Milchhofsiedlung
The Milchhofsiedlung was a settlement in Offenbach am Main , which comprised the properties Sprendlinger Landstrasse 76A-90 / Odenwaldring 153-155 and was under ensemble protection as a so-called complete complex XIV . In 2013 the settlement was demolished.
The buildings were considered to be a well-preserved testimony to the National Socialist housing industry.
History and construction
In the years 1923 to 1924 the city of Offenbach built several apartment buildings with inexpensive apartments on the site of the former dairy farm. In addition, from 1936 to 1938, the small housing cooperative Odenwaldring built another group of houses with small so-called people's apartments in the style of traditionalist architecture that was then interpreted as homeland. The sandstone plinths and bay windows , shutters , small wooden balconies and arches leading to the garden courtyards corresponded to that supposedly healthy architectural approach . The name Milchhofsiedlung was popularly established for this group of houses .
The architect Peter Petermann was responsible for the tenement complex. At the time of construction, the facility was laid out outside the city between meadows and fields, the Odenwaldring was just a dirt road at the time of construction. The apartments were designed with two rooms each, kitchen, cellar, pantry, gas, water and electric light, and had a floor space of just 50 square meters. The concept included large bleaching and drying areas, green areas and playgrounds for residents to relax.
The complex consisted of eight two-story houses in an L-shaped arrangement. Between the houses, walls and arches sealed off the complex from the outside, creating a quiet inner courtyard. The buildings were plastered over a low sandstone plinth, the eaves sides were divided into four axes. The respective attic storeys under the gable roof with an extension by a dwelling on the street side were developed . The home style of the complex was achieved through the execution of the plinths, door frames, archways and bay windows in sandstone and the wooden folding shutters. By slightly varying these elements, the uniformity on the street and courtyard side was also interrupted.
A limestone sculpture by the Frankfurt sculptor Paul Seiler from 1914 was the only architectural decoration attached to the house at Odenwaldring 153 . This represented a Roman boy with a toga and flute . The figure looked rather out of place and was not created specifically for the construction of a settlement. Seiler removed them in 1928 when the Oppenheimer department store on Frankfurter Strasse was being renovated. When he died in 1934, the architect Petermann bought various sculptures from his estate and had one attached to the settlement. The figure has been in the possession of the Haus der Stadtgeschichte since December 2018 .
Historical significance
The small settlement was a well-preserved testimony to the National Socialist housing industry and thus of historical importance. The construction of small apartments for poorer sections of the population was an important part of the building industry for many years before the National Socialists came to power and originally resulted from the progressive thinking of the garden city movement . With the political change in 1933 , the construction of small settlements was continued and adapted for the new political goals. The design of the architecture was seen as an education for the people and the execution of the settlements in a modest local style should lead the residents to a bourgeois way of life and work in diligence and discipline.
A very similar facility was built under Petermann's direction in Bürgel in 1937 (complete facility at Rumpenheimer Strasse, known as the Klosterhof settlement ).
The Milchhofsiedlung was part of the Route der Industriekultur Rhein-Main project .
Demolition and new use of the site
The monument protection authority granted permission to demolish the facility in 2013 because of the considerable damage to the building. The houses sat down, there were considerable cracks. The reason for this was damage to the foundation . In Offenbach, the building site is often Rupelton , which needs moisture to maintain its volume. However, this is not sufficient in the urban area. The large trees in the inner courtyard of the ensemble exacerbated the problem due to their water requirements. For economic reasons, renovation was no longer reasonable. At this point in time, 24 of the 41 apartments were already vacant. When new accommodations were found for the remaining tenants, it was demolished in the second half of 2014.
On April 20, 2016, the foundation stone was laid for the construction of five houses with a total of 52 privately financed apartments, which were occupied from November 2017 to April 2018. The construction work was completed in April 2018.
literature
- Thomas Kirstein: The Milchhofsiedlung . In: Offenbacher Geschichtsverein (ed.): Alt-Offenbach: Leaves of the Offenbacher Geschichtsverein . tape 62 , April 2018, ISSN 0174-8726 , p. 19-25 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Old dairy farm. Historical local dictionary for Hesse (as of March 14, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on July 19, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Alter Milchhof / Cooperative housing construction of the 1930s. In: offenbach.de. Retrieved July 19, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d e State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Sprendlinger Landstrasse settlement - complete system XIV. In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse .
- ↑ a b c Thomas Kirstein: The milk farm settlement . In: Offenbacher Geschichtsverein (ed.): Alt-Offenbach: Leaves of the Offenbacher Geschichtsverein . tape 62 , April 2018, ISSN 0174-8726 , p. 19-25, p. 23 .
- ↑ Marian Meidel: Historical sculptures of the Oppenheimer department store in the city museum. In: op-online.de. December 6, 2018, accessed December 11, 2018 .
- ^ Thomas Kirstein: Milchhofsiedlung on Sprendlinger Landstrasse in Offenbach. In: op-online.de . February 3, 2015, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Local route guide No. 13 of the Route der Industriekultur Rhein-Main. (PDF; 686 kB) (No longer available online.) In: krfrm.de. KulturRegion FrankfurtRheinMain gGmbH, August 2006, archived from the original on July 19, 2016 ; Retrieved July 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Veronika Szeherova: Dilapidated building fabric: From for the milk farm settlement . In: op-online.de . July 9, 2013, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- ^ Sigrid Aldehoff: Offenbach living space: Milchhofsiedlung before the end. In: fr-online.de . June 25, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2016 .
- ^ Matthias Dahmer: Laying of the foundation stone for apartments of the Odenwaldring building cooperative on the former milk farm estate in Offenbach. In: op-online.de . April 21, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016 .