Machine age

The industrial age is an epoch of mankind, which began with the onset of industrialization. With the technical innovations of the 1970s and 1980s, the Information Age begins.

In the industrial age to observed changes

Social Changes

A vested in the newly acquired knowledge of medicine and hygiene population growth in a previously unknown level and stormy onset of industrialization initiated in Germany from 1850 a epoch extreme urban growth. Had before the Industrial Revolution, most manufacturing plants her bound to the hydropower site outside the city focus, this is now associated with steam engines and railroads increasingly in cities.

The industry followed the trade, banking and insurance sectors in the major cities. At the same time, the social structure of the city changed. The social classes of entrepreneurs and workers konstitutionieren itself, as is the so-called " new middle class " with officials and employees.

On the quantitative increase of the urban population and the social restructuring processes one was prepared neither legally nor scientifically.

"Wrong understood liberalism and Building Control Regulations, which allow a maximum land utilization, often characterize the shape of the founders temporal city. "

Beginnings of a planning law originated in 1868 with the Baden and in 1875 the Prussian Alignment Law, the zuwiesen the task of urban planning, especially the surveyor.

As a first basic urban abstract appeared in 1876 the work of Reinhard Baumeister ( Karlsruhe 1833-1917 ) urban expansion in technical, baupolizeilicher and economic relationship, which in 1890 was followed by the Handbook of Urban Design by Joseph Stubben. The cornerstone of modern urban planning was laid in Germany was not until the end of the 19th century hence.

The following graphs show some of the observed over the course of the industrial age global changes:

Museale representations

• European Route of Industrial Heritage
• The Industrial Heritage Trail is a project of the Ruhr Regional Association (RVR ) and connects the most important industrial monuments and attractive tourist in the Ruhr.
• Since 2003 there is also a route of industrial culture Rhein- Main. This industry structures are to be linked to the 160 km between Miltenberg and Bingen am Rhein via Frankfurt to experience a route through the industrial age in the Rhine- Main area. Already 700 buildings are scientifically recorded.
• World Heritage Volklingen Ironworks, one of the most important industrial monuments in Germany