List of German utopian communities

"The settlement is the way to the healthy, strong human of the future, to a completely new, organic lifestyle and thereby closes all other questions of our times."

Gustav Adolf Küppers[1]

"We are striving for the paradise of the earth. [...] We have recognized and banned the inhuman brutality and degeneracy of today's society."

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach[2]

German utopian communities are historic intentional communities that were formed in wake of various social movements from the mid-19th century until the 1930s. Estimates show that around 100 communities were created between 1918 and 1933,[3] but data is unreliable.[4] Although communities were ideologically diverse, they shared a common sense of mission as role models for German society at large.[5]

  1. ^ Wedemeyer-Kolwe 2017, p. 124.
  2. ^ Opitz, Manuel (2018). "Künstler, Kulturrebell, Kommunarde:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach" [Artist, cultural rebel, communard: Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach] (in German). Hamburg: Der Spiegel Geschichte. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  3. ^ Conti 1984, p. 116.
  4. ^ Wedemeyer-Kolwe 2017, p. 132.
  5. ^ Feuchter-Schawelka 1998, p. 232.