Workers' settlement Dahlhauser Heide

Although the settlement is not a listed building, a design code of the city of Bochum has stipulated since 1980 that the historical appearance of the settlement must always be preserved during any structural changes.

A house in the Dahlhauser Heide settlement, also known as the "Cap Colony", was reserved exclusively for a privileged minority: the employees of the Krupp company were offered a homely idyll with their own infrastructure, which at the same time placed the residents under the strict discipline of the company. Anyone who broke the rules or lost their job was thrown straight onto the street.

Between 1906 and 1905 Krupp had the colony built for the miners of the Hanover and Hannibal collieries. With two consumer institutions, a beer hall, two kindergartens and two schools, the settlement had a distinctly independent infrastructure from the start. The living standards, which were progressive for the time, such as the spacious gardens, were reserved exclusively for Krupp's employees. At the same time, the company's patriarchal welfare policy was linked to a strict regulatory discipline that also included political control: anyone who owned social democratic newspapers, for example, had to expect to be fired. In general, the coupling of rental and employment contract resulted in a great deal of uncertainty for the residents. The loss of the job also meant the termination of the rental agreement.

Although the housing estate is not a listed building, a design code issued by the city of Bochum in 1980 stipulates that any structural alterations must preserve the estate's historical appearance. Since then, extensive modernization measures have been implemented to improve the quality of living, while maintaining the estate's external appearance.