Münster-Kinderhaus

Children's House is a residential area (district ) of Munster and lies about 4 km north of the city center. It is next to the districts Coerde and Sprakel to the municipality Nord. With its approximately 16,000 inhabitants Children's House serves primarily as a place of residence, although some service companies have located here. Children's House - Western regarded as a social focal point.

Geographical location

Boundaries of the district

Children's House is situated on both sides of the B 219 north of the city of Münster. It includes almost directly to the city limit of Münster. In the west the boundary runs along the B 54 to the A1 motorway and then in a northerly direction to the forest mountain bush. From there it runs in a drawn bow towards the east at Good Children's Home over the railway line Münster - Gronau and follows her in a southeasterly direction to the railway station Münster- Nord.

Structure

Broken down is the children's home in four centers:

• Children's House - center, the very center of the children's home with the shopping centers and seat of the district administration for the city district of North, which is drained by the children Bach.
• Brüningheide, a arisen in the context of social housing residential area with dense residential development and correspondingly high tenements. This part of the children's home is also considered a social problem.
• Bröderichweg on the eastern side of the B 219 with light and medium residential development and host of diverse services company, and some schools sponsored by the Regional Association of Westphalia -Lippe.
• Wilkinghege, which also includes the eponymous water castle Wilkinghege heard begins south of Brüningheide. By Westhoff road the road Wilkinghege connects the B219 with the B54. Wilkinghege ends at the border of the golf course Wilkinghege.

History

Children's Home was founded in 1333 and was at that time still far outside the gates of the cathedral. The name is derived from the name of a home for lepers, which was called the " kids hus". Besides this home existed until the beginning of the 19th century in the children's home only a church and a few farms.

In 1903, Children's Home was incorporated in Münster and experiencing a steady growth since then. Initially the settlement compressed along the B 219, before the mid- 1970s with Brüningheide a densely populated residential area with residential complexes was up to twelve storeys. 1984, the main center of the children's home around the Idenbrockplatz was ( named after the settlement or the " yard Ydenbrocke " from the 14th century) created. Here a selection of shops, library, indoor pool and the district administration have since established.

Currently, the development of children's home runs south towards the city center of Münster. In a southwesterly direction emerged in recent times another residential area with light residential development. In a southeasterly direction in Uppenberg district to various service companies settle.

Traffic

Children's House has connection to the B54 and the Münster-Nord quick access to the A1 motorway. If you follow the B 54 to the northwest direction, can be reached in about 70 km and an hour's drive by car Enschede in the Netherlands. Through children's house, even the B leads 219 ( Greven in Children's House road ), on the one hand in about 10 minutes, the city center of Münster achieved and head north to about 30 minutes to Münster / Osnabrück airport, which at the same time and the motorway A1 is reached.

Not far away, but already belonging to the downtown area, and the Münster train station is the center -north. Here exist with regional rail connections to Gronau, Rheine, Dortmund, Coesfeld and main station Münster.

From 30 September 1875 to 29 May 1987, the site was accessible via the breakpoint Children's House ⊙ 52.0046916666677.6141555555556 on the route from Munster to Gronau, today's railway Münster- Enschede. He lay at the intersection of B 219 with the rail line to Gronau. Since the dismantling of the plant in 1990 only still exists, the service building, which today is privately owned. The sign of the breakpoint went after consultation with Deutsche Bahn in the possession of the civic association children's home about and has since been seen in the local museum children's home.

Attractions

• Water Castle Wilkinghege from the year 1311, now use as a hotel
• Heritage Museum Children's House
• Leprosy Museum (Note: Leprosy Museum and Heritage Museum are located in the same building)
• Children Hauser Forest School from 1673, probably the oldest school building in Germany, is still taught in the.
• Max Clemens channel on the northern border of the children's home
• Good Children's House
• Event Art meets carbon

Sports

The association Westfalia children house rose, with its table tennis team of men within eleven years, ten times to the 2nd Bundesliga.