Eichert (Aue)

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View from the allotment site on the Eichert on the " High Wood " ( mountain in the background) and the slab on the slope of Eicherts; 2004

The Eichert together with the Heidelsberg a flat mountain range to the south of the center of Aue. The Eichert reaches a height of 564 meters, making it the highest point in the city. It consists of the hard material Andalusitglimmerfels. At the same time parts of this ridge are built since 1920 and count as district Eichert to Aue.

The mountain Eichert

Noteworthy in this area is the "red crest ", a quartz Eisenstein Fault, which is planted. The northern area of the mountain is built, the forested southwestern.

About the Eichert was for centuries the road to Bockau, which was called "Age Erzengelweg ". It was not until 1910, the current Bockenauer road was created and routes the traffic around the mountain.

The district Eichert

Residential development from 1920

In 1920 the town bought the floodplain Eichert on from the area of ​​Kaiserslautern state forest. Thus were new areas are available to alleviate the housing shortage (there were at this time about 1,500 home seekers in the city). Starting in 1920, built on the Eichert the urban construction company, a non-profit Building Association, an artisan cooperative and the cooperative settlement "My plaice " a row of terraced houses, which received the name " forest settlement on Eichert "; new roads such as the forest emerged. 1928 lived in this settlement ( Upper Eichert ) already 1,800 people. Until 1930 1.101 dwellings were completed. On the Eichert a homeless shelter was erected in 1929, which offered 21 apartments for families in need. This building (Am Eichert 30) was converted into the Nazi era to a Feierabendheim, in the communist era to an old-age or retirement home.

Urban area Eichert from 1990

In 2000, the nursing home has been extensively renovated and structurally expanded. To preserve the character development, the City Council adopted a preservation statute with a detailed map of the buildings around 2002. By 2011 there were in the residential area Eichert tavern in the street Am Eichert 20, which had to close due to bankruptcy of the owner and operator Olaf Küther. For the neighborhood restaurant, a buyer was sought and not found until 2012 by foreclosure.

The preservation statute was followed in 2013 decisions of the City Council, the following provision: " demolition worn and permanently vacant buildings and the adaptation of the housing stock. This should be done naturally in compliance with urban planning issues. Content of the concept are also improving, redesigning, re-use and improvement of open spaces. Particular importance in urban planning concept is especially true of the supply function of the residential area " for the Eichert tavern states:". During a future use concept for the existing building could, for example in the area of the ground floor, a community center / meeting center with various supplies to the area serving local amenities arise (eg consumption, post office, butcher / bakery store, etc.). The upper floors of the building could be used as dwellings or as a pension. Since the buildings in the area of ​​ILE is ( = Integrated Rural Development ) assisted area, part of the funding could potentially be realized by appropriate funding. The former department store, which is located next to it, would be suitable for the creation of additional parking spaces, which would also improve the overall parking situation, because the chances of finding an investor [ ... ], are likely to be present, however, regarded as minor. " Further plans are to improve the local supply in existing buildings or the opening of a neighborhood store. Finally, the ideas are there to set up a " small market place with the participation of powerful wholesaler of Aue ".

On the long meadow on the Eichert a newly designed multi-generational playground will be officially inaugurated on 24 March 2014. It is equipped with benches, traditional play equipment for children and young people as well as with devices for adults to improve flexibility and coordination (shoulder coach, Walker and massagers for back and hands, arms and legs). The city government has invested approximately € 30,000 for the first such place in Aue. About 85 percent of the amount came from the EU and the Free State of Saxony ILE program.

Residential District Lower Eichert and allotments

In 1964, the building began on the lower foothills of the mountain ( the " Lower Eichert " ) with simple residential buildings: four-storey prefabricated buildings with 370 apartments, to 1981, followed by other typical eleven-storey Betonplattenbauten. These can be inserted while not particularly advantageous in the cityscape, but offer residents the then usual quality of living with central heating, hot water - and have a good view.

On the steep flanks of the Eichert that will fall away Auernhammer out large parcels of land, on the initiative of a " natural medicine association" in the 1920s, the allotments " On Eichert " each with about 300 m² arranged, which is still used in the 21st century as gardens and the " Kleingartenverein Aue Eichert 1 eV " part.