Volksfestplatz (Lübeck)

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Volksfestplatz Lübeck (without Volksfest)

The Volksfestplatz is about four hectares in the north of Lübeck and is located on Travemünder Allee at the level of the Sandberg opposite the Ehrenfriedhof . From 1928 to 2014 it served as the venue for the annual Lübeck People's and Remembrance Festival .

history

The Lübeck People's and Remembrance Festival took place for the first time in 1848 as general target shooting at the Bürgererschützenhof near today's train station. As early as 1852 the festival was moved to the area in front of the castle gate . With the beginning of the First World War (1914), however, this area on the Burgfeld was required for the erection of hospital tents, so that the festival temporarily had to take place elsewhere.

From 1920 the Burgfeld was used again as an event location, until the decision was made in 1927 to provide a separate area on Lauerholz . The showmen were initially skeptical because of the somewhat remote location; from around 1932, however, the new venue was accepted by the Lübeckers.

After the bombing raid on Lübeck on March 29, 1942, large amounts of rubble were stored on the Volksfestplatz, so that it could only be used as an event location again from 1957.

Refugee quarters 2015–2016

In 2015, a camp of residential containers was set up on the square for refugees mainly from Syria, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. The initial reception facility offered space for 900 people and has been operated by the German Red Cross on behalf of the State of Schleswig-Holstein since September 12, 2015 . In November 2015 it was decided to increase the number of containers to 357 so that 1,500 refugees could be accommodated. At the end of June 2016, 100 people were still living on the site after Lübeck had fewer refugees assigned and the Hanseatic city had other accommodations. In August 2016, 22 people were still living there. It was closed in August 2016. 2992 people from 20 nations lived in the initial reception facility over a period of eleven months, including 575 children. The refugees were cared for by 300 volunteers.

Before the initial reception center was set up, the folk festival was moved to an area near the music and congress hall .

Development

The site is owned by the Hanseatic City of Lübeck. She is planning the "Waldsaum-Siedlung" on an area of ​​5.3 hectares. 70 terraced houses and 70 apartments for middle-income earners are to be built. Construction should start at the end of 2020.

literature

  • Uwe Müller: St. Gertrud. Chronicle of a suburban residential and recreational area (=  small booklets on city history. Booklet 2). Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1986, ISBN 3-7950-3300-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Premiere for the Volksfest at the MuK . Lübecker Nachrichten online, June 6, 2015
  2. ^ Cosima Künzel: Life in the refugee camp . In: Lübecker Nachrichten . October 11, 2015, p. 13.
  3. ↑ Wolfram Hammer: Land is significantly expanding initial reception in Lübeck . In: Lübecker Nachrichten . November 5, 2015, p. 1.
  4. ↑ Kai Dordowsky: Refugees: Luebeck does not need the Volksfestplatz . In: Lübecker Nachrichten . June 29, 2016, p. 21.
  5. ^ Wolfram Hammer: Refugees: Seger helps Hamburg . In: Lübecker Nachrichten . January 27, 2016, p. 7
  6. ↑ Kai Dordowsky: The end of the initial recording is imminent . In: Lübecker Nachrichten , August 11, 2016, p. 12.
  7. ^ Josephine von Zastrow: Lübeck's new building areas . In: Lübecker Nachrichten . 6./7. August 2017, pp. 12–13, here p. 13.
  8. ↑ That is why the festival site will remain idle until the end of 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 7 "  N , 10 ° 42 ′ 56"  E