Augsburg-Firnhaberau

Firnhaberau planning room (IV) of Augsburg
Coordinates	48 ° 24 '20 "  N , 10 ° 53' 40"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 24 '20 "  N , 10 ° 53' 40"  E
surface	7,828.3 km²
Residents	5156 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density	659 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	86169
structure
Townships	28 Firnhaberau
Source: area population

The Firnhaberau is the 28th district in the north of the city of Augsburg , which in turn has the status of the 4th planning area . The district has about 5200 inhabitants and an area of ​​7.83 km².

location

The district is bounded in the west by the Lech and in the east by the Hammerschmiede district . In the south, the Firnhaberau extends to the edge of Lechhausen and in the north to the city limits. The A 8 crosses the Firnhaberau in a west-east direction. In the north of the Firnhaberau is the partially renatured Augsburger Müllberg (former Augsburg-Nord garbage dump) with the Europaweiher and the wastelands Lechfeldmühle and Waldhaus .

history

Church of St. Franziskus on Hubertusplatz

The name Firnhaberau goes back to Kommerzienrat Friedrich August Firnhaber (1823–1887), a manager of the Augsburg worsted spinning mill . In 1883 he acquired the densely vegetated floodplain area to the right of the Lech from the state forest administration as a hunting ground. To the community of Lechhausen , located south of it at that time , the purchase price estimated by the forest administration seemed too high and refused to buy. After the death of his wife Maria Firnhaber in 1904, the 189 hectare area was donated to the city of Augsburg as a generous foundation, which then made it available to alleviate the housing shortage in accordance with the donor's will.

On July 15, 1920, the “Augsburg Settlement Cooperative of the Bavarian Settlers Association” was brought into being in the Augsburg inn “To the Three Queens”. From then on, this local group dedicated itself to the settlement of the floodplain area. On January 30, 1921, the city divided the site (initially only an area of ​​28 hectares should be settled) and the clearing work began immediately. On February 6, 1921, wooden hut with Baukantine and orderly room was built at Hubertusplatz and March 13, 1921, ground was broken for the construction of the first residential building in Siedlerweg 7. The Hebauf was celebrated on 15 May and 1 July 1921 have already the first settlers move in. Little by little, a new part of town grew up due to the constant work of the settlers.

In 1927, the city built a school building on Hubertusplatz, which today still houses four classes as a so-called old building. In the following two years, the Catholic Church of St. Franziskus was also built on Hubertusplatz.

Population development

After it was founded, the Firnhaberau soon had a very high population due to the housing shortage. After the Second World War, the district is again greatly expanded and structurally moves closer to the edge of the Lechhausen district further south. The following population figures illustrate this development:

• 1939: 1900 inhabitants
• 1946: 1800 inhabitants
• 1976: 4345 inhabitants
• 2006: 5566 inhabitants
• 2011: 5172 inhabitants
• 2019: 5158 inhabitants

Association

The following list shows a selection of sports clubs in the Firnhaberau:

• DJK Augsburg-Nord eV
• TSV Firnhaberau 1926 eV
• GKV - Horticulture and Small Animal Breeding Association Firnhaberau eV 1921
• Radsportfreunde Augsburg eV

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Augsburg-Firnhaberau

literature

• Jürgen Bartel: Augsburg Lexicon . Presse-Druck- und Verlags-GmbH, Augsburg 1978, p. 20th ff .

Web links

Commons : Augsburg-Firnhaberau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Structural Atlas of the City of Augsburg 2013 (PDF) December 31, 2013, accessed on June 21, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Statistics Augsburg interactive. December 31, 2018, accessed April 1, 2019 .