Hitlerbauten or Hitler buildings are the residential buildings in

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, which were planned or built during the time of National Socialism,

Nazi architecture Nazi architecture is the architecture promoted by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Germany, Nazi regime from 1933 until its fall in 1945, connected with urban planning in Nazi Germany. It is characterized by three forms: a Stripped Classicism, stripp ...

. Especially in the districts Bindermichl, Spallerhof and Urfahr, but also in other parts of the city numerous Hitler buildings were built. Also in other Upper Austrian cities, this designation is customary for residential buildings from the Nazi era, for example in

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-Münichholz.

History

Residential construction is a consequence of the industrial settlement in Linz during the Nazi era, which aggravated the housing shortage that had existed since the interwar period. The population of Linz increased from 112,000 inhabitants in 1938 to just under 200,000 in 1945. At the same time 11,000 new apartments were built. For the construction work also forced laborers and prisoners of war were forcibly drafted and the material in the KZ-Mauthausen and subcamps. Large courtyards with green areas are typical of the Hitler Buildings. In addition to the large housing blocks for the workers, which are architecturally the Heimatschutz architecture based on the shape of

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n square farmstead (Vierkanthof), also single and multi-family houses for senior employees, officers, etc. were built in settlements. The unfinished or war-damaged buildings were completed after the war. The general planning was largely the responsibility of the architect

Roderich Fick Roderich Fick (16 November 1886 – 13 July 1955) was a German architect most prominent during the Nazi regime. Fick became professor at the Munich Technical University in 1935, designed the Munich residence of Rudolf Hess in 1936, joined th ...

. The buildings were executed by various planners, such as Armin Sturmberger, Fritz Fanta, Herbert Rimpl and Hans Arndt as well as by Roderich Fick himself Buildings are listed buildings.Sylvia Necker, Elisabeth Kramer: ''„Hitlerbauten“ in Linz. Wohnsiedlungen zwischen Alltag und Geschichte. 1938 bis zur Gegenwart.'' Pustet, Salzburg 2012, . (de)

Examples

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Bibliography

* Sylvia Necker, Elisabeth Kramer: ''„Hitlerbauten“ in Linz. Wohnsiedlungen zwischen Alltag und Geschichte. 1938 bis zur Gegenwart.'' Pustet, Salzburg 2012, . (de) * Günter Kaar, Manfred Carrington, Andreas Reiter: ''LiNZ-Zeitgeschichte – von der Provinz- zur Stahlstadt, Wohnen und Alltagsleben.'' Lentia, Linz 2012, . (de)

External links

National Socialism in Linz

Wohnbau für die „Volksgemeinschaft“.
ORF.at (de)

(de) * ttp://www.nordico.at/html/de/130.aspx Nordico Stadtmuseum Linz(de)
NS-Bauten
Linz Kultur (de)

References

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