The city of Neuruppin

Modern architectural trends can rarely be spotted with the city limits of Neuruppin and those that exist originate from 1930 onwards. Nonetheless, the craftsmen from Gildenhall left their mark here as well. The Alt Ruppin school, Am Weinberg 1, (7), which was designed by Heinrich Westphal for a competition held in 1927/28 and built in 1929/30, is still regarded as one of the most important examples of the Neues Bauen movement in the region. The architectural sculptor Hans Lehmann-Borges also worked on a number of houses here. The impressive corbel figures of helmeted fire-fighters at the fire brigade station at Schinkelstraße 23/24 (8), which was built in 1926, clearly carry his trademark as do some portals adorned with terracotta and ceramic tiles (also in Schifferstraße 4b (9)). The office building (former job centre) at Bahnhofstraße 17 is decorated with ceramic tiles depicting allegoric representations of various professions (10). Lehmann-Borges designed the entrance gate to a house in Fehrbelliner Straße 144-146 which was built for employees of the state mental asylum in 1926 (11). Another decorative portal with allegoric depictions of the usefulness of electricity and gas was located at the administrative building of the municipal gas works at Seestraße (12). Since 2007, this building, which was once used in the management of the blessings of modern energy in Neuruppin, has been providing blessings for body and soul in the form of the Mark Brandenburg resort spa treatment centre. Thankfully, the entrance portal, which is viewed as one of Lehmann-Borges's most important works, was preserved and integrated into the new building.