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- Title
From 'garden city precursors' to 'cemeteries for the living': contemporary discourse on Krupp housing and Besucherpolitik in Wilhelmine Germany.
- Authors
BOLZ, CEDRIC
- Abstract
In the Wilhelmine era (1871-1918) the Krupp steel company developed into Germany's largest industrial establishment and most famous armaments manufacturer. While the firm further cultivated its reputation as 'Cannon Kings', it claimed to be a leader in an entirely different area: the provision of housing. Extensively marketed through company publications, displays at international exhibitions and its Besucherpolitik (visitor policy), Krupp's housing developments in Essen generated considerable domestic and international interest. During a period when the housing question increasingly entered the political realm, high-profile individuals such as Kurt Eisner, Hannes Meyer and Alfred von Tirpitz all passionately expressed their views on Krupp's housing developments. This article assesses their historically neglected first-hand observations against the quantitative and qualitative housing achievements of the steel giant.
- Subjects
GERMANY; HOUSING; HOUSING policy; URBAN planning; WILLIAM II, German Emperor, 1859-1941; EISNER, Kurt, 1867-1919; MEYER, Hannes; TIRPITZ, Alfred von, 1849-1930; STEEL industry; GERMAN history, 1871-1918
- Publication
Urban History, 2010, Vol 37, Issue 1, p90
- ISSN
0963-9268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0963926810000088