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Model City of Rehau

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Model City of Rehau

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Location: Rehau, Landkreis Hof, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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1. Goethe Memorial Stone in Rehau – Model City of Rehau loop from Rehau

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2. Model City of Rehau – Tactile Model of Rehau loop from Rehau

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3. Model City of Rehau – Kunsthaus Rehau loop from Rehau

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

July 3, 2024

It must have been an infernal sea of flames that struck Rehau on September 6, 1817. Almost the entire town was destroyed by a devastating fire. The third major town fire after 1512 and 1763 destroyed over 160 houses and outbuildings as well as 300 barns with the annual harvest in three hours. The church, the rectory, the town hall and the district court were also destroyed by the flames.

The reconstruction, which lasted from 1818 to 1824, was coordinated by Johann Wilhelm Baumann from Hof. He succeeded in developing a unique urban development concept. Rehau was to be rebuilt as an ideal town in keeping with the spirit of the times and in accordance with the most modern fire protection requirements. This included a checkerboard-like, symmetrical floor plan with wide, dead-straight axes and cross streets running at right angles to them. All new buildings were to be built entirely of stone and with integrated fire protection walls.

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

July 3, 2024

The first house built at that time is at Gartenstrasse 6, on the corner of Pfarrstrasse. All future houses had to be aligned with this building. In the future, all Bavarian towns were to be rebuilt in the event of a fire disaster, as was done in the model town of Rehau. But only there was Johann Wilhelm Baumann's design implemented.

That is why Rehau is the only model town in Bavaria.

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December 1, 2024

Due to the fires and the reconstruction in the classicist style at the beginning of the 19th century, there are many architectural delights to be discovered in Reha. The structured rectangular town planning was also part of the concept of the planned city, which was intended to withstand future fires.

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Location: Rehau, Landkreis Hof, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Model City of Rehau

1. Goethe Memorial Stone in Rehau – Model City of Rehau loop from Rehau

2. Model City of Rehau – Tactile Model of Rehau loop from Rehau

3. Model City of Rehau – Kunsthaus Rehau loop from Rehau

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