In 1896, the district was prepared for the construction of the Südfriedhof, a large monumental cemetery: existing roads were expanded and Zollstock was connected to the city's tram network. The cemetery opened in 1901 and remains one of the district's main sights. After the First World War, a number of residential neighbourhoods were erected in the district. Though this initially included mainly detached homes, blocks of flats increasingly became the norm from 1925 onwards. Since the 1980s, much of Zollstock's housing stock has been subject to modernisation and refurbishment.
