Rieselfeld (Freiburg im Breisgau)

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Coat of arms Freiburg
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Rieselfeld
Freiburg im Breisgau
City district Freiburg (FR)
Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
Location in the city district
Basic data
District of Freiburg
District number: 67 (district: 670)
Geographic location : 47 ° 59 ′ 56 "  N , 7 ° 47 ′ 30"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 56 "  N , 7 ° 47 ′ 30"  E
Height : 232  m above sea level NN
Area : 3.93  km²
Residents : 9,973 (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 2538 inhabitants per km²
Proportion of foreigners : 12%
Postal code : 79111
Area code : 0761
Aerial photo February 2016

Rieselfeld is a district of Freiburg im Breisgau . It is located in the west of the city and is delimited by the Freiburg Rieselfeld nature reserve at the Mundenhof animal enclosure in the west, by Opfinger Strasse to the south and Besançon allee to the east. To the south is the Haid industrial area belonging to the Sankt Georgen district and Weingarten to the east . The Rieselfeld is located on an area of ​​78 hectares and has around 9800 inhabitants (as of January 2013).

history

In 1891 the city of Freiburg acquired a 500- hectare site in the west of the city from the university  in order to create sewage fields for the trickling of sewage from the city, which had grown to over 50,000 inhabitants. After the end of National Socialism , the Sinti , including survivors of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps , settled in the “Auf der Haid” corridor in the vicinity of the Rieselfelder . There was a concealing shop nearby and the Opfing settlement, which was notorious as a barracks area for "anti-social" people. Use and residents marked this area in front of the city as a place of social exclusion.

In 1985 the "Rieselfeld sewage treatment plant" ceased operations because the plant could no longer cope with the amount of wastewater, which had grown to over 90,000 m³ daily, and irrigation without adequate pretreatment was no longer permitted under wastewater law.

The Rieselfeld district came into being after the "Rieselfeld urban development competition" was announced in 1992. This was won by the South-West planning group from Lörrach, who designed the project together with the Böwer Eith Murken Spiecker architectural office, the architect Manfred Morlock and the landscape architect Bernd Meier. Hans Rudolf Güdemann from the South-West planning group was in charge of the project and implementation.

After extensive soil investigations and subsequent soil removal of lightly polluted areas, the conditions for the development of the former sewage fields on the western edge of the city were met. Development work on the first construction phase began in 1993, and the first residential buildings began in 1994. In 1996 the first apartments were finally completed and occupied. In 1997 the Clara Grunwald primary school was opened and the existing Kepler grammar school moved into the new building. In addition, the Sepp Glaser sports hall was inaugurated and the development of the second and third construction phases began. In the same year Rieselfeld was connected to the tram by the new line 6 (today line 5).

In 2000, the development work for the fourth and final construction phase was carried out. The district park was completed in 2001 and the construction of the church and the district meeting began one year later, which in turn was inaugurated a year later. In 2003 a way was opened in the name of Käthe Vordtriede . In 2004 Maria Magdalena Church was consecrated . In July 2006 the foundation stone was laid for the extension of the Kepler grammar school.

financing

The Rieselfeld district (October 2007)

Since all the land in Rieselfeld was owned by the city, the financing of the planning and development costs was raised through the sale of the land. Currently, around 85 million euros of the initial costs of 145 million euros are covered by the sale of land. The Rieselfeld project is coordinated by the building department and in particular by the newly established "Rieselfeld project group". The land development is carried out by commercial developers as well as by private builders or building groups. In order to prevent a “building monoculture”, an investor may only build 40 residential units at one location - that is the equivalent of three pieces of land.

architecture

Almost all of the apartments in Rieselfeld are multi-storey buildings in rows of houses along the street, with green areas and gardens on the back. However, a closed construction was only implemented along Rieselfeldallee, which functions as the main axis and also accommodates the tram. In order to ensure a heterogeneous structure, rental and owner-occupied apartments as well as single-family and multi-family houses were not spatially separated from one another. In order to also take account of environmental compatibility, the entire development is built using low-energy construction. Renewable energy sources were used in most cases. In addition, the entire district is wheelchair and pram-friendly.

The Maria Magdalena Church by Cologne architect Susanne Gross is a compact structure made of concrete that does not necessarily look like a church, especially since it lacks a tower. It stands in the center of the district and houses the church rooms of the Catholic and Protestant parishes, both of which are named after Maria Magdalena . The two church rooms are separated by a large foyer, the side walls of which can be pushed away so that a large, common space between the two sacred rooms and the foyer is created.

Population structure

Kepler High School

The population structure of the Rieselfeld district is characterized by two striking features:

  • Of the 6000 inhabitants in mid-2004, around 75% are from the city of Freiburg or its surroundings.
  • Around a third of the population is under 18 years of age.

To take account of the second point, three schools were set up in Rieselfeld - a primary school, a grammar school, which was moved here from the further city center, and the third Freiburg Waldorf School  - as well as several day-care centers and kindergartens.

labour market

Another part of the concept that was designed for the district provides that as many residents as possible find their jobs in Rieselfeld or in the surrounding area. It is assumed that after full expansion in 2013, around 1,000 jobs will be available in kindergartens, schools, restaurants, medical practices, etc. The Haid business park is also nearby.

Transport links

A speed limit of 30 km / h applies on all streets of the district. The aim of this measure is to make the district family-friendly and quiet and to keep the volume of individual motorized traffic low. By tram that runs along the central sewage farm Avenue, the center of Freiburg since 1997 can be reached within 15 to 20 minutes. The three stops Maria-von-Rudloff-Platz , Geschwister-Scholl-Platz and Bollerstaudenstraße are in Rieselfeld .

Green spaces

In the north of the district, west of the Kepler grammar school, a so-called “green wedge” ⊙ was created, which is equivalent to a district park. The park has a lawn and playground equipment. The green roof of the sports hall of the Clara-Grunwald-Grundschule connects it with the Maria-von-Rudloff-Platz. To the north of Mundenhofer Straße there is a sports area.

In the south-west is the second green area of ​​the district, the “Mittlere Graben” Süd . The Mittlere Graben is a wet biotope that is only fed by rainwater from the surrounding house roofs. The wild carrot grows along the edges , a forage plant for the swallowtail caterpillars .

After all, the district borders on the Freiburg Rieselfeld nature reserve , which is used by residents as a recreational area.

Personalities

  • Bahar Kızıl , member of the pop band Monrose, lives in Rieselfeld.
  • Käthe Vordtriede , journalist, writer and emigrant; was honored for the first time in Germany in Rieselfeld.

literature

  • Wilhelm Lubberger: The Rieselfelder plant . In: Baden Architects and Engineers Association, Upper Rhine District (Ed.): Freiburg im Breisgau. The city and its buildings . HM Poppen & Sohn, Freiburg im Breisgau 1898, p. 157-169 ( Scan - Wikisource ).
  • Ch. Dittrich, F. Krüger: Identity finding in new districts: Self-image - external image using the example of the Freiburg district of Rieselfeld . Freiburg i. Br. 1998.
  • K. Humpert (Hrsg.): Freiburg Rieselfeld: Models for a growing city . Stuttgart 1997.
  • F. Krüger: German urban planning in transition? The development of the Freiburg Rieselfeld as an expression of a new planning philosophy . Regio Basiliensis, vol. 35, volume 3, 1994, pp. 161-170.
  • City of Freiburg i. Br. (Ed.): The new district Rieselfeld . Freiburg i. Br. 1994.
  • City of Freiburg i. Br. (Ed.): The Rieselfeld district in Freiburg. From planning to implementation, interim balance June 1997 . Freiburg i. Br. 1997.
  • Peter Widmann: On the outskirts of the cities. Sinti and Yeniche in German local politics . Metropol Verlag, Berlin 2001.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Peter Widmann: Moving out of the barracks. The rise of social education and German local politics towards “Gypsies” since 1945. In: Michael Zimmermann (Ed.): Between education and destruction. Gypsy Policy and Gypsy Research in Europe in the 20th Century. Stuttgart 2007, p. 36.
  2. deutscherwerkbund-nw.de
  3. Green oases . In: Badische Zeitung , August 12, 2009; Retrieved January 19, 2013
  4. badische-zeitung.de