Radewig
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Radewig
City of Herford
Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 55 ″ N , 8 ° 39 ′ 55 ″ E
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| Height : | 67 m above sea level NN |
| Postal code : | 32052 |
| Area code : | 05221 |
  Location of the Radewig in the Herford district of Herford-Stadt
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The Radewig is the oldest part of the city of Herford with about 800 inhabitants and belongs to the official district of Herford-Stadt .
location
With around eight hectares, Radewig is the smallest district in Herford city center. It is surrounded by the Aa and the city moat , which was built as a city fortification. A part of the Herford ramparts , which surround the entire city center, runs alongside the moat . On the other bank of the moat is the Radewiger Feldmark , on the other side of the Aa is the old town .
history
In the course of the 9th century, a merchant settlement , a so-called Wik , developed in the vicinity of the Adonhusa royal court and the Herford monastery . This designation is still included in the name "Radewig" today. This merchant settlement soon gained great importance as a resting and trading place, especially since it was one of the first in the entire empire to receive imperial market, coin and customs rights as early as the first half of the 9th century alongside the Corvey Wik .
In 926 the Hungarians destroyed both the monastery and the Radewig. Mathilde , the wife of King Henry I , then ensured that it was rebuilt quickly.
The city of Herford emerged from Radewig and the later founded old town in the 12th century under the protection of the monastery. Around 1170 it was granted city rights.
The Radewig was first mentioned in 1290 as "Rodewich", where "Rode" stands for clearing and the ending "-wig" means fence or fenced area.
On July 24, 1638 (during the Thirty Years' War ) the city was ravaged by a great fire that destroyed part of the Neustadt and almost all of Radewig. The Jakobikirche also burned down to the brickwork.
bridges
Two road and two pedestrian bridges over the Aa lead to the adjacent old town. A pedestrian and cycle path underpass in the area of the train station as well as two further road and pedestrian bridges lead to the Radewiger Feldmark on the other side of the moat. The Wallsteg was built in August 2008 at the confluence of the Aa and Stadtgraben. It is a walk-in steel structure that protrudes from the stone gate wall over the Aa.
Details about the bridges are given in the article Bridges in Herford .
City gates
Stone gate
The stone gate was one of the five Herford city gates. In the Middle Ages there was a four-tower complex with two stone and one wooden drawbridge over the moat. The wooden bridge could be pulled up in the event of an attack or siege. Up until the 19th century, there was a gatekeeper's house there, as was the case at the other city gates, where foreign traders and visitors had to pay customs duties for using the inner-city streets.
At the Steintor, not far from the Herford train station, the Deichtorwall and the Steintorwall as well as the Steinstraße meet . The four-lane road "Auf der Freiheit" runs to the east and continues after crossing the Aa in the old town to Stephansplatz.
Deichtor
The first Deichtor was built in the first half of the 13th century. Today there is only one bridge over the city moat along Bielefelder Straße. The Deichtorwall ends here from the west. The “Unter den Linden” wall begins on the other side of Bielefelder Straße.
Places
Goose market
The central square of the Radewig is the Gänsemarkt with the goose fountain . The name was first mentioned in 1824, although the square was much smaller at the time. It reached its present size in 1960. The Gänsemarkt is a popular event location and has been part of the Herford pedestrian zone since 1985, which is largely in the old and new town. At the end of the 9th century, merchants settled in the Gänsemarkt area.
Fürstenauplatz
On Fuerstenau place, the confluence of Bielefelderstraße in the Radewiger road, stands the 1990 Fuerstenau monument . The place only got its name in 1996.
Streets
Steinstrasse
Steinstraße bears one of the oldest street names in Herford. The name "Steynstrate" was only mentioned in writing in 1451. In the Middle Ages, the Steinstrasse, which runs from the Steintor to the Gänsemarkt, was one of the city's main thoroughfares. Until the 1970s, a large part of the road traffic flowed through them into the city center.
Steinstrasse 1
Steinstrasse 2 / corner of Steintorwall
Steinstrasse 2
Steinstrasse 3
Steinstrasse 11 and 13
Steinstrasse 17
Steintorstrasse
After the construction of the inner city ring, only a short connecting piece of Steintorstrasse is left between Steinstrasse and the street “Auf der Freiheit”.
On freedom
The name of the street "Auf der Freiheit" was introduced in 1886. It reminds of the freedom of justice of the Herford abbey . Originally, the street coming from the old town ended at Janup. In the course of the four-lane expansion of the inner city ring in the 1970s, the approximately 200 meter long section between the Aa and the Steintor was rebuilt, for which numerous houses had to be demolished. Even today (2015) this part of the street is not built on, so that the backyards of the houses on Steinstraße can be seen.
Janup
The Janup connects the Gänsemarkt with the street “Auf der Freiheit”. Until the 1970s, it was one of the main roads on the Radewig. The name is first found on a document from 1824, but is significantly older. It could be derived from the Old High German word “jan” for “gang” and the Old Saxon term “up” for “towards”. In the Middle Ages and early modern times, the street was called "Schevenstraße". The Low German word "scheve" means "a wooden bridge over a stream standing on trestles", which probably means the Aa. Schevenstraße can therefore be translated as Brückenstraße.
Kleine Mauerstrasse
The Kleine Mauerstrasse runs along the former city wall between Steinstrasse and Brudtlachtstrasse.
Brudtlachtstrasse
The Brudtlachtstrasse refers to the important mayor Anton Brudtlacht, who campaigned for the Jakobikirche to be re-established as a parish church after its closure and who founded the Radewiger Kohlfest (see below).
Brudtlachtstrasse 5
Radewiger Strasse
Radewiger Strasse was first mentioned in 1290. It runs from Gänsemarkt to the Radewiger Bridge, which forms the transition to the old town with Bäckerstraße. Until the 1970s it was one of the main thoroughfares in the city center. Since then, it has been the only public motor vehicle street that interrupts the pedestrian zone between Bäckerstraße and Gänsemarkt. There are numerous buildings on Radewiger Strasse that are listed buildings.
Radewiger Straße / corner of Mühlengasse
Radewiger Strasse 14
Radewiger Strasse 16
Radewiger Strasse 17
Radewiger Strasse 21
Radewiger Strasse 25
House Bremen, Radewiger Strasse 26
Radewiger Strasse 27
Radewiger Strasse 28
Radewiger Strasse 33
Radewiger Strasse 35
Löhrstrasse
Löhrstraße is an old street name. It is first mentioned in 1438 as Loderstrate. Presumably it was the location of tanner workshops. Tanners operate a specialized form of tannery. They process cattle hides into hard-wearing, strong leather, for example for soles and saddles.
Löhrstrasse 1
Löhrstrasse 3
Dohmhotel, Löhrstrasse 6
Löhrstrasse 9
Kirchgasse
The Kirchgasse runs behind the Jakobikirche. It is a small connecting road between Löhrstrasse and Radewiger Strasse on Fürstenauplatz.
Mühlengasse
The Mühlengasse between Bielefelder Strasse and Radewiger Strasse was named after the Radewiger mill that stood on the neighboring Aa.
Bielefelder Strasse
Bielefelder Straße runs from Fürstenauplatz to Deichtor in Radewig. Until 1939 this part of the street was called “Deichtorstraße”. In the Radewiger Feldmark, the arterial road leads to the Bielefeld city limits.
Buildings
Jakobikirche
In the area Fürstenau Place / Radewiger street / Kirchgasse standing Jakobikirche that the Jacob pilgrims en route to the grave of the apostle James in Santiago de Compostela served as Station Church.
Radewiger Kohlfest
In 1530, by order of the council, the Jakobikirche was closed because of the pilgrims who had become a plague. At the initiative of the then mayor Anton Brudtlacht, the church was re-established and consecrated as a parish church. On the Thursday after the 1st Advent in 1590 it was reopened as a Protestant church. The Radewig housewives had prepared a delicious lunch: kale with smoked sausage. According to legend, the church is also said to have been decorated with kale, which is also called brown cabbage, because the unusually snowy winter meant that no fir green could be fetched from the forest and no flowers were available to decorate the church at this time of year. The Radewiger Kohlfest is still celebrated on this occasion.
Radewiger mill
Above the Radewiger Bridge , which connects Radewiger Strasse with Bäckerstrasse in the old town, the Radewiger Mühle on the Aa, which has been verifiable since 1224, stood. It originally belonged to the Odenhausen estate and the abbey in Radewig. The water passage on the city wall was secured by two towers with a guard. During the renovation in 1933, the last remains of the fortifications were broken off. After the mill had been leased to various fiefdoms for many years , it was sold in 1560. From 1604 to 1765 the mill complex belonged to the city. Thereafter, the owner changed several times until it was closed on January 31, 1960. The converted complex has been used as a residential and commercial building since 1979.
The mill burned down several times. After the fire in 1845, it had to be completely rebuilt. After another fire in 1912, the mill was expanded. Until the beginning of the 19th century, the mill had its own mill justice , which included a compulsory delivery of the harvested grain to the mill for certain farmers.
At times there was a popular bathing place on and under the bridge.
Various public washing areas existed in the area of the nearby weir . The clean laundry was often left to dry there.
Below the weir was the HEXENKOLK in which up to early modern times , the water sample was carried out on women of witchcraft were accused.
Fürstenauhaus
The Fürstenauhaus, built in 1638/39, is located at Radewiger Straße 23. It was Anton Fürstenau's house , which was given honorary citizenship in Herford after he had averted a siege of the city during the Thirty Years' War through mediation between imperial and Swedish troops.
Public facilities
Elisabeth-von-der-Pfalz vocational college
The Elisabeth-von-der-Pfalz vocational college in Löhrstraße is a state-recognized Protestant vocational college run by the Herford church district . It offers four educational programs in the social and health sector as well as the advanced technical college entrance qualification.
Elisabeth-von-der-Pfalz vocational college
Löhrstrasse with the Elisabeth-von-der-Pfalz vocational college
Technical town hall
City administration
Today the Technical Town Hall is housed in the old building of the former district and city hospital .
youth Center
The urban youth center “Die 9” is located on the street “Auf der Freiheit” next to the Aa . The name was chosen because of the house number 9. In May 2010 a connection to the neighboring house number 11 was completed, in which the Herford carpet factory was once located. Both houses together form the “center of youth”.
Diaconal work
The Diakonisches Werk im Kirchenkreis Herford e. V. has its main office on the street "Auf der Freiheit". In addition, branch offices and district meeting places are spread across the entire city area.
Radewig elementary school
The Radewig elementary school is not, as the name suggests, in the Radewig, but in the Radewig Feldmark .
Culture
Daniel Pöppelmann House
The Daniel-Pöppelmann-Haus , in which the city's history is shown, is located on the Deichtorwall at the city moat . Changing exhibitions of the Herford Art Association take place in the annex.
Kiosk 24
At the corner of Radewiger Strasse and Löhrstrasse, artists can temporarily display their works of art in a walk-in shop window. See details here .
Fürstenau monument
On the square in front of Fuerstenau Jakobikirche is since 1989 the Fuerstenau monument , which at Anton Fuerstenau , the protector of Herford, in the Thirty Years' War and the defenders of the realm of freedom reminds against Brandenburg and the Great Elector.
Witch stairs
In 2014, the work of art created by the artist Susanne Albrecht with the name Hexentreppe was installed on the Aa between the Radewiger weir and the Radewiger bridge, where the former witches' colk was located. The work is intended to commemorate the water test of the so-called witches who were persecuted and killed in Herford in the 16th and 17th centuries .
Memorial at Deichtorwall
On Deichtorwall, not far from the Daniel Pöppelmann House, there has been a memorial since 1962 with the inscription: In memory of the victims of the Hitler dictatorship 1933–1945, the living as a warning .
Daniel Pöppelmann House
Kiosk 24 and second-hand shop, Radewiger Straße 24
Fürstenau monument
Memorial at Deichtorwall
trade
Commercial streets
The Radewig shopping area extends from the Radewiger Bridge over Radewiger Strasse, Fürstenauplatz, Gänsemarkt, Steinstrasse and Janup. Only the Gänsemarkt with parts of the confluent streets is a pedestrian zone. Below are some major stores.
thrift shop
In addition to kiosk 24 on Radewiger Straße, the Working Group Recycling e. V. a second-hand shop , in which used goods are sold that were returned to the recycling exchange and, if necessary, have been refurbished.
Weinrich's dump
In Weinrich's chocolate shack on Gänsemarkt, chocolate items, in particular broken chocolate and Vivani chocolate from the Herford chocolate factory Ludwig Weinrich GmbH & Co. KG are sold.
Electronics store
Since November 2013 there has been a branch of the electric store Expert Döring in the building on Janup, which was originally built for a branch of the company C&A .
QuARTier RadeWig
During the construction of the MARTa museum , the Real Estate and Location Association Radewig e. V. (ISG), which later became QuARTier RadeWig e. V. was renamed. Due to the proximity to MARTa, art and culture should be given special weight. But Radewig is also to be made more attractive as an event and shopping district.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Diaconal work
- ↑ Kiosk 24
- ^ Susanne Albrecht: Hexentreppe
- ↑ Recycling working group, Cityladen Herford
- ↑ Concept of ISG Radewig e. V. ( Memento of the original from January 26, 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.
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