Tin can quarter

Metallstraße, one of the last typical “Blechbüchsenviertel” streets

Braunstraße still looks dreary, but the houses have been given some color since reunification

The Jacobsenviertel with municipal housing, built in 1925 to alleviate the housing shortage of the workers

In the regional dialect, the term Blechbüchsenviertel describes the old working-class quarters in the north and northeast of the Thuringian state capital Erfurt . It originated at the time of the German Empire, when poverty and precarious conditions prevailed in the area. The situation was only alleviated through various social projects in the 1920s, such as the construction of the Nordbad and municipal housing, for example in the Hanseviertel or Jacobsenviertel .

The origin of the word is unclear, so it could be derived from the children in the neighborhood who had no toys and therefore played with tin cans on the street. A traditional football club in the district is FC Erfurt Nord, founded in 1902 . The core of the “Blechbüchsenviertel” is Ilversgehofen , a district in which 23% of all apartments were vacant in 2006. There are also large industrial areas, some of which are fallow, as well as Metallstrasse, Erfurt's red light mile. In addition, parts of Johannesvorstadt , Krämpfervorstadt and Andreasvorstadt belong to the Blechbüchsenviertel, although this name is no longer used often today due to the appreciation of the corresponding quarters after reunification compared to Ilversgehofen.

Individual evidence

^ Domspitzen dictionary ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: domspitzen.net. Gábor Bonyhádi, accessed November 25, 2017.
↑ Buildings and housing stock - 2006 update ( Memento from June 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). P. 12. In: erfurt.de, accessed on November 25, 2017 (PDF; 1.0 MB).

50.998902777778 11.030502777778Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 56.1 ″ N , 11 ° 1 ′ 49.8 ″ E

[1] Domspitzen dictionary ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: domspitzen.net. Gábor Bonyhádi, accessed November 25, 2017.

[2] Buildings and housing stock - 2006 update ( Memento from June 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). P. 12. In: erfurt.de, accessed on November 25, 2017 (PDF; 1.0 MB).