Grünewalder Berg 8
The building Grünewalder Berg 8 , partly as the Wuppertal Punkerhaus called, is a Grade II listed building in Wuppertal Luisenviertel the northern city at the foot of the so-called Mount of Olives .
description
The property is a three-storey residential building with a cellar from the early days with a gable roof . The house, built around 1875, has a four-axis plaster facade with square masonry structures, plant friezes , consoles and cornices . There are two slated dormers in the roof area .
It is a typical example of a Wilhelminian-style, largely unadorned worker's house, embedded in a largely preserved row of houses, as is also typical of the development of the northern part of Wuppertal, which, thanks to its unity, constitutes a Wilhelminian-style workers' residential area known far beyond the city limits. It bears witness to the working and social conditions when, in the second half of the 19th century, due to the rapidly expanding industry in the valley floor, there was no longer any space for living space for the workers and the residential districts expanded onto the surrounding hills.
On April 1, 1992, the house was entered as a monument in the Wuppertal List of Monuments for urban planning, historical and scientific reasons .
The house achieved national fame when a follower of the punk scene moved in there in 2002 , who was followed by numerous other people - punks, but also left-wing skinheads and members of other scenes. The Wuppertal Punkerhaus became the meeting point for the “left-wing scene”, among other things an international meeting of punks and skinheads took place there every year. On these days up to 300 people could be found in the house and its surroundings. Conflicts with the neighborhood and clashes with right-wing groups led to police actions and reporting in the local press. The house was littered and infested with rats, which led to a large wave of people moving out in 2010. The main tenant left the house in August 2010, and a few months later the last tenant too.
The house was then renovated by a new owner and has since been used as a residential building again.
Individual evidence
- ^ Westdeutsche Zeitung, online edition of August 27, 2009, accessed on July 15, 2011
- ↑ Wuppertaler Rundschau from June 30, 2010
Web links
- Entry in the Wuppertal monument list
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 26.2 " N , 7 ° 8 ′ 19.8" E