Kluse (Ludenscheid)

Kluse City of Lüdenscheid Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 13 ″ N , 7 ° 38 ′ 22 ″ E
Postal code :	58507
Area code :	02351
Location of Kluse in Lüdenscheid

Kluse is the name of a district of Lüdenscheid and belongs to the statistical district 04 ( Tinsberg / Kluse) of the district town of Lüdenscheid in the western Sauerland , North Rhine-Westphalia . In particular, Kluser Strasse, Wiesenstrasse, Kampstrasse and parts of Werdohler Strasse as well as the surrounding streets are counted as part of the Kluse. To the north of the Kluse is the Tinsberg district. To the south of the Kluse lies the city center district and to the west the Grünewald district , while the Eichholz and Honsel districts connect to the east . In 2009 the Kluse had the youngest average age of the population of all of Lüdenscheid due to many young families next to the Vogelberg . Large parts of the Worth district have also been included in the statistical district 04 (Tinsberg / Kluse) since 2010.

Educational institutions

Planned day care center of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) in the Kluser School

The old Kluser School at Kluser Straße 35, which was the seat of several associations until 2013, is to house three new daycare groups for children under 3 years of age. That is why the clubs located there have already received their terminations. Before that, the building had already been used as the previous location for the open day at the nearby Tinsberg primary school .

On Monday, January 21, 2013, a report appeared in the Lüdenscheider Nachrichten, from which it emerged that the new opening of a kindergarten in the Kluser School is currently being planned. After an intensive search for a provider for the daycare center in the previous days, the administration of the city of Lüdenscheid proposed the Awo as the provider to the youth welfare committee, which met on January 29 at 5 p.m. in the council chamber . There should be a total of 60 places in the new daycare center in the Kluser School, including 18 for U3 care. The Awo also currently maintains the “Kluser Schule Kindertreff” in the building. On January 29, 2013, the youth welfare committee unanimously agreed to the administrative proposal that Awo should also be the sponsor for the new day care center at the Kluser School.

On April 6, 2013, another report appeared in the Lüdenscheider Nachrichten that the city administration of Lüdenscheid wants to initiate two new renovation projects in the old Kluser school and on Duisbergweg in order to continue the lack of kindergarten places for children under three years of age (U3) to defuse.

In its meeting on April 15, the city council made an unscheduled provision of 561,000 euros in renovation costs for the Kluser school. Of these, 60 daycare places are to be set up in the building that is still the headquarters of the traffic watch and other associations, 18 of them in the U3 area. According to the city administration, the facility will cost 180,000 euros. To finance the renovation, it is proposed to use around 440,000 euros in Kita construction funds. In addition, 96,000 euros in state funding should come this year, and the city of Lüdenscheid still has 25,000 euros because it was able to repay a building loan early. A fire protection report was also commissioned in advance, because time is of the essence: From August 1st, children under three will be legally entitled to a place in kindergarten.

From a report by Lüdenscheider Nachrichten on April 17, 2013, it became known that the renovation costs for the Kluser School will now amount to 541,000 euros. According to the city administration of Lüdenscheid, the building applications have already been submitted.

On December 23, 2013, another report appeared in the Lüdenscheider Nachrichten that the renovation of the Kluser School is currently in full swing. The workers are currently busy re-concreting and cladding the ceilings on the first floor. The house itself dates back to 1884. In addition to a fundamental modernization of the rooms, the renewal of the ceilings had become necessary, as the existing wooden beam constructions had serious static and structural defects.

The former building of the traffic watch and various other associations will soon reduce the shortage of kindergarten places in the city of Lüdenscheid. 60 new daycare places are to be created, 18 of which are intended for children under three years of age. The additional work required for the core renovation had increased the construction volume from 600,000 euros to almost one million euros. Around 180,000 euros of this will go towards furnishing the house. The building is scheduled to open as a day-care center on August 1, 2014. From this day on, children under three years of age have a legal right to a place in a kindergarten.

Existing day care center of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) in the multi-generation house on Duisbergweg

At Duisbergweg 3 there has been the AWO day care center Duisbergweg in the multi-generation house for several years. It currently comprises 2 groups that look after children between 4 months and school entry.

In the multi-generation house of the Awo on Duisbergweg, new daycare places are also being created, and new U3 places are to be added here as well. Therefore, on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 (5 p.m. in the council chamber), the building committee dealt with the plan to expand the building to the previously existing garden area. Therefore, according to the administration, neither early citizen participation nor the questioning of “public interests” such as municipal utilities or environmental protection authorities are necessary for this construction project. But even in the accelerated process for the Duisbergweg development plan, citizens should be able to speak up as soon as the finished plans are publicly displayed.

Infrastructure

General

The structure of the district is mainly characterized by numerous apartment buildings from different building periods. Many of these houses have been extensively renovated in recent years. In addition to the residential buildings, there are a number of larger and smaller shops in the district. Many retail and catering facilities are grouped around the centrally located bus and street junction at Kluser Platz.

In addition, the Kluse contains a hotel as well as several medical practices and two pharmacies. The retail offer is rounded off by shops from many other industries and areas. A cinema with two halls is also located near Kluser Platz. The cinema opened in 1956 and has been redesigned several times since then. The foyer of the cinema has also been number 101 on the list of architectural monuments in Lüdenscheid since 1990 . Today the building is privately owned.

retail trade

In the past few years there have been massive problems with vacancies in the district's existing business premises. Lt. of the city of Lüdenscheid, however, the supply area of the Kluse district still fulfills a not insignificant basic supply function for the surrounding districts of Worth , Eichholz and Tinsberg according to the existing retail concept . That is why the Kluse district is to be further upgraded and made more attractive again with new business settlements.

In the 1950s there were already more than 30 shops in the Kluse. At that time, Kluser Strasse was a popular shopping street for many Lüdenscheiders. As a result, you could get everything you need for your daily needs there and for many years the district served as a complement to the city center of Lüdenscheid .

Commercial and industrial area

An extensive commercial and industrial area has existed on Wiesenstrasse for several decades.

On the lower Wiesenstraße, on the site of a former company, a large garden center has also been built in recent years.

Re-use of the Hotel Kluse

On October 22, 2014, the owner of the Hotel Kluse am Kluser Platz announced that he had no longer extended the lease and that he would like to carry out major renovation work on the building. At the moment he is still waiting for the conversion permit from the city of Lüdenscheid. How it might be used has not yet been completely decided.

District group

There is a district group for the Kluse, which meets regularly to discuss problems and events in the district.

Worth seeing

The different architectural styles of the Kluse district and the extensive footpaths in the district invite you to take a walk. At the train station as well as the nearby Rathausplatz and Sternplatz in the city center itself, you can best see the massive development of the surrounding districts. For children there are some newly designed playgrounds and a sports field in the district.

Transport links

Rail transport

The Lüdenscheid train station is located near the Kluse and provides an hourly train connection to Schalksmühle , Hagen , Herdecke and Dortmund via the Volmetal Railway .

Bus transport

Numerous inner-city and regional bus connections of the Märkische Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG) operate from the centrally located bus junction “Kluser Platz” .

Other important bus stops in the district are: "Gartencenter Kremer" (formerly "Zum Weißen Pferd"), "Schmalspurstraße", "Hauptpost", "Agentur für Arbeit" and "Humboldtstraße".

Road traffic

The connection to the federal motorway network is via exit no.14 Lüdenscheid of the A 45 . This leads north to Hagen and Dortmund and south to Siegen , Wetzlar , Gießen and Frankfurt am Main . Further junctions are the exits No. 13 Lüdenscheid-Nord and No. 15 Lüdenscheid-Süd of the A 45. The two federal highways B 54 and B 229 are also close to the Kluse and can be easily reached within a few minutes by car. Some parking spaces within the Kluse ensure that drivers can park there.