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Control Building

former residential / commercial building and current administration building in Bienne in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
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Summary

Control Building is an architectural structure[1]. It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Biel/Bienne[3]
  • Country: Switzerland[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Suze[5]
  • Instance of: administrative building[6]
  • Architect: Léon Fulpius[7], Frantz Fulpius[8]
  • Architectural style: baroque revival[9], Beaux-Arts[10]
  • Manufacturer: Albert Wyss[11]
  • Main building contractor: August Fehlbaum[12]
  • Location: New City South[13]
  • Postal code: 2502[14]
  • Part of: list of cultural properties in Bienne (new town)[15]
  • Commons category: Kontrollgebäude Biel/Bienne[16]
  • Inception: 1901[17]
  • Located on street: Zentralstrasse / Rue Centrale[18], Oberer Quai / Quai du Haut[19]
  • Described at URL: https://www.denkmalpflege.apps.be.ch/de/collection/item/8174/[20], https://www.denkmalpflege.apps.be.ch/de/collection/item/8121/[21], https://api.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/ech/MapServer/ch.babs.kulturgueter/775/extendedHtmlPopup[22], https://data.geo.admin.ch/ch.babs.kulturgueter/PDF/kgs_00775_gsk-d.pdf[23]
  • Heritage designation: class A Swiss cultural property of national significance[24]
  • Elevation above sea level: 434.0 m[25]
  • Area: 407 m²[26]
  • Street address: Zentralstrasse 49 / Oberer Quai 2, 2502 Biel/Bienne[27], Rue Centrale 49 / Quai du Haut 2, 2502 Bienne[28]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: New City South[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . denkmalpflege.apps.be.ch. Retrieved . denkmalpflege.apps.be.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National Significance, February 2017. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . map.geo.admin.ch. Retrieved . map.geo.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . api.geo.admin.ch. Retrieved . api.geo.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · AnBuKu · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architectural style → baroque revival, Beaux-Arts
    Imported from → —
    Pcp reference number → 775
    Image → Kontrollgebaeude, Biel 02 10.jpg
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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