Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
"Panzerkreuzer" Estate, designed by Hans Scharoun
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv
Reference	1239
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	2008 (32nd Session)

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (German: Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne) consists of six subsidized housing estates (Siedlungen) that testify to innovative housing policies from 1910 to 1933, especially during the Weimar Republic, when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive socially, politically and culturally. The properties are outstanding examples of the building reform movement that contributed to improving housing and living conditions for people with low incomes through novel approaches to town planning, architecture and garden design. The estates also provide exceptional examples of new urban and architectural typologies, featuring fresh design solutions, as well as technical and aesthetic innovations.

Bruno Taut, Martin Wagner and Walter Gropius were among the leading architects of these projects which exercised considerable influence on the development of housing around the world.

List of Housing Estates

Settlement	Location	Dates	Planner	Architect
Gartenstadt Falkenberg Tuschkastensiedlung ("Paintbox Estate")	Bohnsdorf 52°24′39″N 13°34′00″E / 52.41083°N 13.56667°E / 52.41083; 13.56667 (Gartenstadt Falkenberg)	1913–1916	Bruno Taut	Bruno Taut Heinrich Tessenow
Siedlung Schillerpark	Wedding 52°33′34″N 13°20′56″E / 52.55944°N 13.34889°E / 52.55944; 13.34889 (Siedlung Schillerpark)	1924–1930	Bruno Taut	Bruno Taut Max Taut Hans Hoffmann (enlargement 1954-1959)
Großsiedlung Britz Hufeisensiedlung ("Horseshoe Estate")	Britz 52°26′54″N 13°27′00″E / 52.44833°N 13.45000°E / 52.44833; 13.45000 (Hufeisensiedlung)	1925–1930	Bruno Taut	Bruno Taut Martin Wagner
Wohnstadt Carl Legien	Prenzlauer Berg 52°32′47″N 13°26′01″E / 52.54639°N 13.43361°E / 52.54639; 13.43361 (Wohnstadt Carl Legien)	1928–1930	Bruno Taut	Bruno Taut Franz Hillinger
Weiße Stadt (White City)	Reinickendorf 52°34′10″N 13°21′03″E / 52.56944°N 13.35083°E / 52.56944; 13.35083 (Weiße Stadt)	1929–1931	Otto Rudolf Salvisberg Martin Wagner (direction)	Otto Rudolf Salvisberg Bruno Ahrends Wilhelm Büning
Großsiedlung Siemensstadt Ringsiedlung	Charlottenburg-Nord 52°32′22″N 13°16′39″E / 52.53944°N 13.27750°E / 52.53944; 13.27750 (Großsiedlung Siemensstadt)	1929–1934	Hans Scharoun Martin Wagner (direction)	Hans Scharoun Walter Gropius Otto Bartning Fred Forbat Hugo Häring Paul Rudolf Henning

World Heritage Sites in Germany

For official site names, see each article or the List of World Heritage Sites in Germany.

Northern	Fagus Factory in Alfeld Berlin Modernism Housing Estates Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus in Hamburg St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim Hanseatic City of Lübeck Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar

Central	Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz ~~Dresden Elbe Valley~~ (delisted in 2009) Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski¹ Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg Wartburg Castle Classical Weimar

Western	Aachen Cathedral Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey Cologne Cathedral Upper Middle Rhine Valley Speyer Cathedral Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier Völklingen Ironworks Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen

Southern	Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch Town of Bamberg Frontiers of the Roman Empire:² Upper Germanic & Rhaetian Limes Maulbronn Monastery Complex Margravial Opera House Bayreuth Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof Monastic Island of Reichenau Pilgrimage Church of Wies Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps³

Natural	Ancient Beech Forests⁴ Messel Pit Fossil Site Wadden Sea⁵

¹ Shared with Poland ² Shared with the United Kingdom ³ Shared with Austria, France, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland ⁴ Shared with Slovakia and Ukraine ⁵ Shared with the Netherlands and Denmark

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Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

List of Housing Estates

See also