The Slaughterhouse (1902–1992)

Stuttgart’s municipal Schlachthof opened on 30 August 1902 — 60 buildings on 12 hectares, one of the region’s most important supply works — and ran until "the last Oink" in 1992. The Jugendstil administration building survived.

Part of Schlachthof Stuttgart

3 moments in this segment.

1. 1930 — Buildings Germany lost: Stuttgart before 1945. The pre-war city — the era of the working Schlachthof.
2. 1945 — Stuttgart ’45 — the end of the war in the southwest. Stuttgart in 1945; the slaughterhouse ran on until 1992.
3. 2020 — The Stuttgart Schlachthof site. The slaughterhouse grounds in Stuttgart’s east — opened 1902, once 60 buildings across 12 hectares. The subject dates from 1902; this photograph was taken in 2020.