Panoramic View of Colony Altenhof 
GERMAN MODEL HOUSES FOR WORKMEN 
By William Mayner 
American Consulate-General, Berlin 
L—THE KRUPP COLONIES 
INTRODUCTORY .—The problem of rescuing the skilled artisan from the tenement houses into which he has been forced by the con¬ 
gestion of the larger cities has long been more insistent for solution at the hands of the great industrial managers in Europe than in 
America. But here too the problem is beginning to press, and a recognition of the increased value of the workman when prop¬ 
erly housed and provided with rational means of recreation for himself and his family, has led American employers to seek eagerly 
for the best means of accomplishing such a desirable end. With a view to aiding in this humanitarian work. House and Garden 
has commissioned Mr. William Mayner, of the American Consulate-General in Berlin, who has given the subject much attention and 
has unusual facilities for elucidating it, to prepare a series of illustrated papers upon the results already achieved in Germany, 
where the problem has been attacked with the resolution and thoroughness characteristic of that enterprising and progressive nation. 
In this first paper Mr. Mayner begins, by way of concrete example, with an account of the splendid results attained at the great 
Krupp works at Essen, and their allied industries. This will be followed by a discussion of the general problem, after which other 
workingmen’s colonies, as those at Spindelsfeld, the Borsig works and elsewhere will also be fully described and illustrated. At 
the conclusion of this first installment will be found a statistical summary of the vast annual operations of the Krupp Company, 
especially prepared by them at Mr. Mayner’s request for publication in House and Garden. Editor. 
TN view of the great importance which in modern 
times is attached to the housing of workmen, it 
may be of inter¬ 
est to learn some 
particulars re- 
gardingthe policy 
which has guided 
the firm of Fried¬ 
rich Krupp in 
their arrange¬ 
ments for housing 
their workmen 
which has exer¬ 
cised so great an 
influence upon 
thiswhole general 
movement. 
The oldest 
house for work¬ 
men of this firm 
is the original res- 
idence of the 
founder erected 
in 1822. 
Alfred Krupp, 
the/'son of the vestibule in “the house 
founder, dedicated this house in the following words: 
“Fifty years ago this house sheltered my parents. 
May every work- 
man be spared 
the anxiety which 
the founding of 
the factory 
brought upon us. 
For twenty-five 
years the success 
was do ubtful. 
Deprivations, 
great efforts, con¬ 
fidence and per¬ 
sistency in the 
past have finally 
met with such 
wonderful suc¬ 
cess. 
“May this ex¬ 
ample be an 
encouragement to 
others in distress. 
May it increase 
the respect for 
OF REST ” COLONY ALTENHOF small houses and 
123 
