Forum Wetzlar
| Forum Wetzlar | |
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| Basic data | |
| Location: | Wetzlar |
| Opening: | February 16, 2005 |
| Total area: | approx. 106,000 m² |
| Sales area : | approx. 23,500 m² |
| Shops: | 110 |
| Visitors: | 23,340 daily |
| Turnover : | 100 million euros |
| Operator: | ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG |
| Website: | www.forum-wetzlar.de |
| Transport links | |
| Railway station: | Wetzlar railway station |
| Bus stop: | Central bus station / bus station |
| Omnibus : | all lines of the Wetzlarer Verkehrsbetriebe as well as the overland transport lines of the VLD |
| Local transport : | Citybus Wetzlar |
| Motorways : | A 45 , B 49 , B 277 |
| Parking spaces : | approx. 1,700 |
| Bicycle parking spaces : | 40 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Construction time : | 2003-2005 |
| Architects : | Jost Hering, Klaus M. Hoffmann, Frank Semar, Anna-Carin Heidbreder |
| Architectural style : | Modern |
| Building material : | Concrete, steel, glass |
| Building-costs: | approx. EUR 130 million. |
The Forum Wetzlar is a shopping center that opened on February 16, 2005 in a central location in the Hessian city of Wetzlar .
description
With around 24,000 m² of retail space and 106,000 m² of total usable space , it is the largest shopping center in Central Hesse . Over 110 retail stores, restaurants and a fresh market area are spread over two levels. According to the operator, the shopping center has a catchment area of 540,670 inhabitants. The center currently employs around 700 people and in 2009 generated sales of around 100 million euros per year. It is visited by an average of 22,000 customers every day.
The forum is about 380 meters long, two to three-storey building directly between the train station and Bahnhofstrasse, which was the most important business location in the city until the opening of the forum. Today, the building shapes the cityscape of the entire district between Lahn , Bahnhofsbrücke, Niedergirmes and the city center. It is also visible from afar for people passing through on the B49 / E44 and today it acts as a modern and controversial symbol of Wetzlar, as well as for rail travelers.
Connection
The Forum Wetzlar has a direct connection to the motorway-like federal highway 49 . This provides a connection to the federal highways 45 and 480 within a few kilometers . 1,700 parking spaces are available for cars in the forum's multi-storey car park.
The connection with public transport is guaranteed via the directly adjacent Wetzlar train station ( Deutsche Bahn ) and the bus station .
development
The Forum Wetzlar was built on an urban wasteland , the area of the former Wetzlar freight station. In the first section of the planning period, the name Mittelhessencenter was favored. The city of Wetzlar conducted initial negotiations on this construction project with the Goldbeck company. The shopping center was privately financed by Deutsche EuroShop AG and managed and operated by ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG , based in Hamburg. The general construction company was the Max Bögl company. Its development is closely linked to the directly neighboring Rittal Arena Wetzlar , which was financed with public funds and also opened in 2005. To develop the area, some streets , roundabouts and a new bridge over the Lahn were built in advance .
The construction of the shopping center was politically very controversial in Wetzlar and in the region. In neighboring cities such as Marburg and Gießen, for example, purchasing power was feared. The forum actually attracted new purchasing power to Wetzlar. After the opening of the forum, however, many shops in downtown Wetzlar gradually closed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Immobilienzeitung.de: The Forum Wetzlar shopping center opened on February 24, 2005
- ↑ a b Dispute over malls in Central Hesse: "We are killing the inner cities" , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 14, 2005
- ↑ a b Catella creates a concept for upgrading the Wetzlar city center
- ^ Wetzlar The “Forum” as a magnet for buyers , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 20, 2006
- ↑ a b Data of the center on the operator homepage ( memento of the original from 23 September 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . ECE website. Retrieved August 20, 2015
- ↑ Five years of the »Forum« in Wetzlar: Expectations exceeded , Gießener Anzeiger, March 10, 2010
- ↑ A shopping magnet for Wetzlar and the region ( memento of the original from June 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Leeraner Wetzlar ECE lie! Interview with Silke Maier from Wetzlar!
- ↑ Shopping centers: Do covered centers liven up inner cities? ( Memento from January 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) in: plusminus , Das Erste , broadcast on January 22, 2013
Web links
Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '52.5 " N , 8 ° 30' 16.2" E