Wohnprojekt Gerthe eG

Who we are

Wohnprojekt Gerthe is a registered housing cooperative based at Gewerkenstrasse 12 in Bochum-Gerthe. It was founded in 1983 as a self-managed association to create affordable housing for students. Following a comprehensive core renovation carried out under its own management, the former forced labourers' barracks of the Zeche Lothringen colliery were converted into living space for more than 80 people. The community lives and organises itself on an equal footing; decisions are made in the weekly WohnGruppenRat (housing group council). The project strives for an ecologically sustainable lifestyle and has also been engaged since the 2000s in the historical reappraisal of the former forced labour camp of the Zeche Lothringen colliery. The company is not active as a manufacturing or supplier business; its origins as a housing project are evident from the details below. The cooperative is registered under GnR 243 at the Bochum local court.

Site

Bochum

Processes

Provision of affordable housing for students, Self-management and community life, Historical reappraisal of the former forced labour camp at Zeche Lothringen

Certificates

Member of the PkmG e.V. auditing association

Founded

1983

Industries

Housing / housing management (housing cooperative)

Location

Quality and Testing

As a cooperative, the housing project is a member of the Auditing Association of Small and Medium-Sized Cooperatives e.V. (PkmG e.V.) and is subject to its regular audits.

From Yesterday to Today

1. 1983

   Start of the self-managed association to create affordable housing for students; after comprehensive core renovation under its own management of the former forced labourers' barracks of the Zeche Lothringen colliery, space for more than 80 people.

2. 2000er

   Reappraisal of the history of the former forced labour camp of the Zeche Lothringen colliery (according to Wikipedia).