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Potsdam’s Siemens Villa Heads to Court-Ordered Auction Today at €27 Million Valuation

Heritage officials say strict preservation rules tied to the lakeside site's scale will shape any future restoration.

Overview

  • The Amtsgericht Potsdam is holding the public foreclosure sale of the Lehnitzsee estate on 4 September 2025.
  • The auction exposé estimates a traffic value of about €27 million for the ensemble with main house, outbuildings, farmyard and more than 100,000 m² of grounds.
  • Built in 1910 by architect Otto March for Carl Friedrich Siemens, the property offers roughly 2,530 m² of living space and about 6,190 m² of total usable area.
  • Haiko Türk of the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege calls it an unusually large listed monument in a distinctive peninsula setting on Lehnitzsee.
  • The court declined to disclose foreclosure details, and the site has largely sat vacant after a planned renovation fell through following periods of use as a clinic and an international school and a 2020 ownership change.