Altenhagen (Hagen)

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Altenhagener Strasse with the tower of St. Joseph's Church
Market square in Altenhagen
Phoenix sculpture at the Ischelandteich

Altenhagen is the name of a district of the independent city Hagen in the eastern Ruhr area . In 2018 Altenhagen had 18,560 inhabitants.

history

Altenhagen is actually the oldest part of Hagen. Researchers see the Altenhagen manor, which was near the Altenhagener Brücke, but whose last remains had to give way to the construction of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn in the 19th century, as the nucleus of the settlement of the Hagen city area. Altenhagen has been part of the city of Hagen since 1901 . Altenhagen was formerly a so-called factory owners' quarter, where many of the city's large industrialists had their residence, for example Carl Brandt or Söding and Halbach. Due to the comparatively low level of destruction in World War II, a large number of beautiful Wilhelminian style houses have been preserved. One of Hagen's greatest accidents happened in 1913 on Altenhagener Strasse, when a fully occupied tram fell down the unwalled slope to the station near Alleestrasse, causing 15 deaths.

population

On December 31, 2018, there were 18,560 residents in Altenhagen.

Structural data of the population in Altenhagen:

  • Share of the population under 20 years of age: 24.0% (Hagen average: 19.4%)
  • Proportion of population of at least 60-year-olds: 21.3% (Hagen average: 28.3%)
  • Proportion of foreigners: 34.0% (Hagen average: 19.1%)

structure

Altenhagen extends between Altenhagener / Brinkstraße in the west, Feithstraße in the north, along Höing-Festplatz and Funcke-Park in the east and the Märkischer Ring down to Altenhagener Brücke in the south. The Altenhagen district is characterized by its proximity to the Hagen freight station on the one hand and the green belt to the Boelerheide district on the other. This meant that between the world wars, densely built-up residential areas with a high proportion of working-class families emerged along the railway line, while to the south-east beyond the Altenhagen market square a more relaxed style of construction with socially upscale structures prevailed. Altenhagen mainly consists of buildings from the early days as well as from the 1950s and 1960s.

Structural change

After the Second World War, the residential structures along the railway line changed negatively. Preference for socially disadvantaged low-income families moved in; the proportion of low-income social assistance recipients and single parents rose. There was also a strong influx of ethnic minorities. The proportion of foreigners and Germans is almost equal.

At the end of the 1990s - as a countermovement against the increasing conflicts in the quarter - an association and institutional forum was formed, which, supported by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, has now introduced various measures with the aim of improving the structure, such as the conversion of the old market square into Friedensplatz, which has meanwhile developed into an ethnic meeting place.

As part of the city network 'Soziale Stadt NRW', Altenhagen was included in the program “Local Capital for Social Purposes (LOS)” - a model project of the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) and the European Social Fund (ESF) . Here, the employability of people is to be supported and increased. The program ended in June 2006.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures of the districts
  2. ↑ Population figures of the districts
  3. ↑ Proportion of the population under 20 years of age
  4. ↑ Proportion of the population aged 60 and over
  5. ↑ Proportion of foreigners in the city districts

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′  N , 7 ° 28 ′  E