Augsburg: Thelottviertel
The Thelottviertel is a neighbourhood where cats can cross the street safely and children can play there if they want to. This is all the more astonishing given that Augsburg's main railway station lies in the immediate vicinity and the city centre is within walking distance.
"The Thelottviertel is considered Germany's first "garden city". The term was coined by the British urban planner Ebenezer Howard. With his idea of the "garden city", he primarily pursued social reformist ideas.
On drained floodplain land, a colony of single-family houses was laid out - a novelty for the time - with spacious front and main gardens and landscaped courtyard areas. Practicality, attractive form and reasonable construction costs were the requirements for the homes, which were located close to the centre.
Between 1907 and 1929, 106 single-family houses were built, most of them in terraced construction. In addition, 76 (multi-family) apartment and commercial buildings were built.
The urban planning concept of the "Buchegger'sche Einfamilienhäuser-Colonie" (Buchegger's Colony of Single-Family Houses) at that time was based on a well-designed layout and varied siting of the houses, which stood alone or were grouped together in small groups. It was already praised as exemplary by contemporary experts." de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg-Thelottviertel
The architect of this garden city was Sebastian Buchegger (1870–1929). de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Buchegger
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_city_movement
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Howard
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Augsburg: Thelottviertel
The Thelottviertel is a neighbourhood where cats can cross the street safely and children can play there if they want to. This is all the more astonishing given that Augsburg's main railway station lies in the immediate vicinity and the city centre is within walking distance.
"The Thelottviertel is considered Germany's first "garden city". The term was coined by the British urban planner Ebenezer Howard. With his idea of the "garden city", he primarily pursued social reformist ideas.
On drained floodplain land, a colony of single-family houses was laid out - a novelty for the time - with spacious front and main gardens and landscaped courtyard areas. Practicality, attractive form and reasonable construction costs were the requirements for the homes, which were located close to the centre.
Between 1907 and 1929, 106 single-family houses were built, most of them in terraced construction. In addition, 76 (multi-family) apartment and commercial buildings were built.
The urban planning concept of the "Buchegger'sche Einfamilienhäuser-Colonie" (Buchegger's Colony of Single-Family Houses) at that time was based on a well-designed layout and varied siting of the houses, which stood alone or were grouped together in small groups. It was already praised as exemplary by contemporary experts." de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg-Thelottviertel
The architect of this garden city was Sebastian Buchegger (1870–1929). de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Buchegger
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_city_movement
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Howard
geheimtippaugsburg.de/geheimtipp/augsburger-stadtteile-th...