{"id":985,"date":"2018-11-15T05:33:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T04:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/?page_id=985"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T15:42:00","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/en\/information\/historie\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"985\" class=\"elementor elementor-985\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44531f2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44531f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Europa-Center-Berlin_20190225_IMG_9780_21_9.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Europa-Center-Berlin_20190225_IMG_9780_21_9-768x329.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1e2366 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1e2366\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-66f134f\" data-id=\"66f134f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b790842 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b790842\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Historie<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-171c404 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"171c404\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e413b05\" data-id=\"e413b05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-336cdd8 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-9825 elementor-widget-jet-mega-menu\" data-id=\"336cdd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-mega-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-00_information_menu-container\"><div class=\"jet-menu-container\"><div class=\"jet-menu-inner\"><ul class=\"jet-menu jet-menu--animation-type-none jet-preset-9748 jet-menu--roll-up\"><li id=\"jet-menu-item-11204\" class=\"jet-menu-item jet-menu-item-type-custom jet-menu-item-object-custom jet-has-roll-up jet-simple-menu-item jet-regular-item jet-menu-item-11204\"><a href=\"\/oeffnungszeiten\/?sub=1\" class=\"top-level-link\"><div class=\"jet-menu-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"jet-menu-title\">\u00d6ffnungszeiten<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"jet-menu-item-11221\" class=\"jet-menu-item jet-menu-item-type-custom jet-menu-item-object-custom jet-has-roll-up jet-simple-menu-item jet-regular-item jet-menu-item-11221\"><a href=\"\/information\/parkhaus-v2\/?sub=1\" class=\"top-level-link\"><div class=\"jet-menu-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"jet-menu-title\">Anfahrt \/ Parken<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"jet-menu-item-11093\" class=\"jet-menu-item jet-menu-item-type-custom jet-menu-item-object-custom jet-has-roll-up jet-simple-menu-item jet-regular-item jet-menu-item-11093\"><a href=\"\/information\/innenplan\/?sub=1\" class=\"top-level-link\"><div class=\"jet-menu-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"jet-menu-title\">Centerplan<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"jet-menu-item-11222\" class=\"jet-menu-item jet-menu-item-type-custom jet-menu-item-object-custom jet-has-roll-up jet-simple-menu-item jet-regular-item jet-menu-item-11222\"><a href=\"\/information\/wir-ueber-uns\/?sub=1\" class=\"top-level-link\"><div class=\"jet-menu-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"jet-menu-title\">Wir \u00fcber uns<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"jet-menu-item-11224\" class=\"jet-menu-item jet-menu-item-type-custom jet-menu-item-object-custom jet-has-roll-up jet-simple-menu-item jet-regular-item jet-menu-item-11224\"><a href=\"\/information\/storytelling\/?sub=1\" class=\"top-level-link\"><div class=\"jet-menu-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"jet-menu-title\">Storytelling<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"jet-menu-item-11225\" class=\"jet-menu-item jet-menu-item-type-custom jet-menu-item-object-custom jet-has-roll-up jet-simple-menu-item jet-regular-item jet-menu-item-11225\"><a href=\"\/information\/office-tower-bueros\/?sub=1\" class=\"top-level-link\"><div class=\"jet-menu-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"jet-menu-title\">Office Tower B\u00fcros<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"jet-menu-item-11226\" class=\"jet-menu-item jet-menu-item-type-custom jet-menu-item-object-custom jet-has-roll-up jet-simple-menu-item jet-regular-item jet-menu-item-11226\"><a href=\"\/information\/sehenswuerdigkeiten\/?sub=1\" class=\"top-level-link\"><div class=\"jet-menu-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"jet-menu-title\">Sehensw\u00fcrdigkeiten<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"jet-menu-item-11227\" class=\"jet-menu-item jet-menu-item-type-custom jet-menu-item-object-custom jet-has-roll-up jet-simple-menu-item jet-regular-item jet-menu-item-11227\"><a href=\"\/information\/historie\/?sub=1\" class=\"top-level-link\"><div class=\"jet-menu-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"jet-menu-title\">Historie<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"jet-menu-item-12254\" class=\"jet-menu-item jet-menu-item-type-custom jet-menu-item-object-custom jet-has-roll-up jet-simple-menu-item jet-regular-item jet-menu-item-12254\"><a href=\"\/information\/kontakt\/?sub=1\" class=\"top-level-link\"><div class=\"jet-menu-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"jet-menu-title\">Kontakt<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bf13a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9bf13a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75b9d49d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75b9d49d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;c37042e&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c8cd4cd\" data-id=\"1c8cd4cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f700030 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f700030\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wo einst das Romanische Caf\u00e9 als Treffpunkt der literarischen Welt gestanden hatte, breitete sich nach dem Krieg, wie es eine Lokalzeitung formulierte, der \u201eSchandfleck auf Berlins Visitenkarte\u201c aus. \u201eAuch ich bin oft genug daran vorbeigegangen\u201c, erinnerte sich Karl Heinz Pepper &#8211; \u201eich habe mich ge\u00e4rgert wie alle Berliner.\u201c So beschloss er 1961 schlie\u00dflich, Abhilfe zu schaffen, und es gelang ihm tats\u00e4chlich, die einzelnen Grundst\u00fccksbesitzer und eine Reihe von Investoren von seinem Vorhaben zu \u00fcberzeugen.<\/p>\n<p>Der Bau des Europa Centers gem\u00e4\u00df den Pl\u00e4nen von Professor Helmut Hentrich und Dipl.-Ing. Hubert Petschnigg begann 1963. Das Architekten-Team wurde von Professor Egon Eiermann k\u00fcnstlerisch beraten, der 1961 auch den Bau der neuen Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ged\u00e4chtniskirche abgeschlossen hatte. Am 2. April 1965 war es dann soweit: Der 103 Meter hohe Komplex aus Glas und Aluminium wurde durch den Regierenden B\u00fcrgermeister Willy Brandt (SPD) eingeweiht.<\/p>\n<p>Bis 1979 verf\u00fcgte das Europa Center sogar \u00fcber eine eigene Kunsteisbahn. Sie musste allerdings in der zweiten Umbau- und Modernisierungsphase des Europa Centers aus Kosten- und Effizienzgr\u00fcnden weichen. Heute befinden sich an dieser Stelle das Terrassencaf\u00e9 Tiffany&#8217;s und der Brunnen.<\/p>\n<p>Das Europa Center besitzt eine Gesamtfl\u00e4che von ca. 80.000 Quadratmetern. Es besteht aus dem Shopping-Center mit etwa 70 Gesch\u00e4ften, zahlreichen Restaurants, dem Kabarett \u201eDie Stachelschweine\u201c, dem Office-Tower mit 13.000 Quadratmetern B\u00fcrofl\u00e4che &#8211; auf 21 Etagen &#8211; und dem Hotel Palace. Im direkt angrenzenden Parkhaus stehen 1.100 Parkpl\u00e4tze zur Verf\u00fcgung. T\u00e4glich besuchen ca. 25.000-40.000 Menschen das Europa Center.<\/p>\n<p>Der Erbauer des Europa Centers, Karl-Heinz Pepper, verstarb im Oktober 2003. Bis zu seinem Tod hat er dem mittlerweile unter Denkmalschutz stehenden Geb\u00e4ude durch zahlreiche Modernisierungen, Umbauten und Erweiterungen immer wieder neue Impulse verliehen. Sein Sohn, Christian Pepper, ist dieser Linie treu geblieben.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Karl-Heinz-Pepper_de.pdf\">Karl-Heinz-Pepper_de.pdf<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historie \u00d6ffnungszeiten Anfahrt \/ Parken Centerplan Wir \u00fcber uns Storytelling Office Tower B\u00fcros Sehensw\u00fcrdigkeiten Historie Kontakt Wo einst das Romanische Caf\u00e9 als Treffpunkt der literarischen Welt gestanden hatte, breitete sich nach dem Krieg, wie es eine Lokalzeitung formulierte, der \u201eSchandfleck auf Berlins Visitenkarte\u201c aus. \u201eAuch ich bin oft genug daran vorbeigegangen\u201c, erinnerte sich Karl Heinz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9135,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-985","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 13:09:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/985\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europa-center-berlin.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}