Nikolausberg
51.5638888888899.9811111111111289Koordinaten: 51 ° 33 ' 50 "N, 9 ° 58' 52" E
Nicholas Berg in the city of Göttingen
Nicholas Berg is a north-eastern district of the university town of Göttingen. He is just like the neighboring district Roringen with 280 to 350 m above sea level. Sea level up to 200 m higher than the Göttingen 's city center. While in 1896 just 288 inhabitants were recorded, their numbers have increased substantially in the 1950s, since the construction of the water line and in 2008 was already 3672.
Nicholas Berg has all the major infrastructure facilities such as kindergarten, primary school and nursery, pharmacy, doctor's surgery, physiotherapy, post office, a supermarket and three restaurants.
The amounts reported as nature reserves on land and in the field Bornberg Bratental accommodate many protected and rare native plant and animal species.
- 3.1 monastery church
- 3.2 Ries waiting
- 3.3 home club
- 5.1 Radiated programs
History
On the Origin of the place, there are no traditions. Occupied, however, is that Nicholas Berg place names Olrikes - Odelrades, Oldershusen - Olredeshusen, needle wheel - Ulrades, and Ulrideshusen ' was in earlier times. The formation probably took place at the beginning of the 12th century and is closely connected with the monastery once incurred in place. After a fire, and the favorable location in the valley this has led residents to move the monastery after Weende, while the remaining land on the ground in monastic hand. This, it sold but gradually at a low quit-rent, so that the settlers could grow on the Nicholas Berg. In this way the village Klaus Berg said to have originated.
Place name
The name derives from a legend according to which in the monastery church Nikolausberg relics of Nicholas of Myra were kept. According to legend, came in 999 AD, three pilgrims, of which left a relics of St. Nicholas Church, dying, to the chapel on the Nicholas Berg. However, this legend must be regarded as doubtful, since the bones of St. Nicholas came only in 1087 AD from the present-day Turkey to southern Europe. The name of Nicholas Berg has probably enforced only since the 16th century, initially in the shortening Claus Berg. The original name of the community was Ulrideshusen, with further mentions as Adelratheshusen, Ulradeshusen, Olerdeshausen and Olrikshusen.
Incorporation
On July 4, 1964, until then independent municipality Nicholas Berg was incorporated into the county town of Göttingen.
Education and Research
About 0.5 kilometers from Nicholas Berg, Am Fassberg, there are two institutes of the Max Planck Society, the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization. The latter is particularly striking by the architecture of the experimental hall. Both institutions are important jobs for highly qualified scientists. On the grounds of the institute is also home to a large data center, the company for academic computing mbH Göttingen, short GWDG, which is also responsible in large part for the IT infrastructure of the University of Göttingen.
In the East, Nicholas Berg is named after the educator Janusz Korczak elementary school. There is a spacious two so -called " Reliable Elementary School", with around 180 children. Apart from the actual school building of 1971, which was founded in 2005 outside and 2008 inside modernized, the Otto -Nolte sports hall, which is used by both the school and the sports club Nikolaus Berger Sport Club ( NSC), and an extension is. This was planned from the beginning, but never started. It was not until 2005, after massive civil commitment and support from the Patrons, the school was able to build an extension after 35 years. There is a music room, a workroom, a teaching tool room and the staff room in it. In the vacant spaces pulled the branch Nikolausberg the City Library Göttingen, and some areas were converted to classrooms. The school won several times the price of school environment in Europe.
Culture and sights
Abbey
The foundation of the monastery church is not historically proven. However, the church contains remains of an Augustinian monastery. The latter is assigned to the year 1162 by a document in which Pope Alexander III. the nuns Nicholas Berg's possession of her convent confirmed. In addition, the monastery belonged, according to this document, four hooves in the neighboring village Roringen. The convent was laid in 1180 AD after Weende, probably because of the hard to reach location and lack of fresh water in the immediate vicinity of the monastery. In the 19th century were of the monastic buildings still visible remains of the foundations at the point where now stands the parish hall at the. At the nunnery still remember street names such as " Augustiner Straße ", " At the Cross" and " Nonnenstieg ". Thanks to the relics that still remained in the church after 1180, kept the church until the Reformation, its importance as a place of pilgrimage.
Inter alia are revealed in the following pilgrimages to Nicholas Berg:
Even into the 17th century are traveling to Nikolausberg from inscriptions prove to the church wall.
The original church building was built in the style of a Roman basilica. From this period still the Vierungsbogen and the lions portal. The church was rebuilt in the 14th century in a Gothic hall church and completed as such after 1500 AD. In 1447 the church was during a campaign of the Saxon Brother War of mercenaries of William the III. plundered of Saxony.
The stone altar in the side aisle who saved originally alleged relics of St. Nicholas is now empty. 51 ° 33 '42 " N, 9 ° 58' 40 " O51.5615694444449.9777777777778
Ries waiting
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Good 2 km north-east of the village lies on the edge of the forest, the ruins of the Ries waiting or waiting Nicholas Berger. This watchtower was built in 1438-42 as part of the second Göttingerland military line and protected the highway from Göttingen to Katlenburg. 1980-82, the area was archaeologically investigated and the ruins repaired.
Home club
1984, the non-profit association was founded for the care of the historic town image and the natural beauties in the district of Nicholas Berg. Through its events, it offers insights into the history of the site and the surrounding area and promotes local traditions.
Sports
The Nicholas Berger Sport Club ( NSC) is an association founded in 1947 sports club, which can look back on a glorious past. Especially in the field of sports football especially the youth teams were able to convince that play currently only in the county league. Besides football NSC offers even tennis, table tennis, badminton, handball, judo, etc. to. The club has a recently renovated sports field next to the Lieth and many of the numerous sports facilities, the Otto -Nolte - hall is used, the gymnasium of the elementary school.
Transmitter of the NDR
On the Nicholas Berg is located since 1951 at 51 ° 34 ' 12 " N, 9 ° 58' 55" O51.579.9819444444444 a transmission system of the NDR. Originally, the 109 meter high radio mast of the plant was an isolated against earth itself radiating transmitter mast, but was rebuilt before the 1970s, in a grounded transmission mast for FM and TV. Nicholas Berg was only connected with the construction of the station with a paved road to the regional road network. Previously, it was only accessible by a gravel road, the so-called " old road ", which is substantially parallel north of the present road in the valley and along the Galgenberg also to commit today.