen on the far left of the image
below). The architect Hans Kollhoff was
commissioned to renovate the old building.
Later a new building was added to the complex
facing the old building across a
courtyard.
This "new wing", featured on this page, was
designed by the architectural practice of Thomas
Müller and Ivan Reimann. Work began on the
building in 1997 and was completed two years
later. It houses a visitors centre,
cafetaria, library and the offices of the United
Nations. The eastern end of the building
another courtyard, this time within the new
building, overlooks the River Spree.
