Offenbach-Lauterborn
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District Lauterborn
Lauterborn is a district of the Hessian city of Offenbach am Main. In this district in September 2013 there were about 12,400 people.
The district is located in the south-west of Offenbach. It is in the southwest of the city forest, bounded on the west by the federal highway 661, in the north of the municipality City Hospitals and in the southeast by the district Rosenhöhe and the city forest.
History
Origin of the name
The Lauterborn denotes a fountain that once stood here. The word Born is an old term for " source ", the word Lauter an Old High German word for "clean". Still runs under the district a "clean source ", which is now no longer listed on the city maps.
Construction of the district
On the surface of the later part of the city were located next to vast areas of arable land some industrial enterprises, including the 1945 bicycle factory Frischauf. In the 1960s, the former industrial belt south was begun with the development of the outskirts. On the basis of the Lauterborn meadows of the district Lauterborn, which ranges in the south to the district level rose and the Urban Forest, bounded on the west by the Sprendlinger highway was built. In Lauterborn the construction of the line construction was similar to the Frankfurt Nordweststadt, used to allow the residents uniform access to air, sun and green spaces.
In addition to four large tower blocks ( in the Bethnal Green Road, Mödling Street, Ash Street and St.Gilles road ), there are dozens of smaller residential units and houses, mostly adjacent to the central park " John -F.- Kennedy - Promenade". On Johann Strauss path created model homes of architect Egon Eiermann, the device designed his wife Charlotte Eiermann.
In the middle of the district between Richard -Wagner-Straße and Hugo Wolf Road, a shopping mall and two office buildings was built. The adjacent today's Europe Square was first a pure public car park, his name was given to the place in the 1990s with the construction of a residential complex with an underlying parking garage.
The Händelplatz was never converted into a public place, but served since its construction in 1972 as a two-storey garage facility.
In district three schools and two day care centers emerged:
- The Lauterborn School
- The Ludwig- Dern - school and
- August-Bebel - school (vocational school of the district of Offenbach )
As well as
- The kindergarten of the Paul- Gerhard community in the Felix Mendelssohn - road and
- The urban KITA 8 in Johann Strauss way.
Beside it is the " youth center Lauterborn ". Here, the youths in the district find a wide range of leisure activities, including the youth café, internet café, there are craft courses and workshops as well as a meeting place for young women.
The Lauterborn-/Ludwig-Dern-Schule Built in 1969 and renovated in 2010 and expanded to a one-story section of the building was completely demolished and replaced by a three -story building. The school now offers as part of the Hessian special investment program Lunch Act also care and support.
Many streets bear the names of famous composers ( many of whom have a connection to Offenbach ).
The urban daycare 8 in Johann Strauss path
The youth center Lauterborn next to the KITA 8
High-rise complex on Odenwaldring
Playground Design at the Richard -Wagner-Straße
The shopping arcade at Europe Square ( before conversion )
West entrance of the ring center
Roller skating rink with pipe between Richard -Wagner-Straße and Weidigweg
Structural change
Generally increases the economic significance of the district to much. The closure of some industries and a U.S. barracks have left well developed land which has been cultivated by new establishments. In addition to Europe and Germany headquarters of Honda all came forward at the Sprendlinger road the mail center 63 (1997 ) and various supermarkets and office space in the parallel streets. Since the industrial enterprises were not in connection with Lauterborn, structural change had no direct consequences.
In 1999, the areas of the former industrial railway were converted into a cycle path. After planning a southern bypass was abandoned, Offenbach's green belt has been created, the tangent to the south district. In the same year, was built on the site of the former steel construction Lavis the ring center, a large shopping center. 2009 Ring Center is being rebuilt, as the demand for retail space has increased there.
2009, the former shopping arcade at the Richard -Wagner-Straße was rebuilt because the previous tenant had moved into larger structures (eg the post office in the mail center and Penny in a new building). Particularly, the architect Arthur Mähner Novotny Mähner Associated committed to preserve the center of activity for the retail and revitalize. He took over the property and organized the reconstruction. The small-scale and empty structure was abandoned in favor of larger areas. It was a new discount store, a bakery store and for the first time a community center as a citizen office.
Architecture
One of the four point blocks
Offset design
The atrium houses by Egon Eiermann
The Protestant Lauterborn community
Townhouse
Front view of the apartment house at Europe Square
Detail of the apartment house at Europe Square
Apartment house on the Richard -Wagner-Straße Novotny Mähner Associated
Attractions
As an industrial and residential Lauterborn has no great historical attractions, but some places worth seeing.
By Lauterborn A cycle path on the route of the former railway industry. Along this is a path with signs and exhibits about Offenbacher industrial history ( as part of the Route of Industrial Culture Rhein- Main). In this way are the model homes of the famous architect Egon Eiermann in Johann Strauss way. The atrium is not visible from the street.
The "John F. Kennedy Promenade" crosses this path and the green area of the district with a good tree substance and several playgrounds along that the bronze sculpture "Standing " by Fritz Schwarz Beck is installed.
South leads the green area by small gardens in the city forest. There, the district is flanked by the Offenbacher green belt, a wide swath, which was held until the 1980s as a reserve area for a four-lane expressway and allotments place offered.
" The Standing " by Fritz Schwarz Beck
Route of Industrial Heritage: Monument next to the former steel construction Lavis
Offenbacher green ring on the former planned bypass
Infrastructure
The district is connected by bus routes 106, 105 and 104 of the Offenbach transport services with the center (S -Bahn Station Square) and the district of Bieber. Additionally, there is the line 107 to connect to the S-Bahn station Kaiserlei as well as to the urban Biirgel and Rumpenheim.
In the vicinity of the district intersect in the south, the A3 and A661 motorways, federal highways B43 and B46 form the northern boundary.