Villa Bogensee
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| name = Villa Bogensee
| native_name = Waldhof am Bogensee
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| etymology = Lake Bogensee
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| image_caption = Villa Bogensee (2008)
| coordinates = {{coord|52.7742|13.5263|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| location_town = Wandlitz
| location_country = Germany
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| completion_date = 1939
| client = Joseph Goebbels
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| owner = City of Berlin
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{{Joseph Goebbels series}}
Villa Bogensee (German: Waldhof am Bogensee) is a residential building located by Lake Bogensee, near the town of Wandlitz, Germany, some {{convert|40|km}} north of Berlin.
It was constructed in 1939 as a country retreat for Joseph Goebbels.{{cite news |title=Berlin wants to give away Joseph Goebbels’ countryside villa |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/03/villa-once-owned-by-joseph-goebbels-being-offered-as-a-gift |access-date=13 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=3 May 2024}} He entertained family as well as political connections there, and reputedly used it as a 'love nest' with his mistresses.
The {{circa}} {{convert|1600|sqm}}, 70-room building is situated on a {{convert|17|ha}} plot which was gifted to Goebbels by the City of Berlin in 1936.{{cite news |title=For sale: the villa where Goebbels seduced his Nazi starlets |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/10900253/For-sale-the-villa-where-Goebbels-seduced-his-Nazi-starlets.html |access-date=13 August 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=14 June 2014}}{{cite news |title=Berlin's impossible task: Getting rid of Goebbels' villa |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2024/05/26/in-berlin-the-impossible-task-of-getting-rid-of-goebbels-villa_6672683_117.html |access-date=13 August 2024 |work=Le Monde |date=26 May 2024}}{{cite news |title=Germany: Berlin offers up Goebbels' villa for free |url=https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-offers-up-villa-owned-by-nazi-propagandist-goebbels-for-free/a-68991201 |access-date=13 August 2024 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=5 March 2024}}
Berlin city council has attempted unsuccessfully to give away the building for free to anyone prepared to take on its restoration and upkeep, to avoid having to demolish it, at an estimated cost of EUR 50 million.{{cite news |title=Joseph Goebbels’ unwanted lakeside villa set to be given away for free |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/03/nazi-joseph-goebbels-lakeside-love-nest-germany/ |access-date=13 August 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=3 May 2024}} It is costing the council {{circa}} EUR 280,000 in annual maintenance costs.{{cite news |title=A Nazi Villa So Tainted Berlin Can’t Give It Away |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/world/europe/joseph-goebbels-germany-nazi-house.html |access-date=13 August 2024 |work=New York Times |date=13 August 2024}} The council will vet interested parties, however, to prevent the property ending up in the hands of right wing groups.
In early 2024, fake news appeared on social media falsely claiming that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, had acquired the building.