Almenhof (Mannheim)

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Almenhof City of Mannheim Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 52 ″  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 8 ″  E
Area :	1.3 km²
Residents :	6863  (December 31, 2015)
Population density :	5,279 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	68199
Area code :	0621

Almenhof is a district of Mannheim in the Neckarau district around 48er Platz with around 6800 inhabitants.

location

The district is located a little south of the city center between the districts of Lindenhof in the northwest, Schwetzingerstadt in the north, Neuhermsheim in the east, Neckarau in the south and Niederfeld in the west. The Almenhof has good transport links and local supplies with shops, doctors and childcare facilities. The immediate vicinity to Neckarau also has a leisure and club structure. The proximity to the Rhine and the forest park enables relaxation and sport.

history

Houses from the 1920s on Mönchwörthstraße

The name Almenhof goes back to a local name (" Almend ") at the northern end of today's Mönchwörthstraße. Aliment , Almend , Alm (en) in different spellings and modifications originated from Latin and Middle High German , an old term for community ownership in village, field, forest and water, which can be found in several Mannheim field names.

The garden city cooperative took up this name and decided in 1921 to build a settlement on the former meadows, which they called Almenhof. From June 1921 to the beginning of 1923, 50 single-family houses were initially built on Mönchwörthstraße. From 1925 onwards, the concept focused on more cost-effective, multi-storey apartment buildings and apartment blocks were also built. The garden city cooperative built a total of 450 apartments in the settlement, which is loosened up by gardens, front gardens and public green spaces. After the global economic crisis , the settlement was expanded significantly in the 1930s through private construction activities towards Neckarau and in the course of this the Gießen , a former arm of the Rhine that ran in the area of ​​the current Almenhof, was filled in. The rapid growth is evident in the population statistics, which recorded 1859 inhabitants in 1930, and for 1939 7810.

The 1848 revolution gave its name to the 48er Platz in the middle of the Almenhof . The newly planned streets there were also named after selected protagonists of the revolution, especially since Valentin Streuber , Lorenz Brentano or Friedrich Hecker were Mannheimers themselves. After the Second World War , the district, located directly at the Heinrich Lanz AG plant , was largely destroyed and had to be rebuilt. After the war, German prisoners of war were initially interned in the former air raid shelter . In 1947 Caritas looked after young men there, mainly refugees from former German areas in Eastern Europe. In 1948 the Salesians took over the bunker as a home for apprentices.

St. Mark's Church

The Markuskirche , built at the end of the 1930s, was damaged several times during air raids and burned down to the outer walls in 1944. It was rebuilt in 1951 and is still recognizable today as a striking landmark in the Almenhof.

Since 1979 the Goethe-Institut Mannheim-Heidelberg has had its location in Niederfeld immediately adjacent to the Almenhof. At the end of September 2014, the company moved to a former industrial site in the Almenhof district. The company Bilfinger SE also has its headquarters in the immediate vicinity , which was previously located at the Augustaanlage .

Churches

Maria-Hilf-Kirche

There are two Protestant and one Catholic churches in the Almenhof district. The Markuskirche was built in 1938 according to the plans of Max Schmechel , the Lukaskirche was created by Carlfried Mutschler in 1967 . The Mary Help of Christians Church was at its inauguration in 1954 as a Catholic eindrucksvollster construction of the Mannheim postwar period.

The 48 place

The heart of the Almenhof is 48er Platz as a central public sports and playground. Parents and citizens' initiatives have been campaigning for its preservation for years and support the facility with donations and social commitment. In addition to a sports field with a cinder track, the 48er Platz offers two playgrounds, a large lawn, a boules pitch , a basketball court, two table tennis tables and a skate and hockey area. The 48er Platz has developed into a meeting place for young and old. Every year the 48er festival takes place there, a district festival with over 1000 visitors. A citizens' initiative has been formed to prevent the city administration's plans to tear down the old bunker and build on the square.

Web links

Commons : Mannheim-Almenhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• City of Mannheim: District life, Almenhof. Retrieved October 25, 2014 . 
• City of Mannheim: Statistical data 2015, Almenhof. (PDF (204 KB)) December 31, 2014, accessed on September 21, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City of Mannheim: Population 2015 in small-scale breakdown. (PDF 679 KB) Statistical data Mannheim № 1/2016. March 30, 2016, p. 5 ff. , Accessed on April 6, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Hansjörg Probst: The Mannheimer Flurnamenlexikon . Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 2010, ISBN 978-3-89735-631-3 , p. 24 .
3. ↑ Hansjörg Probst : Neckarau Volume 2: From absolutism to the present. , Mannheim 1989, ISBN 3-87804-197-7 , in Heidelberger Historische Bestände - digital, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, p. 327, accessed on May 14, 2016.
4. ↑ Mannheimer Morgen from October 1, 2010, page 37, Mannheim Süd, Bunker awakens memory .
5. ↑ Mannheimer Morgen , issue of August 25, 2018, page 17 ( online )
6. ↑ 48 citizens' initiative