Postfuhramt

Postfuhramt
Postfuhramt (2024)
Former namesKaiserliche Postfuhramt
Alternative namesRohrpost Berlin, Postamt Rohrpost
General information
Coordinates52°31′31″N 13°23′34″E / 52.52528°N 13.39278°E / 52.52528; 13.39278
Construction started1875
Construction stopped1881
Opened1881 (age 143144)

Postfuhramt (English: Mail Delivery Office), formally known as Kaiserliche Postfuhramt (English: Imperial Mail Delivery Office) is a historic building built in 1881 and located on Oranienburger Straße (English: Oranienburger Street) at the corner of Tucholskystraße (English: Tucholsky Street), in the Spandauer Vorstadt area of Mitte, Berlin. Since 1975, it has been a listed as a protected building (via Denkmalschutz).

At the Postfuhramt Ottomar Anschütz held the first showing of life sized pictures in motion on 25 November 1894. From 2006 until 2012, the space hosted an art gallery and exhibitions. In 2012, the building was sold to Biotronik, a medical manufacturing company specializing in medical technology.