The Krochsiedlung is one of the most important examples of classical modern architecture in Leipzig.
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.
