Steenkampsiedlung

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Houses in the Steenkampsiedlung (Steenkamp Street)
Houses in Bökenkamp in Steenkampiedlung
Seat of the Heimstättervereinigung Steenkamp eV and meeting point with the Steenkampsaal
Information about the Heimstättervereinigung Steenkamp e. V

The Steenkampiedlung in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld is a garden city after the First World War that was intended to provide housing for families with low incomes and those returning from the war.

location

The settlement is between the streets Notkestraße and Osdorfer Weg on both sides of Ebertallee . Its boundaries are inconsistently defined in the literature, today mainly the streets Grotenkamp and Riemenschneiderstieg east of Ebertallee , west of Ebertallee almost the entire area between Notkestraße and Osdorfer Weg are counted as part of the settlement. The actual Steenkamp settlement of the city of Altona went west of the Ebertallee only to the street Am Torbogen. The community of Großflottbek had already built the Hochfeld road and the area up to the Hünengrab - independently until 1927 - with typical small settlement houses and not such an excellent urban development quality as on the Altona side. The character of the settlement is best visible around the eponymous Steenkamp .

history

Originally following the concept of the garden city movement from England, the first plans were made by Leberecht Migge . The concept was continued by urban planner Gustav Oelsner with his ideas of the “New Altonas”. The settlement was built in three construction phases, for each of which different architects were responsible. For the first section from 1914 to 1915 on Riemenschneiderstieg - at that time Emmichstraße - Fritz Neugebauer and Kurt Schmidt, for the second from 1919 to 1922 Kurt Meyer and for the third section (Wichmannstraße - then Kluckstraße - and Grotenkamp) from 1924 to 1926 Oelsner himself. All access roads are gently curved and begin at a few thoroughfares. The garden side of the property is accessible through a dense network of footpaths (manure paths).

A total of around 670 single-family houses and around 92 multi-family houses were built on an area of ​​around 22 ha . The houses were laid out so that self-sufficiency from the gardens was possible. The settlement was taken over by the city of Altona after the client "Heimag" had financial difficulties, which for this purpose founded the "Siedlungsaktiengesellschaft Altona" SAGA in 1922 by city treasurer Max Brauer for tenant management. For many years, SAGA had its office in one of the larger buildings on the central square on Steenkamp (formerly known as Vogelweide ) directly above the premises of the "Zum Lindenkrug" restaurant and the hall of the Heimstätter Association.

The houses on the Riemenschneiderstieg were built in the first phase of construction and show the clear influences of the designs for the garden city of Hellerau . In the area west of Ebertallee , the design becomes more functional, which continues until the last construction phase around Grotenkamp . The single home designed by Friedrich Ostermeyer on Ebertallee and the communal buildings with production, Lindenkrug and Heimstättersaal are eye-catching individual buildings . For decades, the centrally located PRO in Steenkamp was the go-to place for almost all households in the settlement to buy all basic supplies, not just food, cheaply. At the same time, it was a lively place for the residents to meet every day, to exchange information and opinions.

Living concept

The settlement was a popular residential area from the start and was well served by public transport and roads. All houses have a garden, which makes the settlement very green, but at the same time the distances to Hamburg city center or Hamburg-Ottensen are very short and easily accessible by tram and bus from the Bahrenfeld Trabrennbahn in the 1920s. Community buildings, rows of shops and a youth center also increase the residential value.

Originally, the residents had an option to purchase property, which was converted into inheritable long-term leases after the takeover by SAGA. In the social structure white-collar workers, civil servants and the liberal professions dominated , workers were underrepresented. Since 2002, SAGA has sold the houses to tenants on request. At the beginning of the 2010s, around 60% of the houses had been converted into private property.

The "Heimstättervereinigung Steenkamp e.V." was founded as early as 1920 to promote neighborly cohesion. founded to better mediate interests between the tenants of Heimag and then those of SAGA. The Heimstätter Association also offers a variety of social activities such as an award-winning children's cinema group, an annual summer festival, running lanterns , refugee work, skat & bingo, a theater group, the Steenkampsingers, Christmas bazaar, and much more.

Monument protection

For many years, the tenants carried out the maintenance and renovation work independently and without any central requirements from the landlord. Over time the uniform character of the settlement disappeared. A design report has existed since 1984 that contained suggestions on how to achieve the most original possible appearance. This report is one of the foundations of the Milieu Protection Ordinance of the city, which has existed since 2001 , which makes quite detailed specifications for the design of the houses for the core areas of the settlement. Due to the strong changes compared to the original state, the settlement could not be placed under monument protection. Today many houses are painted in light yellow, pink, green and blue tones. Older residents say that the facades were designed in strawberry red, yellow, ocher, red brown and olive green.

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  1. ↑ Hanna-Lotte Mikuteit: An early garden settlement . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . February 15, 2014. online . Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ The Milieu Protection Ordinance ( Memento of January 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) of the City of Hamburg applies to this area ; accessed on December 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Hans-Peter Strenge , former district manager of Altona, lecture "100 years of Steenkampsiedlung" on March 12, 2020 in the district archive
  4. ↑ Hans-Peter Strenge, former district manager of Altona, lecture "100 years of Steenkampsiedlung" on March 12, 2020 in the district archive
  5. ↑ Calendar sheet No. 4, The Steenkamp settlement, rediscovering history, notice from February 21, 2020, Hamburg-Steenkamp
  6. ^ Dirk Schubert: Hamburg residential quarters . Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-496-01317-6 , p. 138 .
  7. ↑ Gudrun Fleher, Die Gartenvorstadt Steenkamp-Bahrenfeld - Design report for the Steenkamp settlement, Verlag Saga GWG, Hamburg 1984
  8. ↑ List of Hamburg's Milieu Protection Ordinances on landesrecht-hamburg.de ; accessed on December 29, 2014.

Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 15.6 "  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 11"  E