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The Weissenhof Colony (Weissenhofsiedlung), Stuttgart is an estate of working
class housing. The estate showcases the International style of modern architecture.
Your Stuttgart Travel Guide should definitely include a plan to visit this old
estate in Stuttgart in Germany.
A popular place for Sightseeing in Stuttgart, Weissenhof Colony (Weissenhofsiedlung),
Stuttgart was built in the year 1927 for the Deutscher Werkbund exhibition.
It included 21 buildings comprising of 60 dwellings designed by 16 European
architects. Among these, 11 buildings survive at present.
Weissenhof Colony (Weissenhofsiedlung), Stuttgart is one of the prime Stuttgart
Tourist Attractions. The capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern
Germany, Stuttgart is the sixth largest city in the country. Stuttgart is well-known
for its cultural life, especially for the Staatstheater and Staatsgalerie. While
the former contains an opera house and three smaller theaters where opera, ballet,
theatre and concerts are produced, the latter is an art gallery and art museum.
These buildings at Weissenhof Colony (Weissenhofsiedlung), Stuttgart bear slight
variation in form. Displaying a strong uniformity of design, the estate comprises
of terraced and detached houses and apartment buildings. The estate was designed
with tenant participation, keeping in mind a streamlined building process. All
buildings are marked by simplified facades, flat roofs used as terraces, window
bands, open plan interiors, and high level of prefabrication. All the entries,
except two, were white-colored.
After visiting the Weissenhof Colony (Weissenhofsiedlung), Stuttgart, you can
visit other tourist attractions in the city such as the Oberer Schlossgarten,
the Altes Schloss, the Stiftskirche, the Max-Eyth-See, the Kunstgebaude (House
of Art), or the magnificent Schlossplatz - Castle Square, Stuttgart. You can
also pay a visit to the Aussichtsplatform, Stuttgart.
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