Old slaughterhouse (Karlsruhe)

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Old slaughterhouse in Karlsruhe (2009)

The old slaughterhouse is an area in the east of Karlsruhe , on which the city slaughterhouse was located until 2006 and since then a so-called creative park has been created, consisting of cultural centers and artistic institutions.

The tenants of the creative park have joined forces since 2010 in the Verein Ausletzt eV . The association has set itself the goal of actively participating in the development of the site and communicating joint projects to the outside world.

terrain

The site is located in the east of Karlsruhe. It is bounded in the north by Durlacher Allee , in the east by the Messplatz and in the south and west by Otto-Dullenkopf-Park and Gottesaue Castle. A total of over seven hectares is available for the further development of the creative park.

The entire system of the former abattoir and cattle farm stands as a material entity under cultural monument protection .

history

Before the Karlsruhe slaughterhouse was moved to its current location, it was in different places. The first slaughterhouse in Karlsruhe, which was built a little more than ten years after the city was founded in 1726, was located on today's market square . In 1794 a move to today's Ludwigsplatz was due, as the odor nuisance became unbearable for the residents. As early as 1819, the facility had to relocate again because the premises did not meet the increased demands on hygiene and capacity. From now on the slaughterhouse was located in a new building in what is now Leopoldstrasse.

In 1883, the decision was finally made to relocate the slaughterhouse on a large area in the Oststadt, which was being developed. Construction of the building began in 1885 under the direction of the city architect Wilhelm Strieder, and the opening ceremony took place on March 28, 1887. A two-winged complex was built, which was enclosed by a wall on the edge of the city. The buildings erected right from the start include several stables, a small cattle slaughterhouse, a tripe washroom, as well as an administration building, a restaurant and a porter's house. In the years that followed, several extensions were carried out, including a cold store and a machine hall in 1892, a horse slaughterhouse in 1914 and a pig market hall in 1927, which stands out from the older buildings due to its New Objectivity design language .

The basic structure of the facility has been preserved to this day, old buildings with sandstone facades still show how this place was once used: on one side the slaughterhouse, where the meat was slaughtered and the meat was processed, on the other side the cattle yard , there the animals were examined and traded. From 1950 to the 1980s, the slaughterhouse was expanded several times as a result of an increased demand for meat and changed technical and hygienic requirements.

Over time, parts of the slaughterhouse were shut down. From October 1992 the Tollhaus cultural association was located in the former weighing hall of the slaughterhouse, which was considered the start of the redesign of the site. In the 1990s, the first plans to create a park around the slaughterhouse area were made. When the city of Karlsruhe applied for the title of European Capital of Culture 2010 in 2004 , the development of the Ostaue creative park was one of four key projects in the application.

Alter Schlachthof creative park

In 2005 the operator of the slaughterhouse merged with the Karlsruher Fächer GmbH. At the end of 2006 the slaughterhouse was closed and the slaughterhouse officially closed. After the plans for the creative park were first anchored in the so-called master plan of the city of Karlsruhe in January 2007, the municipal council determined the redevelopment area in the same year in December 2007.

The gradual conversion of the 7.8 hectare site then accelerated . In 2007 the slaughterhouse restaurant was opened and the madhouse was expanded. The Schweinmarkthalle has been used for events since 2010. The renovation work financed by the city of Karlsruhe with 2.6 million euros was essentially limited to the gutting of the hall and the erection of around 70 overseas containers , which serve as workplaces for the start-ups active there. In addition, supply and disposal lines and a café were set up at the hall entrance. The entire slaughterhouse site is looked after by a cooperation between various urban development, cultural and economic development institutions in the city.

In 2015, the IT company Citrix Systems moved into a new four-story office building with 8,500 square meters of usable space as the main tenant, which is also intended to accommodate start-ups and companies in the creative and cultural industries.

The many listed industrial and commercial buildings that were erected towards the end of the 19th century should continue to bear witness to the former use of the area, with new buildings that do not copy the historical architectural style, but are clear and conscious through modern architecture delimit, be supplemented. The new buildings and the existing old buildings are intended to create an arc between history and the present.

In 2010 the Art and Culture Night took place for the first time ! held on the premises, consisting of concerts, theater performances and exhibitions of works of art. This concept was repeated in 2012 as well as in 2015 and 2017.

In the immediate vicinity of the Perfect Futur start-up center and the Tollhaus cultural center, the growth center is to continue the series of new buildings in the area. The concept includes getting graduates of Karlsruhe's creative degree programs excited about the city beyond their studies and being able to offer young companies in the growth phase adequate space.

The old slaughterhouse has developed into a center of the cultural and creative industries. The Federal Government assigns eleven sub-markets to the industry, the architecture market, the book market, the design industry, the film industry, the art market, the music industry, the press market, the broadcasting industry, the software and games industry, the advertising market and the performing arts market. A broad mix of all these industries is represented at the old slaughterhouse. In addition to office and agency rooms, workshops and studios as well as event and exhibition areas for local or city-based artists have been created.

The new use of the slaughterhouse also contributed to the fact that Karlsruhe was ranked third among 36 cities of their size in Europe in the comparison monitor “Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor” of the EU Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC).

Users

The creative park is used by a large number of users for different purposes, including a. from the fields of art and culture, gastronomy and offices. The following is an incomplete selection:

  • Fettschmelze: studio community, office community and event room
  • Vanory: The lighting manufacturer develops and produces high-quality living room lights
  • Tollhaus cultural center: socio-cultural center with a diverse cultural program, including music, dance and cabaret
  • In the slaughterhouse: restaurant and venue for cultural events
  • Alte Hackerei: Bar with regular live music performances, readings, etc.
  • Substage: Music club that organizes concerts with national and international artists, but also promotes local artists
  • Perfect future: business start-up center in the former pig market hall, with 68 used sea freight containers as office units
  • Karlsruhe Event GmbH, operator of u. a. The party
  • Human rights center Karlsruhe: Initiative of various human rights and refugee aid organizations to support and advise asylum seekers
  • Fleischmarkthalle: space for artistic events and temporary exhibitions (under renovation until 2018)
  • Wholesale market hall: has been offering atelier, exhibition and sales rooms for artisans since 2017
    • Earthling | the blacksmith for fine jewelery, goldsmith's atelier by Janosch Schneider
  • Growth and consolidation center: Should offer space for further businesses with space requirements from the end of 2018

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ausschlacht eV profile. City of Karlsruhe, cultural and creative business office, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Portal of the MFG innovation agency for media and creative industries: The planning of open spaces, How urban developers create more space for the cultural and creative industries ( Memento from August 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b Database of cultural monuments. Former slaughterhouse and cattle yard. City of Karlsruhe, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
  4. ^ Karlsruhe: City history. City Chronicle Karlsruhe: Slaughterhouse. City of Karlsruhe, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
  5. ^ Rolf H. Funck, Jolanta Kowalska, Guido von Thadden: Karlsruhe: Culture and Economy in City and Region. (PDF) Culture Industry Report II. City of Karlsruhe, 2007, archived from the original on July 25, 2015 ; accessed on July 21, 2020 .
  6. ^ Karlsruhe: Masterplan 2015. Masterplan projects. City of Karlsruhe, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
  7. ↑ City law. Statute on the definition of the old slaughterhouse urban redevelopment area . City of Karlsruhe, December 11, 2007, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
  8. ↑ From pig market to creative address In: Immobilien Zeitung January 23, 2014. Accessed September 30, 2015.
  9. ↑ ka-news: Not that nerdy at all: Citrix moves into new domicile in the old slaughterhouse | ka-news . In: ka-news.de . September 23, 2015 ( ka-news.de [accessed September 27, 2017]).
  10. ^ Old slaughterhouse, creative park Karlsruhe. History. Ausschlacht eV, accessed on August 15, 2015 .
  11. ^ COIN - Composite Indicator Competence Center: Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor. Retrieved September 27, 2017 .

Web links

Commons : Alter Schlachthof  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 49.7 ″  E