District
As a district , and city square, city district, neighborhood or neighborhood (of French quartier , district 'to Latin quartus , the Fourth'), is referred to a part of a city .
description
The name comes from the fact that planned Roman, but also medieval cities were often divided into four equal parts by the two main streets crossing in the center.
A city district is a manageable social reference system, often consisting of only a few streets, which is differentiated from other city districts both spatially / geographically and by the social or ethnic structure of its residents. There is usually no official demarcation. The area is defined by its inhabitants and is independent of the area of a city district or district .
Such districts have different regional names:
- Bairro - in Brazil , varies from city to city: in large cities with, otherwise without their own administration, often just a naturalized name
- Barrio - in Spain
- Buurt - in the Netherlands
- Grätzl - in Vienna
- Kiez - in Berlin and in northeast Germany
- Kvarter (older spelling of Quarter ) - in Sweden , designates an inner-city building block surrounded by four streets. A "kvarter" always has a name.
- Malgrei - in today Bolzano belonging Zwölfmalgreien
- Mohalla - in India
- Quartier - in Switzerland and France , see also Quartier (Paris) , but also in Germany, e.g. B. in Augsburg ( Kammgarnquartier , Proviantbachquartier and Stadtbachquartier ) and Cologne ( Kwartier Latäng )
- Veedel - in Cologne .
Special district
Many neighborhoods have a special character, which is reflected in common names, including
- Bahnhofsviertel
- Financial district
- Slums
- Port district
- Church district
- Bohemian district
- Trendy district
- Lesbian and gay quarters
- Red light district
Historically burdened, but not always imposed, there are districts for religious, ethnic and cultural groups:
- Ghetto , especially Jewish ghetto
- Chinatown
The nightlife districts ( e.g. the university district in Graz , due to the proximity to the University of Graz ) and old town quarters of many cities have proper names.
See also
literature
- Klaus Zehner: Districts and centers in Cologne. A socio-geographical study of spatial structure and spatial behavior in the big city . Cologne Geographical Works, H. 47, Cologne 1987
- Günther Schweizer: At home in the big city. Location and spatial identification in the conurbation . Kölner Geographische Arbeit H. 61 (Ed .: H. Gebhardt and G. Schweizer. With the collaboration of P. Reuber), 1995
- Schnur, Olaf (Ed.): Neighborhood research - between theory and practice. VS-Verlag. Wiesbaden, 2008.
- Wüstenrot Foundation (Ed.): Stadtsurfer, Quartierfans & Co - Urban construction of young people and the network of urban public spaces . JOVIS Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-939633-65-5 .
