Kolonie Neuaubing, Railway workers settlement in Neuaubing, Munich, Germany.
Kolonie Neuaubing is a residential settlement in Munich's Neuaubing district made up of nine three-story brick buildings with hipped roofs along Papinstraße. The buildings show a clear division between apartments for ordinary workers and those for higher railway officials.
The settlement was built between 1905 and 1906 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways near their fifth workshop for railway freight cars. It was part of a broader strategy to attract and keep workers for Bavaria's growing railroad industry.
The settlement was a place where railway workers and their families lived close together and tended small vegetable gardens. These gardens helped residents grow their own food and created a sense of community among the neighbors.
The settlement is located just south of Neuaubing S-Bahn station and is easy to reach by public transport. The buildings still display their original architectural features and can be viewed from the outside, as they continue to function as residences today.
The buildings display a physical representation of social hierarchy: while official residences on Papinstraße 49-51 had bathrooms, worker apartments did not. This distinction reflects the rigid class divisions of the railroad industry in the early industrial era.
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