House of Youth

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House of Youth (HdJ) is a common term in Germany for children's and youth leisure facilities or youth hostels .

Dortmund

The first communal house of youth was founded in Dortmund in 1929 , it was the predecessor of the Fritz-Henßler-House built in 1955 .

Freiburg in Breisgau

The House of Youth at Uhlandstrasse 2 in Freiburg im Breisgau is the seat of the Freiburg youth education center and other youth education associations.

Hanover

The first facility of this kind in Lower Saxony after the Second World War is the House of Youth Hanover , which was built in 1951 with British and US help .

Osnabrück

Another house of youth was built in Osnabrück in 1954. This is still used today as a municipal youth center.

Pforzheim

The House of Youth in Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg on Westliche Karl-Friedrich-Str. 77 was inaugurated as a new building in the city center in Benckiserpark on December 9, 1949 , also at the initiative of the US occupation forces .

Bonn

The former clubhouse of the Bonner Eisclub was converted into the Bonner Haus der Jugend in 1972 .

Wuppertal

Haus der Jugend is also the official name of the Barmer Ruhmeshalle , a historic building in Wuppertal after it was rebuilt. This building contains, among other things, the facilities for youth.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Haus der Jugend , Jugendbildungswerk Freiburg im Breisgau, accessed on March 12, 2020