Stairporn Courthouse
Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

History

As is often the case with some of these European locations I have been unable to source a great deal of information about this abandoned Courthouse in Germany. What we do know is that the building opened in 1910 and was the home to the Internal Affairs Agency and the District Court. The building closed in 2009 when the Courts were transferred into a new modern building. Developers currently have control of the site and much of the inside had been stripped back to block work or demolished. The grand entrance hall with its maze of staircases are one of the few remaining original features and these were reason enough to add this place to our list of locations for the trip.

Our Visit

Visited the abandoned Courthouse with Lowri, Matt and Andy de Kay of Behind Closed Doors, This was our second attempt at this place after we tried only a few months before… The place is a bit of a concrete maze inside but fortunately it didn’t take too much figuring out before we managed to locate the main attraction, the dominating staircases just inside the main entrance.. The building is clearly being worked on by contractors and having arrived at the spot pretty early before daylight, we had assumed we might struggle for lighting… We were quite pleasantly surprised when we discovered that the  whole entrance hall had been careful lit with strip lights presumably by contractors. Rather than randomly placed the lights were pretty evenly spaced and symmetrical which meant we had some pretty nice light for shooting in the early hours until we had a bit more natural light to compliment it. Although limited to only 2 rooms the detail in the architecture was something else at this place and I could have quite happily shot here for hours, we were however on a little bit of a schedule so after a couple of hours we were on our way to the next location 🙂

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

Stairporn Courthouse

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If you want to see more from this place then check out the reports over on Behind Closed Doors: Stairporn Courthouse and Darbians report: The Maze of Stairs

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