Kiel-Blücherplatz

Blücherplatz City of Kiel Coordinates: 54 ° 20 ′ 31 ″ N , 10 ° 8 ′ 15 ″ E
Area :	82.3 ha
Residents :	11,114 (Dec. 31, 2014)
Population density :	13,504 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	April 1, 1869
Postal code :	24105
Area code :	0431
	Location of Blücherplatz in Kiel

Ansgarkirche , Holtenauer Strasse

Blücherplatz is the name of a district in the north-west of the city of Kiel . The district covers 82.3 hectares and has 10,818 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2010).

District boundaries

The Kiel-Blücherplatz district has the following borderline: The border forms the Düvelsbeker Weg in the north, it then runs between the Sankt-Heinrich-Kirche (Blücherplatz district) and the forest tree school restaurant (Düsternbrook district) on a direct route through the forest forest tree school to the forest path. In the east the forest road forms the border, in the south the Waitzstrasse to Knooper Weg. In the west, Knooper Weg and Holtenauer Straße form the border.

Attractions

The area around Blücherplatz is almost entirely residential (only smaller shops and supermarkets, mostly on Holtenauer Straße, offer shopping opportunities). Therefore there are no real sights here. Only the neo-Gothic Ansgar Church , which was built until 1903 and is extremely richly decorated for Nordic standards, as well as the garrison church of St. Heinrich , designed by the architect Adalbert Kelm and the Kieler Schauspielhaus, are worth mentioning.

Development

The Blücherplatz district has a high density of old buildings compared to the rest of the city of Kiel. The reason can be seen in the fact that the Allied air raids of World War II concentrated on more distant parts of the city: in the south on the city center and the shipyards and in the north on the canals in Holtenau and the shipyard in Friedrichsort. The Blücherplatz as a purely residential area was militarily unimportant.

The typical development consists of four-story, more rarely three- or five-story old buildings (some are simple apartment buildings, some town houses with large living areas and high ceilings), and there are also some villas from the pre-war period. The Blücherplatz quarter is a typical quarter for the upper middle class, in which there are also many student shared apartments. Apart from the main streets, almost all streets are 30 km / h zones, often with cobblestones.

Naming

The Blücherplatz

The Blücherplatz district got its name from a market square and parking lot in the center of the area of the district that was named Blücherplatz in 1902. The Blücherplatz and the adjacent Blücherstraße, which was also given this name in 1902, are named after Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), Field Marshal General of the Wars of Freedom, 1813 victor in the Battle of Leipzig.

Web links

Commons : Kiel-Blücherplatz - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Kiel district Blücherplatz in the Stadtwiki Kiel

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b The population in the Kiel districts in 2014 . (PDF) State capital Kiel
↑ City map of the city of Kiel published by the city of Kiel with detailed district boundaries.
↑ Hans-G. Hilscher, Dietrich Bleihöfer: Blücherplatz. In: Kiel Street Lexicon. Continued since 2005 by the Office for Building Regulations, Surveying and Geoinformation of the State Capital Kiel, as of February 2017 ( kiel.de ).

[statberichtkiel-1] The population in the Kiel districts in 2014 . (PDF) State capital Kiel

[stadtplankiel-2] City map of the city of Kiel published by the city of Kiel with detailed district boundaries.

[3] Hans-G. Hilscher, Dietrich Bleihöfer: Blücherplatz. In: Kiel Street Lexicon. Continued since 2005 by the Office for Building Regulations, Surveying and Geoinformation of the State Capital Kiel, as of February 2017 ( kiel.de ).