Schoenau (Mannheim)

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Schönau
City of Mannheim
Coat of arms of Schönau
Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′ 40 ″  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 27 ″  E
Area : 2.97 km²
Residents : 13,122  (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density : 4,418 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 68307
Area code : 0621
Settlement houses from the 1930s
Schönau School from 1941

Schönau ( Mannemerisch : Schänau [ ˈʃɛˑnaʊ̯ ]) is a district and urban district in the north of Mannheim .

geography

Schönau lies between the A 6 in the north, the marshalling yard of the Mannheim – Frankfurt railway line in the east and Frankenthaler Strasse in the south-west. In the west is Sandhofen , in the north Blumenau , in the east the Käfertaler Wald, in the southeast Gartenstadt and in the south Waldhof . The connection to local public transport is provided by a tram line and two bus lines. Schönau is more or less divided into three parts: housing developments in the south, the new development area in the north-east and the apartment blocks with social housing in the north-west.

history

The settlement of Schönau in the former Sandhöfer area began with the Schütte-Lanz shipyard in 1913, an airship barracks with an airship hangar. This is where the Schütte-Lanz airships were built. Street names such as Luftschifferstrasse in Sandhofen or Lilienthalstrasse are a reminder of this. The first emergency apartments were built after the First World War . Until the mid-1930s, the area belonged to the Evangelical Care Schönau , which goes back to the Schönau monastery (Odenwald) , which was dissolved in 1558 . After the city of Mannheim had acquired the area, the planned development began. From 1936 to 1941, 600 so-called “people's apartments” were built as a showcase project by the National Socialists, but this was not crowned with too much success, as there was an active resistance cell against the Nazi regime in Schönau .

After the Second World War , the district grew significantly. A new settlement was built north of the “Volkswohnungen”, into which many refugees and displaced persons from eastern Germany , Silesia and Hungary moved. The streets on the Schönau are named after cities and rivers from the former eastern regions of Germany, such as Poznan , Katowice and the Memel . As a result of the immigration, the number of residents increased rapidly between 1953 and 1963. In 1953 the Schönau was officially raised to an independent district of Mannheim, in 1964 the tram line was extended from Waldhof to Schönau.

From 1983 the new development area Northeast was settled on a released area of ​​the US Army. In May / June 1992 there were riots for days on the occasion of the accommodation of refugees in the (meanwhile demolished) gendarmerie barracks.

Population development 1946 1950 1952 1957 1961 1978 1984 1997
Schönau 5,049 5,959 8,900 13,578 15,298 12,684 11,987 15,577

Politics, administration

According to the main statute of the city of Mannheim, the city district has a district advisory council, which includes 12 residents who are appointed by the local council according to the results of the local council election. They are to be heard on important matters that affect the municipality and advise the local administration and committees of the municipal council.

Political party 2019 2014 2009 2004 1999 1994
SPD 3 5 6th 6th 6th 7th
GREEN 2 1 1 0 0 1
CDU 2 3 4th 5 6th 3
AfD 2 1 0 0 0 0
The left 1 1 1 0 0 0
Mannheim list 1 1 0 1 0 0

As one of the eleven outer city districts, Schönau has a municipal secretariat, which is responsible for local administrative tasks.

Culture and sights

The Protestant Emmaus Church dates from 1953. The Catholic Gut-Hirten-Kirche was completed in 1959 with the steeple. The Protestant Stephanus Center in Schönau-Nord from 1967 was expanded with a bell tower in 1993.

East of the Riedbahn is the Käfertaler Wald, the largest forest in Mannheim, a popular local recreation area.

District life

Schönau is a very green district and is close to the Käfertal forest. Social life is shaped by numerous clubs; Over 30 of them have joined together in the umbrella organization of the Schönau clubs. The result of the commitment of the citizens is also the first bunker museum in Baden-Württemberg, which was opened in 2005.

As part of the “Schönau Rochade”, all Schönau schools were recently renovated, converted or newly built. There are also 13 day-care centers for children and young people, 2 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 grammar school as well as the Schönau youth center. The Johanna-Geissmar-Gymnasium (until the end of January 2014 Peter-Petersen-Gymnasium) also has a branch of the city library.

Sports

Sports and football in particular were and are indispensable in Mannheim. There is a local football club in the Schönau district. The TSV 47 Mannheim-Schönau plays in the 2011/12 season in the district class A.

Economy and Infrastructure

The Schönau is equipped with a citizen service office of the city of Mannheim. There is a police post in the center of the district.

The following educational institutions should be mentioned: Johanna-Geissmar-Gymnasium, Schönau School, Hans-Christian-Andersen-All-Day Elementary School and Kerschenstein School. The Johanna-Geissmar-Gymnasium also has a branch of the city library.

On the western edge of Schönau, on Königsberger Allee, there is an industrial park in which Pepperl + Fuchs is the largest employer.

The development can be roughly divided into three sections: housing developments in the south, a new development area in the northeast and blocks of flats with social housing in the northwest, which have led to a negative image of the district.

Personalities

literature

  • Alfred Heierling: Mannheim-Schönau: From a peripheral settlement to a district . Mannheim 1999.
  • Alfred Heierling: Chronicle Mannheim-Schönau II . Mannheim 2008.
  • Matthias Möller: A really direct people? Mannheim-Schönau and the representation of collective violence against refugees . Frankfurt / Main 2007.

Individual evidence

  1. City of Mannheim: Population 2015 in small-scale breakdown. (PDF 679 kB) Statistical data Mannheim № 1/2016. March 30, 2016, p. 5 ff. , Accessed on April 6, 2016 .
  2. Schönau - past and present. (PDF 1.3 MB) In: Stadtpunkte, Mannheim history on site. City of Mannheim, accessed on May 19, 2018 .
  3. a b Main Statute of the City of Mannheim. (PDF 234 kB) VII. City districts and district councils, § 22. City of Mannheim, April 28, 2009, p. 10 , accessed on April 10, 2018 .
  4. SessionNet | City of Mannheim District Advisory Council Schönau. Retrieved November 6, 2019 .
  5. Mannheimer Morgen , Mannheim Nord edition of June 11, 2014, p. 29.

Web links

Commons : Schönau (Mannheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files