Ribbeck Palais

The Ribbeck House in Berlin-Mitte is the oldest surviving residential building in the city, a Late Renaissance structure.

In 1624, Privy Councillor Hans Georg von Ribbeck had the house constructed. Between 1665 and 1670, it was integrated into the reconstruction of the Alter Marstall by Michael Mathias Smids, acting on behalf of the Great Elector. In 1804, a third floor was added, although the original voluted gables were later restored by royal command. In the 19th century, annexes were added but removed again in 1964. After being damaged in World War II, it was rebuilt by the early 1950s. The original 17th-century round-arched portal was replaced by a copy in the 1960s. During a reconstruction in 1986, a cross vault was discovered in the cellar and subsequently restored.