Altewiek

Coat of arms of the Weichbild Altewiek

The soft image Altewiek 1400 (shown light red)

The settlement Altewiek was an independent precincts of the city of Braunschweig , to the city in 1671 lost its independence as a result of Guelph possession.

The soft image

According to the founding legend, as presented in the Braunschweigische rhyme chronicle, a so-called " Wik " was created around 861 in the area of today's Magni Church , which was founded by the probably Liudolfingian-Ottonian Duke Bruno. His brother Dankward founded the Dankwarderode settlement in the immediate vicinity of the Oker .

Legend has it that this small settlement was named after its founder Bruno "Brun (e) swiek" (Brunos Wik), but today there are different, sometimes very different theories about the origin of the name (see origin and interpretation of the city name ).

This place was first mentioned in a document in 1031 as Brunesguik (Braunschweig) in the consecration certificate of the Magnikirche . The first mention of the soft picture Altewiek is as "Vetus Vicus" in the year 1196. In the beginning of the 13th century Altewiek was fortified with wall and moat by Emperor Otto IV. , The son of Henry the Lion. The name Brunswiek moved more and more to the western Oker side.

The location of the Altewiek area roughly corresponds to today's Magniviertel , a district in Braunschweig. The center of the soft picture was the aegidia market, where the Altewiekrathaus was also located. Like the four other soft areas of Altstadt, Hagen , Neustadt and Sack , Altewiek had its own town hall, its own constitution, its own market and its own parish church. The ducal farm on the Schild was created by donation from Duke Albrecht to the Marienhospital .

For the first time the “common council” of all five Weichbilde is handed down for the year 1326. The Altewiekrathaus is mentioned in 1395. In 1671 the Weichbilde united. In 1752 the Altewiek town hall was torn down and a half-timbered building was built in its place in 1754, the Aegidienkeller, also called Altewiekkeller.

The Altewiek had several gates to the Braunschweig area: the Friesentor (mentioned as Vresendor 1349), the Magnitor and the Augusttor.

The hike of the name Altewiek

From 1851 at the latest there was the Altewiek field mark interest group outside the gates of the city of Braunschweig , covering the area between the Fallersleber Tore and Augusttor and the gardens and fields in front of it.

Between the years 1934 and 1967 Altewiek was a statistical district that almost coincided with the present-day district of Viewegs Garten-Bebelhof . In 1955 the term "wandered" back and since then has referred to a statistical district in the inner city area, which is somewhat larger than the Weichbild, but includes its area.

The Altewiekring also bears the name of the Weichbild like the Altewiek depot of the Verkehrs AG.