Weidenhausen (Marburg)
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Weidenhausen
City of Marburg
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 22 ″ N , 8 ° 46 ′ 32 ″ E
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| Height : | 182 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 3.42 km² |
| Residents : | 796 (December 31, 2010) |
| Population density : | 233 inhabitants / km² |
| Postal code : | 35037 |
| Area code : | 06421 |
 View of Weidenhausen. In the foreground the university building and the market triangle (Erlenring) on the B3, on the right the Lahn with the Weidenhäuser bridge. In the background the south quarter.
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Besides the upper town, Weidenhausen is the oldest settlement area in Marburg (first documented mention in 1235) and belongs to the inner core town of Marburg. The former bridge suburb is located on the left bank of the Lahn directly across from the city center. a. connected by the Weidenhausen Bridge , which has existed since around 1250 and was last rebuilt in 1892 . The district is now bordered by the Erlenring in the north, the city motorway ( B 3 ) in the east, a green area in the south and the Lahn with the Trojedamm in the west.
Cityscape
Weidenhausen was originally a street village and still consists mainly of two rows of closely packed half-timbered houses , some of which are decorated with splendid wood carvings, along Weidenhäuser Straße, which leads to the bridge. The other larger streets next to the Erlengraben in the north are a new development area from the 1990s and named after Marburg twin towns (Mariborer Straße, Sfaxer Straße, Poitiers-Straße) and converge in Friedensplatz. In the south of the district, the Hirsefeldsteg acts as another bridge over the Lahn and connects the Lahntal cycle path along the river on the flood protection dam with the southern district.
The city's DJH youth hostel is also located in the south, near the Lahnwehr Grüner Wehr . The overnight accommodation used by school classes for school trips, school camps and city visitors was initially closed in January 2020 due to an upcoming renovation with possible demolition and new construction, but then remained permanently closed due to the corona measures caused economic problems of the youth hostel ; a new youth hostel would have cost around 7 million euros and was initially controversial in the city because of its barrack-like appearance. The old house, which is already being dismantled, could now "remain as a ruin."
Narrow alleys and passages lead to the numerous Weidenhäuser courtyards , which in September are the scene of the largest Marburg district festival, the Weidenhäuser Höfefest. Every year in September, the Weidenhausen duck race takes place in the district on the Lahn . The small park with lawn and children's playground on Trojedamm is named after the English town twinning Northampton Park , which has existed since 1992 .
The green weir, also called Weidenhausen weir, a hydraulic structure in the Lahn for a constant water level, irrigation of the gardens and mills with buildings from 1553 has a history-defining significance.
Weidenhäuser Street, row of houses and old town paving
Board for the history of Weidenhäuser
Half-timbered house Weidenhäuser Strasse 13
Weidenhäuser Strasse 99
View before 1900 from Weidenhausen to Oberstadt with Weidenhäuser Bridge
(will be renovated again in 2018)
Hirsemühle am Lahnufer (2016)
behind Trojedamm with a lime tree avenue
politics
The residents of Weidenhausen as one of the inner city districts of the core city are represented by a local council in addition to the city council .
See also
- The overview article on the urban structure of Marburg with maps and pictures of the neighboring districts.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marburg figures from 2009-2010 on the website of the city of Marburg (pdf; p. 4) ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Marburg figures from 2009-2010 on the website of the city of Marburg (pdf; p. 10) ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ^ Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 10, 2010). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ Youth hostel in Marburg before the end , Oberhessische Presse , May 12, 2020.
- ↑ Twinning with Northampton in England , website of the university town of Marburg, accessed on March 21, 2018.
- ↑ Monument protectors for the Green Weir: concrete block over the Lahn remains , Oberhessische Presse, March 1, 2018
- ^ Stadtgesellschaft - local advisory boards , website of the University City of Marburg, accessed on March 21, 2018.