Ilsenhof

Access to the Ilsenhof

The Ilsenhof is a listed residential complex in the Berlin district of Neukölln . It is considered an important example of new building , reform housing in Berlin. Access is via a gate at Ilsenstrasse 1–10. The facility is bordered to the north by Jonasstrasse 49–52 and to the south by Schierker Strasse 12–16. The name of the farm is derived from a river in the Harz , the Ilse .

The complex, consisting of four courtyards, was built between 1928 and 1929 by Held & Francke according to plans by the architect Hans Kraffert on behalf of bbg Berliner Baugenossenschaft . The architecture of the entire complex takes on the forms of contemporary expressionist architecture on the one hand , but is also in the tradition of architectural and urban development quality, which the city architect Reinhold Kiehl established in Neukölln before the First World War . The total of 182 residential units comprised one to three-and-a-half-room apartments with an average size of 70 square meters. The equipment in 1929 was progressive for this time with a tiled stove, double windows and internal bathrooms.

The originally existing line of sight to the Körnerpark is no longer available today due to further development in the adjacent areas. In the entrance to the courtyard, a plaque reminds of Margareta Spettmann, who, as a long-time resident of the Ilsenhof and member of the board of the building cooperative, became a figure of identification. After the end of the Second World War , she made it possible to rebuild the buildings that had been damaged during the war by making her private apartment at Ilsenhof 4 available as a temporary office. Spettmann worked for the cooperative for a total of 27 years, including 20 years as a full-time member of the board.

Memorial plaque for Margareta Spettmann
The Ilsenhof when it was completed in 1928
Former line of sight to the Körnerpark
Cooperative children in 1930

literature

Ute Birk in conversation with Rainer Oefelein , the architect of the Highdeck and Pfarrland settlement. In: Brigitte Jacob, Harald Ramm (Ed.): From Ilsenhof to the Highdeck. Models of social living in Neukölln. Transit Buchverlag, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-88747-039-7 .

Renate Amann, Barbara von Neumann-Cosel (Red.): 80 years of Ilsenhof. Cooperative oasis in the Neukölln neighborhood. Published by the bbg Berliner Baugenossenschaft . Edition Arkadien, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-930075-36-2 .

Web links

Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
Ilsenhof. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )

Individual evidence

↑ Ilsenhof 11/13/15 - Schierker Strasse 17 / 17a / 18 - Berlin-Neukölln. Short presentation. Mathewson Architektur Berlin, as of December 1, 2008, accessed on July 7, 2012 (PDF; 9.85 MB).

52.470879 13.434012Coordinates: 52 ° 28 '15.2 " N , 13 ° 26' 2.4" E

[1] Ilsenhof 11/13/15 - Schierker Strasse 17 / 17a / 18 - Berlin-Neukölln. Short presentation. Mathewson Architektur Berlin, as of December 1, 2008, accessed on July 7, 2012 (PDF; 9.85 MB).