Eselsberg (Ulm)

Eselsberg City of Ulm Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 16 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 25 ″  E
Height :	504  (480-620)  m
Residents :	18,621  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Postal code :	89075
Area code :	0731
Location of Eselsberg in Ulm

The Eselsberg is a district in the north-west of Ulm , which after a 620  m above sea level. NN high elevation on the edge of the Swabian Alb is named. A distinction is made between the areas of "Alter Eselsberg" and "Neuer Eselsberg" (Eselsberg development area).

history

Up until the end of the Thirty Years' War , wine was grown on the south-facing slopes. The lower part, which belonged to the district of Söflingen, was therefore called "Söflinger Weinberge". Even today, many street names in the district indicate the importance of Eselsberg as a wine-growing area, e.g. B. Kelternweg, Trollingerweg, Ruländerweg etc. In the middle of the 19th century, several forts were built on Eselsberg as part of the construction of the federal fortress .

When reconstruction began after the Second World War , a shortage of housing soon became noticeable in Ulm, so that the development of the old Eselsberg rose rapidly in the 1950s. The structural characteristics of that time can be seen primarily in the shopping center on Stifterweg. The three high-rise buildings on Eselsberg that characterize the cityscape also date back to this time. Towards the end of the 20th century, the housing situation in Ulm forced an intensive " redensification " on the old Eselsberg. Since the 1980s, the previously undeveloped western Eselsberg, also known as the “Neuer Eselsberg”, has also seen the emergence of rapidly growing new development areas, so that today almost the entire slopes of the Eselsberg towards the Blautal are built on.

Since the mid-1960s, the Obere Eselsberg has also been the seat of Ulm University and several clinics , such as B. the Bundeswehr hospital in Ulm , a large rehabilitation clinic and the university clinics. Until the Americans withdrew from Ulm and Neu-Ulm , US soldiers families lived in the Ford Housings on Hasenkopf (below Ulm University) . Immediately adjacent is a large barracks area that was occupied by US troops from the 1950s and was named Ford Barracks . Since the subsequent use by the Bundeswehr, the barracks have had their original name "Hindenburgkaserne" again. Starting in 2016, the city of Ulm was looking for solutions for a new central city quarter on the barracks as part of a two-stage urban development competition. Due to its high density and diverse uses, this should become a center for the entire lower Eselsberg. The development work for the new "Am Weinberg" district began in autumn 2019.

Science city

From the mid-1980s, further university buildings were built on the Upper Eselsberg as part of the founding of the “Science City”. Later research and development centers of well-known companies such as Daimler AG , Nokia and Siemens were established . The individual expansion stages of the “Science City” are designated with the English term “Science Park” and the numbers I to III. According to the Ulm Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 12,500 people (as of 2014) now work in the science city every day, which makes it one of the most important business locations in Ulm. In the second quarter of 2015, the development of a new, 40 hectare site for "Science Park III" is to begin.

Also worth mentioning are the passive houses built in the new “Sonnenfeld” area in the course of the Expo 2000 and the “ Energon ”, the largest office building of this type, in “Science Park II”.

Transport links

Eselsberg can be reached from the north via the “Berliner Ring” (exit A 8 , Ulm-West, B10, second exit Ulm-Lehr) or from the south via the B 10 from Neu-Ulm. There is a good connection to public transport. Lines 3, 5, 8, 13 and 45 serve numerous stops; Due to the high density of lines, a 3-minute cycle is reached on some sections. The Obere Eselsberg is to be connected to the tram network of the city of Ulm by 2018.

The Franconian-Swabian Way of St. James , a pilgrimage route that leads to the Ulm Minster and then on to Spain via the Upper Swabian Way of St. James and the corresponding connections, leads both through the city of science and across Eselsberg .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Welcome! | New life in the Hindenburg barracks. In: hindenburg-quartier.ulm.de. Retrieved August 30, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Ulm.de: Wissenschaftsstadt Ulm ( reference ( memento of the original dated November 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ). 
3. ↑ Ulm.de: Overview map of Ulm City of Science , October 2014 ( PDF  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).  
4. ↑ The economy between Alb and Lake Constance: Science City Ulm: 40 hectares for Science Park III , October 2014, p. 51 ( PDF  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check Link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ).  
5. ↑ Line2-ulm.de: The plan approval procedure for Line 2 ( reference ( memento of the original from May 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and remove then this note. ).