Chemnitz-Kassberg

Kaßberg ; district and statistical district No. 91 of Chemnitz
Coordinates	50 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N , 12 ° 54 ′ 10 ″ E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ N , 12 ° 54 ′ 10 ″ E
surface	2.02 km²
Residents	17,629 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density	8727 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	09112, 09113, 09116
prefix	0371
Transport links
tram	1
bus	31, 32, 62, 72, 82, N17

Aerial view of the Kassberg

The Kaßberg ( ˈkăsˌbɛʁɡ̥ ) is the most populous district of Chemnitz and is one of the largest Wilhelminian - style and Art Nouveau districts in Germany . It is located near the Chemnitz River , west of the city center , at the highest point around 30 meters above the level of the city center.

history

Glance into Weststrasse

Richly decorated facade of the so-called majolica houses (1897/98)

Until the middle of the 19th century, what was then Katzberg was only settled on its edges. But since the beginning of the 16th century vaulted cellar carved into the rock to the brewed in Chemnitz beer store. In the course of the centuries an extensive network of cellar corridors was created; Parts of it can be viewed today in guided tours.

It was not until 1855 that the Chemnitz teacher Johann Friedrich Stahlknecht built the first house on the Kaßberg (on a plot of land that bordered on the Hohe Straße which was later named). Since the area was still quite undeveloped at that time, this decision was considered a daring one, which is why the building was given the four-fold inscription “I dared”. As a result, Stahlknecht reported on the advantages of his residential area in various articles in a Chemnitz daily newspaper and thus recruited new builders.

With increasing industrialization , development and development of the Kaßberg also made progress. The heights of the mountain were soon considered to be the preferred residential area, mainly because of the less polluted air compared to the rest of the city. The orthogonal network of streets, which was adapted to the topography by laying the streets parallel or at right angles to the slope, is characteristic of the area of approx. Two square kilometers, which was mainly built between 1870 and 1930. Kaiser-, Stephan-, Wieland- and Andréplatz were added to the street network as green spaces. On the outskirts of the Kaßberg, companies from Chemnitz operated, such as the Sächsische Maschinenfabrik (formerly Richard Hartmann ), the Maschinenfabriken Germania (formerly JS Schwalbe & Sohn), Union and CG Haubold, the Baum safe factory, the Presto-Werke, the brothers' textile factory Goeritz u. a. m. The city administration itself erected numerous buildings here: the Royal District Court and Regional Court, the Royal Tax Authority, the Imperial Upper Postal Directorate, the Royal Prison, the Royal High School, the Upper Secondary School, etc.

The Central-Theater Chemnitz on Zwickauer Strasse, which opened in 1902, was an important stage, especially for the variety theater , until it was destroyed in 1945 .

The Kaßberg has been protected as an area monument since February 1991, including approx. 480 buildings, mostly multi-storey residential buildings, urban administration and school buildings of Historicism , Art Nouveau and New Objectivity .

Jewish history

The synagogue on Stephanplatz after a postcard from around 1900

The Old Synagogue was built from 1897 to 1899 according to a design by the architect Wenzel Bürger and was set on fire during the Reichspogromnacht , and was located on Stephanplatz until it was forced to be demolished by the National Socialists in 1939.

traffic

The Kaßberg is accessed by the bus lines 31, 32, 62, 72 and 82 as well as the N17 of the night network, the line 1 of the Chemnitz Stadtbahn touches the Kaßberg on its southern district boundary.

Attractions

Methodist Church of Peace

Methodist Church of Peace

Personalities who lived on the Kaßberg

Adolf Ferdinand Weinhold (* 1841; † 1917), physicist and chemist
Herbert Eugen Esche (* 1874; † 1962), textile entrepreneur
Fred Otto (* 1883; † 1944), architect
Helmut Flieg alias Stefan Heym (* 1913; † 2001), writer
Rudolf Leder alias Stephan Hermlin (* 1915; † 1997), writer
Lothar-Günther Buchheim (* 1918; † 2007), painter, photographer and publisher
Marianne Brandt (* 1893; † 1983), designer
Martha Schrag (* 1870; † 1957), painter and graphic artist
Hanna Klose-Greger (* 1892; † 1973), writer
Otto Th. W. Stein (* 1877; † 1958), draftsman and painter
Fritz Heckert (* 1884; † 1936), politician
Peter von Zahn (* 1913; † 2001), journalist
Walter Janka (* 1914; † 1994), dramaturge and publisher
Alexander Gauland (* 1941), AfD politician
Bruni Löbel (* 1920; † 2006), actress
Rolf Schneider (* 1932), writer
Wolfgang Emmerich (* 1941), literary and cultural scientist
Barbara Köhler (* 1959), poet and translator
Kerstin Hensel (* 1961), writer
Minni Herzing (* 1883; † 1968), flower painter and illustrator
Thomas Merkel
Heinrich Gustav Beck (* 1854; † 1933), Lord Mayor of Chemnitz
Jan and Ina Kummer (both AG. Violin )
Felix Kummer and Till Kummer (both Kraftklub as Felix and Till Brummer)
Karl Schumann (Kraftklub; together with Felix Kummer in a shared apartment)

literature

Tilo Richter (ed.): The Kaßberg. A Chemnitz reading and picture book. Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 1996, ISBN 3-9805299-0-8 .
Werner Ballarin, Jörn Richter (ed.): Fascination Kaßberg. Chemnitz 2005, ISBN 3-910186-53-X .
Tilo Richter: The Nobel Quarter as an Area Monument: On the building history of the Chemnitz Kaßberg. In: Dr.-Wilhelm-André-Gymnasium - 100 years of school on the Kaßberg. Verlag Heimatland Sachsen, Chemnitz 2008, ISBN 978-3-910186-70-5 , pp. 16-19.

Web links

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