Eschberg (Saarbrücken)

Eschberg City of Saarbrücken Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 2 ″  N , 7 ° 2 ′ 15 ″  E
Height :	340 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	6847  (Jan 31, 2018)
Incorporation :	1937
Postal code :	66121
Area code :	0681
Location of Eschberg in Saarland
The Esch mountain in the background, in the foreground is St. Arnual to see

The Eschberg at night in the background, in the foreground the collegiate church of Sankt Arnual

Eschberg is a district of Saarbrücken . The district with number 14 belongs to district 1 Mitte. With around 7000 inhabitants, it is a rather small part of Saarbrücken.

geography

location

Eschberg is about 2 km east of the city center of Saarbrücken. The university and Dudweiler in the north are 2 and 4 km away. To Scheidt in the north-east it is on the federal highway 40 , which encloses Eschberg in the east and south about 2 km and to Bischmisheim in the south-east and St. Arnual in the south-west it is 1.5 km each.

View from Winterberg on the Eschberg

geology

The Eschberg consists mainly of finer sandstone, as you can still see traces of it in the forest. On the south of the Eschberg, however, there is shell limestone and rock instead of sandstone.

Waters

There are some bodies of water on the Eschberg, but many have dried up. At the edge of the Eschberg the Kieselbach flows into a pond. There are several ponds in the park, but one is already swampy and another has dried up. There is also a small spring there. In the past, the stream that flowed through the three ponds to today's Brandenburger Platz and flowed into today's zoo pond was also called the Eschbergbach .

history

About the name of the Eschberg

The name most likely comes from the ash trees at the Eschberger Hof . According to other sources, a certain Esperger Hensel is said to have owned a manor that no longer exists today.

Local history

last surviving building of the Eschberger Hof

The Eschberg was settled early on. Today's road Eschberger Weg was built very early on as a simple path up the Eschberg. Some finds from Roman times were discovered at the foot of the mountain. Around the year 1400, an Espergers Hensel (according to some sources also Espergs Hansel or Eschbergs Hans ) is said to have owned a farm. The Eschberger Hof is one of the oldest buildings there. Some parts of it date from the 15th century. Around 1800 a mansion and a cemetery were built. In the baroque period it was an estate belonging to the rulers of Nassau-Saarbrücken . Around 1870 there was a quarry to the south of today's zoo and Goerdelerstraße , and there was also a funicular railway here until 1926 . In 1937 the city of Saarbrücken bought it and made plans to develop a residential area. This took place in 1954 and from 1958 houses were built. The Eschberg has been a residential area since 1963.

Population development

date	Residents
1965	5,865
1970	6,987
1980	7,861
1990	8,896
2000	7,743
2010	7,032

Infrastructure

At the foot of the Eschberg, in the south, there is the Saarbasar shopping center and Saarbrücken Zoo . From there, Breslauer Straße leads in the direction of the telecommunications office and to Halberg , the headquarters of the Saarland broadcasting company . On the Eschberg there is a shopping center on Brandenburger Platz with shops and service companies for daily needs. Medical care is provided by local doctors, a pharmacy and a physiotherapy practice. The second center of the Eschberg is at the Eschberger Hof, the former stable building of the farm with the restaurant of the same name. Doctors and a practice for physiotherapy are also located there. You will find retirement and nursing homes at three locations across the Eschberg. A dormitory run by Lebenshilfe is available for adults with intellectual disabilities.

primary school

The primary school Saarbrücken-Eschberg is a voluntary all-day school on the Eschberg, which was opened in 1966. The former after-school care center is now part of the school with Wolfgang Hummel as the head of the "Socio-educational area of ​​FGTS Saarbrücken-Eschberg". Sven Rave has been the headmaster of the school since the 2013/14 school year. In the school year 2016/17 approx. 220 pupils will be taught by 22 teachers in 11 classes.

Educational institutions

• Elementary school Saarbrücken-Eschberg
• Library Catholic Community Center
• Evangelical kindergarten Eschberg
• Catholic kindergarten Sankt Augustinus
• Municipal kindergarten Eschberg
• Including day care center run by Lebenshilfe
• Socio-educational area of ​​the volunteer all-day school Saarbrücken-Eschberg (former municipal day care center Saarbrücken-Eschberg)
• Day nursery run by the Menschenskinder eV association
• Disabled-Handicap-Radio eV

traffic

The main traffic axes of the Eschberg are the Schlesienring , the Breslauer Straße , the Mecklenburgring , the Eschbergerweg and the Pommernring . The bus routes 105, 107, 139 and 842 drive the district. Railway traffic plays only a minor role, nearby railway stops at the foot of the Eschberg are Saarbrücken Ost and Schafbrücke , as well as the stops Römerkastell and Kieselhumes of the Saarbahn .

Until 1976, a freight line led to a factory site on Eschbergerweg . From 1895 to 1926 a funicular went to the quarry on the Eschberg.

Churches

• Catholic Church of St. Augustine
• Ev. Maria Magdalenen Church

societies

• Motorsport friends Saarbrücken Eschberg
• Eschberger Hofplatzverein
• Handicapped handicap radio

literature

• The historic Eschberg, 1993

Web links

Commons : Eschberg  - Collection of Images

• 40 years of Eschberg district heating (PDF; 2.2 MB)
• Information about Eschberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers, data and facts. State capital Saarbrücken. State capital Saarbrücken, accessed on February 12, 2018 . 
2. ↑ History of the Eschberg by Paul haben, 1992
3. ↑ The Eschberg from earlier, Ludwig haben 1987
4. ↑ 40 years of Eschberg district heating ( Memento from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.2 MB)
5. ↑ Eschberg primary school at saarbrücken.de
6. ↑ Homepage of the school