Josefiau
Josefiau is part of the Salzburg-Süd district in the city of Salzburg . In the east, the Josefiau is bounded by the Salzach . In the northwest, the Eschenbach and Hellbrunnerstrasse form the border against Nonntal, south of Michael-Pacher-Strasse and west of the Alpenstrasse the Herrnau connects . In the part of the Josefiau near the Salzach, south of Egger-Lienz-Gasse, the alpine settlement adjoins, only a narrow strip of settlement of Josefiau east of the Robert-Stolz-Promenade extends further south.
Naming
The landscape area got its name from a chapel that Abraham Zillner von Zillerberg, the owner of the later Kasererhof, built in 1677 in honor of St. Joseph. The preserved chapel - symmetrically arranged to the chapel (with turrets, cross and bells) - included the small house built in 1712 in the same size as the chapel (turret with weather vane). The yard, to which large parts of the now built -up meadow belonged, was subsequently called St.-Josefs-Hof or Josefihof and later Kasererhof .
history
The name Josefiau (also St.-Josefs-Au) is derived from a former part of the landscape that was essentially shaped by the alluvial forest. In the south it reached as far as today's Hellbrunn Bridge. The Goiser Au (Hellbrunner Au) followed to the south of it.
The Josefiau forest was gradually reduced in size in the area of today's settlement in the interwar period, initially for agricultural purposes through clearing. The first settlement core of today's Josefiau settlement area was built between Membergergasse and Lederwaschgasse in 1932. In keeping with the Christian-conservative zeitgeist, the new settlements on the outskirts should be “down to earth and rural”. The large gardens were also used for the cultivation of field crops.
The central road connection that led to the new Josefiausiedlung after the Alpine Road was built was Josefiaustraße. This street was renamed Friedensstraße to the west of the Alpenstraße after the nearby peace-making monastery was built in 1957 (where the Church in Not's Austria office was founded in 1957 ). The renaming was also done because many war refugees had found a new home here in peace. The house of the Danube Swabians , the cultural center of a large group of displaced ethnic Germans, is also located in this former Josefiaustraße and today's Friedensstraße. (Today, however, the settlement area between Friedenstraße and Michael-Pacherstraße is often no longer included in Josefiau, but in Herrnau).
After the Second World War , the residential area of the Josefiau expanded gradually further south in a narrow strip of settlement, whereby the remaining alluvial forest was gradually reduced. Finally, the elementary school Josefiau was deliberately built as a forest school in the middle of the remaining forest.
The last small rest of the alluvial forest on the Salzach now carries on the name of the once extensive forest landscape and is now designated as a protected part of the landscape in accordance with the provisions of the Salzburg Nature Conservation Act to ensure its recreational function and its important small-climatic tasks in the fresh air corridor of the Salzach.
House of Youth, Montessori School and Alpenstrasse outdoor pool
In place of the facilities mentioned above, the state main shooting range was located before 1939, which at that time was largely a cleared island in the alluvial forest.
After 1945, a youth center was here Youth Center built, which also includes a swimming pool and a sports field belonged. In 1955, on the occasion of its centenary, the Salzburger Sparkasse made a significant contribution to the expansion of the youth center and the swimming pool. Today the House of Youth offers a varied leisure program for children and young people, especially during the holiday season.
The closest school is now being built as a Montessori school of the Protestant Church in the sense of Montessori pedagogy, taking into account the integration of disabled and non-disabled students.
The oldest form of the outdoor swimming pool was built in 1950 as a gift from the American occupation forces to the youth by the American Youth Association (AYA, hence earlier Aya-Bad , later called youth bath ). This bath was also modernized and expanded in 1955 and again in 1994/95.
Josefiau today
The original settlement area of the Josefiau, built before the Second World War, consists largely of single-family houses (which were originally often built as small two-family houses) as well as small to medium-sized city villas and is now one of the most expensive and popular residential areas in the city of Salzburg. Adjacent to the Josefiau in the south there are two student dormitories: Haus Humboldt and Egger-Lienz student dormitory, named after the street of the same name in which it is located. The large building of the office of the Salzburg provincial government and the Salzburg provincial archive in Michael-Pacher-Strasse also belong to this settlement area.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 47 '10.7 " N , 13 ° 4' 5.2" E