Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof is a Stadtbezirk (borough) in the southern part of Braunschweig, Germany.Stadtbezirke (in German). Retrieved on 2 September 2017. The district has a population of 13,121 (2020).
History and geography
The district of Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof was established in 1981.Die Geschichte des Stadtteils Viewegsgarten - Bebelhof (in German). Retrieved on 2 September 2017. It is named after Bebelhof, a working-class quarter built in the 1920sDer Bebelhof (in German). Retrieved on 2 September 2017. 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 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 rapid population growth in the area. Several factories, including Büssing, Voigtländer, Rollei, and the Wolters and Feldschlößchen breweries, were built around Viewegs Garten.Bahnhofsviertel (in German). Retrieved on 2 September 2017.
In 1944, the KZ-Außenlager Schillstraße, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp, was established in the northern part of today's district.Gedenkstätte KZ-Außenlager Schillstraße (in German). Retrieved on 2 September 2017.
In the 1950s, Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof, the city's new main train station, was built near Viewegs Garten. The station opened on 1 October 1960.
Politics
The district mayor Frank Flake is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.Stadtbezirksrat im Stadtbezirk 132 Viewegsgarten-Bebelhof (in German). Retrieved on 2 September 2017.
Landmarks The historic cemetery Dom- und St. Magnifriedhof, commonly known as Magnifriedhof. Burials in the cemetery include Joachim Heinrich Campe, Johann Joachim Eschenburg, Friedrich Gerstäcker, Georg Ferdinand Howaldt, Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Peter Joseph Krahe, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Carl Theodor Ottmer, and Friedrich Vieweg.Dom- und St. Magnifriedhof (in German). Retrieved on 2 September 2017. The Hauptfriedhof Braunschweig, Braunschweig's main cemetery. Burials in the cemetery include Oswald Berkhan, Richard Dedekind, Walter Dexel, Wilhelm Raabe, Norbert Schultze, and Hans Sommer.Grabstellen bekannter Persönlichkeiten auf Braunschweiger Friedhöfen (in German). Retrieved on 2 September 2017. The neo-Gothic church St. Johannis. The Schill-Denkmal, a monument, erected in 1837, for Ferdinand von Schill and 14 of his soldiers, who had been executed in Braunschweig after Schill's failed revolt against French domination in 1809. The memorial Gedenkstätte KZ-Außenlager Schillstraße.
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