Brandenbusch settlement

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Evangelical church in the Brandenbusch settlement

The settlement Brandenbusch is a Krupp section in Essen district Bredeney . It was created for employees of the neighboring Villa Hügel , the former residence of the Krupp industrial family .

history

architecture

From 1885, the Brandenbusch settlement, north of and in the immediate vicinity of Villa Hügel, was built by Friedrich Alfred Krupp according to the plans of Samuel Marx, architect of Kruppschen Bauverwaltung Hügel. The settlement was designed in a cottage style, similar to the Altenhof I and II settlements , although individual timber-framed houses are now listed. Most of the houses consist of up to two floors with basements and attics. The size of the living area and garden reflected the hierarchy of the employees. After 1902, the symmetrical construction method, which can be seen especially in Arnoldstrasse, was abandoned, and the then modern country house architecture was mixed in on the facades. External order and cleanliness were the top priority, which forbade the erection of stable buildings and arbors.

The water supply initially came from its own waterworks, Hügel an der Ruhr , which was located roughly where the regatta tower of today's Baldeneysee is located. From there the water was pumped into a first elevated water tank and, among other things, directed to the Brandenbusch settlement. From 1919 the water from the Wolfsbachtal waterworks was pumped into the now listed water tank on the Bredeneyer Heights , which went into operation on September 2, 1919. Its altitude was sufficient to supply the Brandenbusch settlement, Villa Hügel, and the cast steel factory with sufficient water pressure .

In 1914 the last construction work in the Brandenbusch settlement was over. Nowadays, some new buildings have been integrated into the settlement.

Residence for servants

The proximity to the headquarters of the Krupp family was probably wanted so that the employees could be called up immediately when required. Up to 600 servants and employees of the Krupp family lived here. They included, among others, chauffeurs and car washers, coachmen , guards, gardeners , tailors , kitchen servants , maids but also plumbers and plumbing foremen, carpenters and joiners foremen, blacksmith , Painter Master , master carpenters and plumbers . The central communal facilities included a smokehouse , a syringe house and a steam laundry . Senior employees were allowed to use the hill park and an ice skating pond. The neighboring forest was intended for all residents of the settlement to relax.

Unlike the Margarethenhöhe , for example, the Brandenbusch settlement was not created as a welfare facility and to prevent social unrest in the working class , but as a classic employee settlement .

  • Eckbertstrasse 1–3

  • Arnoldstrasse / Waldtrautstrasse

  • Klausstrasse 2-4

  • Parish hall

  • Water tank

Protestant church

The Evangelical Hall Church in Eckbertstraße was built in 1906 according to a design by August Senz under the direction of Karl Nordmann with a broken stone base and wooden barrel vault. A parish hall and, since 1953, a Protestant day-care center are attached. In 1953 the future Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker married here , who at the time was living in the neighboring Villa Fritz von Waldthausens .

literature

  • Roland Günter: Evangelical life in Essen-Bredeney - A community history for the 100th anniversary of the Church on the Brandenbusch . Ed .: Renate Köhne-Lindenlaub. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2006, ISBN 978-3-89861-559-4 .

Web links

Commons : Siedlung Brandenbusch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Excerpt from the list of monuments of the city of Essen (PDF; 1.0 MB); accessed on November 12, 2016.

Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '52.2 "  N , 7 ° 0' 8.8"  E