Beisenkamp settlement
The Beisenkampsiedlung is a mining settlement in Datteln .
history
The Beisenkamp settlement with almost 1000 residential units was built between 1907 and 1912 according to plans by Krupp's chief architect Robert Schmohl , who had already built several settlements with southern German characteristics in the Ruhr area. The colony was intended for the miners of the Krupp- Zeche Emscher-Lippe to the north , which was demolished in 1972.
The construction of the settlement with square-like street extensions in a symmetrical design was strongly based on the design principles of the garden city movement . This manifests itself in the overall planning of organically curved street sequences as well as the varied spatial sequences of terraced and single houses, the play with gable edges and ridge directions, the design and ornamentation of the single houses, the front gardens and the extension details. The settlement is shielded from the busy Castroper Straße by a bolt from officials' houses.
Originally the streets of the settlement were named after the alphabet; In 1937 the streets were given their names that are still valid today: Kruppstraße, Oberschlesienstraße, Westpreußenstraße.
In the course of the privatization of the settlement in 1970, an existing design statute was softened by the city administration, so that numerous houses were renovated individually, which largely lost their harmonious character.