Kesselbrink

The Kesselbrink is a central place in the city of Bielefeld. It is located in the northeast of the city center, close to the Jahn place.

History

Situated in the eastern city center about 2 acres of space initially served as cattle pasture. Each member of citizenship was required to hold at least one animal in order to obtain manure for crop production. Thus arose the present name, derived from Köttelbrink. About regional importance of the place, as you in 1666 a mineral spring discovered, but quickly dried up. As a garrison town of Bielefeld in 1713, was the Kesselbrink served as a parade ground, but remained in the possession of citizenship.

Due to the increasing industrialization and thus concomitant population growth over the place soon became the center of the city. The first built in 1884 Bielefeld gym was located at the corner Kesselbrink / Heeper road. From then on, the square served as a fixed place for festivals and circus performances. 1905 was Arminia Bielefeld here from his first football games.

Initial plans for construction of the square there were in the 1920s. A library, a house of education, arts and welfare were planned, due to the onset of the economic crisis but not realized. Instead, the place of unemployment has been turned into a park ( 1926).

In the Nazi era, the square was used as a parade ground. In the years 1941 and 1942 Jews, homosexuals and other undesirable by the Nazis individuals were collected in the Kyffhaeuser restaurant, before being deported. Today, a memorial plaque at the main station especially to the victims.

After the war, the place was long unpaved parking lot. 1960/61, has started the construction of the then largest underground car park of Germany and the building of the police headquarters. After about five years to build the underground car park and from April 1965 it erected a central bus station for the then well-developed intercity bus service could be used. Of the 17 bus platforms, among others drove buses to Osnabrueck, Muenster, Detmold and Paderborn. The tallest building in Bielefeld, the 18-story high-rise building telecommunications, was completed in 1974.

Renewed plans for a redesign of the square there was the late 1980s, but were never implemented. By October 1986, the tram line 3 drove past the Kesselbrink. In the 1990s, the regional bus station was relocated to Central Station. On the edge of the square is a large open space left by the demolition of dilapidated and asbestos- contaminated indoor swimming pool, which remained some years unused. Meanwhile there is a new building was built with office and residential units.

The square is today served by numerous bus terminus of the city bus line 28 and about 200 m from the Jahnplatz U-Bahn stop.

On the Kesselbrink Saturdays Bielefeld main market takes place.

Planning and redesign

In the context of Agenda 21 and the Bielefeld funding urban redevelopment West of the square was redesigned for 1.6 million euros for the appreciation of the place and the renovation of dilapidated underground parking were provided. Plans to build on the Kesselbrink a senior or Funsport plant were discarded.

First, a feasibility study was carried out in April 2010, which announced the results of a public discussion process and brings together a traffic study of the adjacent streets and recommendations for a redesign. In July 2010, a competition to redesign the boiler Brinks was proclaimed the winner was a consortium of Berlin architects and engineers. In preparation for the transformation of the demolition of the pavilion took place in the fall of 2010. The redesign began in the fall of 2011. Purpose first the come and dilapidated in the years underground car park was redeveloped. Subsequently, the implementation of the winning draft, which provided a formal park with rows of trees and a grass plateau began. In addition, the winning design includes seat plates in the form of cloth rollers, which are intended to represent the reference to the former weavers city of Bielefeld as well as children's toys, a water feature and a café pavilion. In the middle of a paved multi-purpose area was created, which takes place on the weekly market. The existing before the redesign skate park was completely demolished and rebuilt again. Although the foreseen in the draft Café was part of the design, but not of the financing plan. The Bielefeld Cooperative BGW has announced to act as an investor, if an operator is found, the assumes the costs for rent and interior. This has not been done until now ( mid-2013 ). The Kesselbrink is still remained permeable as a connection to the city, also in the future to realize the possibility of a new above-ground light rail line 5 in the direction Heepen to. The new boiler Brink was completed in June 2013 and is now released to the skate park, to the public. As part of the state-wide " downtown day 2013 - Off to the center" of the new Kesselbrink was officially opened in September 2013. With the contribution " unglaublich.kesselbrink: the non-place for InOrt " sat the city of Bielefeld in the national competition as one of 38 applicants by making it one of the 12 host cities. The streets around the Kesselbrink be around, just in time for 800 years celebration of the city of Bielefeld, also restored by the year 2014.

Skatepark

The newly designed and enlarged Skate Park will be opened on the east side of the boiler Brinks redesigned in spring 2013 and is with the opening of the largest urban skate park in Germany. Together with the skate park is one of the Kesselbrink across the street skate pub, as well as a new skate shop now. The new Kesselbrink should thus become a meeting place for the local skate scene. Is to operate the new plant from the sports club TSVE 1860 Bielefeld, further to the future international competitions take place there.