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Villa Hügel

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Villa Hugel is a nineteenth century mansion of 269 rooms set in a 28 hectare park in the Bredeney district of Essen, Germany, commissioned by the industrialist Alfred Krupp. Ground was broken in April 1870 and the house was finished in 1873, when the Krupp family moved in on January 10 of that year. The Krupp family opened the villa to the public in 1953, and since 1984 it has been run by the Ruhr Cultural Foundation, which uses it for art and cultural exhibitions, houses the Krupp historical archive, and hosts concerts by the Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building Type
Mansion 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Essen, Germany 2
Completed Year
1873 1
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Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Mansion 1
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Neoclassical Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Villa Hugel (Wikipedia)
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1. Villa Hugel (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Hügel, lead definition
    The Villa Hügel is a 19th-century mansion in Bredeney, now part of Essen, Germany.
  • Lead section
    The Villa Hügel is a 19th-century mansion in Bredeney, now part of Essen, Germany.
  • Infobox: completion_date
    1873
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (mansion)
    The Villa Hügel is a 19th-century mansion in Bredeney, now part of Essen, Germany. It was built by the industrialist Alfred Krupp in 1870-1873 as his main residence and was the home of the Krupp family until after World War II. More recently, the Villa Hügel has housed the offices of the Kulturstiftung Ruhr (Ruhr Cultural Foundation), an art gallery, the historical archive of the Krupp family and
  • In Style: Neoclassical Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Neoclassical
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2. Villa Hugel (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Essen, Germany
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Essen, Germany
Wikidata item Q674670, property P131/P17 (location): Essen, Germany
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