Palais Schaumburg is a Neoclassical building in Bonn, Germany. The cloth manufacturer Wilhelm Loeschigk had it built between 1858 and 1860. Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe later bought it and expanded it, and the army purchased it on January 31, 1939. Belgian Army staff occupied it after World War II.
In 1950 Hans Schwippert rebuilt it for the Federal Chancellery. It was the primary seat and residence of the Chancellor from 1949 to 1976, and Konrad Adenauer used it as his official seat from November 1949. In 1990 it hosted the signing of the treaty on the currency, economic and social union between the two German states.
The park holds a tree for each former Chancellor, and Sep Ruf designed the Chancellor's bungalow there in 1963. The building is not publicly accessible. It has been closed for restoration since August 2013.
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