The Imperial Chancellory (German Reichskanzlei) is the traditional name of the office of the German Chancellor. Today it is usually called Kanzleramt (Chancellor's Office), or more formally Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellor's Office). The head of government in Germany has traditionally been called Kanzler ( Chancellor). ... Bundeskanzleramt, Berlin, Germany The Bundeskanzleramt (federal chancellory) is the administrative body of the Chancellor of Germany. ...

Building from 1938

Model of the new Reich Chancellory.

In 1938, Albert Speer was assigned by Hitler to built the new German Reich Chancellory in the capital of Berlin. Within a year, the building was completed. Under the complex was the Führerbunker, where Hitler committed suicide. A model of Albert Speers New German Reichs Chancellery. ... A model of Albert Speers New German Reichs Chancellery. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Albert Speer Albert Speer (March 19, 1905 – September 1, 1981), sometimes called the first architect of the Third Reich, was Hitlers chief architect in Nazi Germany and became in 1942 minister of armament in Hitlers cabinet. ... Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Führer und Reichskanzler (leader and chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... The Führerbunker (or Fuhrerbunker) is the name commonly given to the complex of subterranean rooms in Berlin, Germany, where Adolf Hitler committed suicide. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally ending ones own life. ...

Hitler decreed that the enormous new Chancellory should impress every visitor with its monumentality. "On the long corridor from the entrance to the reception hall, they'll learn something about the grandeur of the German Reich," Hitler said. The long corridor was to be 300 metres long, with a court of honour, a forecourt, a mosaic hall, a round hall, and a marble gallery along the way. Hitler's own office was 400 square metres in size. From the exterior, the chancellery has a stern, authoritarian appearance.

Photograph of the Marble Gallery.

From the Wilhelmplatz, visitors would enter the Chancellory through the Honour Courtyard. At the far end of the courtyard was the main entrance, flanked by two bronze statues by sculpture Arno Breker: "Wehrmacht" and "Partei". Photograph of the Marble Gallery in the New German Reichs Chancellery. ... Photograph of the Marble Gallery in the New German Reichs Chancellery. ...

Entering the Chancellery, visitors would find themselves in a small reception area, followed by the impressive Mosaic Hall. The floor and the walls of this room were all covered with red-stone marble; daylight entered the hall through a large dome in the roof. Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ...

The next chamber after the Mosaic Hall was the Round Hall, which would grant one access to the even more impressive Marble Gallery. 145 metres in length, the Marble Gallery was twice the size of the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, designed solely to impress visitors of the Chancellory. In the centre of the gallery was the door leading to Hitler's office. Almost 400 metres in square, the office, also, was designed to overwhelm its visitors. For the room of this name there, see the item in the article Palace of Versailles. ... Versailles, formerly the capital city of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ...

After the war, the Soviet occupation force demolished the Chancellory and used parts of it to renovate the adjacent war damaged subway station U-Bahnhof Mohrenstraße . Soviet redirects here. ...

External link

• Photos Of the Reich Chancellery area 1989-1999 (http://www.berlinphotos.co.uk/vossa.htm)