Rubble plot
Rubble property was a common name after the Second World War for a property whose development had been destroyed by air attacks with incendiary and high explosive bombs or grenade strikes .
history
The extensive bombing of German cities in World War II destroyed large parts of the buildings in many places. The removal of the rubble (including the demolition of any remaining ruins) posed a major logistical problem that had to be solved, for example, with the help of rubble women and the use of large technical equipment such as rubble tracks .
In this context, the term rubble land arose, which referred to the inner-city plots covered by the rubble of the development. When considering a further use of these areas, the problem sometimes arose that the owners of the land did not have the financial means to clear the ruins of the war and to carry out the rebuilding or were simply not interested in it. Such uncleared areas were then advertised for sale as rubble plots, with the new owner having to remove the rubble. Urban planners often tried to bring together small, juxtaposed rubble plots (such as those found mainly in old towns) in order to enable large-scale, profitable redevelopment. In some places, this also served to create new, wider and straight roads or to drain areas at risk of flooding by filling them up (mostly with the abundant rubble).
The term rubble land subsequently established itself generally as a term for inner-city areas that had not yet been rebuilt and whose previous buildings had been destroyed during the war, even if the rubble had already been removed and perhaps even a temporary development was created. Such provisional buildings sometimes only used parts of the property or were only one-story, sometimes they were built using parts of the ruins that were still there. With increasing motorization, many cleared rubble plots were used as parking lots. Due to the continuously rising real estate prices in western German cities, however, lucrative new developments were increasingly taking place. In the Federal Republic of Germany , the last, isolated rubble plots disappeared in the 1980s. In the German Democratic Republic , they were still visible in many places until reunification and beyond. The few remaining rubble plots in attractive inner-city locations today usually have a high financial value and are often the subject of property speculation.
Colloquially, the term is sometimes used ironically for properties that are in dire need of renovation, the poor condition of which makes demolition and rebuilding almost more worthwhile than repair.
Rubble Laws
In order to regulate the legal questions relating to rubble properties, laws on the evacuation of rubble properties (rubble laws) were passed in the federal states at the end of the 1940s.
| state | Short name | date | Full name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bavaria | Rubble Law | May 30, 1949 | Law on the clearing of rubble, the disposal of rubble and the removal of dangerous conditions |
| Hamburg | Demolition Act | July 31, 1948 | Rubble Clearance and Recovery Act |
| Lower Saxony | Rubble Law | March 21, 1949 | Law on clearing rubble land |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Demolition Act | May 2, 1949 | Demolition Act |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | Rubble Law | February 24, 1949 | State law on the seizure and removal of building rubble |
| Schleswig-Holstein | Rubble Law | November 2, 1948 | Law on the clearing up of rubble and the recovery of rubble |
Web links
- Rubble property at duden.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Rubble property sold in Tempelhof. In: The world . Axel Springer SE , July 30, 2003, accessed on September 15, 2014 .
- ^ Bay. GVBl. 1949, no.13
- ↑ GVBl. 1948, No. 24; 75
- ↑ Lower Saxony GVBl. 1949, No. 14; 64
- ↑ GVBl. NW 1949, No. 18; 109
- ↑ GVBl. the state reg. Rh.-Pf., Part 1949, No. 12; 67
- ↑ GVBl. f. Schl.-H. 1948, No. 24; 209