Richtsberg

The Richtsberg with 9101 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2010 ) is the largest city district of the central city of Marburg and is located southeast of the Old Town, between the house and Hans Cappel on the Lahn mountains and their foothills. To the west it borders directly on the flat ground, district South Station with the Center for Social Psychiatry Marburg -Süd, which, however, is separated from the Upper Richtsberg by around 40 meters.

Since 1 January 1996, the Richtsberg in the municipalities Upper Richtsberg ( 6,784 inhabitants) and Lower Richtsberg ( 2317, on the situation below) divided, which are clearly separated from each other in their altitude and are directly connected to each other only by steep footpaths.

History

The former forest area in the southeast of Marburg was built after a city council meeting in 1963 in the sixties and seventies of the last century. The main objective of the development was to reduce the housing shortage. Moreover, it was significantly improved by the construction of comfortable homes with central heating and bathroom qualitative range in Marburg. The urban renewal was only afterwards.

The development was carried out in different sections. First, the lower Richtsberg with Friedrich- Ebert-Straße and Damaschkeweg, then continues up the slope. The district was designed as a large housing estate with various apartment types. Note the multi-storey apartment buildings, but the majority are four - to five-storey homes available. Also, one- and two-family houses to some of the villas can be found at Richtsberg. As a special feature in a residential area the student residences can count on.

The necessary infrastructure disregarded - was also on Richtsberg in the first phase - as in many other housing estates. However, the city of Marburg in the early eighties began to address this deficiency. Meanwhile, the Richtsberg has numerous infrastructure facilities: two shopping centers with restaurants, a primary and secondary school, six day care centers, three churches, a community center for the district municipality, a municipal senior center, a community center (Caritas ) and a community project.

Since 1999, the district in Social City program, a federal-state program to support actions in districts with special development needs. With the help of the program many structural measures, such as the new, appealing design of the upper town square, facade embellishments to homes and elementary school, the construction of intercultural gardens and much more could be done. The program also funds the district newspaper, promotes the participation of residents and gives grants to cultural activities. Since 2007, there is a town council, which represents the interests of the residents.

In the national competition of the German Environmental Aid " Federal Capital of Biodiversity " the city of Marburg has received an endowed with 5000 € prize for the living environment improvements Richtsberg including the project " Intercultural Gardens ".

Division into Upper and Lower Richtsberg

When Lower Richtsberg is not about how often assumed to the southeast of the "actual" ( = upper ) Richtsberg at Berlin and Leipzig street or around the ( Hans House counted ) higher part of Großseelheimer road, but still clear flat ground, area of Damaschkeweg and Friedrich -Ebert-Straße, which is immediately adjacent to the north Cappeler with the police and the district office.

Residential structure

Residents structure of the directional mountain is changing. It was originally the State of Hesse and the federal government also own staff apartments, these are now ignored in the national housing associations. But the biggest landlord Richtsberg is the municipal housing company ( GEWOBAU ). Besides the two state-owned companies ( GWH and residential city) there are the Marburg Savings and Building Association, which owns several apartments.

Initially built to improve the housing situation in Marburg, the district is now the " integration district " for Marburg. At present, the group of German Russians and their relatives the largest group of migrants. With the removal of the "Iron Curtain" had many emigrants the chance to come to Germany and Marburg many are drawn to the Richtsberg. The fact that apartments were free just here, was due to the high proportion of public housing in the district. There is in the district of migrants from Arab countries, the former Yugoslavia, Albania and Turkey. A total of over 80 nations living on Richtberg, but some are represented only sporadically, eg Students from Africa who live in the student dormitories. In addition to the increased number of residents with a migration background, the Richtsberg also an above-average number of persons, public support in the form of transfer payments ( Hartz IV, basic security, social assistance ) are based on. With follow-up programs for Social City program young people and unemployed adults are supported in the professional orientation. Also an employment project there in the district.

Cultural and social life

Over the decades, has become the Richtsberg an active club life developed. The Richtsberg municipality in the Upper Richtsberg has for many years engaged as a neighborhood association for the Richtsberg. Today it offers a club room (the only smoking room at the community center ), dance groups, carnival events, summer festival and more.

The Citizens' Initiative for Social Affairs, originally mainly on "Lower Richtsberg " active, has developed into a district- wide community project with youth centers, children, senior citizens and women's groups, social and debt counseling and district management since its inception in 1973.

The ball games Richtsberg are a notorious football club. Training is at the Georg - Gassmann -Stadion. The association " liveable neighborhood Richtsberg " works extensively with the coexistence on Richtsberg. He organized the spring cleaning and flea markets.

In the network Richtsberg the residents associations of migrants, the German - Eastern European Integration Centre ( Doiz ) and the Islamic Cultural Association ( Hadara ) and the Christus-Treff and the first boxing club Marburg have rented. The network also organizes far beyond the district also known as the International Soup Festival and the Culture Fair in the Town Hall. The churches also contribute with concerts and readings to cultural life.

More Views

Main street "Am Richtsberg ", Sept. 2007

Space at the shopping center, June 2008

Bridge at the shopping center, June 2008

Thomas Church, April 2005

Wall painting " carrots ", Feb. 2011

Picture of Soup Fest 2008

Picture of apple blossom festival in the intercultural gardens, 2009