Steinberg (Hildesheim)
The Steinberg is a wooded mountain ridge up to 141 m high in the southwest of the city of Hildesheim , which has served as a local recreation area since the end of the 19th century .
location and size
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The Steinberg rises between the districts of Weststadt and Ochtersum in the west and Godehardikamp and Neuhof in the east. It is enclosed on all sides by the Hildesheim city area. Its greatest east-west extension is around 500 m, while it is around 2.5 km long from north to south. The Trillkebach flows on its west side .
history
The first mention of the Steinberg by name dates from 1268. In the Middle Ages, the Steinberg was a bare ridge that served as a pasture for cattle and as a quarry, where sandstone was quarried . At times hops and wine were also planted here . The quarry from which the stones for the Hildesheim town hall , built in 1268, were taken, was formerly called Jakobskuhle and can still be seen today as a long, deep cut between the trees. In 1380 a watchtower was built on the Steinberg - as well as on the opposite Galgenberg - in connection with the Landwehr . In the Middle Ages, on the northern edge of the Steinberg in the area where the Trillkegut is today, the village of Lotingessem was located , which later became a desert .
Clay was mined on the eastern slope of the Steinberg from the 18th century , and in the 1850s a brickworks was founded on today's Ulmenweg, which was in operation until the end of the 1950s.
In 1862 the city of Hildesheim became the owner of the entire Steinberg. In order to create a local recreation area for the growing population of Hildesheim, the Steinberg was afforested in 1862–66. The management of the planting work was in the hands of Diekhholzen's chief forester August Brauns (1815–99). In 1905 a memorial was erected to him by the Beautification Association on the main path of the Steinberg. From 1884 to 1914, forest manager Friedrich Achilles (1845–1919), who was also given a memorial in the Steinberg, continued the work begun under Brauns.
Since the end of the 19th century the Steinberg has developed into a popular excursion destination. The restaurant that still exists today was built in 1899. The first tenant named Söhlemann had previously worked as a coppersmith, so that the name "coppersmith" quickly became popular for the restaurant.
During the Second World War , on November 26, 1944, a few bombs fell on the eastern slope of the Steinberg near the brickworks, but there was no significant damage.
In the 1960s, a forest nature trail and the still existing game gate with the forest museum were created.
The Steinberg today
Even today, the Steinberg is a popular local recreation area in the city of Hildesheim. It is easy to get to with the city buses, the “Waldquelle” and “Theodor-Bötel-Weg” stops are right next to the forest.
From the “Waldquelle” bus stop on lines 3 and 4, which are 82 m above sea level. d. M. is located, a wide hiking trail leads uphill to the "Kupferschmiede" restaurant. A boulder was erected on a pedestal along this path in 1905 as a memorial to August Brauns, under whose direction the Steinberg was forested from 1862 onwards. Another boulder can be seen in memory of Friedrich Achilles in a small yew grove not far south of the restaurant.
The Steinberg was mainly planted with deciduous trees, primarily beech and maple . Groups of yew trees have also been planted in some places . Near the restaurant, fauna and flora of the Steinberg are explained in a small forest museum. Native animals are kept in the enclosures and cages of the game gate.
A network of hiking trails runs through the Steinberg. On the south-western edge of the forest you can see the forester's house built in 1914 in the Heimat style. Not far from there, the Amelungsblick offers a beautiful view of the Hildesheim districts of Neuhof and Marienrode.
Memorial stone for August Brauns
Jakobskuhle , former quarry: this is where the sandstone of the Hildesheim town hall comes from
Memorial stone for Friedrich Achilles
Game gate
Restaurant coppersmiths
Forest Museum
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Zoder, p. 84
- ↑ a b c Pflaumann, p. 13
- ↑ Neigenfind, p. 29
- ↑ Pflaumann, p. 25ff.
- ↑ a b Zoder, p. 85
- ↑ Pflaumann, p. 14
- ↑ Schlotter, p. 100
- ↑ Zealand, p. 8.
- ↑ Segers Bell, p. 242.
literature
- W. Neigenfind: Our beautiful city . Gerstenberg Verlag , Hildesheim 1964.
- Ingrid Pflaumann: The Steinbergviertel in Hildesheim . A picture documentation created in the years 2007 - 2009. Gerstenberg Verlag, Hildesheim 2009.
- Hans Schlotter: Hildesheim in old postcards' . European Library, Zaltbommel (Netherlands) 1993, ISBN 978-90-288-1633-6 .
- Hermann Seeland: Destruction and fall of old Hildesheim . Chronicle from July 30, 1944 to May 8, 1945. Lax Verlag, Hildesheim 1947.
- Christiane Segers-Glocke: Monuments in Lower Saxony - City of Hildesheim . tape 4.1 . Hameln 2007, ISBN 3-8271-8262-X .
- Rudolf Zoder: The Hildesheimer streets . Gerstenberg Verlag, Hildesheim 1957.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ' N , 9 ° 56' E