Dickelsbach settlement

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Houses in the Dickelsbach settlement along Wilhelm-Ketteler-Straße
Typical development of the Dickelsbach settlement in Bodelschwinghstraße
Elongated rows of houses on both sides in Max-Brandts-Straße
Neighboring Karl-Lehr-Realschule, the architectural style based on the Dickelbach settlement

The Dickelsbach housing estate in Duisburg-Wanheimerort was built between 1925 and 1927. It is the first of the four housing estates in Duisburg. It was named after the Dickelsbach flowing south . It was designed by the architects Heinrich Bähr and Hermann Brauhäuser.

history

After the First World War there was a housing shortage in many places. The large families of the workers were particularly affected. In order to get this situation under control, the Duisburg city building authority decided to build 363 row houses. 5000 Reichsmarks were earmarked for each residential building.

The architects Heinrich Bähr and Hermann Brauhäuser accepted the challenge and designed the floor plan of the two-story single-family houses. They were designed as uniform brick buildings with flat roofs in the avant-garde Bauhaus style . They were equipped with at least three bedrooms, an eat-in kitchen with a kitchenette , a wash-up area, a toilet and three basement rooms. The whole thing on a floor space of 4.30 × 7.85 meters and a living space of approx. 57 m². Each row house had a garden in which the families could grow fruit and vegetables and keep small animals such as poultry and rabbits.

They lined the streets north of the Dickelsbach in long blocks of terraced houses. With playgrounds, a football field and shops for daily needs, the uniform rows of houses should appear more family-friendly. The free-standing building on Düsseldorfer Strasse, the old police station, was used for social purposes. The housing management, a doctor's office and a lounge for the unemployed were located here. To give the children a successful start in life, an adult education center, today's Karl-Lehr-Realschule , was inaugurated in 1929 .

Nevertheless, the monotonous rows of living quarters with the small green windows were criticized as they were more reminiscent of a prison camp than a workers' settlement. Despite the cramped living conditions, their residents' dream of owning a home came true. The concept was so popular that three more residential areas were built in the following years: Ratingsee settlement in Meiderich (1927/1928), Parallelhafen settlement in Neuenkamp (1927/1928) and the chimney settlement in Neudorf (1927/1930).

39 buildings were bombed during the Second World War. 324 of the 363 houses are still standing today. Most of them have been modernized by GEBAG and adapted to today's requirements. Some families live here in the 3rd generation. Most of the gardens are now only used for recreation.

today

The Dickelsbach settlement has been a listed building since 1993. The sight takes a lot of getting used to and you can hardly believe that large families once lived in these clinkered dovecotes. Nevertheless, the small row houses are still very popular as affordable living space and are lovingly cared for by their residents. In front of some there are garden benches and flower boxes with handicrafts. Most of the time, however, the narrow streets are blocked by vehicles and garbage cans.

The district association of the Socialist Youth of Germany - Die Falken (SJD - Die Falken) has moved into quarters in the old police station .

The settlement is part of the themed route Duisburg: Industrial Culture on the Rhine of the Route of Industrial Culture .

Others

In terms of architectural history, the Dickelsbach settlement belongs to the “ New Building ” style. It is lined up with the Kiefhoek housing estate (1926/28) designed by JJP Oud for Rotterdam in 1925 and the Ernst Mays residential buildings in Frankfurt and Bruno Tauts in Berlin.

The Dickelsbach settlement is popularly known as the “ blood sausage colony” because of the red bricks , but also because its residents were often able to afford them from their wages.

The most famous resident of the settlement was Toni Turek , the “ football god ” and world champion from 1954. In the spring of 1927, the eight-year-old moved into the house at Zum Lith 57 with his parents and three siblings, where he lived for many years.

In 2007 the Dickelsbach settlement was the setting for the short film “Bonanza” by Florian Schönherr.

The house of the oldest volunteer fire brigade in North Rhine-Westphalia is also in the Dickelsbach settlement. The volunteer fire brigade extinguishing group 102 Altstadt was founded in 1859.

See also

Web links

Commons : Dickelsbachsiedlung  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Werner Raupp : Toni Turek - "Football God". A biography, Hildesheim: Arete 2019 ( ISBN 978-3-96423-008-9 ), pp. 10-14.
  2. ↑ Bonanza. Ofzoe Visual Projects, accessed September 14, 2017 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '23.1 "  N , 6 ° 46' 1.9"  E