Marthashof

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Marthashof
coat of arms
Street in Berlin
Marthashof
The Marthashof
Basic data
place Berlin
District Prenzlauer Berg
Created 2008
Connecting roads Schwedter Strasse
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic
Road design 60 m wide space
Technical specifications
Street length 140 m
Marthashof

Marthashof is a private street in the Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg . The street begins in the west on Schwedter Straße .

The street name Marthashof is a reminder of the historical name of the property. The Emperor Diakonie 1854 founded the Marthashof, a Protestant hostel and educational institution for young maid. The name Martha is Hebrew and means 'mistress'. In the New Testament , Martha ran the household in Bethany .

After the destruction in the Second World War , the Marthashof was expropriated by the GDR in 1969 and made public property. The Robotron company built barracks for 100 employees. Later the area served as a coal, fruit and vegetable store. After the political change , the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (BIMA) took over Marthashof. In July 2006, Stofanel Investment GmbH acquired the property and planned a family-friendly living space with a high proportion of greenery. The design by the architects Grüntuch Ernst emerged as the winner in the expert review process. The residential complex comprises 129 units on an area of ​​12,380 m² with seven-storey front buildings and five- and six-storey buildings in the rear. The buildings are arranged in a U-shape around a publicly accessible park that is open to Schwedter Straße. After the foundation stone was laid in September 2008, the first residents moved in in July 2010. In May 2013 all residential units were sold.

The project is controversial in terms of urban planning : STERN GmbH, as the renovation commissioner for the state of Berlin, supported the new building in principle. But especially from the residents 'initiative Marthashof (AIM) in Oderberger Strasse, there was criticism for insufficient inclusion of residents' interests in the planning process, for the feared gentrification and for the shadows being cast on the adjacent apartments. The Marthashof building project was critically discussed in numerous, including international press reports and radio features: various media reported about it, among other things.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of Marthashof, accessed on September 23, 2019
  2. ^ Urban Village. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 8, 2015 ; Retrieved March 5, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gruentuchernst.de
  3. Marthashof. In: marthashof.de. May 24, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013 .
  4. ^ Anselm Weidner: Brunnenviertel / Marthashof. The “social equator” as a new frontier . In: Deutschlandfunk , March 3, 2009. Online
  5. Kyle James: Berlin Residents Unsettled By Wave Of Gentrification . In: Deutsche Welle , June 20, 2008 Online
  6. Sieglinde Geisel: The neighborhood feeling in the metropolis. Appreciation and loss: How the Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg is changing . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , March 10, 2010.
  7. ^ Stephanie Kirchner: In Berlin, a Gentrifying Neighborship Under Siege . In: Time , February 25, 2009.

Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 17.8 "  N , 13 ° 24 ′ 22.7"  E