Kaleva (Tampere)
Kaleva is a district in the east of the Finnish city of Tampere .
It is made up of three statistical-technical areas: the actual Kaleva, Liisankallio and Kalevanrinne. The district counts about 9000 souls (2012).
The most notable attraction is the Kaleva Church, which was built between 1959 and 1966. Kaleva is also home to the city's largest swimming pool, Kalevan uintikeskus , and many schools. A large part of the population are either retired or students of the educational institutions in and around Kaleva: the vocational schools, the TAMK vocational college and the University of Tampere . The largest streets are Teiskontie and Sammonkatu, where there are many small shops, pubs and restaurants.
The name Kaleva comes from the Finnish national epic Kalevala . Kaleva and his sons were giants in Fenno-Ugric mythology. Many streets in Kaleva are also named after heroes of the epic, such as Lemminkäisenkatu, Ilmarisenkatu and Väinämöisenkatu (fi .: "-katu" German: "-straße").
history
In 1880 there were only 30 households with 202 inhabitants in Kaleva and the neighboring district of Tammela. Most of them were in Tammela, so Kaleva was hardly populated yet. From 1890 the city of Tampere sold properties in Kaleva, and between 1890 and 1900 there were even four brick factories there. Most of the land, however, was still arable and grazing land for cattle.
At the beginning of the 20th century there were only a few houses in Kaleva, but after the Second World War there was a great need for apartments; today's Kaleva was built in barely 30 years. Refugees from eastern Karelia , from areas that were lost to the Soviet Union during the war , and the returning soldiers with their families quickly needed living space, which is why houses, the so-called pikatalot (fi. For example: quick / prefabricated houses), were in Kaleva built. They were only intended for first use, but were still there 50 years later. It was not until 1995 that the last “Schnellhäuser” were dismantled.
In Kaleva there are also the high-rise buildings Kalevan tornit ("Towers of Kaleva") , which are very well known in Tampere . The functionalist houses, with their nine floors, were the tallest of their time in Tampere.
Culture
Kaleva Church
The Kaleva Church ( Kalevan kirkko ) is the landmark of Kaleva. It was designed by the Finnish architects Reima and Raili Pietilä and built between 1964 and 1966. The architect couple also created the furnishings and the altar sculpture for the church.
The shape of the church - viewed from above and in its ground plan - resembles an old Christian symbol, a fish. The 30 meter high church hall with its high windows, light tones and curved shapes is light and spacious. The altar, benches, organ front and other wooden parts of the church are made of Finnish pine. The outer surface is made of natural white brick. The three church bells were made in the GDR . The church has three floors. The area of the whole church amounts to 3600 m², the church hall is 1200 m². The church hall has around 1120 seats, 115 of which are for the choir.
Services are often held in Kaleva Church. There are also rooms in which different groups of the community can gather.
The Kaleva Church has been under the protection of the Finnish Museum Authority Museovirasto since 2006 . According to Museovirasto , it is “the most monumental example of recent church architecture in Finland”.
Swimming center
Kaleva is home to the city's largest swimming pool, Tampereen uintikeskus (“Tampere Swimming Center”). The building was completed in 1980 based on a design by the architects Helin, Siitonen, Laiho and Lindh. The exterior architecture represents rationalism . The swimming center has a children's pool, a pool for swimming lessons and a 50-meter-long pool with eight lanes.
An expansion of the swimming center designed by architect Eero Lahti opened in 2007. There is a 25-meter-long swimming pool with six lanes and a diving pool.
schools
Kaleva is a district of many schools. These include, for example, the Finnish elementary schools (grades 1 to 9) Sammon koulu , Kalevanpuiston koulu and Liisanpuiston koulu as well as the upper secondary schools Sammon keskuslukio and Kalevan lukio . In the Sammon koulu there are classes with in-depth German lessons from the seventh grade. At Kalevanpuiston koulu and Liisanpuiston koulu , the focus is on special lessons for children with special learning needs, including hearing-impaired children. The Sammon keskuslukio has groups for adults too.
Sampola
The so-called Sampola building houses the oldest adult education center in Finland, Tampereen työvypenopisto , and the Sampolan kirjasto library . Until July 2011 there was also a general school, Sampolan koulu .
Sampola was built in 1962 on a wedge-shaped plot of land. The responsible architects were Timo Penttilä and Kari Virta. According to experts, the influence of Alvar Aalto can be seen in the sculptural design of the interiors. The architecture also resembles the works of Le Corbusier because part of the building stands on pillars.
German-speaking kindergarten group
In the Kalevan päiväkoti kindergarten there are German-speaking groups for children between the ages of three and six as well as a German-speaking preschool.
The first German-speaking kindergarten group in Tampere began in 1987 in the city center on the initiative of the Finnish-German Association of Tampere. In the beginning, the group was mainly intended for bilingual children and for those whose families had lived in German-speaking countries for a long time. Today around 50 percent of children come from Finnish-speaking families. The interests of the children and pupils in the kindergarten group as well as in the schools with increased German lessons are represented in Tampere today by a parents' association for German-language education.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tampereen kaupungin kartta- ja paikkatietopalvelu
- ↑ Juhani Hildén: Kaleva-kirja.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ a b c d Tampereen seurakunnat. Kalevan Kirkko.
- ↑ Tampereopas. Kalevan Kirkko
- ↑ a b c Tampereen kaupunki. Tampereen uintikeskus
- ↑ a b Tampereen kaupunki. Kaupungin kiinteistöjä: Tampereen uintikeskus ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sammon koulu
- ↑ Kalevanpuiston koulu
- ↑ Liisanpuiston koulu. Tietoa koulusta
- ↑ Sammon keskuslukio
- ↑ a b Tampereen kaupunki. Kaupungin kiinteistöjä: Sampola ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sampolan koulu ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kalevan päiväkoti
- ↑ Saksaa Lapsille. Kalevan päiväkodin saksankielinen ryhmä ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 61 ° 29 ′ 48.9 ″ N , 23 ° 48 ′ 0.5 ″ E