Probstheida

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Probstheida
district of Leipzig
Coordinates 51 ° 18 '23 "  N , 12 ° 25' 32"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 18 '23 "  N , 12 ° 25' 32"  E
height 146  m
surface 4.84 km²
Residents 6542 (December 31, 2018)
Population density 1352 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation Jan. 1, 1910
Post Code 04289
prefix 0341
Borough Southeast
Transport links
Federal road B2
tram 2, 15
bus 75, 76, 79, 106, 108, 141, 690
Source: Leipzig district catalog 2010
Quarterly Statistical Report IV / 2011
statistik.leipzig.de

Probstheida is a district in the southeast of Leipzig . After the small-scale division of Leipzig in 1992, it is a district in the southeastern district. Until January 1, 1910, Probstheida was an independent municipality.

location

Probstheida is located on the street leading from Leipzig to Grimma (Prager Straße ( S 38 ), until 1949 Preußenstraße, until 1991 Leninstraße), five kilometers southeast of the city center.

The border of the district forms in the north the Prager Straße from Friedhofsweg to Johann-Jakob-Weber-Platz, then runs east to the Ostliche Rietzschke , which then represents the eastern border. The border continues across fields to the confluence of Hölty- and Prager Straße. Höltystrasse and Gorbitzer Strasse form the southern border. The western border runs along the Lößnig-Dölitz recreation park and the east side of the Südfriedhof to the street An der Tabaksmühle, then along Richard-Lehmann-Straße to the west to the bridge over the railway line, which it then follows to Prager Straße.

With this boundary, the residential area around the water tower and Kommandant-Prendel-Allee, which is actually on Probstheidaer Flur, has been part of Stötteritz administratively since 1992 .

The neighboring districts, starting clockwise in the north, are Stötteritz, Holzhausen , Meusdorf , Dölitz-Dosen , Lößnig , Marienbrunn and Zentrum-Südost.

history

Probstheida on a map from 1891

As a village

The burning church for the Battle of the Nations

Probstheida emerged as a street green village at the end of the 12th century . The name “Heida” used for the settlement at that time indicates that it was founded by Flemish colonists on cleared ground. In 1213, Margrave Dietrich von Meißen handed over part of the area and the 30 Hufen village to the Augustinian Canons of Leipzig , which later led to the addition of Probst . From 1438 the name "Probstheida" is documented. It was retained even after the secularization of the monastery and the transfer to the city of Leipzig in 1543.

The houses of the village were grouped around a wide meadow on which water was stored in some ponds due to the scarcity of water due to the high altitude of the place. The gardens that adjoined the outside were closed off from the fields with mud walls. Probstheida consisted of about 24 courtyards until the 18th century. Parts of the deserted village of Gorbitz had come to the Probstheidaer Flur .

Probstheida was a welcome break for carters on the highway that passed the village . In 1744 an inn was built, which later became a popular destination for the people of Leipzig and is still operated today as the “Napoleon Brewery”.

Probstheida gained special importance in October 1813 as a key position for the French during the Battle of Nations . The village was stormed several times by Prussian-Russian troops with great losses, without taking any. Only after the conquest of Paunsdorf and Schönefeld by the allies did Probstheida have to be given up. When they withdrew, the French soldiers set fire to the village, which had already been destroyed by the fighting. With the help of fundraising campaigns, the church and the buildings in the village could be rebuilt. In 1818 the rebuilt Immanuelkirche was consecrated, in 1821 it received bells and in 1825 an organ. By 1840, 18 buildings in the village had been restored. In 1856 a brick factory was built. Until 1856, Probstheida was in the electoral or royal Saxon district office of Leipzig . From 1856 the place belonged to the court office Leipzig II and from 1875 to the administrative authority Leipzig .

Südfriedhof

While Probstheida initially retained the village character, facilities for the neighboring city of Leipzig were built on its corridor. In 1865, the construction of the waterworks began on the northern border with a high reservoir , which came to a certain conclusion in 1907 with the construction of the water tower . In 1886 the Südfriedhof , which became one of the largest cemeteries in Germany, was opened. In 1898 the construction of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations began , also on Probstheidaer Flur.

At the turn of the century (19th / 20th century) the number of small business owners increased, especially gardeners , florists , stonemasons and sculptors thanks to the Südfriedhof . But cigar manufacturers and printers were also represented. In 1900 , Lenin had the first issue of the revolutionary Iskra newspaper printed in Hermann Rau's printing works. In 1956 an "Iskra Memorial" was opened here.

In 1887, with the construction of a school in Nieritzstrasse, the seven-class school from 1878, which had become too small, was replaced and from then on the police station resided there. Apartment houses for workers and employees were built on Preußenstraße, which further changed the social structure of the former farming village. From December 20, 1900, commuters to Leipzig could use the electric tram, which was also given a depot in Probstheida. In 1897 it was connected to Leipzig's gas supply, and in 1907 it was connected to the Leipzig water network.

On September 13, 1909, the council of the community of Probstheida asked the council of the city of Leipzig for the incorporation, which was carried out on January 1, 1910. The population of Probstheida was 2090 at the time of incorporation and had more than tripled since 1871 (693 inhabitants).

  • Newly built church after the Battle of Nations, around 1850

  • The Immanuel Church 2012

  • Water tower

  • 1985 in the Iskra memorial

  • Memorial stone to the Battle of the Nations in Russenstrasse

As a district

The Völkerschlachtdenkmal in the year of its opening

After 15 years of construction, the Völkerschlachtdenkmal was inaugurated in 1913 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Völkerschlacht. After the end of the First World War , building activity began in Probstheida. In particular, south of the old village center, a large semi-open-plan residential complex was built between what is now Prager Strasse and Crednerstrasse according to plans by the architect Carl James Bühring : two- to four-storey residential buildings enclose large courtyards with lots of green. The construction of homes began in the corner between Prager and Chemnitzer Strasse. This settlement was later also called Neuheida.

The three-time German soccer champions VfB Leipzig built a stadium on Probstheidaer Flur from 1920 to 1922, the Probstheidaer Stadion . With 40,000 spectators at that time it was the largest club-owned stadium in Germany. The spectator embankment was designed as a grass wall. In 1932, the covered wooden grandstand was enlarged, which is still functional. In 1949 the facility was named Bruno-Plache-Stadion . Today 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig plays here with an audience that has been reduced to a maximum of 7,000 for safety reasons.

From 1927 to 1929, the “Humanitas” association, founded in 1909 by the Masonic lodge Balduin zur Linde , built a “home for frail children” west of Preußenstrasse. From 1949 the Humanitas house became the municipal clinic for orthopedics and rehabilitation “Dr. Georg Sacke ”, and in 1993 the clinic merged with the Park Hospital . In 1990, the Humanitas Association was re-established and now operates dormitories for physically and multiply disabled adults as well as physically disabled children and young people.

Population development in Probstheida since 1991

During the Second World War , Probstheida was largely spared from bombing raids. Few buildings were destroyed or damaged.

As the only state-owned residential building during the GDR era, a ten-storey central aisle residential building with 800 apartments was built in 1966–1968 in today's Lene-Voigt -Straße 2-8 . In 1970 about a third of the population of Probstheida lived there.

After the fall of the Wall , building activity began in the Probstheida area. To the south and south-east of the old village center, extensive settlement areas with single and multi-family houses emerged on Strümpellstrasse and on the newly created Franzosenallee. As a result, while the number of inhabitants in the city of Leipzig has stagnated since 1991, the number of Probstheida has increased by more than 50 percent (see graphic).

The New Park Hospital (2009)

A hospital complex consisting of several large buildings established itself east of the village center. The Leipzig Heart Center was opened in 1994, the Soteria Clinic for the treatment of addictions in 1997 and the Park Hospital in 2002 after moving from its premises in Dozen . A retirement home with 180 places was built in 2001 on the corner of Prager Strasse and Bockstrasse.

From 2009 to 2011, Prager Straße in the Probstheida area was completely expanded to four lanes.

A memorial was erected in 2011 in the park at the Etzoldschen Sandgrube on Prager Straße , where the ruins of the university church that was blown up in 1968 and other buildings are buried. The demolition of the church has another connection to Probstheida. The then Probstheida pastor Hans-Georg Rausch was the only one who voted against the demolition in the city council. This vote became somewhat dubious when he was exposed as an unofficial employee of the Stasi after the fall of the Wall .

  • In the Bruno Plache Stadium

  • The longest residential building in Germany

  • Prager Strasse at the corner of Chemnitzer Strasse

  • The heart center

  • Park Hospital Psychiatric Clinics

  • Information board about the destruction of the Paulinerkirche

Personalities

Attractions

Varia

The management of the Meyer'sche Häuser housing company had planned to build another housing estate in Leipzig in due course and bought plenty of land in Probstheida as a precautionary measure. In 1991, at the insistence of the city of Leipzig, this land was sold “below market value” (quote: Dieter Pommer, member of the Board of Trustees, May 26, 2020) to the Rhön Clinic , which established the Leipzig Heart Center (now part of the Helios Clinics ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b District catalog of the city of Leipzig 2010
  2. ^ Gina Klank, Gernot Griebsch: Lexikon Leipziger Straßeennamen , Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig, 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 170
  3. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 60 f.
  4. ↑ The Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig in the municipal register 1900
  5. ^ Website Humanitas Leipzig
  6. ^ Website of the retirement home
  7. ↑ Meyer'sche Homes Foundation in Leipzig is 120 years old. In: LVZ online portal. May 25, 2020, accessed June 14, 2020 .

literature

  • Probstheida - a historical and urban study. PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 1996
  • Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 . P. 479/80
  • Probstheida . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 8th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1821, pp. 593-596.
  • Probstheida . In: August Schumann : Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony. 18th volume. Schumann, Zwickau 1833, p. 520.
  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Probstheida. In:  Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 16. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig (Leipzig Land) . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1894, p. 107.
  • Rudolf Scholz: Leipzig's last hero or the life of pastor Hans-Georg Rausch. Dingsda-Verlag, Querfurt 2002, ISBN 3-928498-85-1

Web links

Commons : Probstheida  - collection of images, videos and audio files