Krochsiedlung
Bauhaus-Architecture in Leipzig's north
The Krochsiedlung was built between 1929 and 1930. The collaborative project by architects Paul Mebes, Paul Emmerich, Johannes Koppe, Adolf Muesmann and Max Fricke is located in Leipzig's Gohlis district. The Jewish banker Hans Kroch, who also commissioned the Krochhaus in Goethestraße, helped finance the project.
The Krochsiedlung was supposed to be the first construction of a planned residential town "Neu-Gohlis". The nearby Reconciliation Church was supposed to be the centre of the new settlement. The project, however, was never completed. At that time, the residential area embodied modern residential culture and remedied the housing shortage of the late Weimar Republic. To this day, the three and four-storey apartment buildings contain 1018 apartments with conservatories characteristic of Bauhaus, which were extensively renovated in the 1990s.
In 1991, the "Bürgerverein Krochsiedlung e.V." was founded to preserve the architectural and historical heritage of the Krochsiedlung. They decorated one of the apartments in the original 1930s style for public tours.
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| location | Krochsiedlung Helgoländer Weg 3 04157 Leipzig | |
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