Nordstadt (Pforzheim)
The northern city is the fifth smallest in terms of area of Pforzheim neighborhoods and situated in the northeast of the city. 24,375 inhabitants live here (as of 2012).
Most of the streets are characterized by residential construction from the 1950s and 1960s. Many streets bear the names of old rulers such as Salierstrasse, Hohenzollernstrasse or Hohenstaufenstrasse and bear witness to the first development of the area in the imperial era around 1900. From the city center, one can get to the northern part of the city via the Nordstadtbrücke and the underpass at Luisenplatz or the two pedestrian underpasses at the main train station . The Pforzheim water tower as a striking and widely visible building on the Wartberg is used in addition to its function as a water tower as a transmission mast for telecommunications, television and radio waves. The sight of it is well known to those traveling in a hurry on Autobahn 8 .
The center of the northern part of the city is the area around the intersection of Hohenzollernstrasse and Christophallee. In addition to the shops for daily needs, there are also many other supraregional offers as well as a weekly market on Fridays at the so-called dachshund market, a place on Pfälzerstraße between Hohenstaufenstraße and Salierstraße.
history
The oldest relic is the Wartberg Tower in the northeast, an observation and signal tower built in the 14th or 15th century for what was then Pforzheim's city fortifications. The watch tower is surrounded by an incomplete circular wall with loopholes and was built as an observation post for the medieval city fortifications. Thanks to the wide panoramic view, every enemy approach could be recognized at an early stage. The 11 m high round tower has a wall thickness of only 110 cm and an inner diameter of 2.5 m. It was not until the end of the 19th century that the city of Pforzheim grew further north beyond the railway line. Therefore, many of the old buildings still preserved, which did not burn down when Pforzheim was destroyed in 1945, are from the period around 1900. The rural character is evident from street names such as 'Oberer' and 'Unterer Wingertweg', as the south-facing slope until the cessation of viticulture in Biedermeier the production of local wines served. In the area between the main train station and Hohenzollernstrasse, practically all houses were destroyed in the last war. Old houses have been preserved in Hohenzollernstrasse, Zähringerallee and Heinrich-Wieland-Allee. The 'Wartbergsiedlung' located in the northeast of the district was built between 1923 and 1929 based on the model of the English garden city , but in the form of historicizing, supposedly old German architectural style to alleviate the devastating housing shortage after the First World War.
population
Nordstadt is Pforzheim's district with the highest number of inhabitants (24,375 people; all data as of 2012 according to the 2011 census update) and the highest absolute population growth in the years 2002 to 2012 (plus 1,544 people). The average age is 41 years, two years below the city average. 28.8 percent of the inhabitants of Nordstadt are Protestant, 26.1 percent Roman Catholic. The proportion of foreigners among the population is approx. 24.8 percent (6047 people), with an upward trend as in all Pforzheim districts except Huchenfeld . In absolute terms, most of Pforzheim's social welfare recipients (308 people) live in the northern part of the city, but the 1.3 percent share of the population corresponds to the city's average. 12 percent are dependent on benefits in accordance with SGB II (city average 11 percent). Unemployment is also slightly above the Pforzheim average at 6.3 percent.
education
The oldest school is the Nordstadtschule , a public elementary, secondary and technical secondary school with an all-day secondary school. Erected in 1921 according to the plans of the architects Carl Faller and Josef Clev, it has been extensively refurbished according to the original plans since 2011. The Schanzschule , which was built in the 1950s, is a primary and secondary school. The Kepler grammar school , built in 1963 with a natural science, linguistic and artistic focus, also has a public observatory on the roof. The Wartbergfreibad, which has existed since 1966, has been largely run by a citizens' association since 2010 in order to defy the heavy pressure to close the city bureaucracy.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Pforzheim population 2012 ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2016 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. pforzheim.de, accessed on June 8, 2016.
Coordinates: 48 ° 54 ' N , 8 ° 42' E