Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof
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Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof | |
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 Viewegs Garten | |
Location of Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof within Braunschweig  | |
  Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof  Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof | |
| Coordinates: 52°15′2.9″N 10°32′48.2″E / 52.250806°N 10.546722°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | urban district |
| City | Braunschweig |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Frank Flake (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.71 km2 (2.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 13,121 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 38102, 38126, 38124 |
| Dialling codes | 0531 |
| Vehicle registration | BS |
Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof is a Stadtbezirk (borough) in the southern part of Braunschweig, Germany.[2] The district has a population of 13,121 (2020).
The district of Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof was established in 1981.[3] It is named after Bebelhof, a working-class quarter built in the 1920s[4] and the urban park Viewegs Garten, established in the late 18th century.
In the 12th century, a lazar house and chapel, St. Leonhard, was established outside of the city of Braunschweig. Urban expansion caused the village of St. Leonhard to merge into the city during the 19th century, today making up the northeastern part of Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof. From the mid-19th century on, industrialisation caused a rapid growth of population in the area. Several factories, including Büssing, Voigtländer, Rollei, and the Wolters and Feldschlößchen breweries, were built around Viewegs Garten.[5]
In 1944, the KZ-Außenlager Schillstraße, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp, was established in the northern part of today's district.[6]
In the 1950s, Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof, the city's new main train station, was built near Viewegs Garten. The station opened on 1 October 1960.
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