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 …

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July 3, 2024

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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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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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