Cologne-Chorweiler (district)
 district 6 of Cologne |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 2 '38 " N , 6 ° 53' 44" E | ||||||||||||||
| surface | 67.16 km² | ||||||||||||||
| Residents | 83,036 (Dec. 31, 2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Population density | 1236 inhabitants / km² | ||||||||||||||
Administration address |
Pariser Platz 1 50765 Cologne |
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| District Mayor | Reinhard Zöllner ( CDU ) | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cologne District Information - 2015 figures | |||||||||||||||
on May 25, 2014
Chorweiler is the northernmost district of Cologne . The district includes the districts of Blumenberg , Chorweiler , Esch / Auweiler , Fühlingen , Heimersdorf , Lindweiler , Merkenich , Rheinkassel , Langel , Pesch , Roggendorf / Thenhoven , Seeberg , Volkhoven / Weiler and Worringen .
location
Due to its peripheral location - the actual district of Chorweiler is about 14 kilometers north of Cologne city center - the city district is surrounded to the north and west by forest and arable land and the Rhine meadows that border the district to the east. The borough of Chorweiler is the only suburb of Cologne that is not adjacent to the city center.
History of origin
Excavations in the area in 1927 showed that Germanic subsequent burials of a burial mound from the middle of the first century AD took place here, so that human settlements can be inferred here. The landscape at that time consisted mainly of forest and marshland in Chorbusch (“Goirbusch”), Worringer Bruch and in Gohrer - Straberger Sumpf-Bruch (“Gohrer Broich”, “Straberger Broich”). The word component “Broich” in numerous place names on the Lower Rhine (such as Grevenbroich) still refers to quarry forest today .
middle Ages
Since the Middle Ages , the Cologne cathedral chapter owned the choir bush ("Gohrbusch") as an accessory to its Worringen Villication . The Worringer Fronhof and the dependent fiefdoms in Worringen, Thenhoven, Roggendorf and Dormagen were entitled to logging , pasture and fattening . As early as August 7, 1532, there was a contract between Count Wilhelm von Neuenahr and Moers and the Archbishop of Cologne, Hermann V von Wied, on the use of the forest in the "Goirbusch". The cathedral chapter reserved its rights to the choir bush in 1602, which formed a contiguous forest area with the Hackenbroicher bush. The great demand for wood was met from the cathedral capitular forests Pescher Holz (today: Volkhoven / Weiler ) and Chorbusch. That is why there was a wood regulation since June 1690, with which the cathedral chapter expressly reserved complete freedom in wood consumption and was thus able to replace the forest rights of the feudal people in 1743/1747 while renouncing the feudal leases and to take the forest into its own use .
During the French period in 1794, the former Electoral Cologne bushes, the Mühlenbusch and the Chorbusch, came under French rule. The area around Worringen became part of the 3rd canton (belonging to the Arrondissement de Cologne ), which from 1798 belonged to the canton of Dormagen. On the tranchot map of August 1807, several peat cuttings ( French tourbieres ) are recorded in the area, typical of the swamp area. In 1815, after the Congress of Vienna, these forest areas on the left bank of the Rhine fell to the Kingdom of Prussia and thus became the property of the City of Cologne.
"New city"
In 1922, under Lord Mayor Konrad Adenauer , there was already a land reserve in the north , whose urban planner Fritz Schumacher was supposed to realize the idea of a “New City”. First, however, it came on April 1, 1922 incorporation of the mayoralty Worringen (with the villages Feldkassel , Fühlingen , Kasselberg , Langel , Merkenich , Rheinkassel , Roggendorf , Thenhoven and hamlets ) in the city of Cologne. Most of today's borough of Chorweiler belonged to the mayor's office of Worringen. Rudolf Schwarz took up the idea of the “New City” again in 1957 in order to meet the housing shortage of the post-war period and to create living space near the industrial areas in the north of the city. As the “New City of Cologne Chorweiler”, a new district was to be created as an extension of the city of Cologne.
On April 21, 1964, the Cologne City Council decided to name the new large housing estate in the north of Cologne "Cologne-Chorweiler". The name of the new city district is a compound from word components of the wetland Chorbusch and the village of Weiler. Building plans based on the urban development model of “urbanity through density” envisaged up to 100,000 inhabitants, initially living space for 40,000 inhabitants was realized on an area of 80 hectares. The district, which was mostly built in prefabricated buildings with up to 24 storeys from 1966, advanced to become the largest prefabricated housing estate in North Rhine-Westphalia . Bedeutendster carrier was on large housing estates specialized housing company New home . Through state subsidies for housing , around 80% of all originally 6,000 apartments were social housing . A first architectural book about the development plans in Chorweiler was published in 1967. Gottfried Böhm and Oswald Mathias Ungers , among others, acted as architects . On December 16, 1971, the foundation stone was laid for the main center in Chorweiler.
In February 1972, the city gave 21 streets in Chorweiler the street names of western European cities. Later in 1972 the first tenants moved in, although the settlement was not yet fully completed. In June 1972, the tunnel construction began in the area of the main center of the New City. In 1973 Gottfried Böhm created a double row of multi-family houses of different heights (area of 1.8 hectares with 193 apartments for 435 inhabitants). In November 1973, the Cologne Stadtbahn released the extension of the line from Longerich to the newly created Cologne-Chorweiler station .
As a result of the regional reform in North Rhine-Westphalia in January 1975, Esch / Auweiler and Pesch were added, which were previously part of the then community of Sinnersdorf . The city district is characterized by the sharp contrast between the remaining parts of the village, such as Weiler, Roggendorf / Thenhoven, Fühlingen or Esch, and the satellite settlements that emerged in the second half of the 20th century . The “City-Center Köln-Chorweiler” shopping center with a sales area of 27,500 m² was opened in 1976. The leisure pool " Aqualand Chorweiler " with an area of 18,000 m² opened its doors in 1991. The DITIB central mosque in Cologne-Chorweiler opened in November 2008 . On December 31, 1990, the borough of Chorweiler had 74,481 inhabitants. In the following years, the number of residents in Cologne's northernmost district rose to 83,215 (December 31, 2000). Since then, the population has been falling. On December 31, 2005, 82,865 people lived in the district and on December 31, 2011, 80,247 people lived in the district.
On since 1981 in the public interest back end neglect both of many homes and the cityscape choir hamlet town 1985 "program consolidation urban corrective and social" that took place in two stages (1987-1989 and 1989 to 2000) responded with a. Also financial funding of urban development funding from the federal and state funded program " Social City " came between 1996 and 2004 are used. These programs were accompanied by intensive social work , social stabilization and qualification .
Since 1988, the headquarters of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has been located in the Cologne district of Chorweiler ( Volkhoven / Weiler district ).
Sociodemography
The city district has negative connotations among Cologne residents because of the prevailing precarious conditions and the above-average proportion of foreigners . The quality of the apartment is below average due to mold growth, poor insulation, defective elevator systems and renovation jams.
The social space analysis resulted in the following data for 2011:
| Criterion (2011) | Cologne-Chorweiler | city Cologne |
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| SGB II (" Hartz IV ") | 41.8% | 11.5% |
| unemployment | 21.3% | 9.1% |
| Youth unemployment | 13.7% | 6.7% |
| SGB XII ( social assistance ) | 41.5% | 6.1% |
| Migration share | 75% | 16.3% |
Major economic indicators of the municipality are due to the high concentration of socially disadvantaged population groups severely worse than in the entire city. The proportion of welfare recipients in Chorweiler is six times as high as the urban average, and almost four times as many Hartz IV recipients live here as in Cologne.
traffic
The traffic connection is mainly oriented towards Cologne city center.
Road traffic
In a south-north direction, the federal highway 9 and the parallel A 57 cross the district . The latter has two connection points in the district: Chorweiler - for the districts of Chorweiler, Blumenberg, Heimersdorf, Esch, Pesch, Auweiler - and Worringen - for the districts of Worringen and Roggendorf / Thenhoven. At the southern border of the district which runs A 1 as the northern part of the Cologne beltway. The Cologne-Niehl junction opens up the districts of Fühlingen, Merkenich and, in part, Seeberg and Chorweiler. The districts of Seeberg, Heimersdorf and Chorweiler are connected to this supraregional road network with four-lane feeder roads.
In the east-west direction there are country roads with different levels of development. To cross the Rhine, the Leverkusen Rhine Bridge , which leads the A1 over the Rhine, but can also be used by pedestrians and cyclists, and the Rhine ferry Langel- Hitdorf .
Rail transport
The Cologne light rail network touches the districts of Merkenich, Heimersdorf and Chorweiler. Further towards the city center, line 15 runs partly as a normal tram before it is introduced into the tram tunnel in Nippes .
The construction of another light rail line to Pesch and Esch has been discussed for a long time, but it will not take place in the foreseeable future due to the poor financial situation of the city and the country.
The district is crossed by the railway line from Cologne to Krefeld via Neuss . However, this no longer has any stops or stations for long-distance trains in the district. However, in the 1970s and 1980s, an S-Bahn line was built in an arc to the east of the long-distance railway line to develop the large housing estate in Chorweiler . The S-Bahn line S11 runs here (Bergisch Gladbach - Cologne - Neuss - Düsseldorf), which has five stops and connects the districts of Heimersdorf, Volkhoven, Chorweiler, Blumenberg, Worringen and Roggendorf / Thenhoven, partly in a tunnel.
The other parts of the city can be reached by public transport by bus . There is a bus station at the combined S-Bahn / Stadtbahn stop in Chorweiler .
Leisure and recreational facilities
Nationally known is the Fühlinger Lake , a lake district of several former gravel pits . The Cologne regatta track is located here ; the large water and green areas are ideal for walks. The riverside paths are also a popular running area for inline skaters . One of the largest reggae festivals in Europe, the Summerjam , takes place here every year .
The lake district between Pesch and Esch is similar, only smaller.
North of the Leverkusen Rhine Bridge , the banks of the Rhine become quite idyllic. Excursion restaurants in the Rhine villages of Kasselberg, Rheinkassel and Langel, which belong to Merkenich, offer destinations for walks or bike rides. South of Worringen lies the nature-protected forest of the Worringer Bruch , an old arm of the Rhine that is still quite swampy. North-west of Worringen is the eponymous Chorbusch, an extensive forest area that extends far into the Dormagen area.
Also known far beyond Cologne is the Aqualand leisure pool , located between Chorweiler and Fühlinger See on the B 9. In the north of Roggendorf / Thenhoven lies the Cologne public golf facility, which enables you to practice the sport even without a membership.
buildings
- Catholic local church St. Amandus in Cologne-Rheinkassel, a Romanesque church
- St. Martinus in Cologne-Esch, another Romanesque church
- Arff Castle north of Cologne-Roggendorf / Thenhoven
- Catholic local church St. Johann Baptist in Cologne-Roggendorf / Thenhoven, from the 19th century with an organ from the Danish company Marcussen from 1991, whose organ brochure dates from 1710
politics
From the end of 2009 to July 2014, Cornelie Wittsack-Junge ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ) was the district mayor of the Chorweiler district. Reinhard Zöllner (CDU) has held the office since July 2014.
literature
- Kay Löffler : Investigation Service Chorweiler. Roman, 1999 (2008 new edition under the title "From a German Ghetto")
Web links
- stadt-koeln.de: Chorweiler
- chorweiler-panorama.de: Unofficial web portal
- Matthias Holland-Letz: deutschlandfunk.de: Ware apartment. Long-term observations in Cologne-Chorweiler . Deutschlandfunk , Das Feature , February 18, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ stadt-koeln.de - district representation election 2014 , accessed on August 14, 2016
- ↑ stadt-koeln.de - election results 2004 to 2015, table 2 , accessed on August 13, 2016
- ^ Society for Rhenish History, Publications of the Society for Rhenish History , Volume 12, Issue 8, 1931, p. 96
- ↑ Hartmut Zückert: Allmende und Allmendaufigung , 2003, p. 107
- ^ Hermann Keussen , document book of the city of Krefeld and the old county of Mörs , 1940, p. 332
- ↑ Hartmut Zückert: Allmende und Allmendaufigung , 2003, p. 108
- ↑ Hiltrud Kier , Ulrich Krings : Stadtspuren, Denkmäler in Köln , Volume 29, 2002, p. 64
- ↑ Hartmut Zückert: Allmende und Allmendaufigung , 2003, p. 109
- ^ Everhard Kleinertz: Mayor of Worringen: files and protocols , 1994, p. IX
- ^ Report on the general assembly of the German Forest Association , Volumes 9–11, German Forest Association, 1909, p. 169
- ^ Rudolf Schwarz: Das neue Köln: Baukunst und Werkform , special edition 10, 1957, p. 2
- ↑ Peter Fuchs (Ed.): Chronicle of the History of the City of Cologne , Volume 2, 1991, p. 301
- ↑ Jürgen Wilhelm: The great Cologne Lexicon , 2008, p. 91
- ↑ Olaf Schnur, Matthias Drilling, Oliver Niermann (eds.): Between lifeworld and yield object , 2014, p. 66
- ↑ Olaf Schnur, Matthias Drilling, Oliver Niermann (eds.): Between lifeworld and yield object , 2014, p. 68
- ↑ Harald Ludmann, Joachim Riedel: Neue Stadt Köln-Chorweiler , Verlag K. Krämer, 1967
- ↑ Peter Fuchs (Ed.): Chronicle of the History of the City of Cologne , Volume 2, 1991, p. 327
- ^ Marion Werner: From Adolf-Hitler-Platz to Ebertplatz , 2008, p. 89
- ↑ Olaf Schnur, Matthias Drilling, Oliver Niermann (eds.): Between lifeworld and yield object , 2014, p. 66
- ↑ Sebastian Kurtenbach: Living in challenging residential areas: The example of Cologne-Chorweiler , 2016, p. 113 ff.
- ↑ Source: Olaf Schnur, Matthias Drilling, Oliver Niermann (Eds.): Zwischen Lebenswelt und Renditeobjekt , 2014, p. 68
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