Die Besonderheiten der europäischen Stadt im 20. Jahrhundert

Abstract

The article on the 20^th century European city covers two dimensions. On the one hand it describes briefly the main directions and controversies of the debate on the European city by Europeans which gradually ended in the 1960’s. On the other hand it presents the major peculiarities of the 20^th century European city, the visibility of the European history in the city, the specific urban growth, the European division between urban and rural culture, the European urban inequalities, the European use of urban culture especially in the city centres, the European debate about city planning and the European urban planning politics.