Rundgang: Preußische Moderne. Das Neue Bauen am Ende der 20er-Jahre in Ottensen

In the organizer's words:

Tour of the Hamburg Architecture Summer

At the end of the 1920s, leading building officials in the social democratically governed Free State of Prussia regarded Neues Bauen as the republican art of building and promoted it to the best of their ability. Numerous public buildings were built in this style, mostly in brick, steel, glass and concrete, with simple forms and straight lines, including in Altona-Ottensen under the building senator Gustav Oelsner. They include schools, municipal housing buildings, quayside warehouses and bus shelters. Examples can also be found in private house construction and in church and cemetery buildings.

The tour begins at Gustav Oelsner's Haus der Jugend and ends at Ottenser Osterkirche. It not only tells the story of selected buildings and their stylistic features in the largely historicist district, but also the work of the architects associated with them: an insight into the building policy and building concept of the democratic Prussian state shortly before the National Socialists seized power.

• Duration: 2 hours (no registration required)
• Meeting point: Gewerbeschule Energietechnik, Museumstraße 19
• End point: Osterkirche, Bei der Osterkirche 17
• Cost: €10 regular, €5 reduced, for a donation for everyone up to the age of 19 and association members. Please bring suitable clothing.

Price information:

10 € regular, 5 € reduced, free for all up to 19 years. Cash payment only, please bring suitable money.