Hackesche Höfe
Hackesche Höfe—Hacke’s Courtyards—presents Berlin’s courtyard life in a modern, deliberate form: the complex brings together eight interconnected courtyards, reached through a main arched entrance on Rosenthaler Straße, just beside Hackescher Markt. What marks it in the city’s architectural story is style and planning. Designed in Jugendstil, or Art Nouveau, by August Endell, the project began in 1906 and culminated as a developed courtyard complex in 1923. The first courtyard is especially striking for its polychrome glazed brick facade, and the whole arrangement follows a clear separation of functions—residential spaces, crafts, trade, and culture—unlike many 19th-century courtyards. This mix also shaped cultural history. In 1909, Kurt Hiller and Jakob van Hoddis founded Der Neue Club here, staging literary evenings under the name Neopathetisches Cabaret, which could draw hundreds of spectators. …
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