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Chancellery: The official seat of the German heads of government in Berlin

2021-01-20T10:28:32.893Z


The Chancellery then and now. The Chancellery then and now. Visitors can marvel at the imposing official residence during a tour. With around 600 employees, the Chancellery has regular vacancies. The planned new building of the Chancellery is to expand the official seat. - The Chancellery is located at Willy-Brandt-Strasse 1 in Berlin-Mitte - Berlin - The Chancellery is one of the most imposing buildings in Berlin. As the of


The Chancellery then and now.

  • Visitors can marvel at the imposing official residence during a tour.

  • With around 600 employees, the

    Chancellery has

    regular vacancies.

  • The planned

    new building of the Chancellery

    is to expand the official seat.

- The Chancellery is located at Willy-Brandt-Strasse 1 in Berlin-Mitte -

Berlin - The

Chancellery

is one of the most imposing buildings in Berlin.

As the

official seat

of

Chancellor

Angela Merkel

, it is one of the most important institutions in Berlin with around 600 employees.

The Chancellery can be admired from the outside

during a

tour

.

However, selected interior areas are also

accessible

to visitors on a

guided

tour.

Many roads lead to the Chancellery

As

soon as you get off

at the

U5

underground station

Bundestag

, visitors are

greeted

with the

futuristic architecture

made of

steel

and

glass

before they even visit the Chancellery

.

On a circular plateau, they can

admire

the

architecture of

the

Chancellery

and the Bundestag before entering the actual office.

From the Ostbahnhof, the

Chancellery

can be reached in around twenty minutes using the S-Bahn S7 Westkreuz.

The

Chancellery is about a five-minute walk from the

Platz der Republik bus stop of

the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG).

Of course,

Willy-Brandt-Straße 1,

the most important political address in Germany, can be reached in many other ways.

The

arrival

by car is not a problem:

Parking

can motorists example, in John Fuster-Dulles-Allee.

From there you can comfortably

stroll

along Bettina-von-Arnim-Ufer to the

Chancellery

in less than fifteen minutes

.

The

Chancellery

can also

be reached

on foot

in

less than ten minutes

from the

main train station

.

If you want to enjoy a longer walk along the Spreebogen, you can stroll along the Ludwig-Erhard-Ufer through the Spreebogenpark before going to the Chancellery at the most important address in Germany.

A tour of the Chancellery in Berlin

If you have made it to the

Chancellery

either by public transport, on foot or with your own vehicle

, the

official seat

invites you

to take a

tour

.

Even from the outside, the imposing building looks like an architectural achievement.

Before the

corona pandemic

, parts of the building could be viewed from the inside.

Today

, however, the Federal Chancellery also offers a virtual tour as an alternative.

Parts of the official headquarters are displayed virtually on a total of five levels.

The Chancellery - the most modern architecture

During an

offline tour

, the extravagant construction of the building complex is already apparent from the outside.

The imposing ensemble of buildings was designed by the two Berlin architects

Axel Schultes

and

Charlotte Frank

.

During a

tour

, visitors can enter the entrance foyer via the entrance area with the right of way

.

An imposing

limestone sculpture

also catches

the eye on the

ground floor

.

The "big white head sign" invites you to think about a tour of the official headquarters.

Around 600 employees support the Chancellor in the Chancellery

Past the entrance foyer, the path leads through the

atrium

to the offices of the

employees of

the

Chancellery

.

Most of these 370 rooms are only about twenty square meters.

The light that shimmers through the atrium lets the rooms shine.

A planned new building is intended to offer employees more space.

The Chancellery meets the ravages of time with job vacancies that are updated around the clock: whether in administration, reception or in the post office, the Chancellery’s organizational chart is diverse.

An overview of the organization chart of the Chancellery

As

head of the

Chancellery

,

Federal Minister Dr.

Helge Braun at

the Chancellor's side with help and advice.

Other important figures in the

organization chart of

the Chancellery are the ministers of state. As parliamentary state secretaries, they perform the following tasks, among others:

  • Digitization: managed by Minister of State

    Dorothee Bär

    (CSU).

  • Culture and media fall within the remit of State Minister

    Monika Grütters

    (CDU).

  • State Minister

    Hendrik Hoppenstedt

    (CDU)

    is responsible for coordinating federal-state relations

    .

  • Migration, refugees and integration is an issue for

    State Minister

    Annette Widmann-Mauz

    (CDU).

The Chancellery as an institution

The

Organization

of the

Chancellery

is one of the most important institutions in the political landscape of Germany, as expected, relatively complex.

The

Chancellery

has a total of

seven departments

with different areas of responsibility.

  • Department 1: Central Department;

    Domestic and legal policy

  • Department 2: Foreign, Security and Development Policy

  • Department 3: Social, Health, Labor Market, Infrastructure and Social Policy

  • Department 4: Economic, Financial and Energy Policy;

    Personal representative of the Federal Chancellor for the G7 / G20 summits

  • Department 5: European Policy

  • Department 6: Political Planning, Innovation and Digital Policy, Strategic IT Management

  • Department 7: Federal Intelligence Service;

    Coordination of the federal intelligence services

But not all political decisions are made in the official headquarters in Berlin.

In addition to the

official seat

in Berlin, the

Chancellery also has

a

location in Bonn

, which is known as the official

seat

.

The planned new building for the Chancellery should create more space

A planned

new building

with a budget of around

six hundred million

euros

is to

double the area of

the existing building complex of the

Chancellery

.

But even without an extension, the Federal Chancellery is an imposing building.

The

official seat of

the German Chancellor is one of the largest building complexes in Germany with a floor space of 25,347.

The Chancellery is around

eight times larger than the White House

in Washington and around

ten times larger

than

Downing Street

in London.

Nevertheless, there is not enough space in this building complex for all employees of the Chancellery.

Because the number of employees in the Chancellery is growing steadily, especially since numerous job offers make work in the public service interesting for many people.

Various job offers in the Chancellery

The extremely complex structures of the Chancellery make it necessary to enlarge the building ensemble.

Because the

job offers of

the Chancellery make work in the public service more interesting for many people than

just

a

viewing

.

There are various options: from job offers for

young professionals

to employees with professional experience, there are a variety of different career opportunities in the Chancellery.

For example, the

Chancellery has a

wide range of vacancies in administration or logistics.

With the constantly growing demands of the labor market, the Chancellery under the leadership of

Federal Minister Dr.

Helge Braun

is definitely a safe employer for those interested in politics.

The history of the Chancellery

The

construction

of the

official residence

in Berlin was purchased 2,001th

The construction of the imposing building complex took only

four years

.

Renewable energies were used

as early as the planning in the 1990s

.

In 1993, the design by the Berlin architectural duo

Axel Schultes

and

Charlotte Frank was

chosen, which

symbolizes

the

reunification of Germany

and Berlin across the Spree

in an impressive way through the "Band des Bundes"

.

Today two long rows of buildings line the Spree, in the center the

cube of the

Chancellery

, which was occupied only four years after the start of construction in 1997.

"Band des Bundes" - the government district in Berlin

In addition to the

Chancellery

, the

Paul-Löbe-Haus

on the west side of the Spree and the

Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus

on the east side

also belong

to the "

Band des Bundes

".

The Paul-Löbe-Haus, also known as the “

Motor of the Republic

”, is one of the most futuristic buildings in the government district.

The Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus on the east side was completed in 2003 as the third new parliament building on the Spree.

An expanding new building is underway there today and will be completed in 2021.

In addition to the actual

official residence

, there is a whole range of architectural features in Berlin that

are worth

a

visit

.

Source: merkur

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