Ein Holzhaus als Botschaft

Die erste diplomatische Vertretung des Deutschen Reichs in Ankara 1924

Abstract

When the Republic of Turkey was founded and Ankara became the new capital, the German Reich reacted promptly in 1924 by erecting a prefabricated wooden building to serve as the embassy. The factory-made wooden units were supplied by Christoph & Unmack AG of Niesky in Upper Lusatia, a significant firm for modern-era timber construction. Once a larger, stone building had been erected for the embassy in Ankara, the wooden building was reassembled in 1934 on the grounds of the Atatürk Orman Çiftliği, where it still stands today. Precise structural documentation was carried out in 2010. The results of the investigations into this monument, as unusual as it is significant, are presented in three separate reports.