Geisweid
Geisweid
City of Siegen
Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 37 ″ N , 8 ° 0 ′ 5 ″ E
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Height : | 250-370 m above sea level NN |
Area : | 6.38 km² |
Residents : | 13,459 (Dec. 31, 2016) |
Population density : | 2.110 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | July 1, 1966 |
Incorporated into: | Hut Valley |
Postal code : | 57078 |
Area code : | 0271 |
Location of Geisweid in Siegen
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Geisweid is a northern district of the university town of Siegen .
geography
Geisweid borders the districts of Sohlbach in the north, Weidenau in the east, and Birlenbach and Langenholdinghausen in the south. In addition, Geisweid today designates one of the six Siegen districts that the district forms together with the districts of Birlenbach , Meiswinkel , Langenholdinghausen, Dillnhütten , Sohlbach , Buchen , Niedersetzen and Obersetzen .
Topographically, the area of the district has, in addition to the plain in the center of Geisweid, which is traversed by the Sohlbach - largely overbuilt in this area - also various elevations where residential areas are located. In addition to the Heckenberg and the Schießberg, these are the Ruhrst and the Wenscht . The Hofbach flows in the Hofbachtal between Schießberg and Wenscht and makes its way to the center of Geisweider. In addition, there is the "Great Swan Pond" in the Hofbach Valley. Not far from there, in the park in the Albichtal, is the "Little Swan Pond".
Geisweid is geographically located in the Ferndorfbachtal as well as in the side valleys of the Birlen and Sohlbach bordering it to the west at an altitude of between 250 and 370 m . The Monte Schlacko forms with 373.8 m , the highest height if artificial elevation in the local district. Other mountains are for example the Mühlenberg with a height of 335 m .
history
A documentary mention of Klafeld (Clafeld), part of today's Geisweid district, took place for the first time between 1079 and 1089. In the 17th century, Klafeld grew together with the almost 250-year-old hut settlement Geisweid. In 1819 a Protestant market school was built, which was used until 1937.
The district also became famous for the Siegerland stove factory founded in 1896, which was renamed the Sieg stove factory in 1927. In 1964 the company moved to Buschhütten near Kreuztal .
Klafeld was shaped by the steel processing industry, which made Klafeld a prosperous community in the past. The extensive site of the Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (formerly Krupp-Stahlwerke Südwestfalen ), as well as the slag dump, which is called " Monte Schlacko " by the inhabitants , similar to the dumps in the Ruhr area and Saarland - which are much larger, still testify to this today are not so prominently visible and shape the cityscape as in Geisweid. There were two large ironworks in the village. The Birlenbacher Hütte was first mentioned in 1463 and was in operation until 1971. The Bremer Hütte was not built until 1873 as part of the railway connection. The hut was closed again in 1929.
The Geisweider Eisenwerke existed since 1845. They originated from the old Geisweider hammer. In 1951 the company was consolidated with Stahlwerk Hagen AG to form Stahlwerke Südwestfalen AG , which in the post-war period initially belonged to the most important German groups in its sector. From 1974 to 1984 Krupp Stahl AG gradually took over the company. After various other reclassifications, Thyssenkrupp sold the conglomerate of several German plants now known as Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Specialty Steel to the Swiss steel group Schmolz + Bickenbach .
Geisweid did not have such large pits as the neighboring community of Weidenau. The largest was the Nordstern mine , which was first mentioned in 1720. In 1855 the deep tunnel was created. Roteisenstein and Eisenglanz were extracted from a depth of up to 67 m before the mine was closed in 1885 because it was unprofitable.
On July 20, 1881, a storm caused severe damage to the village after weeks of persistent heat.
Between 1954 and 1960 originated in the "front Wenscht" one of the so-called Marshall Plan which, together with the previously in 1950 and 1952 built-up areas "back Wenscht" and "upper Wenscht" settlements, now under the name Wenscht is known. On the initiative of Erich Dudziak, who was then Labor Director at Stahlwerke Südwestfalen, a garden city with 220 private homes and 330 rental apartments was built here.
On June 11, 1963, the Klafeld community was renamed Geisweid, as requested by the Klafeld Council on September 4, 1962. It was often referred to nationwide as Klafeld-Geisweid. On July 1, 1966, the place was incorporated into the new municipality of Hüttental , which was formed from what is now the Siegen district of Weidenau and eight other municipalities. Until then he belonged to the Weidenau office . On January 1, 1975, the city of Hüttental was incorporated into the city of Siegen.
Population numbers
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Infrastructure and economy
Today's infrastructure in Geisweid includes a shopping center in which, in addition to various retailers and service providers, as well as a hotel, the Geisweid town hall is located. There is also an outdoor pool with a 10-meter diving platform, which was completely renovated in 2010 with an estimated construction cost of 2.9 million euros. Furthermore, the Friesenhalle is located on the Schießberg , which is used for various events.
traffic
The Siegen city motorway Hüttentalstraße , HTS for short , runs through Geisweid . Geisweid is connected to the railway network via the Siegen-Geisweid station, which until 2008 was called Hüttental-Geisweid. From the Geisweid bus station, the northern Siegen districts and the main Siegen-Kreuztal axis are also served by scheduled services.
education
There are also several educational institutions in the district. There is a secondary and secondary school as well as a primary school.
These are the Realschule am Schießberg located on the Schießberg and the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in the immediate vicinity, which has been operating as an all-day secondary school since August 1, 2006 . The secondary school was built there in the early 1960s. The foundation stone was laid on October 22, 1962. The Geschwister-Scholl-Schule was created by amalgamating the former Klafeld school, which was located in a building in Geisweider Hüttenstrasse that was built in 1872 and is still preserved today , with the existing school of the same name. Initially, the school was renamed Hauptschule am Schießberg , but a little later it was changed back to the name that is valid today. The school then found its home in the new building above the secondary school, built in the early 1980s and inaugurated on September 30, 1982.
The Geisweider elementary school located on the Ruhrst is the only elementary school still remaining in Geisweid. The Hüttentalschule on the Heckenberg , which had been based there since the early 1980s, after its location was previously in the primary school near Birlenbach on Diesterwegstraße at the foot of the Schießberg, was closed at the end of the 2017/2018 school year.
The following educational institutions also exist in the district:
- Albert Schweitzer School
- Technologiezentrum Siegen, a start-up center u. a. for start-up companies that were initially located in the Lyceum in Siegen (opening on November 28, 1985)
Industry
In addition to Deutsche Edelstahlwerke, other companies in the metalworking industry are also based in Geisweid. Among other things, the company EEW-Pickhan , where the American artist Richard Serra had his works of art produced, is located here.
Religions and worldviews
In the area of the district there are three church buildings of the Christian denominations: the Talkirche, the Wenschtkirche and the Church of St. Maria Immaculata. The Selimiye Mosque operated by the DİTİB - Turkish Islamic Community of Siegen has also existed in Geisweid since 1977 .
Culture and sights
Geisweid is home to the smallest Beatles museum in the world with 27 m² according to the Guinness Book of Records . In front of the technology center building on Birlenbacher Straße there is also a flywheel weighing 52 tons and eight meters in diameter from 1898, which was previously used in the Geisweider ironworks in the block stand 2 of the block rolling mill there. The technology center is located on the site of the former Birlenbacher Hütte , whose industrial facilities fell victim to the wrecking ball in the 1980s and 1990s.
Buildings
- In October and November 2009, the formerly listed 14-storey Krupp high-rise building , which characterizes the townscape, was demolished with a special excavator. The building, which was inaugurated in 1957, could not be blown up because the HTS runs in the immediate vicinity.
- In the center of Geisweid is the valley church used by the Evangelical Reformed parish .
- Church of St. Maria Immaculata
- In the residential area of Wenscht belonging to Geisweid, there is another sacred building with the church of St. Maria Immaculata on Hans-Böckler-Platz, built in 1959.
- The Wenscht Church, which was put into service on June 29, 1958, is also located in the Wenscht .
- Geisweid also has a cemetery located between the Ruhrst residential area and the Geisweider center.
Sports
One of the many clubs based in Geisweid is the football club VfL Klafeld-Geisweid 08 . In the 1971/72 season , the team played in the regional league , which was then the second highest football class in Germany. The team plays their home games in the Geisweider Hofbachstadion . A traditional sports club, the TG Friesen , is also based here.
Regular events
In Geisweid there is a flea market on the first Saturday of each month from March to November. This is one of the largest in the South Westphalian region.
The location of this event, which has been held since 1970, is the area under Hüttentalstrasse, which is otherwise used as a parking lot, after the flea market initially took place in the Geisweider shopping center until the early 1990s .
Personalities
- Erich Baeumer (1897–1972), chicken researcher
- Erich Schatzki (1898–1991), aircraft designer
- Walter Schatzki (1899–1983), bookseller and antiquarian
- Richard Schatzki (1901–1992), radiologist
- Heinrich Vormweg (1928–2004), literary critic, essayist and radio author
- Hartmut Glenk (1955–2020), legal scholar, lecturer and publicist
- Dieter Falk (* 1959), music producer and composer
Web links
- Photo gallery of the Krupp high-rise on Flickr.com
- Geisweid in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
- List of mines in Siegen
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clafeld (Siegen) - Geisweid (Siegen) - Village denunciations - (1727) 1816
- ↑ Dr. Trutzhart Irle: The old Siegerland , Gronenberg Verlag Gummersbach, 1978. ISBN 3-88265-021-4
- ↑ Horst G. Koch: patriarchs. Miners and smelters, mines and blast furnace works in Siegerland and Westerwald. , 1982; Pp. 130/131
- ↑ Historical Archive Krupp - archive holdings
- Jumped back ... , Siegener Zeitung of July 30, 2011, p. 43
- ↑ Settlement “Wenscht” ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 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.
- ↑ Garden City "Das Vordere Wenscht" on baukunst-nrw
- ^ "Scrolled back ...", Siegener Zeitung of September 11, 2010, p. 43
- ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 235 .
- ^ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817 - 1967 . Aschendorff, Münster (Westphalia) 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 .
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 336 .
- ^ Otto Schaefer: The district of Siegen , Siegen 1968
- ↑ Siegen-Info: Geisweid ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2015 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.
- ↑ siegen.de: main resident population by district (updated regularly)
- ↑ Westfälisches Gemeindelexikon 1887, pp. 110/111
- ↑ Westfälisches Gemeindelexikon 1897, pp. 112/113
- ↑ gemeindeververzeichnis.de: District of Siegen
- ↑ genealogy.net: Office Netphen
- ↑ a b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Siegen. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Martin Bünermann, Heinz Köstering: The communities and districts after the municipal territorial reform in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-555-30092-X , p. 210 .
- ^ Siegerländer Heimatkalender 1989, p. 170, 64th edition, published by Siegerländer Heimat- und Geschichtsverein e. V., publishing house for local literature.
- ↑ Hartmut Eichenauer: Siegen ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 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. (PDF; 12.2 MB) , approx. 1995
- ↑ The outdoor pool will be completely renewed on derwesten.de on November 10, 2009
- ^ Siegerländer Heimatkalender 1990, p. 24, 65th edition, Ed. Siegerländer Heimat- und Geschichtsverein eV, Verlag für Heimatliteratur
- ^ "The Geschwister-Scholl-Schule a piece of school history in Klafeld-Geisweid" on the school's website, accessed on July 16, 2011
- ↑ https://www.wp.de/staedte/siegerland/schulausschuss-huettentalschule-wird-lossen-id210364935.html
- ^ "Scrolled back ...", Siegener Zeitung of December 4, 2010
- ↑ Opportunity thinkers visit Siegen Mosque on Lebenshilfe-nrw.de, accessed on January 7, 2017
- ↑ Internet presence of the Beatles Museum
- ^ "A museum for industrial culture for the Siegerland" ( Memento from May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) accessed in the Internet archive on January 25, 2016 (PDF; 319 kB)
- ↑ DerWesten.de: Krupp high-rise is being demolished
- ↑ Official homepage for the flea market