Ahrbergviertel
The Ahrbergviertel ( spelling AhrbergViertel ) is a 2 hectare mixed district in Hanover 's Linden-Süd district . It was built in 1998 on the former site of the Fritz Ahrberg sausage factory, which was built in 1911, and is now a cultural center for the Spanish-born residents of Hanover.
The quarter is considered a successful example of the transformation of a historic industrial site into a modern residential and work district. A similar example in Hanover is the Pelikanviertel on the former factory premises of Pelikan AG in the List district .
location
The Ahrbergviertel is located on Deisterplatz, into which the Westschnellweg joins. The Von Alten Garden and the former Hanomag factory are nearby .
description
After the sausage factory Fritz Ahrberg, which had got into financial difficulties, was sold in 1992, the factory premises were empty. The idea of revitalizing the industrial wasteland developed from the Linden district . In 1997 a group of investors acquired the area for 8 million DM . Between 1998 and 2000 the renovation took place with careful renovation of the old building fabric. The main building of the former sausage factory was preserved, only smaller auxiliary buildings were demolished. Some multi-storey residential buildings were added.
The building stock in the Ahrbergviertel consists of an extensive complex of houses that are interconnected in a nested manner. There is also a smaller building complex and two larger individual buildings in the form of a former bed spring factory and Fritz Ahrberg's factory owner's villa . It was built in the 1860s by Bethel Henry Strousberg as director of the Georg Egestorff machine factory opposite . The sausage factory's boiler house, which was built in 1918 from red bricks and is no longer part of the Ahrberg district, is striking.
The renovation of the industrial wasteland, which was completed in 2000, led to architecturally high-quality residential and office space with 120 units. Two thirds of the space in the Ahrbergviertel is used for residential purposes and one third for commercial purposes. The users of the Ahrbergviertel include tenants and owners of apartments. Around 25 companies and institutions have settled in the quarter. These include studios, a hotel, a restaurant and a dance company. Social groups and institutions also maintain their meeting points in the buildings, such as the workers' welfare , a kindergarten and a housing company.
Entrance gate to the former Fritz Ahrberg sausage factory , today's Ahrbergviertel
New buildings in the Ahrbergviertel
Area map of the district
The sausage factory's boiler house, built in 1918, with the chimney
Cultural meaning
The Ahrbergviertel is now considered a Spanish stronghold in Hanover, which is also reflected in the official street naming (for example "Plaza de Rosalia"). The Spanish focus is traditionally due to the earlier settlement of Spanish guest workers in the Linden-Süd district , in which the district is located. As a result of this pre-characterization, a Galician cultural association and a Galician restaurant business settled in the Ahrbergviertel . The quarter is very attractive to residents of the Hanover region of Spanish origin. The Ahrbergfest is celebrated annually as a German-Spanish summer festival.
literature
- Christiane Schröder, Sid Auffarth , Manfred Kohler: Potash, coal and canal - industrial culture in the Hanover region , Rostock, 2010, ISBN 978-3-356-01378-8
- Karl Johaentges and Uta Preuße: Ahrberg - New life in the sausage factory , KaJo Verlag, Hanover 2002, ISBN 3-925544-27-5
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Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 40.6 " N , 9 ° 42 ′ 56.5" E