Südstadt (Kassel)
 district of Kassel |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 18 '8 " N , 9 ° 29' 4" E | |
| height | 165 m above sea level NHN | |
| surface | 3.58 km² (9/23) | |
| Residents | 7646 (Dec. 31, 2019) (13/23) | |
| Population density | 2136 inhabitants / km² (14/23) | |
| Proportion of foreigners | 13.3% (Dec. 31, 2019) (14/23) | |
| Post Code | 34121 | |
| prefix | 0561 | |
| Website | District info Südstadt | |
| politics | ||
| Mayor | Kerstin Saric ( Alliance 90 / The Greens ) | |
| Allocation of seats (local advisory board) | ||
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| Source: Kassel Statistical Atlas | ||
The Südstadt is one of 23 districts of the north Hessian city Kassel ( Germany ).
location
In the south the district borders along the railway line on Niederzwehren , in the west on Wehlheiden and in the north on Mitte . To the east, the Fulda forms the border to the Untereustadt and Waldau districts between the roundabout in the north and the railway bridge to the south . A large part of the district is taken up by the Karlsaue landscape park , which is completely located in the southern part of the city.
Townscape
During the years of industrialization , the area around Frankfurter Strasse was largely spared large-scale industrial settlements, apart from the wagon factory of the Credé and Berghöfer brothers at Kassel-Niederzwehren train station . So the southern suburb developed mainly into a purely residential area. A closed development with residential and commercial buildings predominates along Frankfurter Strasse. There are also housing estates with single and multi-family houses (for example the Auefeld ).
The southern city is divided into several residential and commercial areas. The most famous neighborhoods are
- the Philosophenweg, built as the oldest street in the southern part of the city since 1864 and so called from 1874.
- the so-called “Officials Quarter” or “Art Nouveau Quarter” east of Frankfurter Strasse, built since 1890 and
- the residential and commercial street Frankfurter Strasse
- the Auefeld , built since 1956
- the South Authority and Commercial Center, with the residential and commercial street Heckerwiesenstrasse, belongs to the southern part of the city
- Hessian / Lower Saxony General ,
- Hotel La Strada ,
- TÜV Hessen and
- Municipal area data center .
history
First development
In 1704, Landgrave Karl had a huge city gate built in front of the Upper New Town.
"Under the protection of the triune, most allergic and almighty God,
the noble Landgrave Carl von Hessen built this fortress gate and consecrated it to future
generations in 1704 of the Christian era."
Landgrave Friedrich II had the steep path down the vineyard removed a little in 1765 and made it more convenient to drive through a curve. Under Landgrave Wilhelm IX , who later became the first elector , the Weinberger Tor was demolished and relocated, substantially changed as it was now "Frankfurter Tor", to Friedrichstrasse (1803). Again the street level was lowered. A deep gash emerged that is still there today. In 1866 the central pillars of the Frankfurter Tor fell and in 1880 it was completely torn down. From now on, the houses and the land to the south and west of it were in front of the Frankfurter Tor, so that after the progressive development on Frankfurter Strasse, the quarter was named "Frankfurter-Tor-Viertel" (around 1900).
- Frankfurter Tor district
Closely connected with the construction of the barracks beginning with the on-site hospital (1885) and the hussar barracks (1889) (after their destruction this place was the location of the pension office until 2017 ), the Philosophenweg started in 1863 and continued from there from 1889 to the first World War I built commercial buildings and multi-storey residential buildings for craftsmen and tradespeople along Frankfurter Strasse. In 1905 all important shops and service providers were represented and the development with residential and commercial buildings up to Heinrich-Heine-Straße was completed. In 1873 Frankfurter Chaussee, as it was known until 1900, had only 32 house numbers and only four addresses in Aueweg, today's Heinrich-Heine-Straße, while there were 26 house numbers in Philosophenweg. In 1900 Frankfurter Strasse, which led from Friedrichsplatz to Frankfurter Tor, was merged with Frankfurter Landstrasse and referred to as Frankfurter Strasse. Around 1900, the “Officials' Quarter” up to Landaustrasse, which had to avoid the “Herrschaftliche Meierei”, had already been built and the royal forester Lampmann lived in the houses of the former dairy at Frankfurter Strasse 73 to 77, then at 75 Oberamtmann Bartel and Upper Swiss Hert, in 77 Röse Nursery. It was foreseeable when the former “Domaine Meierei”, as it was also called, would have to make room for further development. The “Krokodil” restaurant in No. 71 is also part of this first phase of construction. In the years 1907 and 1913 (Jäger barracks) further barracks were added, which means that the southern part of the city had a high density in the military sector. In the 19th century, popular excursion restaurants were built in the vineyard above the southern part of the city, which used the vineyard to "cool" drinks. At the beginning of the 20th century, these restaurants disappeared and the Henschel family built several residential buildings on their premises. In 1908 the new building of the Kassel Art Academy opened in Menzelstrasse.
During the Second World War, most of the buildings in the district were damaged or completely destroyed by aerial bombs. On April 4, 1945, US Army troops rolled down Frankfurter Strasse into the "Kassel Fortress", which had been devastated by the bombing. The population of 9033 (1939) had reduced to 3300 at the end of the war and was not to recover until the 1960s. There was a separate “Südviertel cultural landscape”, which was lived in numerous associations, but also within the trade union movement and in the parties, which all had their hangouts. Particularly noteworthy is the living and living community in the houses of the savings and building association, which represented a stronghold for the social movement after the First World War and where there was also an intact and progressive youth movement that also worked with girls within the organization of the socialist youth workers and there was also the first preschool of the Froebel seminar here. Not only the workers felt comfortable and at home here, but also the civil servants and soldiers and the many independent merchants and master craftsmen who had a secure existence here. The global economic crisis, National Socialism and ultimately the war destroyed the city and also destroyed the identity of the young district “Frankfurter Tor Viertel”.
The southern part of the city was rebuilt in the 1950s, with the old buildings often having to make way for new houses. Due to the large number of refugees, resettlers and resettlers urgently needed living space for 700 families was created with the construction of the planned settlement " Gartenstadt Auefeld ", the planning of which had already started in the interwar years and was realized in 1955/66 by the architect Heinz Graaf . In 1961, 12,838 people lived in the Südstadt, in 2008 only 7038. The SPD local association introduced the application to the local advisory board, which approved this application and passed it on to the city committees, so that the renaming could take place in 2003. The district was called Frankfurter Tor in the 19th century and Kassel Süd after 1945.
- Henschelvilla
The Henschelvilla should have a connection to Bellevue and so an iron bridge should be built. In 1873, however, a stone bridge was built, initially it only had one large arch. When Henschel then built a new large villa, the "Haus Henschel", he also had to build the retaining walls (1903) as a construction requirement.
A second bridge arch for the pedestrian walkway was built in 1926. After the First World War , a strip of land was branched off from the floodplain and the footpath to the vineyard was built parallel to the street, completely separated from the traffic, which was popularly known as the "civil servant career" because there were many civil servants in the southern quarter lived. The Weinberg Bridge was given a second arch for pedestrian traffic, and everything was completed in 1926.
"" Green Bridge "
On May 14, 1977 the bridge was blown up and a
" Green Bridge "was built, which was inaugurated on November 17, 1978.
The old stone slab is still reminiscent of Landgrave Karl's former gate in front of the Upper New Town. "
Local council election
The turnout in the 2016 local council election was 45.89%.
Educational institutions
Kindergartens
Südstadt has daycare centers on Menzelstrasse and Landaustrasse. There are also kindergartens in Frankfurter Strasse and on Kühne-Brückner-Platz, which are run by the Protestant parish. There is also a Montessorie kindergarten.
Elementary schools
Auefeld school
The Südend Citizens and District Association already complained on October 3, 1908 that the Philosophenweg school location was not child-friendly. Several gentlemen expressed criticism and pointed out that the property at the corner of Hegelstrasse and Philosophenweg would not be suitable for the construction of a double school.As a result of the low location of the property and the immediate vicinity of the vineyard and the growing development in the area surrounding the school, there are residential buildings, the children would be deprived of the necessary light and air. They decided to inform the city authorities of this fact again and to work towards the fact that the school house should be built at a higher location in the Auefeld. Almost 50 years later, this suggestion has come true. The Auefeld School is being built on the ridge of the Auefeld. The Auefeld School is a three-class city school in the countryside. It was built in 1956, was for a time a primary and secondary school and has been a primary school again since the 1970s with a preliminary class and currently 272 students (2003).
Further training
Friedrich Wöhler School
The old school building on the vineyard is one of the few school buildings in the center of Kassel that survived the firestorm of the last war relatively unscathed. On April 1, 1912, the large building complex was occupied by Citizens 'School 29 (boys' school) Philosophenweg and Citizens 'School 30 (girls' school in Tischbeinstraße). The joint lessons for boys and girls began on May 1, 1946 in the Tischbeinstrasse building, as the other building was still severely damaged by the war. On April 1, 1960, the "Friedrich-Wöhler-Schule" secondary school moved into the house on Tischbeinstrasse. The school on Philosophenweg became a primary and secondary school with the name "Landgraf-Karl-Schule". Nine years later, the schools were merged into a primary, secondary and secondary school, which took the name of the secondary school.
Other schools
In 1950 the Wilhelm Lückert School was built according to plans by the architect Walter Grüning . After the renovation in 1998, the August-Fricke-School for the practically imaginable (formerly on Luisenplatz ) took over the area in Adolfstraße from the Wilhelm-Lückert-School .
Art college
On October 18, 1777, an art academy was founded in Kassel under the direction of the young Simon du Ry by the then Landgrave Friedrich II. Frederick II not only promoted the founding and further development of the academy, which consisted of a painter and sculptor department and until this point was united with the Collegium Carolinum. Proven artists took care of the content of the academy. The sculptor Johann August Nahl, the painter Johann Heinrich Tischbein and the architect and director of the Academy Simon Louis du Ry were among the first artists. The art academy was housed in Bellevue No. 3 until 1808 and in Bellevueschlößchen from 1877. In 1908 the company moved into the new building on Menzelstrasse. Five pavilions and the large main building were available here.
Today the art academy is part of the University of Kassel , as a college for fine arts .
traffic
Frankfurter Strasse was constantly widened and adapted to meet requirements. The tram also needed space. From 1900 it drove to Frankfurter Strasse, first to Tischbeinstrasse as a horse-run business , later with the “ Elektrische ”. The track laying work was part of the cityscape in those days between Kassel and Niederzwehren. In 1911, the "Green Line" (at that time the lines were first color-coded before they were numbered) between Rothenditmold - Königsplatz and Frankfurter Straße, then line 8 between Cassel –Königsplatz and Frankfurter Straße was put into operation. In 1913 the extension to Niederzwehren took place. The connections were steadily expanded. After lines 7 and 8, a line 9 was used to ensure transport connections to all of Kassel's districts. In 1929 a bus line was also used on Frankfurter Straße to Rengershausen .
After the Second World War, the connection to the autobahn , construction of the southern bypass and other expansion measures on Frankfurter Strasse were carried out. The Damschke bridge was not completed until 1963 and so you could reach the eastern parts of the city and the main road to Melsungen more quickly. Today it is a fast connection to the exhibition halls and the Bugaaue leisure area . The southern part of the city is very well developed through several main roads (Frankfurter Strasse, Tischbeinstrasse, Ludwig-Mond-Strasse / Schönfelder Strasse). In the northern part of the southern part of the city, the access roads to the Auefeldsiedlung , the Malerviertel and the Belgische Siedlung can be reached via Heinrich-Heine-Straße . Frankfurter Strasse and Ludwig-Mond-Strasse have a motorway feeder to the Kassel-Auestadion junction of the A49 . There are several public transport stops for trams , buses and RegioTram in the district . The Auestadion stop is an important transfer point between the individual lines .
sport and freetime
Attractions
The most important sight is the Karlsaue with the orangery and the Siebenbergen island . There are also two documenta works of art in the district: the frame construction designed by the artist group Haus-Rucker-Co for documenta 6 between the Documenta hall and Gustav Mahler stairs and the “pickaxe” by Claes Oldenburg ( documenta 7 ) on the regatta meadow on the Fulda .
Sports facilities
Around the Auestadion (venue of the KSV Hessen Kassel ) and the ice rink Kassel (venue of the Kassel Huskies ) there are several sports facilities. Adjacent is the large sports hall Auepark , which is used by the University of Kassel, among others. Games and tournaments by clubs that practice ball sports also take place here. There are also fields for baseball / softball and hockey , several tennis courts and a bowling center . Next to the Auestadion on Menzelstrasse is the tennis hall and the facilities of the Kassel Tennis Club 1931 eV, which had its tennis courts at Hofbleiche in 1931 and was able to establish itself on Menzelstrasse after the war.
The Auebad , a municipal outdoor pool, is located on the Auedamm .
In Damaschkestrasse bowling and dancing (dance club Rot-Weiß Kassel) has its sports facility.
Many water sports clubs with their boathouses have settled along the Fulda .
The Hessenkampfbahn for athletics is next to the orangery.
The Giesewiesen became the focus of the National Kassel Riding and Jumping Tournament, which took place here regularly until 1973. On May 11, 1969, the winners of the 8th national riding and jumping tournament rode their lap of honor on the Giesewiesen. That was also the last major national riding and jumping tournament in Kassel.
societies
Football has been played on Frankfurter Strasse since the late 1880s. So also at the Hofbleiche and in the Aue behind today's Auestadion and has many highlights in its long sports history. The young English, who were staying in Professor Klaunig's guesthouse at the Hofbleiche, played football there and thus brought football to Kassel. The Cassel sports field was built in the 1890s. First, the racing cyclists , the Casseler Radfahr-Renn-Verein, were at home there, which set up a racing track for cyclists and held 2–3 large events in the summer. In 1889 the event took place during the exhibition "Hunting, Sport and Fishing". In the mid-1990s, the first Cassel football club also played on the cycling track. Sport on Frankfurter Strasse has a long and varied history. Since the beginning he has not only seen bicycle races and later horse races, but also circus events and other major events. The Casselers experienced their first rugby game on the occasion of the German Football Day in 1900 on Karlswiese. In 1919 the Cassel football club and the physical culture association merged to form SV Kurhessen. In 1924 the Vfl Hessen-Prussia split off from the SV Kurhessen. Both clubs were able to achieve great success in the period that followed.
- The KSV Hessen Kassel
Just a few months after the end of the war, footballers, boxers, handball players, track and field athletes and gymnasts were looking for a new start. The South Sports Group was founded on November 17, 1945 after the American occupation forces only allowed one sports community in each of the four districts. It was only after the regulations were relaxed that the name was founded as "Verein für Leibesübungen Hessen Kassel". This new game community was supported by the members of the old former clubs CT Hessen-Preußen , SV Kurhessen 1893 eV, water sports association , winter sports club and tennis club Wilhelmshöhe . On November 23, 1947, it merged with the Kasseler Sportverein Hessen from Wehlheiden, the former "TURA", gymnastics and lawn sports association 1868.
1947/48 one was second in the national soccer league. 1948/49 champion of the national league, but one had no luck in promotion. 1953 succeeded in promotion to the league. After the currency reform, the bombed home at Am Auedamm 17 was restored and finally the new KSV clubhouse on Damaschkestrasse was completed on December 5, 1953. In 1989 KSV Hessen Kassel managed to win the Hessian championship and, after successfully qualifying, rose to the second division. In 1990 the descent followed, in 1991 the ascent failed. On June 14, 1993, bankruptcy proceedings were filed. On July 21, 1993 the club was dissolved as FC Hessen Kassel and in 1998. A successor association was founded in 1998 under the name KSV Hessen Kassel. That was the beginning of the <?> .
leisure
Karlsaue and Park Schönfeld are used for local recreation in the district. There are also several allotment garden settlements. For visitors to Kassel, there is a campsite and a parking space for mobile homes in the south of the district.
- Little Fulda
Along the Drusel (Kleine Fulda) , a tree- lined avenue with many plants led directly to the menagerie and ended in front of a round square where the monkey houses were set up (hence the monkey avenue). In 1764 there was an expansion as a zoo with an elephant, tiger and u. a. Lions, closed in 1781, the animals were sold in 1785. The Drusel has been supplying the city of Kassel with water since the 14th century. In 1892 the Druselgraben was piped in parts. It ran between Friedrich-Ebert- and Goethestrasse to Königstor, there it branched off to the south, drove a mill in Königstor 28 and branched out at the end of Pfannkuchstrasse, where there was also a mill, with the actual Drusel, while a second arm via Jordanstraße and Wolfsschlucht to the old town. The mostly piped Drusel (except for a piece in Gräfestraße) turned south at Pestalozzistraße and then followed the foot of the vineyard in Escape Graefestraße to Philosophenweg to the east. Since the Drusel used to flow directly into an arm of the Fulda (Hofbleiche) and the Karlsaue was an island, the arm was called "Kleine Fulda", which was navigable up to the orangery until the Upper Neustadt was built in 1688.
- The Auegarten with its four porter's houses
In 1730 and 1766 four small, single-storey porter's houses with hipped roof and gable dormer were built. Long-serving and proven NCOs live here as park rangers. As part of the Karlsaue , they are now cultural monuments.
economy
The Südstadt offers more than 7000 jobs at the administrative and commercial location Knorr- and Raiffeisenstraße, HNA at Park Schönfeld and in Frankfurter Straße in the “pension office” and the agricultural professional association for horticulture, as well as in many small and medium-sized companies.
Commercial location Südstadt
After the Second World War, the South Commercial and Authorities Center was built, where the municipal area data center is located at the end of Knorrstrasse, along with the state office for occupational safety and security technology and the building material and soil testing center in Kassel, the Hesse technical monitoring office, and the “Foto- Litho Jäger ”and the Federal Agency for Technical Relief, Local Association Kassel. The pension office, agricultural social insurance, the HNA with the Dierichs printing company and the Aukam and Berghöfer company established themselves along Frankfurter Straße.
Web links
literature
- Heinz Körner : In Die Südstadt , 1988, ISBN 3-925277-32-3
- Heinz Körner: In Kassel Südstadt , 2004, ISBN 3-00-014623-7
- Heinz Körner: In the Auefeld district , 2007, ISBN 3-00-018688-3 , ISBN 978-3-00-018688-2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Südstadt. In: City portal Kassel. City of Kassel, documenta city; represented by the magistrate, July 18, 2014, accessed on August 21, 2015 .
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