Central bus station in Flensburg

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ZOB Flensburg
ZOB Flensburg in the snow (Flensburg 2012) .JPG
Bus platform A of the central bus station in winter 2012
Data
opening December 31, 1931
location
city Flensburg
country Schleswig-Holstein
Country Germany
Coordinates 54 ° 47 '9 "  N , 9 ° 26' 15"  E Coordinates: 54 ° 47 '9 "  N , 9 ° 26' 15"  E
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The central bus station is not far from the Hafenspitze on the Flensburg Fjord (Photo: April 2012)
The Flensburg ZOB at night, 2015.

The Central Bus Station (ZOB) Flensburg ( Petuh : (s) zum ollen Bahnhof ) is the third largest in Schleswig-Holstein. It is the central stop for local and long-distance bus services to and from Flensburg . The Aktivbus Flensburg , Autokraft , Rohde Verkehrsbetriebe and Fördebus lines stop there . The ZOB Flensburg was the first bus station in Germany in 1931 .

history

In the middle of Flensburg city center , on the site of the old state train station from 1884, Germany's first bus station was built on the initiative of city councilor Jacob Clausen Möller , which was inaugurated on December 31, 1931. After its opening, the vernacular gave it the name Gummibahnhof . Before that, the arrival and departure point for bus routes was on Rote Straße , an alley that over time turned out to be too small for the larger vehicles. While the new Flensburg train station was relocated to its current location on the Mühlenteich, the new central bus station, thanks to its central location close to the Flensburg harbor, developed into the city's new transport hub, where overland traffic with passengers and freight could be handled.

After the ZOB was enlarged in 1951, a new station building was built in 1955 based on a design by the architect Georg Rieve . Freight traffic on the railway was stopped in 1975. A fundamental rebuilding and renovation of the bus station took place in 1997/98. The striking ZOB building, jokingly called UFO by the people of Flensburg, was torn down, which is still partly regretted by the city's residents to this day. An architecturally similar building from the 1950s still exists today with the Kneipp house in the Jürgensby district .

statistics

In 1939 more than 725,000 passengers were counted, in 1981 after the closure of the Flensburg tram lines over twelve million passengers used the ZOB. According to statistics from 1998, the central bus station was the hub for 26,000 passengers and 1,000 buses on normal weekdays.

Surrounding buildings and other infrastructure

  • The ZOB kiosk is located on bus platforms B and C.
  • The Landstrasse 249 coming from the Bundesstrasse 199 ends in the Kreisstrasse 28 to which the road connection Süderhofenden and Hafendamm belongs. This road connection leads in turn over the north road to the federal road 199. Due to this road connection and another road connection in the direction of Harrislee and the German-Danish border , the ZOB is in the central, heavily frequented traffic junction of the city.
  • Flensburg harbor railway east of the central bus station. Through the mouse hole , a pedestrian tunnel under the railway embankment, you get to the Johannisviertel . There a board provides information about the history of the ZOB, which was originally located directly on the railway embankment.
  • Flensburg harbor with its jetties, northeast of the central bus station. The tip of the harbor marks the beginning of the Flensburg Fjord .
  • UCI Kinowelt, the largest cinema in the city, is like the rest of the buildings to the west of the ZOB.
  • Ibis budget Flensburg City and the Hotel "Alte Post" are two hotels with a direct location to the central bus station.
  • Casino Flensburg, a casino
  • Europa-Haus , a commercial building with a shop ( snack bar ) on the ground floor. Until 1992, the building housed the Bahnhofshotel / Hotel Europa, where numerous celebrities stayed.
  • The Karstadt department store , through which you can get to the Holm , the main shopping street in Flensburg, if you do not choose the route via Nikolaistraße or Rathausstraße.
  • Holm-Passage, a passage with various shops, also leads to the Holm.
  • A bakery and a subway branch offer those waiting at the ZOB, among other things, fast food opportunities

Minor nodes

The central bus station was not the only traffic junction in Flensburg. With the Twedter Plack , an important secondary junction arose on the east side of the city in the 1960s , and there are other important secondary nodes for bus traffic at the corner of Angelburger Strasse and Südermarkt , the Hafermarkt and Burgplatz .

Considerations

There are considerations - suggested, among other things, by the Pro Bahn passenger association  - to build a new passenger station on the Flensburg port railway at the level of the central bus station. The central location at the central bus station is seen as an advantage in these proposals and it is assumed that this could increase the number of passengers. In 2015, an expert opinion on the possible further development of rail traffic in Flensburg was published, which took a closer look at various options submitted by the city. Of four feasible planned cases, one contained the combination of a large new long-distance train station in Weiche and a smaller station at the central bus station. In November 2016, the decision was made to keep the station at its current location. The majority of the City Council of Flensburg decided to implement a long-discussed cycle path on the railway line. The state of Schleswig-Holstein initially refused to approve the request of the city of Flensburg to de-mine the route at the end of 2018.

literature

Web links

Commons : Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof Flensburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WL Christiansen : Petuh ABC . 1st edition. Mohland Verlag, Goldebek 2003, ISBN 3-936120-46-3 , p. 92 .
  2. ^ Dieter Pust : Kings, Mayors and Presidents in Flensburg . Biographical sketches. Ed .: Society for Flensburg City History (=  small series . Issue 15). 1st edition. Flensburg 1987, ISBN 3-925856-04-8 , Lord Mayor Jacob Clausen Möller (1945–1950), p. 230-232 .
  3. ↑ ZOB. In: Society for Schleswig-Holstein History. Retrieved May 3, 2018 .
  4. ^ J. Schulz: Pro rail concept for rail traffic around Flensburg. In: nah.sh. Local transport association Schleswig-Holstein, February 24, 2011, accessed on May 2, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Gerhard Nowc: Bad user rate: who still takes the train in Flensburg? In: Flensburger Tageblatt. December 22, 2016, accessed May 2, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Expert opinion on the future rail structure in Flensburg , dated December 11, 2015; Retrieved on: May 3, 2018
  7. ^ Gertz Gutsche Rümenapp: Future railway structure in Flensburg. (PDF; 2.3 MB) City of Flensburg, September 25, 2015, accessed on May 2, 2018 .
  8. ^ Joachim Pohl: Flensburg: Majority relies on the existing train station. In: Flensburger Tageblatt. November 18, 2016, accessed May 2, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Gerhard Nowc: Flensburg Railway Network: No cycle path - the tracks remain. In: Flensburger Tageblatt. April 11, 2018, accessed May 2, 2018 .