Schelfstadt
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Schelfstadt
City of Schwerin
Coordinates: 53 ° 38 ′ 1 " N , 11 ° 24 ′ 58" E
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| Residents : | 4865 (Sep. 30, 2017) |
| Incorporation : | 1832 |
| Postal code : | 19055 |
| Area code : | 0385 |
 Location of the Schelfstadt in Schwerin
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The Schelfstadt (originally: Schelfe , since 1349 also: Neustadt ) is a district of Schwerin , the state capital of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
location
The district is in a central city location south of the Ziegelinnensee and east of the Pfaffenteich . The latter body of water and a narrow strip of shore in the north, west and south also belong to the territory. The Schelfstadt borders the districts Werdervorstadt , Altstadt , Paulsstadt and Lewenberg .
Origin of name
The name shelf is interpreted differently. The most common is the Low German meaning, according to which Schelp stands for reed, which could characterize the area with swampy soils. Indeed, in the Middle Ages, a swampy lowland stretched from the Ziegelsee to today's Ziegenmarkt , which was connected to the Beutel , a bay in the Schweriner See , and the Pfaffenteich.
history
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A so-called shelf north of Schwerin's old town has been documented since the 11th century. The first residents were fishermen of Wendish origin who had been driven out of the old town. It is believed that German merchants settled here before Schwerin was founded in 1160. The Schwerin Cathedral Chapter acquired before 1228 a part of the shelf area of Count Henry I , who before his death one of the Saint Nicholas chapel dedicated a predecessor of today's Schelfkirche , donated. When the Diocese of Schwerin was dissolved in 1648 , the shelf passed into the possession of the Duke of Mecklenburg. For a long time there were disputes between the shelves, the old town and the dukes due to the coexistence of different territories and jurisdictions.
The development of the shelf occurred in the 16./17. Century through the mismanagement of the cathedral chapter, the Thirty Years War and city fires stalled and the settlement was completely run down at the end of the 17th century. Changes should only arise from June 26, 1705 with the expansion and appointment of the shelves as a city by Duke Friedrich Wilhelm in a declaration. Merchants and craftsmen were given tax advantages and privileges, which were also given incentives to settle here through discounts on land purchase and building costs. In the early 18th century, the restored half-timbered houses as well as the magnificent palaces, which were once inhabited by noble families and artists, were built on the shelf in the early 18th century. At the same time, the new construction of the shelf church (1708–1712) and the construction of the new town, which was initially built as a residential building, ensured Town hall the livelihood of the artisans. After the shelf received its own constitution in 1769, the house was converted into the town hall after it was acquired in 1776. The new town hall building with baroque elements fulfilled several functions in the many years of its existence. It was also used as the town hall and was also a courthouse, until 1832 among other things a school building, once also a registry office and police station and until 1998 the seat of the Schwerin building authority. But what characterized an independent city, a mayor, council and a citizens' committee did not exist on the new Schelfe-Neustadt, which emerged from a settlement. The administration was carried out until 1832 by the city judge, the shelf vogt and his officials.
The population of Schelfstadt rose from 500 in 1701 to 3000 in 1789 to 4135 in 1819. For decades, Schwerin citizens tried to unite the Neustadt with Schwerin, which was carried out on January 1, 1832 after contractual negotiations. After 1871, large apartment buildings were built, and from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, historically valuable buildings were demolished and houses built that did not fit into the overall picture. The building police ordinance of 1906 provided a remedy. With the construction of the power station on the north bank of the Pfaffenteich in 1904, electricity came to Schwerin. In 1926, the Schwerin public baths was opened.
After the Second World War , efforts were made to preserve the representative buildings. Goat and pig markets were decorated with sculptures. Residential buildings were falling into disrepair and some were demolished. A citizens' initiative, architects, preservationists, photographers and the fact that at the end of the 1980s there was no money for demolition work saved the architecturally valuable Schelfstadt and saved it from large-scale demolition and the erection of prefabricated buildings, as was the case in 1970 on the Great moor in the old town happened. Since the fall of the Wall , the Schelfstadt has been fundamentally redeveloped and in 1991 a redevelopment area with 340 buildings and more than 1,000 apartments was designated.
Attractions
Baroque shelf church
Former electrical works at Pfaffenteich , today a theater venue
New Town Palace with Ministry of Justice
New Town Hall on the Schelfmarkt
Pig market
Goat market
Weinstuben Wöhler, Fischerstrasse
Münzstraße with Schwerin Mint + half-timbered houses
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traffic
Until the GDR era, a no longer existing tram line ran through the district. Today the Schelfstadt is integrated into the Schwerin local transport network by bus connections . The main railway station in located a few meters west of the Pfaffenteich Lake in the district Paul city.
Busy roads in the district are Werderstrasse , which leads from Schwerin Castle in the direction of the B 104 , and Knaudtstrasse , on which the B 104 runs and which connects Werderstrasse with the inner-city Obotritenring .
Significant or worth seeing streets and squares are still Apothekerstraße , August-Bebel-Straße am Pfaffenteich, Bergstraße , Friedrichstraße , Kirchenstraße , Körnerstraße , Lindenstraße , Münzstraße , the central Puschkinstraße , Schelfstraße and Schelfmarkt in the center, and the northern pig market .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudolf Conrades: St. Nikolai in Schwerin. The first church on the shelf, a merchant's church from before the city was founded? Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2005, ISBN 978-3-935749-59-6
- ^ The building on the "large market" , Schweriner Volkszeitung , August 7, 2007
- ↑ B. Kasten and J.-U. Rost: Schwerin. History of the city. , Schwerin 2005, pp. 256-258
- ^ Timo Weber: Schelfstadt . In the Schweriner Volkszeitung from January 20, 2020
literature
- Rudolf Conrades: St. Nikolai in Schwerin. The first church on the shelf, a merchant's church from before the city was founded? Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2005, ISBN 978-3-935749-59-6 .
- Bernd Kasten and Jens-Uwe Rost: Schwerin. History of the city. Thomas Helms Verlag Schwerin 2005, ISBN 3-935749-38-4 .
- State capital Schwerin (ed.): The Schleswig-Holstein House in the Schelfstadt , Schwerin, 1995.
- Dieter Zander : The Schwerin Schelfstadt - On the urban development of the baroque Neustadt , Schwerin series, Schweriner Volkszeitung printing house, 1984.
- Mecklenburg - Magazin July 1997 No. 14 page 13 Article by Horst Ende of the shelf market of Schwerin with the Neustadt town hall.
- 300 years of Schelfstadt , publisher: State capital Schwerin, Turoprint Schwerin 2005.
- Schweriner Express - In der Schelfstadt - May 14, 2016 Page 2.
- Schweriner Express for the weekend - August 26th, 2017 Page 2 -The Schelfstadt- The New Town Hall.
