District Debschwitz
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Data and facts
| Name of the district: | Debschwitz |
| with the localities: | Debschwitz und Heinrichsgrün |
| District of the city of Gera since: | 1912 |
| Surface area: | |
| Population: (as at: 31.12.2022) | 10.615 |
Location and transport connections
| Location | The Debschwitz/Heinrichsgrün district is located southwest of the city center. The development of Debschwitz is characterized by a closed urban development. Debschwitz is bordered to the east by the Weiße Elster and to the west by the Gera city forest. On the northern edge of Debschwitz, at the transition to Heinrichsgrün, runs the Bundesstraße 2; to the south is the largest district of Gera, Lusan. Heinrichsgrün is a small urban settlement in the Debschwitz/Heinrichsgrün district. Heinrichsgrün is bordered to the east by the Weiße Elster river and to the west by the Gera city forest. |
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| Landscape and site design: | Debschwitz and Heinrichsgrün are characterized by the Weiße Elster river and the city forest. This is the green lung of the city of Gera. The city forest invites you to go hiking.Debschwitz and Heinrichsgrün are characterized by the Weiße Elster river and the city forest. This is the green lung of the city of Gera. The city forest invites you to go hiking. |
| Transport links | Streetcar line 3 is the most central and important public transport connection in the district. However, the bus lines to the hospital/Ernsee, Weissig and Frankenthal are also important for the district. The district is connected to the main roads B 92 and B 2. |
History
Debschwitz was first mentioned in 1363 as Tuschwicz and in 1532 as Dobschitz. With industrialization, the district grew rapidly as a suburb of Gera. This shaped the district and made it a "working-class district" right up to the present day. Heinrichsgrün and Debschwitz were shaped by this development not only in terms of urban planning, but also architecturally In 1909, the Debschwitz school was built. Today's Fuchsturm was built in 1901 as the Kaiser "Wilhelm Tower" and continues to shape the image of the district to this day.
On April 1, 1912, Debschwitz was incorporated into Gera; at that time, Debschwitz was one of the largest communities in the Principality of Reuss junior line.
In the former Pöppeln (part of the Debschwitz/Heinrichsgrün district), the dahlia garden was planted in 1928 on the former site of the streetcar turning loop. As early as 1934, the first cycling track was built on the former shooting range in Gera. The zoo was opened in 1962 in Debschwitzer Martinsgrund. The park railroad, which was founded in 1975 as a pioneer railroad, invites young and old to take a ride through the Martinsgrund in the zoo.
In 2022, the first children's maypole setting took place in Debschwitz.
Clubs / Leisure facilities / Places of interest
| Worth seeing: | Fuchsturm Spörl-Stein Türkengraben Martinsgrund Martinshöhe ehemalige Marienbrücke Bismarkstein Zoo Gera Dahliengarten Gera Südfriedhof various city villas in the Wiesestr. und Straße des Friedens Villa "Jahr" Villa "Schulenburg" Bauhaus style houses Cycling track „Grüne Stadt“ Heinrichsgrün SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera |
| Clubs: | JFC Gera Förderverein Kinderund Jugendfußball e.V. SSV Gera 1990 Vereinigte Lohnsteuerhilfe e.V. Thüringer Arbeitsloseninitiative 07 Gera eSport Verein Elsterhexen Gera BSG AKTIWA Gera e.V. Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Tierparkes Gera e.V. Ostthüringer Ausbildungsverbund e.V. Gera SV Hermes- Tischtennis Jugendweihe Ostthüringen e.V. Käferclub Gera e.V. Europäische Vereinigung der Freunde Henry van de Velden e.V. Geraer Seniorenverband e.V. Tennisclub Sportpark Lusan e.V. VFL 1990 Gera e.V. Thüringer Badmintion Verband e.V. (TBV) Geraer Wald-Eisenbahn Verein e.V. Heimatverein Debschwitz |
| Church / cemetery: | Südfriedhof |