Kiautschou Governor's Hall () is the former German colonial government building at Qingdao, China.

History

The building was designed by the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

architect Friedrich Mahlke (1871 – 1944) and was constructed during the years from 1904 to 1906. It was officially handed over to the administration on April 2, 1906. It has a gross space of 7,500 square meters. The building originally served as the Kiautschou naval and civil government office and was known as ''Gouverneurspalast'', or the Governor's Palace. After the

Siege of Tsingtao The siege of Tsingtao (or Tsingtau) was the attack on the German port of Tsingtao (now Qingdao) in China during World War I by Japan and the United Kingdom. The siege was waged against Imperial Germany between 27 August and 7 November 1914. ...

in 1914, the building became the Japanese occupation headquarters until 1922, when China regained sovereignty over its province. Before and during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, Jioazhou Governor's Hall was again used by the Japanese as the seat of their occupation regime from 1938 to 1945. The building was subsequently used by the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

government and, after June 1949, by the

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. It served as Qingdao's townhall until 1992.

Gallery

Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 137-003364, China, Tsingtau, Verwaltungsgebäude.jpg, Colonial government building, 1907 Image:Jiaozhou-governors-hall-undated-historic.jpg, Southern view of the building, probably before 1910 Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 134-B2410, Tsingtau, Gouverneurspalast.jpg, Colonial government building, 1913 Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 134-B2414, Tsingtau, Blick auf den Diederichsweg.jpg, Diederichsweg iederichs Lane Colonial government building at left, 1913 File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2001-005-25, China, Gouv.Gebäude mit 2 Treffern.jpg, Artillery hits (2) during siege, west side of building, 1914

References

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