Hans Tauscher (October 29, 1867 - September 5, 1941) was an officer of the Imperial German Army during World War I who was accused in the United States of plotting sabotage against Canada's Welland Canal . He was indicted with Franz von Papen but acquitted by a federal jury. From the late 1890s until 1931, he was the American representative for Krupp in the United States .
17-583: He was born in Prenzlau, Germany , on October 29, 1867, to Traugott Johannes Tauscher (1838–1916), German military officer and Pauline Hillmann (1837–1925). He attended a military academy and was appointed as a lieutenant in the Imperial German Army by 1891. He attended an opera and met Johanna Gadski , and they married on November 20, 1892, in Berlin, Germany . They had a daughter, Charlotte, who
34-582: A garrison town, Prenzlau was again ravaged by passing troops during the Seven Years' War and the Napoleonic Wars . In the mid 19th century, several citizens emigrated to Australia , where they founded the town of Prenzlau, Queensland west of Brisbane . In World War II the Oflag II-A prisoner-of-war camp was located just south of Prenzlau on the main road to Berlin. The town centre
51-543: A combination of decreasing population, renovation of older buildings, and construction of modern alternative housing has led to high vacancy rates, with some estimates placing the number of unoccupied units at around a million. Many large panel system-building apartments were built in giant settlements, often on the edge of cities (such as Marzahn and Hellersdorf in Berlin and Halle-Neustadt ), making them inconveniently located. While some large panel system-building apartments have been being torn down, many are renovated to
68-673: A federal jury. He died on September 5, 1941, at St. Clare's Hospital in Manhattan, New York City . Prenzlau, Germany Prenzlau ( German: [ˈpʁɛnt͡slaʊ] , formerly also Prenzlow ) is a town in Brandenburg , Germany , the administrative seat of Uckermark District . It is also the centre of the historic Uckermark region. The town is located on the Ucker river, about 100 km (62 mi) north of Berlin . Prenzlau station —which opened in 1863—is
85-564: A modern standard. Especially in bigger cities, these districts are slowly getting more popular again, since they provide affordable apartments and often walkable environments with good public transport systems. Berlin-based architect David Chipperfield has suggested that the plain appearance of Plattenbau housing does not promote gentrification , and may be a factor that helps preserve social continuity for local residents and neighborhoods. In Finland , particularly in northern towns, such as Rovaniemi , Plattenbauten are commonplace. Rovaniemi
102-708: A result of their vulnerability to damp ingress and their cheap and quick construction methods, while older housing stock has undergone extensive renovation or been replaced with more modern dwelling units. There were several common large panel system-building designs. The most common series was the P2 , followed by the WBS 70 , the WHH GT 18 , and Q3A . The designs were flexible and could be built as towers or rows of apartments of various heights. The short sides of building blocks often featured large-scale murals or colourful mosaics . Since
119-721: A stop on the Angermünde–Stralsund railway line. Settled since Neolithic times, the Prenzlau area from the 7th century AD was the site of several gords erected by the Polabian Slavs called Ukrani . In the late 12th century, the Dukes of Pomerania had the region colonized by Low German settlers. Prenzlau itself, named after Slavic Premyslaw , was first mentioned in 1187. It received town privileges by Duke Barnim I of Pomerania in 1234. When Duke Barnim signed
136-688: Is now known as the Splanemann-Siedlung in Berlin's Lichtenberg district, constructed in 1926–1930. These two- and three-storey apartment houses were assembled of locally cast slabs, inspired by the Dutch Betondorp in Watergraafsmeer , a suburb of Amsterdam . In East Germany , large panel system-building areas have been designated as Neubaugebiet ( "New development area" ). Virtually all new residential buildings since
153-715: The Treaty of Landin with the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg in 1250, Prenzlau was already a fortified town with walls and moats, four parish churches and a monastery. Together with Berlin - Cölln , Frankfurt and Stendal , it ranked among the largest towns in the margraviate. The Prenzlau and the Uckermark region were devastated during the Thirty Years' War . From the late 17th century onwards French Huguenot refugees settled here and an economic recovery started. Also
170-667: The 1960s were built in this style, as it was a quick and relatively inexpensive way to curb the country's severe housing shortage, which had been caused by wartime bombing raids and the large influx of German refugees from further east. At the same time, many buildings from earlier eras had substantial drawbacks, such as coal heat, no hot running water , or bathrooms shared by multiple units. As these buildings fell into disrepair, many of their inhabitants moved into newer large panel system-building housing. Today, large panel system-buildings are often no longer desirable, due in part to both their low thermal efficiency, and their rapid deterioration as
187-541: The case of the Nikolaiviertel the buildings were made to look more historic. Large panel system-building apartments were once considered highly desirable in East Germany, largely due to the lack of any other viable alternative. The main alternatives of the time were overcrowded, deteriorating prewar housing, often with wartime damage still visible, due to policies that preferred new construction over repairing
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#1732775499520204-420: The damaged housing stock. Plattenbau suburbs were planned not only for apartment buildings, but included schools, shopping centers, hospitals, restaurants and recreational facilities. Commercial areas were either on the ground floor of high-rise apartment blocks, or in separate structures. Since few citizens owned cars, the developments were planned to include tramways, subways and bus lines. Since reunification
221-541: The eighties to be replaced by 2–4 storey buildings constructed of prefabricated concrete slabs. To fit in with the medieval church and the almost complete city wall, the houses used rather small design units and decreased in height the farther away they were from the Church and the nearer they came to the city wall. A similar project was the Nikolaiviertel around the historic Nikolai church in Berlin 's old centre. In
238-475: The entire building had a standard structure, apartment layouts were also standardized. Furniture producers used this to offer prefabricated sets that matched a variety of typical apartment setups. There have been projects with low rise "P lattenbauten " such as the town of Bernau just north of Berlin. This town had an almost complete historic center of mainly wooden framed buildings within its preserved city walls. Most of these were torn down after 1975 and during
255-581: The second half of the 20th century, this prefabricated construction method was also used extensively in West Europe and elsewhere, particularly in public housing (see tower block ). Prefabrication was pioneered in the Netherlands following World War I , based on construction methods developed in the United States . The first German use of large panel system-building construction is what
272-641: Was born in Berlin on August 31, 1893 (and died there on March 30, 1967). Tauscher "put the Luger pistol on the map in the Americas at the turn of the 20th century." During World War I he was accused of plotting sabotage against the Welland Canal along with Franz von Papen , Captain Karl Boy-Ed , Constantine Covani , and Franz von Rintelen . He was indicted with Franz von Papen but acquitted by
289-521: Was largely destroyed. The East German authorities had it rebuilt with large panel Plattenbau buildings. Seats in the town's assembly ( Stadtverordnetenversammlung ) as of 2014 local elections: Prenzlau is twinned with: Plattenbau The large panel system building is a building constructed of large, prefabricated concrete slabs . Such buildings are often found in housing development areas. Although large panel system-buildings are often considered to be typical of Eastern Bloc countries in
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