Mariaspring
Mariaspring in the Eddigehausen district of the Bovenden district in the Göttingen district ( Lower Saxony ) is the source of the Rauschenwasser stream about ten kilometers north of Göttingen below Plesse Castle . The place was a popular excursion destination until the Second World War . Twice a week the Göttingen Society met in Mariaspring for dance. The rural folk high school Mariaspring has been located here since 1952 .
history
The historian August Tecklenburg describes, “that Mariaspring was already before the forced Christianization of Saxony in the 8th and 9th centuries. Century was a Germanic spring shrine. Others suspect an old Germanic cult site here. ”A settlement in the area of the source pond of Mariaspring must have existed since the late Middle Ages at the latest , because in 1483 a chapel to Marienspringe is mentioned.
Around 1800, Mariaspring, also popularly known as "Mariechenhüpp", developed into a popular destination for the citizens of Göttingen. For this reason, the operators of the paper mill there opened a restaurant in 1804. Benches were set up on the slopes of the northeast gorge and a dance floor was created. Because it was very romantic, the place quickly became popular. As early as 1831 it is known that the students and citizens of Göttingen went there on Wednesdays and Fridays.
As a rule one drove up in decorated carriages. When Göttingen was connected to the railway in 1854, the railway became one of the main means of transport for transport to Göttingen. The rush was sometimes so great that special trains had to be used. Before the First World War , when consideration was given to building a tram in Göttingen, there were serious considerations about setting up a stop in Mariaspring.
In order to get a good seat, some of the first guests arrived at 9 a.m., by 3 p.m. all seats were taken. At this time the local band began with the concert, and towards evening the dance began, which usually ended between 10 p.m. and midnight.
In particular, the frat boys took Mariaspring intensive. They had their undisputed regular places next to the dance floor. The drivers were encouraged with money to drive as fast as possible in order to be there before everyone else. There was hardly a student in Göttingen who was not in Mariaspring. This is how this place became well known outside of the Göttingen area. Allegedly a card sent from New York with the address "Mariaspring-Germany" should have reached its destination.
The number of visitors increased continuously until 1914. During the war, operations were suspended, but resumed in 1919. The inn had the high point of its history at the beginning of the 1920s. In 1927 some of the buildings in Mariaspring burned down. They have been rebuilt on a larger scale. However, the number of visitors fell sharply in the following years, probably also due to the economic and political situation, in particular the persecution of student associations by the National Socialists from 1934, which also reduced the number of students overall for political reasons.
The end for Mariaspring came in 1935. With the ban on student associations, the restaurant's main source of income was also taken away. First the historic mill and the old inn were sold and converted into apartments. In 1942 a BDM home ( Association of German Girls ) was set up in the newly constructed building . A folk high school has been housed here since 1952.
freetime and sports
In the forest of Mariaspring there are several rock faces made of sandstone, which are often used for sport climbing.
literature
- Gerhard Eckhardt: Where people used to like to stop off. Past Göttingen restaurants . Eckhardt, Göttingen 2007.
- Henning Hardege: Mariaspring . In: Flecken Bovenden (ed.): Plesse archive . tape 23 , 1987, pp. 161-182 .
- Siegfried Dost: Supplementary materials on the history of Mariaspring . In: Flecken Bovenden (ed.): Plesse archive . tape 23 , 1987, pp. 183-191 .
- Franz Stadtmüller: History of the Corps Hannovera zu Göttingen 1809-1959 . Association of Göttingen Hanoverians, Göttingen 1963.
- August Tecklenburg: Mariaspring and Plesse . Turm Verlag, Göttingen 1921.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mariaspring on heilige-quellen.de , last accessed on October 30, 2013
Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 57 ″ N , 9 ° 57 ′ 1.3 ″ E