Karl marx court is one of the best known gemeindebauten english.

Red vienna karl marx hof background. Its imposing structure borrows from an eclectic mix of modernist bauhaus art deco neoclassical and baroque architectural styles. The community buildings also housed kindergartens advice centers for mothers clinics and sports fields coffee houses and libraries. Mighty flagpoles rise into the sky over the monumental towers of the central wing. Karl marx hof a kilometre long municipal apartment block in vienna s wealthy 19th district was first named after the father of the communist movement by austria s social democratic workers party sdap in 1927.

The 100 year anniversary of the movement is being celebrated in the city with two exhibits at the karl marx hof and at the wien museum opposite vienna s city hall both of which call attention. Stretching almost a mile along a major railway line the karl marx hof featured five monumental archways a striking red and yellow stucco facade and lush interior courtyards as well as state of the art kindergartens playgrounds maternity clinics health care offices lending libraries laundries and a host of other social services. In the inner courtyard a sower a bronze figure symbolically sows his seeds. Municipal housing complexes in vienna situated in heiligenstadt a neighbourhood of the 19th district of vienna döbling.

Though tragically snuffed out by the rise of fascism red vienna was an island of socialist organizing and workers power worth commemorating.

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