Blick auf das Gebäude der Discontogesellschaft in der Behrenstraße 43/44

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The Disconto-Society, founded in 1851 as a cooperative loan institution, acquired a semi-detached house built around 1800 in Behrenstrasse 43/44 in 1856 and moves in there with its business areas. In 1868 the building was rebuilt by the architect Friedrich Hitzig in the style of the neo -Renaissance and receives a stately facade with a slightly protruding middle risalite. From 1888 the Disconto-Society had its headquarters torn down and built a five-storey banking palace by 1901 after plans by Ludwig Heim. Links two axes of the building of the German Cooperative Bank Soergel, Parrisius & Co, which in 1873 on the property of Behrenstraße 45 / corner Charlottenstraße 35 a Built and in 1909 in favor of a new building for the Disconto Society. On the right in the VG, the residential and commercial building Charlottenstraße 35 / corner of Behrenstraße 30 can be recognized.