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The Villa Huegel

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The Villa H�gel, situated�in the Essen district of Bredeney, was built in 1873 by�Alfred Krupp and is the former residence and representative house of the industrialist family Krupp.
The Villa has 269 rooms, 8.100 m��residential and utility area and is situated in a�28 hectare park at a prominent place above the Ruhr Valley and the Baldeney Lake.Picture Copyright: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Villa_H%C3%BCgel_Front.jpg�Raimond Spekking

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History
The whole house was originally built with non-flammable material that meant stone, steel and glass as Krupp was afraid of fire. The villa's interior decoration was completely renewed in the style of the time�after his death. Now only the facility's side areas are still recognisable�(staircases, servant quarters, handrails). The facility consists of a smaller building as well as the main house, which are connected via a long section of library and ballroom.�The villa H�gel was at the time of construction considered a show-and-tell object of technical progress also because Alfred�Krupp was personally involved in the modern technique planning. The building phase wore out several architects due to the owner's stubbornness.
Part of the originally facility was a complete farm, which was situated in front of the adjacent house to guarantee self-sufficiency but it was pulled down relatively fast as it upset the representative overall picture.
Part of the extended building ensemble�of Villa H�gel is the Parkhaus H�gel, which houses a das restaurant and the train station H�gel half way up the slope to the Baldeney Lake.�In 1894 a playhouse was constructed for the Krupp daughters Bertha and Barbara. The half-timbered house is called 'Spatzenhaus'.Picture Copyright: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Villa_H%C3%BCgel_erster_Stock.jpg�Raimond Spekking

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The building of the villa H�gel is at the same time a testimony of nouveau riche hybrids. Century-old glass paintings have been inserted into the staircase windows of the annexe that Krupp had bought earlier. Bei der Anlage des riesigen Parks lie� Alfred Krupp chose to plant�fully-grown trees in the enormous park to be able to enjoy the 'final state' while still alive.�Dead trees were replaced unceremoniously with 'new old ones'; the consequence was that the villa H�gel's tree population is considerably older than the premises itself. The park consists of altogether 23 hectare and has hardly been changed since 1914.
Important art exhibitions�have been taking�place regularly at the main house since 1953. The annexe contains a permanent collection about the family and company history. Park and buildings can be visited provided there are no exhibitions or special events�by the Krupp-Stiftung.
See also: List of destinations and landmarks at the Ruhr area, lists of castles and manors at the Ruhr areaPicture�Copyright: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Villa_H%C3%BCgel_Konferenzraum.jpg�Raimond Spekking�This article is based on the article from http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_H%C3%BCgel the free Encyclopedia Wikipedia and is under� http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU-Lizenz_f%C3%BCr_freie_Dokumentation . In Wikipedia is a�http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Villa_H%C3%BCgel&action=history available.
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