Wilhelm Marx House (Wilhelm-Marx-Haus) is a historical high-rise building in the central district of

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...

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. It was one of the first highrise buildings in Germany. Wilhelm Marx House was finished in 1924 (beginning of the construction was in 1922) and was one of the first skyscrapers in Europe. It is 57 meters high and has 13 floors above ground level. The architect was Wilhelm Kreis. It was named after

Wilhelm Marx Wilhelm Marx (15 January 1863 – 5 August 1946) was a German lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. He was the chancellor of Germany twice, from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928, and he also served briefly as the ...

, who was mayor of Düsseldorf in the early 20th century and started a programme for the modernisation of the city in that time. This Wilhelm Marx is not the same person as the German Chancellor

. The building was renovated in the 1990s. Wilhelm Marx House was previously home of the Düsseldorf Stock Exchange and presently includes a theatre, called "JuTA" (''"Junges Theater in der Altstadt"'', or ''"Young Theatre in the Old Town"'').

External links

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Marx House at the Official Website of the City of Düsseldorf
* Buildings and structures in Düsseldorf Modernist architecture in Germany Houses completed in 1924 {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub