Luisenhof settlement (Essen-Frohnhausen)

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Luisenhof with a well that no longer has any water today

The settlement Luisenhof is in Essen district Frohnhausen located housing estate, built by the Friedrich Krupp AG . The so-called Luisenhof I was built between 1910 and 1912, the Luisenhof II between 1916 and 1917.

history

Luisenhof I.

In 1910, Friedrich Krupp AG donated a piece of the former Pentecostal field to the city of Essen, with the condition that a park be built here on the former quarry area between Hildesheimer and Liebigstraße, today's Westpark. In this context, the Luisenhof I settlement, comprising 151 company apartments, was built there from 1910 to 1912, which was popularly known as the Yellow Block because of the original paintwork . The settlement was officially named Luisenhof when the National Workers' Association Krupp, founded in 1908, made the decisions to build the settlement on the 100th anniversary of the death of the Prussian Queen Luise (July 19, 1810). In addition, the queen was honored with a bronze sculpture on the main entrance to the Luisenhof. The original Luisenhof I is still largely preserved today.

Luisenhof II

The Luisenhof II was built in the immediate vicinity between 1916 and 1917. With 140 company apartments, it was based on the basic features of the first settlement. Due to severe damage in the Second World War , this second phase of construction lost its urban impact.

architecture

The architect Adolf Feldmann received the building contract. The special thing about the Luisenhof is that the inner courtyard, which was mostly neglected at the time, has a representative design with green spaces and fountains and the house entrances to the half-timbered ornate stairwells are located there. The facade of the inner courtyard is loosened up by the original decorative grille on the loggias. You get to the inner courtyard through a gateway on Osnabrücker and Hildesheimer Straße, which is surrounded by a rather unadorned facade. The access to the courtyard from the actual front side on Liebigstrasse, which is highlighted by tower-like houses, is also rather inconspicuous.

Picture gallery

  • Main page Liebigstraße 42, 44

  • Liebigstrasse 13, 15

  • Bronze sculpture of the Prussian Queen Luise on Liebigstrasse

  • Inner courtyard, house on Heerenstrasse

literature

  • The National Workers' Association. Krupp Essen plant. Essen / Ruhr, book printer of the cast steel factory Friedr. Krupp AG, 1911.
  • BDA, Essen district group (ed.): Essen. Architecture guide . Essen 1983, ISBN 978-3-924014-00-1 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ ThyssenKrupp Wohnimmobilien GmbH: Krupp Housing in the Ruhr Area 1861–1999. Chronicle - Essen 2001

Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 47.4 "  N , 6 ° 58 ′ 49.8"  E