Emmertsgrund

Emmertsgrund district of Heidelberg
Coordinates	49 ° 22 '1 "  N , 8 ° 42' 15"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '1 "  N , 8 ° 42' 15"  E
surface	2.68 km²
Residents	6916 (2017)
Population density	2581 inhabitants / km²
District number	013
structure
Townships	Emmertsgrund-North (013 1) Emmertsgrund-South (013 2)
Source: City of Heidelberg (PDF; 98 kB)

The Emmertsgrund is a Heidelberg district . It is located on a slope of the Königsstuhl above Heidelberg-Rohrbach and Leimen , south of the Heidelberg-Boxberg district . The district emerged from 1970 as a housing project by Neue Heimat , which created living space for around 7,000 people in the form of a large housing estate . At the same time as the Emmertsgrund, the large Rohrbach Süd industrial park to the west was developed, in which work and shopping opportunities were created close to home.

history

The Emmertsgrund seen from the Rhine plain in the west

The need to create living space arose from the housing shortage in the 1960s, when around 6,000 people in Heidelberg still lived without their own apartment, i.e. were quartered with others. The 1966/67 recession then led to state-subsidized urban development measures to revive the economy. The Neue Heimat developed into the largest property developer in the republic and gained Mayor Reinhold Zundel as a consultant in Heidelberg . Even Alexander Mitscherlich , who lived in Heidelberg since 1938, was for the New home operates. In this constellation, plans soon matured to develop a new district for Heidelberg.

The city acquired 61 hectares of land on the southern outskirts from the US Army and immediately sold it back to the Neue Heimat . With the help of Mitscherlich, Fred Angerer and Alexander von Branca planned a large housing estate with around 3,500 apartments for around 11,000 residents on the site. The plans envisaged multi-storey high-rise buildings with garages underneath and plenty of open space, while at the same time preserving the area's natural forest cover. The city also demanded the construction of a school, community center, gym and swimming pool. With federal funding , the building project was carried out by Neue Heimat from 1970. At the same time, the Rohrbach-Süd industrial area was created, in which the residents should find work and shopping opportunities close to their home. Mitscherlich withdrew from the expert commission in 1975, in his biography he later criticized the “speculating natures” within the Neue Heimat , with which he had shied away from the argument. Even during the construction phase, it became clear that the demand for apartments was not quite as high as planned and that many families did not necessarily want to move to a high-rise estate. For this reason, the original plan of the complete development with high-rise buildings was abandoned, instead single and small multi-family houses were built in the southern part of the Emmertsgrund. In total, living space was created for around 7,000 people. After the insolvency of Neue Heimat , the city of Heidelberg acquired a total of 616 apartments for 62.5 million DM in 1986, which it subordinated to the municipal housing association GGH.

Emmertsgrundpassage

The social problems of the district began with the resettlement of some families from the social hotspot Mörgelgewann in the Kirchheim district to Emmertsgrund. Although there were fewer than 100 people, they brought the district into disrepute in the long term. In the 1980s and 1990s, many immigrants and refugees from the former Soviet states and from Yugoslavia moved to the Emmertsgrund. To prevent ghetto formation, the city has initiated numerous social projects that have contributed to a balanced social infrastructure, including a youth center founded in the 1970s, the Emmerts elementary school with its own social work, kindergartens and day-care centers, a library and a community center.

The residential infrastructure is characterized in the north of the district by high concrete buildings and in the south by two- to three-storey houses. The center of the district is the Emmertsgrundpassage , a long pedestrian zone, and the forum . An 18-story high-rise office building has stood between them since 1992. This was built as the corporate headquarters of MLP AG . It is popularly called “Tall Manfred” after one of the MLP founders Manfred Lautenschläger - based on the “ Tall Eugen ” in Bonn . From 2001 to 2016 the building was the headquarters of Heidelberger Lebensversicherung .

The Sino-German Business Federation (SGBF), an economic development organization that wants to be a platform for business contacts between Chinese and German companies, research institutions and state institutions, has resided in the building, now officially called Tech-Tower , since the end of 2017 . There are close contacts to the German-Chinese technology park, which has been in planning since 2017, on the site of the former Patton Barracks in Heidelberg-Kirchheim.

The Emmertsgrund is very much characterized by viticulture due to its southwestern elevation and sloping position . The individual layers of Heidelberger Dachsbuckel and Heidelberger Dormenacker are located here .

education

The three-class (3 classes per grade level) primary school Emmertsgrund is the only school in the district. Since the school year 2005/06 it has been a partially tied full - day school with two noon tuition and additional AG offers. In the school year 2012/13 the school has 12 classes with 265 students. The students come from 25 nations and 63.8% have a migration background .

There are no secondary schools in Emmertsgrund. In the neighboring district of Boxberg there is the Waldparkschule , which has been run as a community school since 2013 . There are no secondary schools or high schools in either of the mountain districts.

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Waste disposal

Outer pipe of the garbage extraction system at Mombertplatz

The district concept originally envisaged that no garbage trucks would be required in Emmertsgrund (except for bulky waste). This was achieved by inserting chutes in a garbage extraction system , which was built and put into operation in eight construction phases between October 3, 1973 and 1981. In the high-rise buildings there were insertion chutes on every floor and in the streets of the terraced houses there were flat input points in the open air. This was very comfortable for the residents.

The plant was built and operated by Centralsug GmbH. When the system was built, the intake system and the pipe network were designed for operation for 30 years. The capacity was planned for 12,000 inhabitants, but only approx. 6500 inhabitants were connected to the system, as the concept of the district changed and rather small residential units were realized instead of the planned multi-storey development.

In the interests of avoiding waste, from the mid-1980s onwards, paper and waste glass were disposed of separately in collection points, which were then emptied by corresponding vehicles. As a result of the introduction of the packaging regulations ( yellow sack ) in 1991, the "yellow rubbish" in sacks also had to be collected conventionally. In a self-test by the city of Heidelberg, special yellow bags were also disposed of using the garbage suction system for several years from the mid-1990s. However, many of the yellow and gray bags arrived at the central suction point ripped open due to damage to the pipe system.

In 1992, the Heidelberg City Council decided to close the facility as part of an immediate program to avoid a future waste emergency . This met with a largely negative attitude of the population, so that in 1996 the municipal council decided to continue operating the plant for the time being as long as this was technically possible. In 1999 a new concept for the separate disposal of waste and recyclables in the district of Emmertsgrund was decided by the local council. After that, only residual waste was disposed of through the facility. The amount of waste that was disposed of via the waste suction system in 1999 was only around a third of the originally forecast amount.

Already in the 1990s there were enormous problems with the suction pressure, as the garbage suction pipes became dilapidated. Due to the narrow cross-section, repairs were very expensive. Attempts were made to counteract the wear and tear of the pipes with so-called plastic inliners . However, this method has not proven itself, since the inserted plastic pipes have become detached from the base material. In 1993, the trade supervisory authority prohibited people from entering the pipes, even for maintenance purposes. Due to the sharp rise in renovation costs and high operating costs, the garbage extraction system was gradually switched off from 2000. While there were around five blockages per year up to 2002, these occurred almost weekly in 2003, although the amount of waste has already been reduced by over 70% through the successive decoupling of some large residential complexes. The reasons for the frequent problems were leaks in the pipe system.

According to the city of Heidelberg in 2003, trouble-free continued operation of the garbage extraction system would only be possible with a complete overhaul. The costs for this have been carefully estimated at around 20 million euros.

Since conventional garbage disposal is much cheaper, the Heidelberg City Council decided on July 23, 2003 to shut down the garbage extraction system after many legal issues had been clarified. The final shutdown of the former flagship project took place on May 31, 2004.

The pipelines were filled up to the surface by the city of Heidelberg.

District development

The district management Emmertsgrund is an institution of the citizens' association TES eV (sponsoring association for the Emmertsgrund district management) and has been active for the Emmertsgrund and its residents since July 2010. The main tasks of the district management are the cultural, social and infrastructural development of the district. In addition, the district management is the liaison between the citizens and the offices of the city of Heidelberg. The most important goals are to improve the living conditions in the district and to activate citizens to get involved in their district. Further tasks are e.g. B. the networking of the district activities as well as the improvement of the district image u. a. through public relations. In order to solve all tasks satisfactorily, the district management on the Emmertsgrund is divided into three areas: the district office, the community center and the media center.

District office

The district office is the first point of contact if you want to inquire about the district or cultural and social institutions and events in it. Even if you have a concern, but don't know exactly which position is the right one, the district office can help. The district office oversees the allocation advisory board, which decides on the allocation of funding from a specially set up disposition fund for small-scale and quickly realizable projects in Emmertsgrund. So you can be supported by the district office if you have a project idea for the district or if you need help with implementation.

Community center

The community center was reopened in 2012 after extensive renovations and is now the social center of the district. This renovation was funded by the federal government's economic stimulus program and the “Socially Integrative City” urban development program. The large citizens' hall can be found in the community center. With space for 436 people, this is the second largest city event hall. The Citizens' Hall can be rented by associations, private individuals or companies. Due to the spatial flexibility, different variants of the hall size are possible. There is also an integration company in the community center, the HeidelBERG Café .

Media center

The media center offers the opportunity to use various board games, books, CDs, laptops and newspapers free of charge on site or to borrow them with an ID. There are also various advisory services in the media center, which take place in a separate room. The Monday cinema and family Sunday take place there once a month. Furthermore, media educational content is offered.

Culture

Function rooms

The theater hall in the Augustinum Heidelberg, which is used for public concerts, cinema screenings, cabaret etc. Ä. Is used

In Emmertsgrund there are two event rooms with approx. 400 seats each, the Bürgerhaus and the Augustinum theater hall. Concerts, film screenings, lectures and the like take place regularly in both halls. The Augustinum theater hall has cinema status as a location for the “Cinema Augustinum” and offers around two public film screenings per month.

District newspaper "Em-Box"

The Heidelberg district newspaper "Em-Box - Journal for the Boxberg and Emmertsgrund districts" was launched in September 1996 as "Em-Box-Info" on the initiative of the Emmertsgrund-Boxberg cultural area with the help of the city administration. Until March 2015, the editors were the Emmertsgrund-Boxberg cultural group and the Emmertsgrund district association. Since March 2015 the district association Emmertsgrund has been the sole publisher of the magazine, which was renamed "Em-Box". The district newspaper pursues the goals of integration , identification and communication. The Em-Box appears quarterly with a print run of 6000 and is distributed free of charge to all households in both parts of the city.

traffic

After construction began in 1969, a hillside road between Boxberg and Emmertsgrund is linked to the B 3 (Heidelberg - Leimen). The district has been a 30 km / h zone since the mid-1980s . The Emmertsgrund is served by bus routes 27 (to the Rohrbach-Süd industrial park ), 29 (to Boxberg or Technologiepark ) and 33 (to Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen ). All lines go through the Rohrbach-Süd tram stop .

Attractions

The pig fountain on the edge of the forest was built around a spring and is still used extensively as a source of drinking water.

One of the 5 entry points to the Wine and Culture Adventure Hiking Trail is located in the southern part of the Emmertsgrund at the Augustinum bus stop . This access leads to the vineyards and biotopes directly below the district, which were completed in 2000 on the recultivated Rohrbach quarry. Signs provide information about geology, history, viticulture, mining as well as fauna and flora of this western Odenwald slope.

Personalities

The former Rector of Heidelberg University Rolf Rendtorff lived in the Augustinum Heidelberg from 2006 until his death .

Waldemar Schreckenberger (1929–2017), head of the Federal Chancellery from 1982 to 1984 , lived in Emmertsgrund from 2001 until his death.

The Iraqi rapper Kurdo (* 1988) now lives in the Heidelberg district of Emmertsgrund, which he always incorporates into his musical work. The Kosovar singer Ardian Bujupi (* 1991) also grew up in Emmertsgrund. The writer Saša Stanišić spent his youth in Emmertsgrund.

politics

The Emmertsgrund district advisory board is composed as follows:

Party / list	2019
Green	2
SPD	2
The left	1
"The Heidelberg"	1
CDU	1
FDP	1
AfD	1

literature

• Kulturkreis Emmertsgrund-Boxberg (Ed.): The Emmertsgrund. Global village or social hotspot? Portrait of an unusual Heidelberg district , Wiesbaden 2009
• Heinz W. Krewinkel: Heidelberg-Emmertsgrund. A new district for 11,000 people. A report. Published by Neue Heimat Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart 1971
• Alexander Mitscherlich: The inhospitable nature of our cities . Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp 1965, ISBN 3518101234

Web links

Commons : Emmertsgrund  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• District management, cultural group, district association
• Community center, media center, HeidelBERGcafé Emmertsgrund
• Em box info . The journal for the districts of Boxberg and Emmertsgrund.
• Offers on the Boxberg and Emmertsgrund (PDF 6.5 MB, as of 2014)
• Event calendar of the Augustinum Heidelberg
• Primary school Emmertsgrund

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/heidelberg_artikel,-Der-Lange-Manfred-in-Heidelberg-Emmertsgrund-ist-leer-_arid,162105.html
2. ^ Heidelberg-Emmertsgrund: What are the Chinese doing in "Langen Manfred"? ( rnz.de [accessed on July 30, 2018]).
3. ↑ The school's website , last accessed on February 23, 2020.
4. ↑ Closure of the Emmertsgrund garbage extraction system. Retrieved August 17, 2013 . 
5. ↑ http://www.emmertsgrund.de/tes-ev
6. ↑ http://www.emmertsgrund.de/sites/default/files/users/Stadtteilmanagement/kleinBrosch%C3%BCre_f%C3%BCr_Homepage_2014.pdf page 18
7. ↑ http://www.emmertsgrund.de/sites/default/files/users/Stadtteilmanagement/kleinBrosch%C3%BCre_f%C3%BCr_Homepage_2014.pdf page 90
8. ↑ http://www.emmertsgrund.de/sites/default/files/users/Stadtteilmanagement/kleinBrosch%C3%BCre_f%C3%BCr_Homepage_2014.pdf page 92
9. ↑ Dates | Emmertsgrund. Retrieved March 29, 2018 . 
10. ^ Event calendar of the Augustinum Heidelberg. November 20, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017 . 
11. ↑ http://www.em-box-info.de/ Em-Box (accessed on November 10, 2017)
12. ↑ Wine and culture adventure hiking trail |. Retrieved on July 30, 2018 (German). 
13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1U99y5OIsY
14. ↑ http://mediathek.daserste.de/Druckfrisch/Sa%C5%A1a-Stani%C5%A1i%C4%87-Herkunft/Video?bcastId=339944&documentId=61211908
15. ^ City of Heidelberg - District Advisory Board Emmertsgrund. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .