Hastings

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Borough of Hastings
Location in East Sussex
Location in East Sussex
coat of arms
coat of arms
Coordinates 50 ° 51 '  N , 0 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '  N , 0 ° 34'  E
OS National Grid TQ821095
Borough of Hastings (England)
Borough of Hastings
Borough of Hastings
Residents 92,855 (as of: 2018)
surface 29.72 km² (11.47  mi² )
Population density: 3124 inhabitants per km²
administration
Post town Hastings
ZIP code section TN34, 35, 37, 38
prefix 01424
Part of the country England
Ceremonial county East Sussex
ONS code 21UD
Website: www.hastings.gov.uk

Hastings [ ˈheɪstɪŋz ] is a town and a district in the county of East Sussex on the Strait of Dover in southeast England with about 90,000 inhabitants.

Hastings is a popular seaside resort due to the five kilometer long beach promenade , where fishing is also carried out (see sights ).

geography

Hastings is a seaside resort on the English Channel .

history

Probably already settled in prehistoric times, Hastings developed into a flourishing port city in the early Middle Ages, which in the 11th century joined the Cinque Ports (five ports) with four other ports (New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich) .

Hastings Pier (White Rock Pier) in winter

On September 28, 1066, William the Conqueror , the Duke of Normandy , went ashore with his army at Hastings, where he took part on October 14, 1066 in the Battle of Hastings (which, however, did not take place at Hastings, but in today's village of Battle ) Harold Godwinson ( Harald II ), the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, defeated and killed. The victory of the Normans initiated their rule over England. In 1377 Hastings was sacked and pillaged by the French, which began the decline of the city. Hastings regained importance as a seaside resort in the 18th century.

education

In Hastings there is the Hastings College of Arts & Technology .

Culture and sights

"Net shops"
  • Castle : The ruins of Hastings Castle , which was founded by William the Conqueror in 1066, are located on West Hill separating the city . To the east of the castle hill is the old town with some picturesque alleys, to the west Hastings has developed into a large-scale seaside resort.
  • Seaside resort: Hastings has a five-kilometer-long beach promenade with a pier built in 1872 , which was almost completely destroyed by arson in October 2010. The pier reopened in new forms in 2016 and won the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) architecture award in 2017 .
  • Beach Harbor : Boats and fishing boats are pulled onto the beach because there is no water harbor.
  • Net shops: There is still a lot of fishing going on in Hastings. However, since the long beach is too narrow , especially at high tide , to lay out the fishing nets to dry, there is a special feature in Hastings: the so-called net shops at the beach harbor, narrow, high wooden buildings in which the nets are hung.
  • Easthill-Lift and the Westhill-Lift: The two inclined lifts , the Easthill-Lift and the Westhill-Lift are also worth seeing .
  • Hastings Country Park : Immediately to the east of the city, the Hastings Country Park, a large nature and hiking area above the cliffs, extends.
  • Hastings is a popular place for foreign language travelers (approx. 35,000 / year) and for English tourists.
Hastings Pier as it looked before the fire
Historical old city

Chess tournament

Hastings is the venue for the most traditional chess tournament ever. It was held for the first time in 1895 and won by the American Harry Nelson Pillsbury in front of the entire world elite. Since 1919 it has been held annually in the period after Christmas, only interrupted during the Second World War . Usually an invitation tournament ( Premier ) and a qualification tournament ( Challengers ) were held. With the exception of Bobby Fischer , all world chess champions from Wilhelm Steinitz to Anatoli Evgenjewitsch Karpow took part in the Hastings tournament at least once.

Town twinning

Hastings city center

Facilities

East Sussex Fire Brigade

The East Sussex Fire Brigade is a fire brigade organization that provides fire protection and general aid in their county. It emerged in 1974 from the former Brighton, Hastings, Eastbourne and East Sussex fire departments. One of the fire stations is in Hastings. The staff consists of full-time and part-time firefighters.

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

Web links

Commons : Hastings  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Hastings  Travel Guide

Individual evidence

  1. Hastings pier almost completely burned down in: Schweizer Fernsehen from October 5, 2010
  2. RIBA Stirling Prize 2017. Accessed October 10, 2018 .
  3. ^ Hastings Borough Council: Hastings Country Park Local Nature Reserve. Retrieved October 10, 2018 (UK English).
  4. Reg Cload and Raymond Keene : Battles of Hastings. A history of the Hastings International Chess Congress . Pergamon Chess, Oxford 1991, ISBN 0-08-037791-2 .
  5. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : East Sussex Fire Brigade . In: Florian Hessen 4/1989 . Munkelt Verlag, Wiesbaden 1989, p. 31-32 . ISSN 0936-5370 .