Construction is still going on: More new buildings are being built in the former Lincoln housing estate in Darmstadt.
Image: Marcus Kaufhold
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Subsidized and energy-efficient: These are two important principles for the Nassauische Heimstätte, which wants to create many affordable apartments in the Lincoln settlement by 2024 – and a neighborhood square.
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Darmstadt ⋅ When attempting to expand further in area, Darmstadt quickly reaches its limits: there are settlement restrictions to the north, i.e. in the direction of the airport. In the west, the growth of the city, which has a population of more than 160,000, is slowed down by motorways and railway lines. And in the south and east, the Odenwald is rather hostile towards the municipality. Which is why Darmstadt decided, out of necessity, but also out of conviction, to develop internally. A model that is currently being implemented in the former American Lincoln settlement. On Wednesday, the Nassauische Heimstätte/Wohnstadt (NHW) invited to the laying of the foundation stone for the “Noackhöfe”. An exemplary appointment that even the Economics Minister responsible for housing throughout Hesse, Tarek Al-Wazir (The Greens), did not want to miss.