Hasenberg (Stuttgart)
 district of Stuttgart |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 45 '50 " N , 9 ° 8' 27" E |
| surface | 0.538 km² |
| Residents | 4749 (May 31, 2020) |
| Population density | 8827 inhabitants / km² |
| Post Code | 70197 |
| prefix | 0711 |
| Borough | Stuttgart-West |
| Source: Data Compass Stuttgart (PDF; 4.15 MB) | |
The Hasenberg is a district of the Stuttgart-West district and at 458.8 m above sea level. NHN one of the highest elevations in Stuttgart . The mountain protrudes from the southwest into the Stuttgart basin and forms the upper part of a ridge that forms the border between the southern Nesenbachtal (district of Heslach in the Stuttgart-Süd district ) and the northern valley basin of the Vogelsangbach (district of Stuttgart-West). Upstream towards the city center is the Karlshöhe, separated by a saddle . The two valleys merge behind the Karlshöhe. The red and wild boar park , the largest contiguous forest area in the state capital, begins at the western end of the Hasenberg .
Hasenbergsteige
The Hasenberg can be reached mainly via the “Hasenbergsteige”, which begins at “Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Platz” with the goose-step fountain . The walkways leads first to the saddle between Hasenberg and Karlshöhe. From there, after a sharp S-curve, it continues as a top road up the mountain, which sometimes rises steeply. It was once the main route to Calw, around which wine was once grown. Continuing up the ascent, you cross the Schwab Tunnel , the north portal of which is directly connected to the Hasenbergsteige via stairs. You then pass a viewing platform that offers views of the Vogelsang Valley, as well as the north and east of the city, and access to the popular “Blauer Weg” panoramic path, which runs parallel to the road on the left side of the slope and enables south views. In addition, the head of Osianderstraße is passed, a former cross connection to what was then Westbahnhof . In the uppermost section there is the green area of a colorful sculpture park. The end point at the summit is a forest car park and children's playground.
Life and work on the Hasenbergsteige
The Hasenberg with its hillside construction is considered a first-class residential area in Stuttgart. At the beginning of the 19th century, publishers, architects, building, commercial and court councilors as well as manufacturers already lived where family initials adorn the letterboxes today . This time founded today's "Villa Museum". The contrast between valley development and hillside location was impressively present here early on. The question of social prestige quickly culminated in the statement: "We up there, you down there". Above is the aristocratic Hasenbergsteige, below the symbol of the common people, Hasenbergstrasse.
- Villa Gessmann, built in the style of reform architecture in 1903, is located at Hasenbergsteige 86 and named after the Stuttgart office secretary August Gessmann.
- The Stuttgart Secessionist Oskar Zügel lived in Hasenbergsteige 83 . The son of the former mayor of Murrhardt , whose pictures were stigmatized as degenerate during the Nazi era , emigrated to Argentina .
- The art historian and pacifist Erwin Wurz and his brother, the private scholar Gottfried Hermann Wurz, who joined the National Committee Free Germany (NKFD) resistance group during the Nazi era, lived in Hasenbergsteige 79 and shared the magnificent Haus Hohenberg , built in 1908, by means of illegal meetings of opposition comrades-in-arms, it became a stronghold. Arrested by the Gestapo in June 1944 , Wurz died in March 1945 on the death march to Dachau . In complete separation from the surrounding development, the building is reminiscent of a castle-like church. A square tower with a pyramid roof towering over the house is decisive for this effect.
- The artist OH Hajek lived in Hasenbergsteige 65 until 2005 . His house has been a listed building since 2008 and has since been sold. In the surrounding green area is the sculpture park created by the artist, which gives insights into his work. The relationship between Hajek and the city was tense for almost 20 years, due to Hajek's tendency towards "extreme" formulations of his works (view of the city). For years, awarding state contracts to Hajek seemed inadvisable to the state. A bronze bust of the poet JG Fischer is also part of the park .
- At Hasenbergsteige 60 is the so-called Alexanderhäusle , whose namesake Duke Carl Alexander ruled from 1733 to 1737. It is considered one of the oldest architectural monuments in the city and is said to have existed as early as 1737. The Russian pianist and composer AG Rubinstein is said to have rendezvous with the daughter of Pfizer's chief tribunal director here .
- Hasenbergsteige 20 houses the Villa Kaiser from the Wilhelminian era . The bust of the Stuttgart pastor and writer Gustav Schwab , who became famous for his classic German children's and youth literature , with legends from classical antiquity , sits enthroned here .
- At Hasenbergsteige 13/15 there is a building in the neo-renaissance style from 1898.
- The Swiss businessman and humanist Henri Dunant , founder of the International Red Cross in 1863 and co-founder of the YMCA in 1855, lived in Hasenbergsteige 7 for almost a decade .
- Hasenbergsteige 3 was the residential and commercial building of the publisher Ferdinand Enke. This building is a stylish Italian Renaissance palazzo. According to the list of monuments , the building, which was created in 1878/79, is considered a "document of the art of secular architecture from the Gründerzeit " . His architect Braunwald had already built No. 5 of the Hasenbergsteige (1872/73).
- At the head of the Hasenbergsteige, the "Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Platz", there is the seat of the International Bach Academy , founded by the Stuttgart church musician and music teacher Helmuth Rilling .
Other villas were built by well-known architects, such as Ludwig Eisenlohr , Carl Weigle , Albert Eitel or Eugen Steigleder, or by merchants well known in the city, such as Julius Hartmann , Paul Gerlach or Alfred Reisser . These are distributed as follows:
- In 1892 the architect Albert Schiller built the houses at No. 9 for the merchant Paul Gerlach and the bookseller Gustav Weise at No. 11. The architect was also responsible for the house of the carpenter Friedrich Raupp at No. 26.
- From Eisenlohr and Weigle the number 31 for the merchant Julius Hartmann.
- No. 37 from Eitel und Steigleder for the manufacturer Alfred Reisser.
- No. 47 from Hermann Jäger for the purpose of sale and No. 49 for rental.
traffic
Schwab Tunnel
The Hasenberg is broken through with the Schwabstrasse through the Schwab Tunnel (officially it is called Schwabstrasse Tunnel). The work of the architect Karl Kölle was formerly the first city tunnel in Germany and the widest (10.50 m) tunnel in Europe. It was opened in 1896 and was the first tunnel through which an automobile was driven.
Train traffic
There are two railway tunnels called "Hasenberg Tunnel" through the Hasenberg. One is the 258 meter long Hasenberg tunnel of the Gäubahn , which opened in 1879 . On the way from Stuttgart in the direction of Gäu , it starts directly behind the former Westbahnhof and leads to Stuttgart-Süd , here far above the core of the Heslach settlement.
In 1979 the construction of a 5.5 km long tunnel for the S-Bahn - also known as the Hasenberg tunnel - began. Because it runs through layers of anhydrite gypsum keuper, two tubes were drilled in an egg profile . The tunnel, opened in 1985, is part of the connecting line and leads from downtown Stuttgart up to the Filder plain .
Hasenberg station
The Hasenberg station is hardly known any more. Created in 1889, it carried the name until 1895, i.e. for six years. The station was then renamed the now abandoned Stuttgart West station . It was a train station of the Gäubahn (Panoramabahn), which was closed in 1985 for passenger and in 1993 also for freight traffic.
The Hasenberg station itself was designed as a simple building 48 m long with three pointed gables and arcades. Initially, the station was used exclusively for passenger and luggage traffic, occasionally also to relieve the main station . The access was ensured by the specially built Rothenwaldstrasse (today Rotenwaldstrasse). The old station building was demolished in 1960 and replaced by a flat roof in 1962. The official gazette praised: “The single-storey station building nestles harmoniously on the Hasenberg.” The gradual abandonment of the station in the 1980s and 1990s led to the abandonment of the station restaurant and various shops, up to and including the demolition of the entire ensemble. Apart from a listed signal box, nothing today indicates the former importance of the Hasenberg station.
Stuttgart-Heslach stop
Another stop on the Gäubahn was on the south side of the Hasenberg below the Blauer Weg and was called the Stuttgart-Heslach stop .
Hasenberg Tower
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The Hasenberg tower was a striking landmark of the Hasenberg . Its construction dates back to 1879 and was initiated by the Stuttgart Beautification Association . Conceived in the style of the Middle Ages, the later Ulm Minster master builder August Beyer realized himself with the use of red Gerling sandstone. So the idea of creating an interesting observation tower for the population was realized. Other locations, such as the nearby Birkenkopf or the Degerloch district, which is also located on the mountain, were also discussed.
As expected, its inauguration took on the character of a folk festival. By 1936 more than 500,000 visitors were counted who had climbed the 184 steps. Originally 36 meters high, the tower fell victim to World War II in 1943. This was done when it was blown up for strategic reasons in order not to be able to provide guidance for enemy air strikes by the Allies. With its top it was at that time the highest point in the city and clearly visible from afar. The demolition took place on March 24, 1943 at 9 a.m. What was left was a stump only five meters high, which is completely inconspicuous hidden in the forest.
The Jägerhaus , a popular excursion restaurant from 1852, was also located below the tower on a viewing platform until 1944. It was destroyed in the war. You can still see the foundations of this building below the stump of the Hasenberg tower. The monument in honor of the poet Wilhelm Hauff erected in a nearby park laid out by CF von Leins in 1882 has been preserved; the bronze bust, melted down in 1944, was re-cast after 1945. In 1944, the wicker furniture hotel also died out . This hotel, built by the well-known restaurateur, Carl Wanner, stood at the height of today's secular residential building (originally also a hotel until 1959) at number 90 and was misleadingly known as the Buchenhof air spa, because it had never been a spa hotel. The last excursion restaurant, Waldhaus on the Hasenberg, was closed in 2008 as "not suitable for renovation". Since then, he has been threatened with demolition.
Trivia
- Before the Second World War, a Stuttgart zoo was to be set up on the Hasenberg, the financing of which with 180,000 Reichsmarks (association money) seemed to have been secured and was already planned. In the end, it was just as unsuccessful as the construction of two cable cars across both sides of the slope.
- The Hasenbergsteige is very popular with local cyclists, as it attracts in long sections over a total distance of 1.6 km with an average gradient of 9.3%, often in the double-digit percentage range (maximum gradient: 15%).
- In 1874 the lake water works was built on the Hasenberg . It is the oldest (mostly preserved in the original) Stuttgart waterworks. Here, until 2002, the water from the park lakes was prepared for boiling and later drinking water. Water capacities were also kept for fire extinguishing purposes. Today the plant is a storage facility for supplying the Weststadt. You can look into the terrain from the access to the Blue Path .
- In the imaginary extension of the Hasenbergsteige, the Bürgerallee hiking trail, there is the Sophienbrunnen in honor of the wedding of the daughter Sophie of the Württemberg royal couple, Wilhelm I and Katharina Pawlowna .
- Inextricably linked with the Hasenberg is the well-known Buchenhofstaffel , one of the most beautiful stafels in Stuttgart . Other seasons on the Hasenberg are the Taubenstaffel and the Stäffele at the Schwab Tunnel .
- Geognostic findings on the nature of the soil on the mountain: In the colorful marls: brown iron ocher, yellowish-brown, in nests. In the Keuper: Coarse-grained, colorful and quartz-rich, white Keuper sandstone.
See also
literature
- Bernd Langner, Wolfgang Kress: Views in all directions. 150 years of the Schönerungsverein Stuttgart e. V. 1861-2011. 1st edition. Self-published by the Schönerungsverein Stuttgart e. V., Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-017459-9 (256 pages, approx. 350 mostly color illustrations).
- Hartmut Ellrich: The historic Stuttgart. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-381-6 .
- Christine Breig: The construction of villas and country houses in Stuttgart 1830–1930. Hohenheim Verlag, Stuttgart / Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3-89850-964-8 .
- Martin Wörner, Gilbert Lupfer, Ute Schulz: Architectural Guide Stuttgart. Dietrich Reimer-Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-496-01290-0 .
- Werner Buthge: From Feuersee to Birkenkopf, forays into the west of Stuttgart. Butterfly Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-89657-129-X .
- Peter Grohmann : Stuttgart on foot. 20 city district forays through history and the present. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 1988, ISBN 978-3-8425-1163-7 .
Web links
- Insights for cyclists
- Hasenbergsteige: Streifblicke ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Otto Herbert Hajek - Hasenbergsteige Sculpture Park
- Stuttgarter Stäffele
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Description of the Oberamt Stuttgart , Office of Stuttgart
- ^ Stuttgart West. Our city district in the sidelight ( Memento from January 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d Werner Buthge, Vom Feuersee zum Birkenkopf, pp. 117–119 (see lit.)
- ↑ The art historian Dr. Gottfried Hermann Wurz , stumbling blocks for Stuttgart
- ↑ New landlord at Hasenberg ( 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. On: stuttgarter-zeitung.de
- ↑ Villas of celebrities in Stuttgart: House of the Stuttgart artist Otto Herbert Hajek in the Hasenbergsteige. In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de . September 2, 2015, accessed February 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Peter Grohmann, Stuttgart on foot. 20 city district forays through history and the present , pp. 97 and 281 (see lit.)
- ↑ The Henry Dunant Stele in the Hasenbergsteige in Stuttgart ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2013 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.
- ↑ International Bach Academy Stuttgart. Retrieved May 17, 2012 .
- ↑ Schwabtunnel , stuttgart.de
- ↑ Hasenberg tower from 1879 - ruin since 1943. ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2013 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. , Beautification Association Stuttgart
- ↑ Hasenberg as a sports ramp . In: quaeldich.de .
- ^ Wörner, Lupfer, Scholz: Architekturführer Stuttgart , p. 81.
- ^ Google Books: The geognostic conditions by Johann Carl Ludwig Hehl
- ↑ Google Books: Geognostic and Petrefacten-Cabinet of His Enlightenment the Count Wilhelm ...
