Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen kommunaler Raum- und Infrastrukturplanung im 19. Jahrhundert – preußische und badische Entwicklungslinien

No. 2020-25

(The Legal Framework of Urban Spatial and Infrastructure Planning in the 19th Century – Prussian and Baden Lines Development)

The history of urban planning law is a complex and legal-historically demanding field of research, which to date has only been studied in a rudimentary fashion. In order to understand the legal and social context, it seems necessary to understand planning not only in a narrow sense – as urban land-use planning – but also to include the planning of municipal infrastructures. The present contribution therefore examines the development of the legal framework not only for urban land-use planning but also for the planning of technical infrastructures (gas, sewerage, water supply and electricity) in the German states of Prussia and Baden. It becomes apparent that the degree of municipal freedom of action can only be discerned if one considers in detail how ‘Polizei’ was understood at that time and looks at the interaction of different competences.