Private company
Neue Heimat
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
German nonprofit construction company
Neue Heimat Gemeinnützige Wohnungs- und Siedlungsgesellschaft m.b.H., or Neue Heimat (NH) for short, was a nonprofit construction and housing company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) and its affiliated individual trade unions owned the company. It originated from a nonprofit housing association founded in Hamburg in 1926.2 It ceased to exist in 1998.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Neue Heimat Gemeinnützige Wohnungs- und Siedlungsgesellschaft m.b.H., or Neue Heimat (NH) for short, was a nonprofit construction and housing company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) and its affiliated individual trade unions owned the company. It originated from a nonprofit housing association founded in Hamburg in 1926. After 1950, Neue Heimat developed into the largest non-state housing construction company in Europe, creating more than 460,000 apartments by 1982. The year 1998 is regarded as the end of the group's liquidation.2
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- WikipediaNeue Heimat
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- WikidataQ1979543
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- 1WikidataNeue Heimat on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaNeue Heimat on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsNeue Heimat logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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