Kreuzviertel (Dortmund)
The Kreuzviertel is an urban quarter in Dortmund's city center west . The high proportion of Wilhelminian style buildings, the numerous shopping opportunities and the proximity to the city center , the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences , the Technical University of Dortmund and the main train station make the district a sought-after living space. The name-giving Holy Cross Church is the center of the district.
The district is one of the trendy districts in the Ruhr area and has a lively nightlife and cultural life that is popular beyond the city limits.
Location and demarcation
The term comes from the Catholic Holy Cross Church . It describes the area between Hohe Straße, Sonnenstraße, Große Heimstraße and Rheinlanddamm and borders on the Althoff block in the west, the Unionviertel in the northwest, the clinic district in the north and the Saarlandstraßen district in the east. The latter are usually referred to as Kreuzviertel by outsiders. The official statistical districts of Dortmund do not completely coincide with these "perceived" boundaries, so the district is already part of the statistical district "Westfalenhalle" of the city center-west
The communal south-west cemetery, which has been occupied since 1893, is located on the southwestern edge of the Kreuzviertel .
history
After the opening of the railway line of the Rheinische Eisenbahngesellschaft to the Dortmund Südbahnhof in 1874, the area south of it was developed for urban planning purposes. Initially, industrial companies such as the guild brewery, the Fley factory and a brick factory settled here. But also public institutions like the 1896 Royal Master Craftsman School for Mechanical Engineers , the forerunner of today's Dortmund University of Applied Sciences, and the Agricultural School settled in the area, which at that time was mainly characterized by extensive agricultural land.
Between 1902 and 1908, the civil servants' housing association began extensive construction work and built extensive housing developments in the immediate vicinity of the foremen's school. The Wilhelminian-era buildings were primarily used as homes for officials, and the new streets were often named after famous academics. In the course of urbanization, infrastructure facilities such as schools and churches were built. The construction of the Kreuzkirche, which today gives the residential area its name, for the Catholic Holy Cross Congregation began in 1914 and the church was consecrated on November 5, 1916. The community continues to set a structural accent in the quarter with the Kreuzhof, a series of residential buildings that previously served as a community center, single home and retirement home. With the First World War , the development of the district was largely complete, and around 10,000 people lived here.
The Kreuzviertel in Dortmund was also bombed during World War II. The destruction, however, was limited in comparison to the Dortmund city center and the Dortmund northern part of the city , where there was a vital industry. The district was rebuilt after the war while maintaining the original architecture.
In the 1970s, the then still inexpensive Kreuzviertel developed into a preferred residential area for students and young academics. The proximity to the university and the technical college as well as the extensive range of restaurants attracted a young clientele. Brokers and speculators jumped on this train. Part of the living space originally available as rental apartments has been privatized and sold as condominiums. Real estate prices and rents are usually above average.
Since 1974 the Central Office for the Allocation of Study Places, now the Foundation for University Admissions, has been located on the edge of the Kreuzviertel and grants study places with restricted access nationwide. Twice a year at the application deadline, the SfH is a travel destination for prospective students from all over Germany who still want to submit their applications.
The Hohe Straße, which was redesigned in 2004 and presented as a World Cup mile as part of the 2006 World Cup, runs along the eastern flank of the Kreuzviertel.
architecture
The Kreuzviertel is characterized by a dense, closed perimeter block development. The overall impression is of old buildings from the turn of the 19th / 20th century. Century. These typically have four to five upper floors and an attic. During the Second World War , the Kreuzviertel was less badly hit than the northern part of the city and the city center, but was also about 40 to 60% destroyed. Even today it is easy to see in some streets where the bombs fell, as the architecturally very different pre-war and post-war buildings sometimes alternate directly. Only in exceptional cases were attempts made to adapt the style of the houses built after the war to the buildings from the turn of the century. However, many of the often elaborately decorated houses from the imperial era survived the air raids of World War II . Examples of the typical Kreuzviertel architecture can be found in almost every street. Examples are Liebigstrasse, Schillingstrasse and Lindemannstrasse, which have a particularly high concentration of monuments .
Culture
The milieu in the Kreuzviertel is characterized by academics and students; in elections the Greens in the Kreuzviertel achieve the highest percentage of votes in Dortmund. In the district this is noticeable through a diverse scene of cafés and pubs, often with outdoor catering. The density of bars is one of the highest in the entire Ruhr area. At home games of Borussia Dortmund , Lindemannstraße with its many pubs and bars acts as the main connection between the city center and the Westfalenstadion as the last stop for many fans to drink the last beer in front of the stadium. In summer, the Westpark is often used for barbecues and lavish parties and is a meeting place for students, musicians and media people from all over the city.
Once a year, always at the end of August, the quarter festival "Kreuz4tel bei Nacht" takes place on the main streets through the quarter around the Kreuzkirche. In recent years, efforts have been made to reveal the specifics of the quarter. Fun fair atmosphere ”. Started as an event for retailers, where the district's shops invited people to shop and rummage and extended their opening times until late in the evening, Kreuzviertel quickly developed into a happening at night that radiates far beyond the boundaries of the popular district.
At the beginning of the summer holidays, the so-called courtyard flea markets take place in the Kreuzviertel. Here residents of a house sell their flea market items in their own courtyard or in the garden. According to the organizers, up to 250 courtyards / gardens take part in the yard flea markets across Germany - sometimes entire streets and blocks of houses take part.
traffic
The U42 and U46 tram lines, the 452 and 453 bus lines, the N7 and N8 bus night express lines and the S4 line of the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn run through the Kreuzviertel . The S-Bahn runs every twenty minutes from Unna to Dortmund-Lütgendortmund train station . Main hubs are the Underground stations Station Möller bridge and Saarlandstraße .
Public facilities
Well known beyond the city limits are the Foundation for University Admissions , the Westpark and the Dortmund Clinic as one of the largest hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia and the second largest municipal hospital in Germany. The educational institutions include the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences, which was founded in 1890 as the Royal Master Craftsman School for mechanical engineers, two elementary schools, the Leibniz Gymnasium (one of around 30 International Baccalaureate Schools nationwide ) and the Wilhelm Röntgen Realschule.
Attractions
Nicolai Church
The Nicolai Church was planned by the Dortmund architects Karl Pinno and Peter Grund after a competition in 1927 and inaugurated on October 12, 1930 and is considered the first example of a “factual” Protestant sacred building in the New Building style made of steel , glass and concrete .
This modern architecture for a church building caused heated discussions at the time. It was not only about the angular shape, but also about the use of unplastered, rough concrete, as it was otherwise only known in industrial buildings. This simplicity was also praised in part as an appropriate expression of the poverty problems of the time. Despite the sober external shape, the interior is expressive thanks to the huge glass surfaces made possible by the concrete construction. The original stained glass windows, destroyed in World War II, were made by Elisabeth Coester . After twenty years of emergency glazing, they were replaced in 1963 by colorful windows by the glass artist Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen . The dominant shades of blue bathe the interior in an unusual light.
Former Royal Mechanical Engineering Schools in Dortmund
The building of the Königliche Werkmeisterschule for mechanical engineers, which is used today by the FH Dortmund, extends along Sonnenstrasse 96-100. The complex was opened on November 3, 1890 and expanded over the decades.
Pedagogical Academy
In the course of the city expansion at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, new locations for administrations, institutes and facilities for sports and leisure facilities were built as part of the piecewise expansion of the Hindenburgdamm (today: Rheinlanddamm). By 1930 the Westfalenhalle, the work physiological institute of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, the pension office, the Rote Erde stadium and the Volkspark were built here.
On October 4, 1930, the new building of the Pedagogical Academy at today's Max-Ophüls Platz was inaugurated.
Southwest Cemetery Dortmund
The cemetery was opened in 1893 for the abandoned Westfriedhof (also Westentotenhof) in today's Westpark and is still in operation. Many graves and buildings are entered in the city's list of monuments.
By Gerd Niebaum , former president of Borussia Dortmund , the sentence is handed down: "All the indispensable people lying on the Southwest cemetery of Dortmund or in any other city. And suddenly the world goes on. "
Picture gallery
Bars in the Kreuzviertel
Cafes in the Kreuzviertel
Trendy meeting place in the urban residential area
House facade on Arneckestrasse
Nicolaikirche on Lindemannstrasse
Facade Neuer Graben 11, Kreuzviertel Dortmund
Facade Arneckestrasse, Kreuzviertel Dortmund
Facade Kreuzstrasse, Kreuzviertel, Dortmund
Kreuzviertel facade
Kreuzviertel facade
Hohe Straße, looking towards the city center
Kreuzstrasse underground station
Known residents
literature
- Christian Barrenbrügge: The Dortmund Kreuzviertel. Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt 2006, ISBN 3-8334-6409-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://lastjunkiesonearth.com/das-dortmunder-kreuzviertel-boheme-oder-bohei/#Szeneviertel
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 20, 2017 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.
- ↑ https://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/Staedte/Das-Kreuzviertel-Dortmunds-In-Quartier-230190.html/#BVB Fans in the Kreuzviertel
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 27, 2017 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.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 31, 2017 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. at night
- ^ "President away" Berliner Zeitung of June 4, 1997, accessed on October 2, 2014
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 11 ″ N , 7 ° 27 ′ 17 ″ E