The karl marx hof is the flagship of the red fleet of houses.

Red vienna karl marx hof background. The karl marx hof in vienna austria. Though tragically snuffed out by the rise of fascism red vienna was an island of socialist organizing and workers power worth commemorating. The community buildings also housed kindergartens advice centers for mothers clinics and sports fields coffee houses and libraries. 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. Mighty flagpoles rise into the sky over the monumental towers of the central wing. In the inner courtyard a sower a bronze figure symbolically sows his seeds. 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.

Municipal housing complexes in vienna situated in heiligenstadt a neighbourhood of the 19th district of vienna döbling.

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