Garden City (Schwerin)
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Garden city
City of Schwerin
Coordinates: 53 ° 36 ′ 9 ″ N , 11 ° 25 ′ 17 ″ E
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| Area : | 1.39 km² |
| Residents : | 2512 (Sep 30, 2017) |
| Population density : | 1,807 inhabitants / km² |
| Postal code : | 19061 |
| Area code : | 0385 |
 Location of the garden city in Schwerin
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Gartenstadt is a district of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state capital Schwerin east of the Ostorfer See and south of the Faulen See .
The garden city was originally located on the eastern outskirts of Schwerin. After the large-scale urban expansion in the 1970s, it is now relatively central in the urban area. Today's garden city is mainly characterized by residential developments and high-tech companies in and around the technology and commercial center Schwerin / Wismar (TGZ).
history
Surname
The district takes its name from the garden city movement. The aim of the garden city movement was to create affordable and healthy living space for the lower classes of the population.
Eastern development
The area of today's garden city belonged to Ostorf , which for a long time was an independent municipality at the gates of Schwerin.
On the area of the Ostorf peninsula there was a Stone Age settlement, the inhabitants of which apparently lived mainly from fishing. The remains of these settlers were also found on the northern edge of today's garden city.
There are no indications of building up to the 17th century on the grounds of the garden city. The area, which was sometimes referred to as "Ostorfer Feld" and sometimes "Mittelfeld", was used for agriculture and livestock.
In 1651 a building was built, which was called Püsser Katen from the 18th century (last until 1979 Püsserkrug ). Due to its favorable location at a ford of the Püsserbeke, a connecting stream from the Ostorfer See to the Faulen See, and thus on the traffic routes to the east and south, the building was soon used as a restaurant.
With the expansion of the Schwerin development in an easterly direction, the area of the Ostorf community was also increasingly built on. In 1913 the Schwerin Garden City Cooperative acquired a larger piece of land from the Ostorf community. Due to the outbreak of the First World War and financial difficulties, the construction of the planned residential buildings was delayed. Only after Ostorf agreed to the incorporation of the garden city area into Schwerin and the city then guaranteed substantial financial resources for the development of the area did the planned development of the garden city begin in 1920.
In the period that followed, the garden city grew slowly until the beginning of the Second World War. The garden city did not realize the original idea of creating living space for workers and ordinary employees. Rather, the population was shaped by civil servants.
The Moltke and NCO Krüger barracks were built south of these houses from 1934.
The Schwerin garden city survived the Second World War without damage. At times there was a camp in the Püsserkrug, initially for workers from the East and later for interned Italians. At noon on May 2, 1945, American troops reached the garden city and with it Schwerin.
After Schwerin was handed over to the Soviet armed forces in July 1945, the garden city barracks were used for them and, in some cases, later for the GDR riot police.
After the war, makeshift homes for refugees were built in several areas of the garden city, and later larger residential buildings. In 1958 a school was built there, which in 1973 was rededicated as a kindergarten.
On June 25, 1984, tank ammunition exploded over a long period in the southern part of the barracks used by the Soviet armed forces. Allegedly, an ammunition truck caught fire while refueling and triggered a chain reaction. This resulted in considerable damage to buildings and vehicles, particularly in the area of the barracks, while the rest of the garden city was not affected. There are also said to have been fatalities among the Soviet forces.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the withdrawal of the Soviet armed forces, the barracks, which have now been listed, stood empty. Due to the poor state of preservation, no investors were found for any further use. Only after the protection of monuments was lifted could the barracks be demolished, with the exception of a part that is still used by the riot police today. From 2002 residential houses of the "New Garden City" were built here, the construction phases of which were completed by 2016. A local supply center was also built.
Economy and Transport
In 1990, the technology and commercial center Schwerin / Wismar (TGZ) was founded in the southern garden city area and expanded in the following years. Hundreds of jobs have been created in the companies of the TGZ and later spin-offs, mainly in the high-tech sector. The new building for the Trebling & Himstedt company based on plans by Roland Schulz received recognition at the State Building Award MV 2006.
The garden city is touched by several tram and bus lines with which the city center of Schwerin can be reached in a few minutes.
Web links
literature
- Bernd Kasten , Jens-Uwe Rost: Schwerin. History of the city. Thomas-Helms-Verlag, Schwerin 2005, ISBN 3-935749-38-4 , pp. 72 ff., 78 ff., 82 f., 116, 145, 198, 215 ff., 299 f.