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Wilhelm Marx House
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<p>Wilhelm Marx House (Wilhelm-Marx-Haus) is a historical <a href="/facts/High-rise/dfTrBY0s">high-rise</a> building in the central district of <a href="/facts/D%25C3%25BCsseldorf/twteRHCh">Düsseldorf</a> in <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a>. It was one of the first highrise buildings in Germany. </p><p>Wilhelm Marx House was finished in 1924 (beginning of the construction was in 1922) and was one of the first <a href="/facts/Skyscraper/5nM0naVB">skyscrapers</a> in Europe. It is 57 meters high and has 13 floors above ground level. The architect was <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Kreis/d5NhYl23">Wilhelm Kreis</a>. </p><p>It was named after Wilhelm Marx, who was mayor of Düsseldorf in the early 20th century and started a programme for the modernisation of the city in that time. He is not to be confused with <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Marx/M2s7GqDY"> the German Chancellor with the same name</a>. </p><p>The building was renovated in the 1990s. </p><p>Wilhelm Marx House was previously home of the Düsseldorf Stock Exchange and presently includes a theatre, called "JuTA" (<i>"Junges Theater in der Altstadt"</i>, or <i>"Young Theatre in the Old Town"</i>). </p>