Dachenhausen Palace

The Dachenhausen Palace in Hanover is the only surviving aristocratic palace in the Calenberger Neustadt district and is now owned by the Friederikenstift. The two-story building was constructed before 1800 and renovated in 1830 with a Neoclassical stucco facade; it underwent restoration in 1992. From 1814 to 1830, the palace served as the residence and official seat of the court bailiff Johann Friedrich Kaufmann. It subsequently served as the residence of Kielmannsegge and Friedrich Wilhelm von Dachenhausen—after whom the building was named—until 1843. In 1856, the banker Louis Ephraim Meyer acquired the palace and established the business offices of his banking house there. From 1856 to 1862, the building was also the residence of the regional rabbi, Samuel Ephraim Meyer. After the banking firm collapsed in 1926, the Women’s Association for the Care of the Poor and Sick took over the palace as the governing body of the Friederikenstift. Attempts to demolish the building failed due to objections from the historic preservation authorities. In 1950, the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church rented the palace and established it as the official residence of Regional Bishop Hanns Lilje. Beginning in 1968, the Friederikenstift used the building for various institutions.

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