Solitude (Flensburg)

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The Solitüder beach pavilion with the bistro and the DLRG station in it in summer 2016
Solitüde beach in June 2015

Solitüde ( Danish : Solitude ) is an area of ​​the city of Flensburg . It is located in the Mürwik district , on the Flensburg Fjord and to the west of Meierwik , which belongs to Glücksburg .

The small area of Solitüde also belongs, together with Waldeshöh , Twedter Holz , Fahrensodde as well as Twedter Mark and the Cäcilienschlucht , to the urban district of the same name of the independent city of Flensburg . Usually, however, in Flensburg, solitude is understood to mean the said small area, which consists of small wooded areas (solitude forest), steep slopes , a somewhat thinner development and the beach of Solitüde. The Solitüde area is named after the French word for " loneliness ". The Friedheim district is south of Solitüde .

history

Creation of Solitüdes

The coat of arms of Brokdorf , in the Holstein region , still shows the winged fish, the heraldic animal of the Brockdorffs.
The old Solitüde country estate building with the mini golf course in front of it in the summer of 2015

In the said area near Twedter Holz , which originally belonged to the Meierwik area bordering to the east and was therefore called "Meyerwik" at the time, there was only a single farm in the 19th century, which had arisen from a cottage. This farm with its land was acquired in 1841 by Baron Schack von Brockdorff zu Petersholm and Thomasgaard, a royal Danish chamberlain. The baron, who first served as a lieutenant colonel, was then promoted to colonel and later was customs administrator in Kiel , had a stately building erected in Solitüde. With royal permission, he gave his country estate the French name Solitüde, as was the fashion at the time in aristocratic circles. The baron died on January 14th, 1858 in Wandsbek , he had already sold his country estate Solitüde in 1845. After that, the Solitüde farm changed hands several times in a few years until it became the property of the Rasch family in 1858. At some point later, the property ultimately became the property of the city of Flensburg. In 1910 the Solitüder area was incorporated into Flensburg as part of Twedt together with Twedter Holz , Fruerlund and Engelsby .

In the 1910s, Solitüde was hardly a destination for excursions. In 1912 the tram to Mürwik was set up with the terminus below Kelmstraße , which opened up the beaches between Fahrensodde and Meierwik at least to some extent. But only after the First World War and the subsequent referendum of 1920 with the resulting separation of the now Danish northern bank of the Förde from Flensburg, which resulted in controls at the border crossing, the southern bank of the Flensburg Fjord was more animated, since the Flensburg excursionists have had problems with the Flensburg since then Wanted to avoid crossing the border. In 1922/23, over 200,000 cubic meters of sand that had been dredged when the free port basin, today's Kielseng yacht harbor , was dumped in the Bay of Solitüde and washed up on what is now the beach of Solitüde, which in this way was considerably affected Greatness gained. In 1924 Solitüde was finally declared a lido. In the same year, the Solitüde farm of Baron Schack was converted into a summer restaurant based on plans by Paul Ziegler and Theodor Rieve. At some point during this time, Solitüde also received a steamboat mooring bridge, which can now be used as a bathing bridge. In 1925, tram line 4 to Glücksburg was also put into operation. This made it possible for the people of Flensburg to hike from Kelmstrasse to Solitüde, from there on to Glücksburg, and then take the tram back to the city ​​center .

Further developments in the 1930s and 1940s

The development of Solitüdes, to a place of recreation , was also favored by the fact that the bathing beach of Klein-Westerland, which is closer to the city, near today's Sonwik , was built over in the 1930s as a result of the construction activity of the navy in Mürwik and was thus a free alternative .

In the 1930s, the Solitüde restaurant also had an open-air stage ( location ) for open-air theater performances. On summer days, artists from the Flensburg City Theater performed operas and operettas. For example, an operetta called Ännchen von Tharau , Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a play called “ Heinzelmännchen's Wach Parade ” at Christmas time were also performed there . Even Indian games were aligned there. During breaks in the rain, the spectators could find shelter in a neighboring barn.

In 1935 a larger canoe meeting took place in Solitüde from June 8th to 10th .

At the end of the Second World War , Solitüde was in the middle of the special area Mürwik with the last Reich government under Karl Dönitz . After the partial surrender of the German troops in northern Germany, Denmark, Norway and the northern Netherlands on May 4th , more than 70 submarines were sunk in the Flensburg area according to the rainbow order actually withdrawn by Dönitz, most of them in the area of ​​the Geltinger Birk . On May 5, 1945, U 2551, which belonged to the XXI submarine class , the most modern submarine type at the time, also sank. The wreck then lying in shallow water was apparently blown up on July 23, 1945 by British command.

Developments since the post-war period

In 1950 a bus line from the central bus station to Solitüde was set up for the first time . At the end of the Second World War , a large number of people fled to the Fördestadt (see population development in Flensburg ). At that time, the Solitüde restaurant served temporarily as a refugee camp, which was apparently not officially recognized as a post-war aid camp. A mini golf course was laid out in front of the inn in 1963 . In the 1960s, Solitüde Beach was home to the city-run Solitüde campsite for hundreds of tents and caravans. The campsite existed until the early 1970s. Solitüde has been one of the landscape protection areas of the city of Flensburg since 1976 .

At the end of the 20th century, the Solitüder beach pavilion was built west of the path to the bathing bridge. It housed a restaurant, a kiosk, sanitary facilities and the DLRG . Since 2014, the restaurant and kiosk area of ​​the pavilion has temporarily not been used. Bastian's beach bistro has been located in the pavilion since May 2016 . In the Bistro since ice cream, lemonade, coffee, cakes, sausage, french fries are sold and the like to the bathers. Since then, the premises have also been rented out for family celebrations and the like.

Solitude today

Today, the area is largely used for local recreation. In addition to two large playgrounds, there is an Italian restaurant in the baron's old property (Solitüde 13). The mini golf course there is open in summer. The small Baltic Sea beach with its flat dunes and fine sand is particularly popular . Solitüde is one of the two bathing beaches in the city of Flensburg. It is mostly livelier than the older Baltic seaside resort from the 1870s. Entering the beach is not chargeable. It is monitored by the DLRG in the summer months . The beach is also used for private celebrations, for example on Gentlemen's Day or on different days of the year by student groups as well as the annual Solitüdefest , a kind of district festival Mürwik, which is aimed particularly at young families. The local recreation area is well attended in summer. In winter, however, it becomes more lonely there.

  • View from the edge of the forest down to the beach of Solitüde (winter)

  • Solitary forest in June 2014

  • Solitüder beach towards summer 2014

  • Solitüder beach in summer 2015

  • Bathing bridge in June 2015

  • The Solitüde jetty with Winzigerhuk von Meierwik in the background (winter)

  • View from Solitüde lido to Meierwik (winter)

  • Solitüder beach during sunset

Solitude festival

In addition to privately organized beach festivals, the one-day Solitüdefest takes place once a year, which is apparently the oldest city ​​festival in Flensburg. It took place for the first time in 1979 as a small event organized by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsches Schleswig (ADS). The idea for the festival came from Gertrud Wendrich the for the association Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsches Schleswig that until 1986 the family home led.

The first Solitüdefest was celebrated with only five stalls in rainy weather in one of Solitüdes forest clearings. At the beginning of the 1980s, the Solitude Festival was merged with the Schleswig-Holstein Day and has been heavily influenced by it ever since. The festival took place under the Low German motto "The summer festival in Solitüd - för lütte un för groote Lüüd". The number of visitors increased significantly. The city festival atmosphere for the 700th anniversary of Flensburg in 1984 also stimulated the festival. For example, the Flensburger Sparkasse minted commemorative coins for the city's anniversary during the Solitude Festival. The NDR radio attended the Solitüdefest. In addition, prominent politicians such as Federal President Karl Carstens and Björn Engholm visited the festival. The large number of visitors at that time in these years has probably not been reached since then.

After the merger of the financially weak Grenzfriedensbund with the economically sound ADS to form the ADS Grenzfriedensbund , the popular motto was changed and has been: "Festival of Minorities". Since then, the minorities have been the focus. In particular, the proportion of Danish coloring has increased since then. The Danish consulate has also been the patron of the event for several years, alongside the city of Flensburg. In 2015 the Flensburger Tageblatt noted : “Although this year, with more than 50 participating clubs, it was more diverse than ever before, at the end of the day the colors red and white dominated the picture. Flensburg is and will remain the city of the Danish minority. "

The number of visitors varies greatly depending on the weather. In 2010 there were 20,000 visitors. A year later in rainy weather it was obviously less. The 34th Solitüdefest in 2013 was even canceled half an hour later, after it was officially opened at 3 p.m. by Mayor Christian Dewanger. A heavy thunderstorm with heavy rain and gusts of wind broke over the visitors. Today around 10,000 festival goers are estimated on average each year. The 38th Solitude Festival took place on July 1, 2017. On June 23rd, with moderate, slightly rainy and windy weather, thousands of guests came to the 39th Solitude Festival.

The annual participants and stand operators include Malteser Germany , the Nord-Ostsee Sparkasse , the Technical Operations Center (TBZ), the Flensburger Funsport- Verein Sportpiraten, the Spielmobil , the German Life-Saving Society , the Flensburg fire brigade and the self-help building association .

  • Flensburg's city flag at the Sollitüdefest

  • Built Büne with making music Flensburg city blowers

  • Playmobile at the playground during the solitude festival

  • Fixed stands at the playground next to the restaurant

  • Festival stands on Ewoldtweg

  • Fixed stands on the way to the bathing bridge

  • Inflated slide and bouncy castle at the Solitüdefest 2014

  • Established golf course for the solitude festival

Transport links

Solitüde restaurant bus sign

The bus line 3 of the municipal Aktivbus Flensburg GmbH stops directly at the Solitüde restaurant. One station later, the line ends at the edge of Solitüde near Meierwik at a turning circle . There are also some parking spaces near the restaurant, but these can quickly be fully parked during major events. The next bus junction, with other bus connections, is about a kilometer away at Twedter Plack . There is also a stop for line 21 to Glücksburg in neighboring Meierwik.

various

A solitary beach district with beach chairs
View towards Ox Islands from the shore of Solitüde
  • From Solitüde, the opposite delivery area from Wasserkleben to the nearby ox islands can be seen. Also on display is the location on a promontory hidden behind trees Fleet Command in neighboring Meierwik.
  • The Ewoldtweg runs along Solitüde , which is part of the longer “Ewoldt hiking trail” that leads to Holnis . Today the path is also part of the Fördsteig .
  • There are no hotels in the immediate vicinity of Solitüde, only holiday homes, but in the neighboring Meierwik is the most renowned hotel in the area, the five-star Vitalhotel Alter Meierhof, with a view of the fjord and the beach of Solitüde.
  • In the port of Flensburg there is a listed barge from the 1940s, which was named after the Solitüde lido.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City districts, published by the City of Flensburg ( Memento from February 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Living between forest and water , from: September 3, 2011; Retrieved on: June 17, 2017
  3. ↑ See for example: Flensburger Tageblatt : SG Inside: Kapitän is looking forward to the first child , from: September 17, 2013 and Flensburger Tageblatt : Reise in die Beatjahre , from: February 17, 2010 as well as: Wif, Hundefreilauf ( Memento of the original from July 22nd, 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. , accessed on: May 15, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wir-in-flensburg.de
  4. ↑ Schack was the baron's first name. The baron apparently had nothing to do with the noble family of the same name. See Schack (noble family)
  5. ↑ Schack von Brockdorff, on Petersholm and Thomasgaard 1773-1858 ; Retrieved on: May 20, 2015
  6. ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Solitüde
  7. ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Solitüde
  8. ^ Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! , Flensburg 2009, article: Solitüde
  9. ↑ Schack von Brockdorff, on Petersholm and Thomasgaard 1773-1858 ; Retrieved on: May 20, 2015
  10. ↑ In 1845 Paul Albert from Copenhagen bought the farm from the baron. In 1847 the farm was sold to the Englishman Thomas Lloyd Gittins, who came from Shropshire . Presumably this was a railroad shareholder (see Flensburg train station ). In 1952, the Englishman sold the farm on to a gentleman named Anton Franz Tuquet, who, based on the name, is partly suspected to have been French. (see Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Solitüde)
  11. ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Solitüde
  12. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Living between forest and water , from: September 3, 2011; Retrieved on: June 17, 2017
  13. ^ Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 413
  14. ↑ Flensburg Atlas , Flensburg 1978, map no.16
  15. ↑ Flensburger Ilusstrierte News, January 3, 1934 Page 16
  16. ^ Flensburger Tageblatt : 150 years of city history from the perspective of the newspaper Kiel / Hamburg 2016, page 85
  17. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : More land, less sand: Solitüde in Flensburg: “There used to be more beach!” , From: 5th August 2016; Retrieved on: June 17, 2017
  18. ^ Lutz Wilde : Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 2, Flensburg, page 548
  19. ↑ Flensburger Ilusstrierte News, January 3, 1934 Page 16
  20. ^ Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! , Flensburg 2009, article: Klein-Westerland
  21. ^ Flensburg Journal : Streets and districts. From Jürgensby to Große Straße 15-19 , from: May 28, 2014; Retrieved on: June 17, 2017
  22. ^ Flensburg Journal : Flensburg streets and districts. Between Twedter Holz and Fahrensodde ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dated: June 26th, 2015 and there on page 15  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on: June 17, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flensburgjournal.de@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.flensburgjournal.de  
  23. ^ Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 408
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  27. ↑ Solitüde mini golf course * since 1963 * , accessed on: May 15, 2015
  28. ↑ Flensburg, Bild einer Stadt , Flensburg 1967, page 127
  29. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Beach Life: Hope for the Solitude Pavilion , from: August 16, 2014; Retrieved on: June 17, 2017
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  31. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Beach Life: Hope for the Solitude Pavilion , from: August 16, 2014; Retrieved on: June 17, 2017
  32. ^ Pavilion Solitüde GmbH & Co. KG - Flensburg ; Retrieved on: June 17, 2017
  33. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Beach Life: Hope for the Solitude Pavilion , from: August 16, 2014; Retrieved on: June 17, 2017
  34. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : More land, less sand: Solitüde in Flensburg: “There used to be more beach!” , From: 5th August 2016; Retrieved on: June 17, 2017
  35. ↑ Falk-Verlag : City map Flensburg + area map, 2013
  36. ↑ Focus Online : Police FlensburgFlensburg: Several physical injuries in Solitüde , from: May 26, 2017; Retrieved on: May 26, 2017
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  38. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Solitüdefest: Minorities in focus , from: June 28, 2010; Retrieved on: May 26, 2017
  39. ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Flensburger Strand: Solitüdefest: Colorful, wet, happy , from: June 25, 2018; accessed on: June 25, 2018
  40. ^ Advertisement of the ADS Grenzfriedensbund on the death of Gertrud Wendrich in 2014 , accessed on: June 25, 2018
  41. ↑ Flensburg's biggest family celebration turns 30 on: June 26th, 2009; Retrieved on: May 26, 2017
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  45. ↑ Schleswig-Holsteinischer Landtag : Drucksache 18/527918 - Minority Report 2017 , page 111; Retrieved on: May 26, 2017
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  53. ↑ Events and projects 2017 , accessed on: June 17, 2017
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