''Mehringhof'' is a socialized building complex in

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, Berlin, designed as a center for alternative activities. As of 1991, it hosted 38 projects, including a theater, an electronics collective (''Wuseltronick''), a printing collective, and a school for adults.

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In 1978, anonymous benefactors donated 2 million to purchase the ''Mehringhof'' factory complex in Kreuzberg to build a center for alternative activities. ''Mehringhof'' incorporated as a

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'' without named owners and was governed by an assembly of tenants who paid maintenance rent. This group decided on new tenants, changes in rent, and handling maintenance.

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* 1978 establishments in West Germany Autonomism Buildings and structures in Berlin Self-managed social centers {{Anarchism-stub

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