Geisweid

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Location of Geisweid in Siegen

Geisweid is a district of the city of Siegen in the north of the city.

• 3.1 Traffic
• 3.2 Education
• 3.3 industry

• 4.1 Structures

Geography

Geisweid borders the neighborhoods Sohlbach in the north, Angsleah in the east, as well as Birlenbach and Long Holdinghausen in the south. In addition Geisweid called today one of the six districts of Siegen, which forms the district, together with the districts Birlenbach, Meis angle, long Holdinghausen, Dillnhütten, Sohlbach, book, sit down and top set.

Topographically, the area of the district in addition to the Sohlbach - overbuilt in this area mostly - by early level in the center Geisweids also various surveys, on which residential areas are located. These are in addition to the Heckberg and the Schießberg the Ruhrst and Wenscht. In the area between Schießberg and Wenscht Hofbachtal the Hofbach, which winds its way here to the center Geisweider flows. In addition, located in Hofbachtal the "Great Swan Lake ". Not far away, in the park in Albichtal, the "Little Swan Pond " is located.

Geographically Geisweid in Ferndorfbachtal and in the west adjacent side valleys of Birlen and Sohlbaches at an altitude 250-370 m height. The Monte Schlacko forms with 373.8 meters high the tallest, albeit artificial elevation in the local district. Other mountains include the mill mountain with 335 meters height.

History

A documentary mention of Klafeld, part of today's district Geisweid, was first held 1079-1089. Klafeld grew in the 17th century with the then nearly 250 year old cottage estate Geisweid together. 1819 Protestant market school was built, which was used until 1937.

The district was also known by the founded in 1896 Siegerländer stove factory, 1927 Change of name to win stove factory. In 1964 the relocation of the company after Buschhütten at Kreuztal.

Klafeld was coined by the steel processing industry, which Klafeld made ​​in the past to a prosperous community. One of the vestiges still the vast premises of the German steel works (formerly Krupp steel Südwestfalen ) and the slag heap, which is called by the inhabitants " Monte Schlacko " similar to Halden in the Ruhr and Saarland - which are substantially larger, even if they are not so prominently visible and the cityscape shape as in Siegen- Geisweid. In the village there were two large iron and steel works. The Birlenbacher hut was first mentioned in 1463 and was until 1971 in operation. The Bremer hut was built in 1873 as part of the railway connection. The hut was already closed in 1929 again.

Since 1845 passed the Geisweider iron works. They originated from the ancient Geisweider hammer. In 1951 the consolidation with the steel mill for steel Hagen AG Südwestfalen AG, which initially belonged in the postwar period to the main German companies in their industry. Between 1974 and 1984, the Krupp Stahl AG took over gradually the company. After several reclassifications ThyssenKrupp sold 2004 today firmierende as German stainless steel Werke GmbH conglomerate of several German works at the Swiss steel company Schmolz Bickenbach.

Geisweid had not so large pits as the neighboring community Angsleah. The largest was the North Star mine, which was first mentioned in 1720. 1855 deep tunnel was created. Support was from a depth of up to 67 m hematite and specular hematite, before the mine was closed in 1885 due to unprofitability.

On July 20, 1881 storm is aimed, after weeks of prolonged heat waves caused serious damage in the town.

Between 1954 and 1960, one of the so-called Marshall Plan settlements, which together with the previously in 1950 and 1952 respectively built-up areas " rear Wenscht " and " upper Wenscht " today under the name Wenscht originated in the " front Wenscht " is known. On the initiative of Erich Dudziak, the former labor director of steel Südwestfalen here a garden city was built with 220 homes and 330 rental apartments.

On June 11, 1963, the municipality was Klafeld, as requested by Klafelder Council on 4 September 1962 renamed Geisweid. She was often referred to nationally as Klafeld - Geisweid. On 1 July 1966, the place in the new community Hüttental, which was formed from the present-day district of Siegen Angsleah and eight other municipalities incorporated. Until then, he was a member of the Office Angsleah. On January 1, 1975, the city was incorporated into the city Hüttental victories.

Population figures

Number of inhabitants of the place:

Infrastructure and economy

Today's infrastructure Geisweids has a shopping center, is located in the addition to various retailers and service providers, a hotel and the town hall Geisweid. In addition, an outdoor swimming pool with 10 - meter diving tower, which is subjected in 2010 with estimated construction costs of 2.9 million euros a complete restoration exists. Is also added to the Schießberg the Friesenhalle, which is used for various events.

Traffic

Furthermore, through this district and the city of Siegen motorway Hüttentalstraße, short HTS. In addition Geisweid is connected via the railway station Siegen- Geisweid who still bore the old name Hüttental - Geisweid to 2008, the railway network.

Education

Several educational institutions are available in the district. So there is one real and secondary school and two primary schools.

These are located on each of the Schießberg Realschule am Schießberg and located in the immediate vicinity, in the meantime since 1 August 2006 firmierende as full-day secondary school siblings Scholl School. The junior high school was built there in the early 1960s. The relevant foundation stone dated 22 October 1962. Siblings Scholl School was established by merging the former Klafelder school, which was housed in a 1872 incurred and still preserved building in the Geisweider hut road, with the existing school of the same name. First, the school was renamed in secondary school at Schießberg, a little later but again changed to the currently valid name. Your home then the school received in the early 1980s built and inaugurated on September 30, 1982 construction above the junior high school.

Among the primary schools located on the Heckberg Hüttentalschule, which is native there since the early 1980s, after its location formerly was in elementary school located near Birlenbach in Diesterwegstraße at the foot of the mountain are shooting. Since the school year 2007/ 08, it was converted into an unlimited all-day school ( OGS). On the Ruhrst located with the school Geisweider another elementary school.

Moreover, the following educational institutions exist in the district:

• Albert Schweitzer School
• Technology Centre wins, a business incubator, inter alia, for start -up company that was initially in the Lyceum in Siegen (opening on 28 November 1985)

Scholl School

Industry

In addition to the German steel works and other companies in the metalworking industry have their headquarters in Geisweid. So here is, among other things, the company EEW Pickhan settled, in which repeated the American artist Richard Serra could produce his works of art.

Culture and sights

Geisweid is home of 27 m² smallest according to the Guinness Book of World Records Beatles museum in the world. Before the building of the technology center in Birlenbacher road there is also a back to 1898 derived 52 Tonnes flywheel eight meters in diameter, which knew before his service in the Geisweider iron works in the local block structure 2 of the block mill. The Technology Center stands on the site of the former Birlenbacher hut whose industrial plants fell in the 1980s and 1990s, the wrecking ball to the victim.

Structures

• Krupp skyscraper

• Talkirche

• Church of St. Mary Immaculate

• Wenschtkirche

• Geisweider cemetery

Sports

One of the many clubs based in Geisweid is the football club VfL Klafeld - Geisweid 08 In the 1971/72 season the team played in the regional league, which was the second highest football class in Germany at that time. Their home games carries out the team in Geisweider Hofbachstadion. Furthermore, it is also a traditional sports club, the TG Friesen, based here.

Regular events

In Geisweid place from March to November regularly on the first Saturday of the month a very large flea market, which is one of the largest in the southern- room.

Location of these carried out since 1970, the event is otherwise used as a parking area under the Hüttentalstraße after the flea market until the early 1990s, first took place in Geisweider shopping center.

Personalities

• Erich Baeumer (1897 -? ), Chickens researchers
• Erich Schatzki (1898-1991), aircraft designer
• Walter Schatzki (1899-1983), bookseller and antiquarian
• Richard Schatzki (1902-1992), radiologist
• Vormweg Heinrich (1928-2004), literary critic, essayist and radio author
• Dieter Falk ( born 1959 ), music producer and composer