Reich Chancellery

Reich Chancellery
Reichskanzlei
Top: The main building and the small courtyard of the Old Reich Chancellery at Wilhelmstraße. Bottom: The entrance on Voßstraße to the Nazi era New Reich Chancellery.
General information
Address	Wilhelmstraße 77
Town or city	Berlin-Mitte
Country	Germany
Coordinates	52°30′42″N 13°22′55″E / 52.51167°N 13.38194°E / 52.51167; 13.38194
Completed	1939
Renovated	1939
Destroyed	1945
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Carl Friedrich Richter

The Reich Chancellery (German: Reichskanzlei) was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany (then called Reichskanzler) in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945. The Chancellery's seat, selected and prepared since 1875, was the former city palace of Adolf Friedrich Count von der Schulenburg (1685–1741) and later Prince Antoni Radziwiłł (1775–1833) on Wilhelmstraße in Berlin. Both the palace and a new Reich Chancellery building (completed in early 1939) were seriously damaged during World War II and subsequently demolished.

Today the office of the German chancellor is usually called Kanzleramt (Chancellor's Office), or more formally Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellor's Office). The latter is also the name of the new seat of the Chancellor's Office, completed in 2001.