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Stalinstadt.Department store on the main road, 1960

Germany
Brandenburg
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Built from 1951, Eisenhüttenstadt served as a residential city for workers at the new "Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost" steelworks. A model for East German urban and social planning, it was the first new city founded in post-war Germany. Based on the "16 Principles of Urban Development," it was designed as a complete city, not just a housing estate. As a "factory town," it also reflected a Soviet model for new industrial centers developed from the 1930s. Eisenhüttenstadt (known as Stalinstadt from 19.. Read more »


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