Salzgitter-Bad

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Of Salzgitter -Bad in Salzgitter

Salzgitter-Bad is the second largest of the 31 districts of the independent city of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony, located in the town of "South", and is the namesake district, which was founded on April 1, 1942 city Salzgitter, which until January 23, 1951 Watenstedt -Salzgitter said.

The current quarter " Salzgitter-Bad " was until 1951 only " Salzgitter " and was until 1942 a small town in the former district of Goslar. The district has an area of ​​about 19.284 km ². The largest district from the top center of Salzgitter, Lebenstedt is about fifteen kilometers away.

• 4.1 Tourism
• 4.2 Theatre, Music and Cinema
• 4.3 Structures
• 4.4 parks
• 4.5 Sports

• 5.1 traffic 5.1.1 Railway
• 5.1.2 bus
• 5.1.3 road

History

In Salzgitter-Bad, the 1961 resulting to 1992 active central evidence and documentation center was the State Justice Administration ( ZEST ), the evidence or attempted acts of homicide (for example, on the inner German border), wrong judgments for political reasons, ill-treatment in prisons and deportation or should document political persecution in the GDR. The building is now used as a police station, next to the entrance reminds a memorial with an original piece of the Berlin Wall to the zest.

Incorporations

For more information on incorporations ( Vorsalz, Love Hall, Kniestedt ) and the history of the city can be found in the article on the city of Salzgitter.

Population Development

Sources: Population figures from 1821 to 2000 are based on the Statistical Yearbook of the Department of Economics and Statistics of the City of Salzgitter. According to statistics from 2001, based on the statistical monthly reports the city of Salzgitter ( residents with primary residence ) according to census end of the month of December.

In January 2013, the population fell below the 20,000 mark for the first time since the end of World War 2.

Policy

Salzgitter-Bad, as part of the town south of Salzgitter a common Ortsrat with the members of the village districts lattice, United Mahner, Hohenrode and Ringelsheim.

Mayor is Wolfgang Bauer ( SPD).

Coat of arms

The local arms of Salzgitter-Bad is a redesign of the coat of arms of the old salt city of Salzgitter, which was officially implemented until 1850 and rediscovered in 1982 during restoration work. Compared to today's version was at the old coat of arms in the upper half just a man's head, without the presentation of the pyramid, are listed. A similar coat of arms had previously used the Council of salt Love Hall, this was also the presentation of the pyramid exists. This representation can also be found on a cast in 1750 citizen bell of St. Mary - Jakobi Church and the magistrate used it in the first half of the 19th century on his seals.

The current coat of arms shows in the lower half of two salt hook as a symbol of the ancient city of Salt, in the upper half of a man's head in a pyramid. There are various attempts at interpretation: some see it as a symbol of John the Baptist, whose head lies on a dish. Others see this as a representation of St. James, the 1481 -built Wall local church ( now St. Mary - Jakobi Church) was consecrated.

The coat of arms was adopted in a public meeting in April 2008 as a local coat of arms of Salzgitter-Bad.

Culture and sights

Tourism

Salzgitter-Bad is a " nationally recognized place with brine Kurbetrieb ". The former saltwater pool in the old town near the former Saline " Love Hall " whose rock salt stock was drilled at a depth of 229 m in 1850, was replaced in 1972 by a thermal spring bath on the outskirts. A Gradierpavillon was inaugurated on 23 October 2009 at the Rose Garden, which was built at the instigation of the civil association Bad Salzgitter eV with donations.

The Bismarck Tower was inaugurated in 1900 near the Salzgitter 275.30 m high Hamberg wears a big " Heimkehrerkreuz ", which is illuminated at night and visible from afar. Next to it is a tourist restaurant. Hiking trails lead through the Salzgitter - ridge inter alia by Salzgitter Gebhardshagen.

Every summer, instead of the aligned by the Committee citizens Festivals Old Town Festival. For three days there on this street festival food, drinks, accessories, handicraft products and to buy another. It will take place events of clubs and churches. Occur in bands in the public squares. The conclusion is the parade of clubs through the streets of the old town.

Local politicians and clubs in Salzgitter-Bad wish to highlight the history of the place further. So the Ortsrat the village south had made as a local church body 's decision to play Salzgitter-Bad its traditional name of "Bad Salzgitter ". This approach was rejected in 2007 by the City Council.

Theater, music and cinema

The local theater clubs use for performances often the auditorium of the high school. Various cultural events ( eg, readings, concerts, cabarets, etc) are held in the deconsecrated church Kniestedter.

The multiple publicly funded small art house cinema offers mainstream movies twice a week, the program series " The special film" on. Every year here also configured with a frame program " Cinema Spring" is carried out, in which particularly many different films will be shown over a period of one week.

Structures

Among the interesting buildings include the arranged next to the marketplace as so-called " island of tradition ", partially offset houses here Tillyhaus, Garßenhof and Kniestedter manor. The Tillyhaus served the imperial army commander Tilly in 1626 as a guest after the Battle of Lutter, later as a residence of the farmer of Saline love hall. Also of particular interest are the 1488 built St. Mary - Jakobi Church and the 1889 finished Catholic St. Mary's Church by Richard Herzig in the city, the remnants of the built in the 12th century Jacob's Church known as Vöppstedter ruin, since 1985 used as a venue former Kniestedter church and the Kniestedter mansion in the former district Kniestedt, the railway station, dating from 1857, and the Bismarck tower Salzgitter of 1900.

Parks

In the historic center of the rose garden lies with Gradierpavillon. As a recreational area of ​​the resultant on the grounds of the former plant Kalisch Eight " Bismarck " Griffin Park serves.

Sports

Tennis, horse riding, golf and other sports facilities on the mountain Mahner complement the range of football pitches and school gyms. An outdoor swimming pool is no longer Salzgitter-Bad. Limited the swimming in brine thermal baths can be exercised.

Economy and infrastructure

In Salzgitter-Bad is the head office of Salzgitter Maschinenbau AG ( SMAG ), the approximately 900 employees worldwide located in Salzgitter -Bad, chub and Shanghai and achieved a turnover of 100 million euros in the fiscal year 2006/2007. The company manufactures grabs for the port handling, antenna support for military and civilian applications and mining equipment.

Earlier it was from three sources - most famously the " Irene Source " - promoted and marketed mineral water. In "Little City Hall " on the market square of Salzgitter-Bad have some offices of the city government offices; there is also a branch of the city library. The Salzgitteraner City Archives is located in the north on the grounds of the former bay Hanoverian Loyalty South.

Lebenstedt, the largest district of Salzgitter is about fifteen kilometers away. Also Goslar, Braunschweig and Hildesheim are not far away.

Traffic

Railway

Salzgitter-Bad is situated on the railway line Göttingen / Herzberg ( resin) Braunschweig ( Braunschweig railway - Kreiensen ). The historic station building is a listed building. A leading after Börßum range of Warne Valley Railway was used until the end of 1975 for public transport and now serves only as a museum railway. In addition, a range of transport Peine- Salzgitter branches (VPS ) from the metallurgical plant in Salzgitter AG. The site of the goods station has been converted into a shopping park.

Bus

Between Salzgitter-Bad and the neighboring towns are especially Buslienien in use. In addition to a bus within Salzgitter - bath can be reached from the central bus station the rest of the city next to the train station, Braunschweig, Goslar, Seesen and Baddeckenstedt.

Road

Salzgitter-Bad has no direct motorway connection. Located close to the A7 motorway junction with the Salzgitter and the junction Derneburg -Salzgitter in the west, the A39 with the Salzgitteraner connection points to the north and the A 395 to the east. The B 6 and B 248 through Salzgitter-Bad. Salzgitter-Bad and Salzgitter Lebenstedt are connected by the " north-south road ," a partially four-lane expressway.

Education

In Salzgitter-Bad, there are four primary schools. In addition, there are after the merging of several schools a form of school for the school year 2005/06, a high school, the Gymnasium Salzgitter-Bad, a junior high school, high school, the Dr. Klaus Schmidt - secondary school, and special education school in the Steinberg.

Religions

St. Mary's Church (Catholic )

Salzgitter-Bad is seat of an Evangelical Lutheran provost to her belongs the grace church on the Castle Road which in 1967 inaugurated Church Holy Trinity at the Friedrich -Ebert-Straße, St. Mary - Jakobi Church in the Old Town, and Martin- Luther 's Church on Martin Luther Square. Near each church is an evangelical each kindergarten.

Salzgitter-Bad is the seat of the Catholic parish of St. Mary's, one of her in Salzgitter-Bad in addition to the 1888/89 built St. Mary's Church in the Old Town which was built in 1960 Christ the King Church, between Broad Street and Wilhelm Busch way located. Furthermore, the kindergarten Christ the King are in Jablonec and the Old Town cemetery for the parish. In the old town there is also the Catholic St. Elisabeth Hospital, where a chapel is located.

A New Apostolic Church, whose congregation was established in 1937, is located at the Brunswick Street.

Church of the Redeemer in the Kriemhildenstraße belongs to the Evangelical Free Church congregation ( Baptists ).

The congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses meet since 1982 in their Kingdom Hall in the Tilly road.

The Mosque of Islamic- Turkish community is located at the Brunswick Street, it was opened in 2007.

The Kniestedter church at the Brunswick Street was desecrated in 1972 and is used for cultural events since 1985.