HausHalten e. V.

HausHalten e. V. is a registered association in Leipzig , which looks after and manages the registered word mark Wächterhaus .

In the context of interim use, it stands for a usage concept for properties that have previously been vacant for decades , in which, on the basis of a special contractual agreement, users can move in who undertake to maintain or renovate the building in exchange for residential and / or other uses.

The objects that are difficult to rent, have been neglected and have now been brought back to life and put to new use are usually located in exposed areas and are publicly marked as “guard houses”.

“The basic principle of the guard houses is very simple: Housekeeping through use. The use of the house prevents vandalism and limits weather damage, as it is quickly discovered and repaired by the users. "A lot of space for little money" is the maxim ... "

- haushalten.org: Guardian Houses - The Model (February 20, 2014)

The idea of ​​a kind of temporary use was born as a counter-strategy of urban development to the threatening neglect in the course of the rampant shrinking process after the fall of the Wall and the peaceful revolution in the GDR with massive real estate vacancies; The idea is now also being implemented in other cities such as Halle an der Saale , Chemnitz , Görlitz , Erfurt , Dresden and Zittau .

Historical roots of the term are in the name for the earlier accommodations of z. B. to find night watchmen or other control, customs or guard posts .

Web links

• haushalten.org: Maintain houses. Open rooms! (February 20, 2014)
• Deutschlandfunk , Landeszeit , February 19, 2014: deutschlandfunk.de: Leipzig wants to save historic buildings from demolition (February 20, 2014)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Register entry on the word mark at the DPMA from April 11, 2008, accessed on February 20, 2014
2. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung , April 23, 2012, Robert Berlin: lvz-online.de : Wächterhaus plans for occupied buildings in Leipzig-Plagwitz (February 20, 2014)
3. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung , July 16, 2013, Sebastian Hünermund: lvz-online.de: Artistic caretaker - guard house model protects old buildings in the new federal states (February 20, 2014)
4. ↑ July 13, 2013, ( dpa ): aktuell.meinestadt.de : Groups of artists take over the second guard house in Erfurt ( Memento from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (February 20, 2014)
5. ↑ Dresden Latest News , May 7, 2013, Hauke ​​Heuer: The first guard house in Dresden opens on Emerich-Ambros-Ufer and offers space for various projects (March 18, 2014)
6. ↑ haushalten.org: Guard houses in other cities (February 20, 2014)
7. ↑ 2011, Helmut, Johanna Kandl: link.springer.com: Wächterhaus (February 20, 2014)