Brehminsel
| Brehminsel | ||
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 Gustav-Heinemann Bridge seen |
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| Waters | Dysentery | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 23 '26 " N , 6 ° 59' 54" E | |
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| length | 675 m | |
| width | 154 m | |
| surface | 8 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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The Brehminsel is an island of almost eight hectares in the course of the Ruhr river in the Werden district of Essen .
history
In ancient maps, the island is considered to 1928 primes or Prieminsel referred. Then the current name Brehminsel appears. Brehm goes back to a Low German term for edge or bank. In the vernacular, the island is also simply called the Brehm or the Brehm .
From 1481 the island was leased to the citizens of Werden, who grazed their cattle there. In 1572 it is mentioned that the island was used as pasture for the Werden Abbey . When cloth weaver manufacturers built villas on the banks of the Ruhr at the end of the 19th century, the manufacturer Huffmann temporarily rented the island and created the current trees. Nevertheless, the island was basically open to the public. The horticultural architect Hoemann and the then beautification association worked out the island into a park. After Werden was incorporated into the city of Essen in 1929, Brehm came to the city. After the Second World War , the island became the property of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1945 .
Today's character
Today Insel Werdens is a city park with old trees, a children's play area, a soccer field and a large meadow. It is connected to the east bank of the river and the old town of Werden with a footbridge above the fish weir . There is a pedal boat rental here on the bank in summer. At the northern end of the Brehminsel is the Neukirchen lock and a few hundred meters further north is the weir of the Baldeneysee .
A work of art by the German-American artist Maria Nordman has been on the large meadow since 1984 . It is the archways carved from basalt lava , one in the north, one in the south, called Insel Werden 1984 - today . In June 2016, the two arches were renovated and re-unveiled by the artist herself, and the work of art was given the new name For those arriving .
In 2005 the Essen-Werden high school organized a charity run on the Brehminsel, in which the students ran for a good cause, here for children from weaker social backgrounds from Essen.
The Brehminsel was not accessible from November 18, 2019 to March 4, 2020 because the only access from Joseph-Breuer-Straße, the old, weathered wooden pedestrian bridge, was renewed in favor of a new steel structure. On November 30, 2019, the old bridge was removed. It was built in 1986 and initially approved for a load of six tons. This load capacity has been reduced to three tons over the years. A further limitation was not possible due to the use of vehicles for the maintenance of the island, so that a new building was necessary.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Map of the city and district of Essen, Hofacker, 1894; Topographic map of the city and district of Essen, 1907; City map of Essen, Köndgen, December 1910; Topographic map of the Essen district, September 1928
- ↑ Vera Eckardt: The small island in the Ruhr - Today we're going to the Brehm ; In: DerWesten.de of March 18, 2014; accessed on August 22, 2018
- ↑ a b Berger Bergmann, Peter Brdenk (Hrsg.): Architecture of the Essener places . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8375-1710-1 , p. 164 .
- ↑ City of Essen: Brehminsel pedestrian bridge.Retrieved on May 11, 2020.
- ^ City of Essen: The old bridge on the Brehminsel is being removed ; Press release of November 28, 2019, accessed on May 11, 2020.