Villa Haux is a villa

Villa

A villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...

 in the Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...

 style built in 1908 by architects Richard Böklen and Carl Feil in the southern German town of Ebingen

Ebingen

Ebingen is a town in the large district of Albstadt, district Zollernalbkreis, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the river Schmiecha, a left-hand tributary of the Danube, south of Tübingen and west of Ulm.- History :...

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It was built for Kommerzienrat Friedrich Haux (1860–1929), entrepreneur in the local textile industry, between his factory and a railway line crossing the town on a bridge.
His previous residence and office, built as functional timber-framing house in 1885 on the same place and just decorated neo-baroque

Neo-baroque

The Baroque Revival or Neo-baroque was an architectural style of the late 19th century. The term is used to describe architecture which displays important aspects of Baroque style, but is not of the Baroque period proper—i.e., the 17th and 18th centuries.Some examples of Neo-baroque architecture:*...

 in 1898, was relocated

Structure relocation

A structure relocation is the process of moving a structure from one location to another. There are two main ways for a structure to be moved: disassembling and then reassembling it at the required destination, or transporting it whole. For the latter, the building may be pushed on temporary rails...

 across a street.

The new villa was equipped with most modern installations, such as elevator

Elevator

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, central heating

Central heating

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 and central vacuum cleaner

Vacuum cleaner

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The Haux family lived in the houses until 1954. Afterwards, the new villa was used for their business and rented to various users. From 1978 it was empty.
In 1991 a new owner started renovating it. Today the Klaiber-Schlegel tax advisor

Tax advisor

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 society owns and uses it. Some rooms are available for cultural events.

In the old villa, there was a pharmacy

Pharmacy

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from 1964 until 1991. Since then it is a pub. The railway is abandoned.