Wellensiek (Bielefeld)
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| Typical development on Wellensiek | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Bielefeld |
| District | Dornberg |
| Created | 1928-1930 |
| Cross streets | Experience, Kreuzberger Strasse, Wertherstrasse |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic |
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| Street length | 1729 meters |
The Wellensiek is both a road and a residential development in Bielefeld . It was built under the influence of the garden city idea from 1927 and is largely a listed building. In this regard, it is a model settlement within Ostwestfalen-Lippe and, due to its state of preservation, is unique. It is an example of non-profit housing construction in the Weimar Republic . Wellensiek is also a statistical district of the city of Bielefeld in the Dornberg district .
prehistory
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Wellensiek area was still relatively far outside the city of Bielefeld and belonged to the Dornberg office . The area was used for agriculture, mainly by the Wellhöner farm, which was mentioned in 1550 and is around 60 acres in size. The management of this farm by the family came to an end after the First World War , when the heir Heinrich junior fell on the western front and his father Heinrich senior moved to live with his daughter in Sundern . The land was leased. On January 28, 1927, the Ravensberger Heimstättengesellschaft (RHG) - now part of LEG - bought the site. After lengthy negotiations with the community of Grossdornberg, it was incorporated into the city of Bielefeld in 1930. The Bielefeld law reorganized the region in 1973 and the Wellensiek came back to Dornberg - now a district of the city of Bielefeld.
Planning and construction
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After the adoption of the Prussian Housing Act on March 28, 1918 and the associated financial support for non-profit building, a forerunner of social housing , companies were founded in many parts of Prussia. The RHG was entered in the commercial register in 1922 as a subsidiary of the Westfälische Heimstättengesellschaft, which was founded in Münster in 1918 , and, contrary to the rules of the parent company, also saw the independent creation of living space as its purpose. The area of the wave seal should serve for this purpose. Initially, 334 apartments were planned. However, the total number was increased to 529 apartments due to the increased demand of the growing city, 24 single-family houses were built for sale. The majority should be housed in two-family houses. The construction was financed by grants from the city of 1200 RM per apartment. In addition, the city took over the costs of building a school and for loan interest from the RHG. The city's expenditures totaled 543,300 RM. The houses were planned by the architect Bernhard Kramer and built from 1928 onwards along a main axis that divided in the middle. The houses were built with pumice concrete and red hollow bricks and plastered using the Torkret method . The first occupancy could take place in 1930. The school was also finished. In the course of time a shop and a post office were added. In line with the garden city idea, all properties were equipped with front and rear gardens. The loose buildings and plants should also emphasize living in the countryside. Last but not least, the residents should be given the option of self-sufficiency. In terms of design, the main square has been upgraded with a seating area and the water fountain. From 1939 the Catholic Holy Spirit Church and the Evangelical Christ Church were built on the edges of the site. The latter is now no longer owned by the community and is used as an event room, the Holy Spirit Church as the Serbian Orthodox Basilius Church. Together with the incorporation to Bielefeld, there was also an inner-city transport connection. A bus turning point was built on Wertherstrasse. For 20 years (1944–64) it was the end point of a trolleybus line.
Todays situation
The central building of the university was erected in the immediate vicinity from the end of the 1960s . As a result of this neighborhood and the expansion of the Bielefeld settlement area towards the west, but above all the expansion of the transport connections - first by bus lines, then by tram line 4 - the Wellensiek has now to a certain extent moved into the city. Around four decades after the university opened, there were extensions and the new construction of the university to the north of Wellensiek, which is now directly adjacent to the new university campus. The loose, for the most part, listed buildings, the uniformly preserved streetscape and the greenery justify its reputation as a popular residential area. Current valuations of the properties show it to be above average profitable in a national comparison. Within Bielefeld, it is in the middle price segment in relation to purchase prices. A large part of the living space belongs to LEG Immobilien, the single-family houses mainly to other private individuals.
Residents
Of the more than 500 apartments, only 470 were initially occupied. This was mainly due to the location of the Wellensiek, which was unfavorably far from the city without adequate bus or tram connections. The poorer and more immobile sections of the population in particular did not find living there attractive. Also, shares in the amount of 500 RM had to be subscribed, which, although they earned interest, were still a burden. At the same time, however, the pressure on the housing market increased due to the demographic development. In the course of the global economic crisis , the demand for affordable living space continued to rise, so that gradually all apartments could be rented. A bus line with hourly intervals has also been set up. The rents were RM 68 for ground floor apartments and RM 78 for upper floor apartments. The first-time residents included 361 families, 67 of whom had more than three children. In 1939 there were only 336 families of which 122 had more than three children. These figures show the importance of Wellensiek as a place of residence for the relatively poor, which also meant that the area had a bad reputation in Bielefeld for a long time. After the Second World War , which Wellensiek survived practically unscathed, the population was 2380 in 1950 and fell to 1450 by 1970. In addition to the general demographic development, the decline in the number of inhabitants reflected the desire of many families to own a home. Due to the increased prosperity, this was also financially achievable for them. In 2014 the statistical district had 916 inhabitants with an average age of 38.76. The decrease in this value since 2000 (41.63) is remarkable. This clearly shows, on the one hand, the tendency towards more single-person households and, on the other hand, certainly also the direct vicinity of the university and the corresponding demand for living space by younger population groups.
Others
There is also a sports club in the district, VfR Wellensiek.
literature
- Petra Hanke: The Wellensiek settlement in the west of Bielefeld - 1927 - 1990 . 1st edition. Schlee Verlag Bielefeld, Bielefeld 1993, ISBN 978-3-923591-05-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Bunte: Overcoming the housing shortage - victory of home decor. Non-profit housing construction in the Weimar Republic using the example of Ravensberger Heimstättengesellschaft mbH publishing house for regional history. Bielefeld 1995
- ^ Hanke, Petra: The Wellensiek settlement in the west of Bielefeld 1927-1990. Volker Schlee Publishing House. Bielefeld 1993, p. 7f
- ↑ Bunte, Thomas: Overcoming the housing shortage - victory of home decor. Non-profit housing construction in the Weimar Republic using the example of Ravensberger Heimstättengesellschaft mbH. Publishing house for regional history. Bielefeld, p. 55ff
- ↑ Of these, 296 were two-family houses, each with 75.15 m², 8 (2 with 98.6 m² and 6 with 78.56 m²) in an apartment building, 30 in single-family houses (24 with 99 m² and 6 with 107 m²).
- ↑ a b c Bernd J. Wagner: May 28, 1928: Work begins on the Bielefeld garden city of Wellensiek. City of Bielefeld, accessed on October 12, 2015 .
- ^ Law on the expansion of the Bielefeld district. (pdf; 7 kB) In: Collection of Laws for the Royal Prussian States. June 11, 1930, p. § 1 , accessed April 14, 2010 .
- ^ Hanke, Petra: The Wellensiek settlement in the west of Bielefeld 1927-1990. Volker Schlee Publishing House. Bielefeld 1993, p. 10ff
- ^ Hanke, Petra: The Wellensiek settlement in the west of Bielefeld 1927-1990. Volker Schlee Publishing House. Bielefeld 1993, p. 22
- ^ Hanke, Petra: The Wellensiek settlement in the west of Bielefeld 1927-1990. Volker Schlee Publishing House. Bielefeld 1993, p. 43ff
- ↑ Capital Real Estate Compass Bielefeld-Wellensiek. Capital Magazine, 2015, accessed October 12, 2015 .
- ^ Statistical information from the city of Bielefeld. City of Bielefeld, accessed on October 12, 2015 .
- ^ VfR Wellensiek Bielefeld 1951 eV Website of the association
Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 24.2 " N , 8 ° 29 ′ 14.9" E