Wimhölzel-Hinterland settlement

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Wimhölzel-Hinterland Wimhölzelstrasse 21–23 / drive through Schreberstrasse

The Wimhölzel-Hinterland housing estate is a housing estate built in the Franckviertel of Linz, planned between 1921 and 1957 by the architects Curt Kühne , Hans Arndt , Paul Theer , Armin Sturmberger , Matthäus Schlager and Fritz Steinfelser . It is partly under monument protection .

location

The Wimhölzel-Hinterland settlement comprises the houses within the streets of Wimhölzelstrasse, Franckstrasse, Hittmairstrasse and Ing.-Stern-Strasse. The center of the settlement lies in the square-like widening of Wimhölzelstraße house number 21-23, passage to Schreberstraße.

history

After the First World War , the housing shortage in Linz was great. The residential complex at Wimhölzelstrasse 17-27 was the city of Linz's first major project. More than 1000 apartments were planned, of which only 160 were initially built. It is impressive how spacious apartments were planned in this time of need. The two-in-hand floor plans consist of anteroom, kitchen, their own sink, toilet within the apartment and relatively large rooms. This conceptual high-altitude flight was quickly slowed, however, satisfying the housing shortage with many small apartments was more important than a momentary decision. The plant was planned by city architect Curt Kühne. The complex, which was very deliberately designed to be monumental, makes use of the pronounced means of the court of honor, symmetry, corner formations and roof structures. Overall, Kühne was not exactly sparing with detail shapes and decorative elements. It should not be overlooked, however, that the urban attitude of this block construction on what was then still a green field.

Ten years after Curt Kühne's residential complex, a second construction phase was realized on Stieglbauernstrasse: The block construction was abandoned in favor of the linear construction. Committed to the aesthetic attitude of the New Objectivity , the principles of functionalist settlement planning are applied here. When designing the floor plan, the Kühne two-man type was essentially retained and the sink was now designed as a kitchenette . Otherwise, the interior correspondence with the first construction phase is surprising. Apart from a different appearance, the turning away from the monumental large form with its disadvantages of the orientation of individual apartments towards an equal location and sunshine of the apartments is complete.

The supplementary and extension buildings from the Nazi era were again partially implemented as perimeter structures with a different appearance than the buildings from 1931 by adding simple staircases and corner bay windows . After 1945, the Heimatschutz style initially perpetuated itself under the influence of Nazi architecture, but around 1952 it switched to modernist architectural forms .

In 2019, some buildings on Stieglbauernstrasse are to be demolished and replaced by new buildings, which led to controversial discussions.

literature

  • Dietmar Steiner : Housing in Upper Austria. Examples. OÖ Landes-Hypothekenbank, Linz 1985, p. 22 f.
  • Austrian Art Topography, Volume LV The profane architectural and art monuments of the city of Linz, III. Part. Published by the Federal Monuments Office, Department for Inventory and Monument Research.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dietmar Steiner : Housing in Upper Austria. Examples. OÖ Landes-Hypothekenbank, Linz 1985, p. 22 f.
  2. ↑ Wimhölzel-Hinerland
  3. ↑ Linzer Wimhölzel hinterland: Can demolition still be prevented?
  4. ↑ Apartments on the Wimhölzel area are empty

Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 43.2 "  N , 14 ° 18 ′ 49.4"  E