Midfield (Hannover)
Mittelfeld is a district of Hanover and belongs to the 8th district of Döhren-Wülfel .
Location and history
Midfield is on the southern outskirts. It is bounded by the railway line to Göttingen and the Karlsruher Straße in the west, the Garkenburgstraße and the Seelhorst forest area in the north, the streets Schwarze Worth, Schlehengarten and Laatzener Straße, Cousteaustraße and Kronsberg in the east as well as Kronsbergstraße, Messeschnellweg and Wülferoder Straße in the south. The city of Laatzen also borders to the south .
The district emerged in the 1950s as a settlement for displaced persons . To the east of the Messeschnellweg is the Hanover-Seelhorst settlement that was built in the 1930s . To the north of this is the Annastift's vocational training center , on the site of which a willow church was built.
Sights, leisure and infrastructure
- In the district is the more than 130 hectare Hanover Exhibition Center , which takes up about half of the area of the district. There is also the former Expo site and the Peppermint Pavilion .
- The pagoda of the Viên Giác Monastery of the Congregation of the United Vietnamese Buddhist Church, which is one of the largest outside of Vietnam , is located on Karlsruher Strasse . The Padoge is the largest Buddhist temple complex in Europe .
- To the north are the district facilities, where VfB Hannover-Wülfel also trains.
- The Protestant Gnadenkirche zum Heiligen Kreuz from 1962 is located on Lehrter Platz , not far from it is the Catholic St. Eugenius Church from 1956.
- The Üstra bus depot south is located on the railway line .
- There are several tram stops in midfield .
- The Rübezahlplatz is one of the most famous places.
population
8,975 people (2019) of all age groups with middle to lower incomes live in the middle field. Around 45.2% have a migration background; after German, the most common languages are Turkish and Arabic (around 6% each), followed by Polish and English (around 4% each). Many are EU foreigners or foreign students in the numerous student residences on the Expo site. Unemployment is around 9% and has therefore fallen sharply.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official map of the state capital Hanover. In: www.hannover.de. Retrieved December 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Line network. December 3, 2019, accessed December 7, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Structural data of the city districts and city districts | Statistics office of the state capital Hanover. In: www.hannover.de. Retrieved December 7, 2019 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 57.7 " N , 9 ° 48 ′ 22.3" E