75 years of Grindelhochhausen: From the war fate to the oasis of living!

75 years of Grindelhochhausen: From the war fate to the oasis of living!

Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, Deutschland - On April 3, 2025, the first tenant's move into the Grindelhochhausen in Hamburg marks the 75th time. These remarkable buildings consist of twelve high -rise buildings made of yellow brick, which are between 8 and 14 floors high and offer a total of around 2,000 apartments. They represent an important example of Hamburg architecture.

The Grindelhochhäuser were built in a time of great housing after the Second World War, more precisely between 1946 and 1956. When moving in 1950, an apartment with warm water and a small kitchen was a great luxury for many tenants. The architecture of the Grindelhochhausen, designed with the aim of ensuring optimal tanning the apartments, was a break with the previous construction of the pre -war. A total of 2,122 apartments were completed by 1956, in which about 5,400 people lived.

architecture and historical development

The high-rise buildings in steel skeleton construction are covered with yellow clinker from Gail from Gießen. They are based on modern high-rise visions of the 1920s and are arranged in five rows in a north-south direction. The first groundbreaking took place on July 12, 1946. During the construction period, the living situation in Hamburg only improved slowly, as over 220,000 apartments had been destroyed by bombing before the war.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the call of the Grindelhochhäuser deteriorated. The buildings fell, and many of the garbage swallows were often clogged. The resident structure changed when many of the apartments of people with a migration background were obtained. It was only in the 1990s that the ensemble experienced a turn when the Saga invested 75 million D-Mark in comprehensive renovation measures.

Today, the Grindelhochhäuser are listed and enjoy high popularity again. Long -term tenants report a social mix and a good neighborly coexistence. The architecture and the integrated infrastructure for daily needs are also considered exemplary. The facility also offers a park that upgrades the surroundings of the high -rise buildings, while the ground floors were originally equipped with shops, a café, a restaurant and a doctor's office, which further increased the quality of life of the tenants.

The Grindelhochhäuser are both admired and critically seen in terms of opinions about their importance in the Federal Republic. Nevertheless, her legacy remains undisputed as a unique example of housing after 1945 in Germany, as well as ndrs.de and wikipedia .