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Rieth, Erfurt and the heritage of Plattenbauten
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April 23, 2019January 25, 2022Ensembles, villages & cities, personal heritage stories

Rieth, Erfurt and the heritage of Plattenbauten

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Rieth is a northern neighborhood of Erfurt built between 1971 and 1978, the second in the Thuringian city following the Plattenbauten scheme. This German word hints at how the buildings are made, i.e. with prefabricated concrete slabs. Clearly this method was not exclusive to East Germany, but immediately became a widely known reference to the public...