The State Council Building () is a building in the former

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that hosted the State Council (), the collective

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being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

of the German Democratic Republic (

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

or GDR), from 1964 to 1990.

History

The building, which lies to the south of the Schloßplatz, was constructed from 1962 to 1964 by the architects and . It incorporates in its asymmetrical facade the ''Karl-Liebknecht-Portal'' (Portal IV), a fraction of the facade of the former

Berlin Palace The Berlin Palace (), formerly known as the Royal Palace (), is a large building adjacent to Berlin Cathedral and the Museum Island in the Mitte area of Berlin. It was the main residence of the Electors of Brandenburg, Kings of Prussia and Ge ...

(''Berliner Schloss'') comprising the balcony from which

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proclaimed a "Free Socialist Republic of Germany" on 9 November 1918, on the eve of

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, two hours after Social Democrat

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proclaimed the "Republic of Germany" from a window of the

Reichstag building The Reichstag (; ) is a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin that is the seat of the German Bundestag. It is also the meeting place of the Federal Convention, which elects the President of Germany. The Ne ...

. After the

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of 1990, the building temporarily accommodated the offices of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Chancellery. This lasted from the move of the government from the Federal Chancellery in

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in 1999 until the inauguration of the new Chancellery in Berlin in 2001. Since 2006, its premises are occupied by a higher education institution, the

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(ESMT Berlin). For the reconstruction of the Palace, a copy of the Portal IV was made and integrated into the new building.Reconstruction des façades du château de Berlin
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Gallery

File:State Council building 017.JPG, Portal IV. File:State Council building.jpg, View from backyard. File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C0904-0002-002, Berlin, Staatsratsgebäude.jpg, The State Council Building in 1964.

References

{{Authority control Government buildings completed in 1964 Buildings and structures in Mitte 1960s in Berlin 1964 establishments in East Germany Buildings and structures of East Berlin

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