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Prinz Max Palace
The Prinz-Max-Palais is a building in the Gründerzeit style in Karlsruhe. It is named after Prince Max of Baden, the last Chancellor of the German Empire.
The building was constructed between 1881 and 1884 according to plans by the architect Josef Durm. The banker August Schmieder, who acquired his fortune in Breslau, had the villa built as his retirement home. In 1894, Prince Max of Baden acquired it.
During the air raids in World War II, the building was severely damaged. After its reconstruction, it housed the Federal Constitutional Court and the University of Education for some time. Since 1981, the Prinz-Max-Palais has housed the Municipal Cultural Center with the Museum for Literature on the Upper Rhine, the City History Museum, and the Youth Library.
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