Lichtenberg forest settlement
The Lichtenberg forest settlement is a listed row house settlement on Hegemeisterweg in Berlin-Karlshorst . It consists of two-story single and multi-family houses.
history
At the time of its construction, the settlement was in the Wuhlheide . It was designed by Peter Behrens in 1915 and was built between 1919 and 1920. The construction work was in the hands of the Lichtenberg city architect Rudolf Gleye . The client was the Waldsiedlung Berlin-Lichtenberg GmbH.
Of the originally planned 500 residential units, 117 were realized. The plan was to build a sports field. A station was to be built on the industrial line to supply the residents of the settlement with potatoes and fuel. The construction of a school and a pharmacy was also planned. However, these plans did not materialize. The undeveloped areas were built with two-family houses from 1937, which did not go back to the original plans.
The houses destroyed in World War II were only partially rebuilt in the 1950s. Conversions impaired the original character of the settlement. After 1990 most of the houses went into private ownership. Attention was paid to the preservation of historical monuments.
The entire complex includes the following houses:
- Hegemeisterweg 18–30, 45–55
- Throttle rise 1–39
- Fuchsbau 1–15, 19–20
- Gleyeweg 3–13, 17, 21/23
- Liepnitzstrasse 63
- Oskarstrasse 7
character
The settlement corresponds to a concept that was primarily geared towards social requirements when it was built. The area that Behrens described as “architecturally effective” is characterized by economical use of space, small gaps between the houses, narrow streets, the absence of architectural details, standardized windows and doors.
The typified two-story single-family houses (plastered buildings with tiled roofs) have three to four rooms, a kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, separate toilet, an attic room in the attic and a garden seat (veranda). There is also a 150–300 m² garden with a small stable building for keeping small animals. There are also several four-family houses with smaller apartments. The settlement is characterized by a coordinated color scheme (houses in light gray, wine red and ocher, entrance doors and shutters in blue and green).
literature
- Peter Behrens: Waldsiedlung Berlin-Lichtenberg. In: Wasmuth's monthly magazine for architecture. Issue 5, 1920/21, pp. 320-29.
- Bärbel Laschke, Walter Fauck, Jürgen Weyda: the monuments. Part II - Between the racetrack and the forest settlement. Kulturring in Berlin, Berlin 2010, pp. 27–29.
- Christine Steer: Karlshorst. Classy suburb and the setting for history. be.bra verlag, Berlin 2018, pp. 32–35.
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 35 " N , 13 ° 30 ′ 34" E
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Weyda: The Behrens-Siedlung turns ninety. on www.kulturring.org