Kesselbrink
| Kesselbrink | |
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 Kesselbrink in the evening |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Bielefeld |
| District | Bielefeld center |
| Newly designed | 2013 |
| Hist. Names | Köttelbrink |
| Confluent streets |
August-Bebel-Strasse, Falkstrasse, Heeper Strasse, Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse, Friedrich-Verleger-Strasse, Werner-Bock-Strasse, Wilhelmstrasse |
| Buildings | Telekom skyscraper |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
| Space design | Fountain, skate park, green areas |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | approx. 3 ha |
| building-costs | € 5.1 million for the redesign of the square, € 12.43 million in total |
The Kesselbrink is a central place in Bielefeld . It is located in the northeast of the city center not far from Jahnplatz .
history
The approximately 2 hectare square was initially used as a pasture for cattle. Every member of the citizenry was obliged to keep at least one animal in order to get dung for growing crops. This is how the current name came about, which is derived from Köttelbrink . The square gained national importance after the discovery of a healing spring in 1666, which, however, quickly dried up. When Bielefeld became a garrison town in 1713, the Kesselbrink served as a parade ground , but remained in the possession of the citizens.
Due to increasing industrialization and the associated population growth, the square soon became the center of the city. Bielefeld's first gymnasium, built in 1884, was located on the corner of Kesselbrink and Heeper Strasse. From then on, folk festivals and circus performances took place here. In addition, Arminia Bielefeld's first soccer games came in 1905 .
The first plans for development were made in the 1920s. A library, a house of education, art and welfare were planned, but were not realized due to the onset of the economic crisis. Instead, the unemployed turned it into a park in 1926.
During National Socialism , the square was used as a parade ground. In 1941 and 1942, Jews, homosexuals and other people unwanted by the National Socialists were collected in the Kyffhäuser restaurant before they were deported . Today a plaque at the main train station reminds of the victims by name.
For a long time after the war the square was an unpaved parking lot. In 1960/61 the construction of what was then the largest underground car park in Germany and the construction of the police headquarters began. After around five years of construction, the underground car park and, from April 1965, a central bus station built on it, could be used for the then well-developed intercity bus service. From the 17 bus platforms there were regular buses. a. to Osnabrück , Münster , Detmold and Paderborn . The tallest building in Bielefeld, the 18-storey telecommunications tower , was completed in 1974.
There were renewed plans to redesign the square at the end of the 1980s, but these were never implemented. Until October 1986 the tram line 3 drove past Kesselbrink. In the 1990s, the regional bus station was relocated to the main train station. On the edge of the square, the demolition of the dilapidated and asbestos-contaminated indoor swimming pool had created a large open space that remained unused for several years. In the meantime, a new building with office and residential units has been erected there.
The square is now served by numerous bus routes, is the end point of the city bus route 28 and approx. 200 m from the Jahnplatz tram stop .
The Bielefeld main market is held on the Kesselbrink on Saturdays .
Planning and redesign
The square was redesigned as part of Agenda 21 and the Bielefeld funding program for urban redevelopment west , with 1.6 million euros earmarked for upgrading the square and renovating the dilapidated underground car park. Plans to build a senior or fun sports facility on the Kesselbrink were discarded.
First, a feasibility study was carried out in April 2010, which brought together the results of a public discussion process and those of a traffic survey of the adjacent streets and made recommendations for a redesign. In July 2010 a competition for the redesign of the Kesselbrink was announced, the winner of which was a consortium of Berlin architects and engineers. In preparation for the redesign, the pavilions were demolished in autumn 2010. The redesign began in autumn 2011. To this end, the aging and dilapidated underground car park was first renovated. Then the implementation of the winning design began, which provided a geometric park with rows of trees and a lawn plateau. Furthermore, the winning design includes seat plates in the form of rolls of cloth, which are supposed to represent the relationship to the former linen weaver town Bielefeld, as well as children's toys, a water feature and a café pavilion. In the middle, a paved multi-purpose area was created on which the weekly market takes place. The skater facility that existed before the redesign was completely demolished and rebuilt. The café envisaged in the draft was part of the draft, but not of the financing plan. The Bielefelder Baugenossenschaft BGW announced that it would act as an investor if an operator could be found who would cover the costs for the lease and interior fittings. A well-known restaurateur from Bielefeld who already runs several restaurants in the city has been found as the tenant. The opening of the pavilion with its ivy facade, which is unique in Germany, took place in autumn 2014. The new Kesselbrink was completed in June 2013 and is now open to the public. The new Kesselbrink was officially opened in September 2013 as part of the NRW-wide “Inner City Day 2013 - Off to the Center”. With the contribution "unbelievable.kesselbrink: from UnOrt to InOrt", the city of Bielefeld prevailed in the nationwide competition as one of 38 applicants and is thus one of the 12 host cities. The streets around the Kesselbrink were then also renovated by 2014, just in time for the 800th anniversary of the city of Bielefeld.
In 2019, instead of the lawn, construction began on a calisthenics facility, which is due to open in summer 2019, and for which costs of 895,000 euros have been estimated.
trouble
Even if the new Kesselbrink was well received in terms of the skate park and as an event location, the overall concept of its use quickly caused problems. The first lessee of the café had to file for bankruptcy in June 2015, a successor was difficult, and concepts continued to change until 2017 when a restaurant chain with Japanese cuisine moved in, which split into two in 2019. There are also difficulties with the equipment and maintenance, in 2019 with the construction of the calisthenics facility, which replaced the problematic lawn, and sometimes with drugs and vandalism. In February 2016, further investments and a stronger presence of the city guard will be announced to improve the situation . In addition, it is hoped that the structural changes around the Kesselbrink will have positive effects in the medium term.
Skate park
The redesigned and enlarged skate park was opened in the spring of 2013 on the east side of the redesigned Kesselbrink and is now the largest inner-city skate park in Germany. Together with the skate park, a skate bar opposite the Kesselbrink opened (the opposite ) and a skate shop ( Woody’s ), which however announced its closure in May 2015 and no longer exists there. The Kesselbrink is to develop into a meeting place for the regional skate scene. The new facility is operated by the sports club TSVE 1860 Bielefeld, and international competitions are to take place there in the future.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bielefeld City Archives: Dr. Rudolf Stapenhorst is retiring , accessed on April 22, 2007
- ↑ Borchert, Georg: The historical development of the Kesselbrink . In: Bielefeld 2000 plus, June 2000
- ↑ emporis.com: Deutsche Telekom, Bielefeld , accessed on April 22, 2007
- ↑ webwecker-bielefeld.de: Movement is welcomed (April 26, 2006) , accessed on April 22, 2007
- ↑ webwecker-bielefeld.de: Dispute over the senior citizens' facility at Kesselbrink (April 27, 2005) , accessed on April 22, 2007
- ^ Bielefeld.de: Redesign of the Kesselbrink , accessed on April 13, 2011
- ↑ Westfalen-Blatt: The new Kesselbrink and the Green Magnet , accessed on June 3, 2013
- ↑ Neue Westfälische: Polat hosts green cube , accessed on February 24, 2015
- ↑ Radio Bielefeld: Green Cube opened , accessed on February 24, 2015 ( Memento from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bielefeld Marketing: Blickpunkt 2013. , accessed on June 3, 2013 ( Memento from May 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b newspaper article (Neue Westfälische): "New sports facility on the Kesselbrink cannot open" , accessed April 24, 2019
- ↑ Newspaper article (Westfalen-Blatt): "'Agora' will be closed at the end of August" , accessed on February 26, 2016
- ↑ Newspaper article (Neue Westfälische): "Kesselbrink: New Concepts for the Green Cube" , accessed on February 26, 2016
- ^ Newspaper article (Neue Westfälische): "Kesselbrink: In Bielefeld's green cube comes a market hall" , accessed April 24, 2019
- ↑ Newspaper article (Neue Westfälische): »New sushi restaurant" Noori "opened at Kesselbrink« , accessed April 24, 2019
- ↑ Newspaper article (Neue Westfälische): "A second restaurant opens in the Green Cube in Bielefeld," accessed April 24, 2019
- ^ Newspaper article (Westfalen-Blatt): "Again anger about Kesselbrink-Rasen" , accessed February 26, 2016
- ↑ Newspaper article (Neue-Westfälische): "Toilet on Kesselbrink completely destroyed by Vandalen" , accessed on February 26, 2016
- ^ Newspaper article (Westfalen-Blatt): "Drugs and dirt on the Kesselbrink" , accessed February 26, 2016
- ↑ Newspaper article (Neue Westfälische): »More playground equipment, events and security checks on the Kesselbrink« , accessed February 26, 2016
- ↑ Neue Westfälische of May 4, 2013
Web links
- The history of the Kesselbrink on webwecker-Bielefeld.de
- Website for the redesign of the Kesselbrinke
- Opening page unbelievable.kesselbrink
Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 26 ″ N , 8 ° 32 ′ 18 ″ E