Citizen Resource

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Until the beginning of the 20th century, a building was referred to as a citizen resource (see resource ) that was mostly owned by a private association of the citizens of a city and in which the association members and their guests could be active for a variety of purposes. Sometimes the club itself was also referred to as a resource. Citizens' resources were often located in prominent urban areas. In the past, a variety of civic engagement was organized in them . They also offered a home to other associations or societies, and were also generally open to citizens for recreation and leisure activities.

In the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in particular, citizen resources were established, which usually contained smaller conference rooms , concert halls , ballrooms and often a chapel for devotional purposes and which were mostly surrounded by a publicly accessible green area.

The term citizen resource as a name for a building or an association has disappeared from everyday language today.

An example of a house owned by a citizen resource was the house Knieperdamm 5 , built in 1850 .

literature

  • “Citizen resource” in: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, Volume 27, German Dictionary (AF) . Mannheim 1995 (19th edition)

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Individual evidence

  1. See e.g. B .: Graf, B .: Contemporary considerations. Lecture given in Viennese sociable associations (resource). C. Sartori, Vienna and Gran 1868, p. 24 .
  2. ^ Schubert, Franz-Christian; Knecht, Alban: Resources - Features, Theories and Concepts at a Glance. Open Access Repository, 2015, accessed May 4, 2017 .