Augsburg-Pfersee

Pfersee ; planning area (VIII) of Augsburg
Coordinates	48 ° 22 '0 " N , 10 ° 52' 5" E Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '0 " N , 10 ° 52' 5" E
surface	4,148.6 km²
Residents	25,582 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density	6166 inhabitants / km²
Postcodes	86150, 86152, 86157
structure
Townships	15 Rosenau and Thelott districts ; 16 Pfersee-Süd ; 17 Pfersee-Nord ;
	Source: area population

Pfersee is a planning area in the west of Augsburg , which is considered the 8th planning area and is subdivided into three districts: the 15th Rosenau and Thelottviertel , the 16th Pfersee – South and the 17th Pfersee – North .

Until 1911 Pfersee was an independent municipality outside the gates of Augsburg, west of the Wertach . Today's Pfersee district covers an area of 4.15 km² and has around 25,600 inhabitants. The two Rosenau and Thelott districts east of the Wertach were added to it, so that the Pfersee district today extends in the east to the area of the Augsburg main train station .

history

Pfersee on a topographic map, before 1830

The place is mentioned for the first time in 800 AD, but it has probably existed since Roman times.

In the Middle Ages , the village at the gates of Augsburg was owned by the respective Augsburg bishop and various patrician families . During the time when Augsburg was a free imperial city , Pfersee belonged to the territory of the margraviate of Burgau (Upper Austria). In the middle of the 19th century, larger industrial companies were set up here, one of the best known was probably the spinning mill, weaving mill Pfersee (SWP), Dierig and JP Bemberg , but also the Pfersee chemical factory . From 900 inhabitants in 1850, the population grew to around 11,000 at the end of 1910.

On January 1, 1911, the industrial suburb of Pfersee was incorporated into a district of Augsburg. Industry has been disappearing since the 1960s. Of the original factories, only the Eberle company produces today.

During National Socialism, a satellite camp of the Dachau concentration camp was located here , which was intended to supply the (war-important) industry, mainly Messerschmitt AG , with forced labor. The Denkort initiative would like to see this building preserved as a place of living memory. After the withdrawal of the United States Army units stationed here , the area around the former Sheridan barracks will be used for residential and commercial purposes. The “Sheridan Park” is currently being built here.

Look at Pfersee from Dorint Hotel Tower of

Industrial history

The Spinnerei, Weberei Pfersee (SWP) emerged from the J. Kraus Buntweberei founded in 1866 . Due to the general decline of the textile industry, the SWP had to stop production in 1992. In 1993 the company was finally shut down.
The Pfersee chemical factory was founded in 1888 as Bernheim's finishing factory. Since moving to Langweid am Lech (in the Augsburg district ) it has been called Pfersee Chemie . Through the merger with Ciba , the name was changed to Ciba Specialty Chemicals Pfersee GmbH . In 2007 the factory was bought by the Huntsman Corporation .
The Eberle JN & Cie. GmbH Kaltwalzwerk Sägenfabrik in Eberlestrasse was founded in 1836 by the brothers Johann N. and Franz Eberle for the production of fretsaw blades . In 1847 production had increased to 720,000 fretsaw blades per year and the young company employed 10 people. In 1871 a turnover of 50,000 Reichsmarks was achieved. The old Pferseer mill on the Mühlbach served as energy supply .

Today the Bemberg Center on the corner of Augsburger Strasse and Eberlestrasse is still reminiscent of the JP Bemberg factory . Plant II was located on Hessenbachstrasse.

The Wertach power plant in the Rosenau and Thelott districts was built in 1921 to supply power to the Augsburg tram . The Wertach Canal was created for this purpose .

Naming

Pfersee Castle

In the 11th century the names Pherrese existed, later also Pherse, Pferse, Pfersen. In the 15th and 16th centuries Pferschen, Phersheim, Pfertzen or Pferschen were used in documents.

The Celtic term "Perz" means castle or gate. The Romans erected a bridgehead or a fort in place of this gate, which stood at today's Luitpold Bridge until 1875, which was therefore also known as the "gate" or "Pfersee". A Roman road led from Augsburg over the Wertach to Pfersee and Stadtbergen , whereby bridge tolls had to be paid until 1911 , as Pfersee was not yet a district of Augsburg.

The Perzheimwiese in Pfersee takes its name from the Perzheimers, the lords of the Pferseer Burg in the Middle Ages. Legend has it that the Roman general Varus , also known as Verres, is said to have hidden himself after his defeat against the Germanic tribes in the Teutoburg Forest near Pfersee and was finally slain on a lake. This lake could also have been used to designate an oxbow lake in the Wertach . The name Pfersee could have originated from Verres-See or Varus-See.

Attractions

The Sacred Heart Church

the Art Nouveau building of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche
the Pfersee Castle , called "Pferseer Schlössle"
the park-like Westfriedhof
the Thelottviertel , the first "garden city" in Germany

societies

The most important sports club in the district is TSV Pfersee , which was founded in 1885. The TSV became known nationwide primarily through its soccer teams.

The women used to play in the third-class Regionalliga Süd and were the most successful soccer players in the administrative region of Swabia after their local rivals TSV Schwaben Augsburg . Today the first team plays in the national league.

The first men's team belonged in wartime (1943/44) to the Gauliga Bayern Süd, which was the top German division at that time. In 1972/73 TSV Pfersee gave a one-year guest appearance in the (then fourth-class) Landesliga Süd. Today the first team plays in the Augsburg Mitte district class.

In addition to football, TSV Pfersee also offers table tennis , gymnastics and volleyball .

The Pfersee volunteer fire brigade, together with the professional fire brigade and the other 6 volunteer fire brigades, is responsible for ensuring fire protection and providing technical assistance. It was (re) founded in 1975, because with the move of the professional fire brigade from the armory to the main fire station in Berliner Allee, the necessary deployment times could no longer be adhered to. Before that there was a fire brigade in Pfersee from 1867 to around 1945. Today the Wehr has around 60 active members in around 112 missions (2018).

Individual evidence

↑ Structural Atlas of the City of Augsburg 2013 (PDF) December 31, 2013, accessed on June 21, 2014 .
↑ Statistics Augsburg interactive. December 31, 2018, accessed April 1, 2019 .
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 600 .

[Flächenbenutzungsplan-1] Structural Atlas of the City of Augsburg 2013 (PDF) December 31, 2013, accessed on June 21, 2014 .

[Einwohnerzahl-2] Statistics Augsburg interactive. December 31, 2018, accessed April 1, 2019 .

[Volkert-3] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 600 .