City center (Braunschweig)

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City district of the
Braunschweig lioncity ​​of Braunschweig
Location of the city center district
Location of the city center district (dark gray) in Braunschweig
District Mayor: Heike Zander ( SPD )
District: No. 131
Residents: 14,401 (December 31, 2016)
Surface: 2.374 km²
1.2% of the city area of ​​Braunschweig
Population density: 5,538 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes: 38100
Brunn Kohlmarkt 04 1a.jpg
The Kohlmarktbrunnen

Braunschweig city center is one of 19 districts in Braunschweig .

It has the official number 131 , until November 2006 number 221. The district has around 14,400 inhabitants on an area of ​​237.4 hectares and thus a share of 1.2% of the total area of ​​Braunschweig.

history

The city district is bounded by the Okerum flood and is thus located on the historic city area of ​​Braunschweig, the old town (historic city center). Until the expansion of the city after the ramparts were razed and settlement outside the flood ditch during industrialization, the history is identical to that of the city.

politics

City District Council

The city district council of the city center is composed as follows:

year CDU SPD Green FDP The left BIBS Pirates The party total was standing
2016 4th 4th 2 1 1 1 1 1 15 seats Local election on September 11, 2016
2011 5 4th 4th - 1 - - - 14 seats Local election on September 11, 2011
2006 6th 4th 3 1 1 - - - 15 seats Local election on September 10, 2006

District Mayor

  • Since 2016: Heike Zander (SPD)
  • 2006–2016: Ines Werner (SPD)
  • Until 2006: Axel Fricke (CDU)

Statistical districts

The city district is made up of the following statistical districts:

coat of arms

The Braunschweig city center district bears the Braunschweig coat of arms.

Attractions

The traditional islands are five small (reconstructed) areas in the old town of Braunschweig, some of which survived the Second World War or were largely rebuilt and restored after 1945 based on the historical model. The traditional islands include the traditional island of Magniviertel , the traditional island of Burgplatz , the traditional island of Michaelis , the traditional island of Altstadtmarkt and the traditional island of Aegidien.

Buildings

In the city center are the important historical churches of the city of Braunschweig, such as the Braunschweig Cathedral .

Streets and squares

The Cityring forms an important traffic axis. This includes roads such as Bohlweg , Güldenstraße , Lange Straße and Konrad-Adenauer-Straße / Kalenwall.

Population development

Plan of the entire enclosed city around 1400 - with the seven districts within the Okerum flood
Around 1400

The city area was around 114 hectares around 1400 and was populated by around 17,500 inhabitants.

Since 1974

Since the incorporation of March 1974, the area within the Okerum flood has encompassed around 1.2 percent of Braunschweig's urban area, an area of ​​237.5  hectares , which corresponds to around 332  soccer fields (each 105 by 68 meters). It includes the areas of all five historical soft areas of Braunschweig, the Altewiek , the old town , the Hagen , the Neustadt and the Sack - as well as the two former districts of the castle and the St. Aegidien monastery . For size comparison: While the Hagenmarkt, which is concise in the Hagen area, is around 4  metric acres or 3 units of the historical area of ​​a Brunswick forest morning, i.e. around 1 ha, the area within the Okerum flood comprises 950 metric acres or 712 forest mornings. Today it corresponds to the inner city district formed at the end of 1981.

Almost 13,000 people lived between the Okerum flood ditches at the end of 2008 - around 5.4 percent of the total resident population. This roughly corresponds to the entire population of Braunschweig around the year 1400 .

Other meanings

The term inner city is ambiguous and has several definitions. It stands for the city district, the Braunschweig old town or the area within the Braunschweig flood ditches (identical to the city district), and the area within the Wilhelminischer Ring is counted as part of the Braunschweig city center.

See also

Portal: Braunschweig  - Overview of Wikipedia content on Braunschweig

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City district council in city district 131 downtown
  2. ↑ a b Population statistics on braunschweig.de
  3. ^ Council information of the city of Braunschweig
  4. ↑ Limits of the statistical districts (PDF; 622 kB) on braunschweig.de
  5. ^ Areas of the city districts. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Statistisches Jahrbuch. City of Braunschweig, Department of Urban Development and Statistics, December 14, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 27, 2010 .  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.braunschweig.de  
  6. ↑ Norbert Jonscher: Castle sets standards for the development of the city. In: newsclick.de. Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, January 25, 2010, accessed on January 25, 2010 : “The Braunschweiger city center - an area of ​​237.4 hectares within the Okerum flood, the size of 332 soccer fields. Almost 13,000 people live here [...] "
  7. ↑ Population numbers according to city districts. In: website. City of Braunschweig, December 31, 2008, accessed on January 27, 2010 (figures from the population register).

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 31'  E