Neustadtviertel
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| State : | Upper Austria |
| Political District : | Linz ( L ) |
| Area : | 6.7 km² |
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 17 'n. Br. 14 ° 18' ö. L. |
| Height : | 266 m above sea level A. |
| Residents : | 6,204 (January 1, 2006) |
| Postal code : | 4020 |
| Area code : | 0732 |
The Neustadtviertel is located in the inner city of Linz and was a separate statistical district of Linz from 1957 to 2013.
geography
The Neustadtviertel is located in the center of Linz and is bordered by Mozartstraße, Landstraße , Blumauerstraße and Khevenhüllerstraße. Hessenplatz is in the center of the district .
Neighboring districts
In the north it borders on the Rathausviertel , in the east on the Franckviertel , in the south separated by the tracks of the Westbahn on the Makartviertel and in the west on the Volksgartenviertel .
history
Around 1800 the area of today's Neustadtviertel was largely undeveloped. Due to the increasing number of factories, however, the number of inhabitants of Linz also rose sharply. To protect against damage to health, the new factories were located far away from the original city center , where workers' settlements were also built. Between the horse-drawn railway in the east, the western railway in the south, Landstrasse and Mozartstrasse, a popular residential area for employees and civil servants, the Neustadtviertel, emerged from 1862. The streets were laid out in a straight line in a checkerboard pattern, the houses were built a few stories high and given the facade decor typical of the Wilhelminian era. The road network was not completed until the 1950s when the building block on Goethe- / Dinghoferstraße was built.
The center of the quarter is Hessenplatz. It was named after an old house regiment in the city. The Linz markets were moved here from the main square and finally a large park with a fountain was created. Today Hessenplatz is also an important stop for local trolleybus and regional bus services. In recent years the Neustadtviertel has been heavily influenced by the influx of migrants.
Religions
In the north of the district is the Protestant Martin Luther Church , in the east the Catholic family church . There are also two mosques in the district.
Important buildings
- Chamber of Commerce Upper Austria
- Family Church (Linz)
- Martin Luther Church (Linz)
- State Audit Office
- HTL I - civil engineering, art and design
- Mozart School
- Südbahnhof
- Child and youth advocacy for the Upper Austrian provincial government
- Blumau Tower
- Musical theater
literature
- Franz Dobusch, Johann Mayr (Hrsg.): Linz - city of work and culture. Gutenberg-Werbering, Linz 1997.
- City research Linz: Linz 2000. Facts, pictures, graphics. CD-ROM. Linz 2000.
Individual evidence
- ^ Linz - Politics / Administration - Linz Figures - City Area (with an overview of the current and former statistical districts of Linz that were valid from 1957 to 2013).