Hamburger coffee grinder
Hamburger Kaffeemühle is the slang term for a detached house that was built in a typical Hamburg architectural style.
features
An essential feature of a Hamburg coffee grinder is the almost square floor plan, which leads to a cube-like shape of the house. As a rule, it is two-story and a steep tent or hipped roof forms the end. Many Hamburg coffee grinders also have a bay window with a balcony. This is reminiscent of the pull-out drawer of a real coffee grinder , which together with the cube shape gave the architectural style its name.
Other features that are often encountered are symmetrically arranged windows, clinker-brick (or clinker-brick) facades and a central building chimney.
history
Hamburg coffee grinders were an expression of the new simplicity that became popular in the 1920s and 1930s and replaced Art Nouveau . Especially in the Hamburg villa suburbs, Hanseatic merchants had their city villas built in this straightforward, no-frills architectural style.
But even today, Hamburg coffee grinders are enjoying increasing popularity again.
gallery
Hamburg coffee grinder in Hamburg-Groß Flottbek
Historic photo of a Hamburg coffee grinder in Hamburg-Bergstedt (built around 1930)
Hamburg coffee mill in Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel with porch and balcony (built in 1937)
Hamburg coffee mill in Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel with balcony and other extensions (built in 1927)
