Wine warehouse in Mainzer Zollhafen
City quarter in best water location.
Almost two years after the start of construction, the conversion of the historic wine storage building in Mainz's Zollhafen into a prestigious office and commercial building was completed.
History of the wine storage building
The history of the wine storage building in Zollhafen is dazzling and varied: cigarettes, ladies' hats, young people in training to become telecommunication operators - in the course of its more than 100-year history, the wine storage building has accommodated all kinds of goods and tenants. When the customs port was inaugurated on June 6, 1887, the wine storage building did not even exist. In the early days of the port, the most impressive building in the port was rather the former warehouse at Zungenkai, which had a storage and business area of 12,000 square meters for many decades. This large warehouse was destroyed in the 2nd World War. The wine storage building was only built from 1910 onwards as revision hall 6 - quasi as an extension of the large storage building at Zungenkai. Over the decades, all kinds of things were stored and produced here - wine played a rather subordinate role. For many years, the "Makedon" cigarette factory, among others, was located here. From the 50's until the 90's the post office trained its apprentices here, but also a fashion factory for ladies' hats and underwear was located in the wine storage building. The J.F. Hillebrand company had a wine warehouse on the third floor. And the Beaury company maintained a barrel storage for imported wines from France in the cellar. Last but not least, wines from Algeria were also delivered to the customs port, and the listed wine storage building plays a leading role in the development of the customs port because of its extraordinary architecture - it is a beacon project for the development of the new city quarter.