Coexistence in the Northern Part of Town - Solingen

Theatre and Concert Hall
City Information / Citizens Advice Bureau
Cinema
Playground
Daily Needs
Skating Hall „Rollhaus“
Groceries
Flower Shop
Bakery / Confectionery
Community
Meeting Point
Kiosk
Mosque
Café
Snack Shop
Education
Kindergarten
Barber Shop
Library
SoKa (social department-store)
Community College
Hotel
Internet Café
EC Cash Machine
Vocational School
Restaurant / Open Lunch
Special School
Senior Citizens
Everyday Care / Assisting Services
Moving About
Rathausplatz
Sheltered Housing
Bus Stop including Name
Geriatric Care
Taxi Stop
Ambulant Geriatric
Parking Area
Ambulance
Meals on Wheels
Health
Car Park / Underground Car Park
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Filling Station
Public Toilet
Doctor
Driveway / Access
Non-Medical Healing Professions
One-Way Street
Pharmacy
Sports, Wellness
Pedestrian Way
Defibrillator
Borders of the Northern Part of Town
What does the Logo express?
The logo as a distinctive mark shows a number of colourful square areas. They
vary in size, length, and
thickness. Why is that?
They are there to point
out one thing: The people who are at home here
are just as diverse as the
distinctive areas. Yet, despite all diversity, these areas
all thrive into the same direction, towards the word
“coexistence”. The logo “coexistence in Solingen”
was developed by the city of Solingen and can from
now on be found wherever people campaign for an
equal togetherness.
Questions and Suggestions
These bits and pieces of information were compiled
by the co-workers of the administration of the city of
Solingen. Please let us know which parts you like and
if there’s anything missing. We are happy to receive
your suggestions!
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The northern part of Solingen is situated between Weyersberger Straße, Kronprinzenstraße, the
“Corkscrew Embankment” Kasinostraße, and Augustastraße. It is a motley quarter hosting people of diverse origins. This map shows how easily one can accommodate oneself in the residential quarter. Everything
is within reach: kindergartens and schools, institutions
for senior citizens, doctors and pharmacies, shops, coffee shops and restaurants, inside and outside venues.
In addition, it emphasizes barrier-free areas.
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IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TOWN
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Coexistence in the Northern Part of Town
LEGEND
ON THE MOVE IN YOUR URBAN QUARTER
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matter close to their hearts. Others do it, because they are
professionally linked to this project, for instance, if they
work for a social community and institutions or as a city
administration developer.
And every single man living here can do his share to get
ahead. Togetherness is most important. Always remember:
Join, get to know each other, live in “your” northern part
of town in a friendly neighbourhood! Find out more about
the project “The Social Northern Part of Town” here: www.
nordstadt.solingen.de
there’s a vast list of offers.
For many years several social welfare organisations have
been working under one roof. It’s always about getting in
touch, getting into a conversation with one another; with
other generations, with other cultures. The common goal is
to live in harmony, to coexist, to feel happy in the northern
part of town.
The Skating Hall
A lot of children and teenagers live in the northern part
of town. At the Skating Hall / Youth Centre “Rollhaus”
Things keep improving
The Motley Part of Town with a Future
The northern part of the city of Solingen is a motley residential quarter: Round about 4500 people of diverse
origins live here –74 different nationalities are represented!
This diversity is a big challenge, but mostly, it offers incredible possibilities. Get in touch with your neighbours, in
the Multi-Generations-House or in one of the cafés in the
quarter or the construction trailer kiosk “Tukan” at the
“Corkscrew Embankment”. Sit down and enjoy your time
on one of the playground benches or meet your friends for
sportive activities. And let your neighbour tell you about his
former home. This way, you’ll find out more in one afternoon than in the course of an entire holiday trip. Reach
out, get to know each other, and learn to understand! Active people make quarters become worth living and buzzing.
The outer appearance of the northern part of town is just
as motley: There are a lot of old mansions, typical multi-family houses, companies and shops, busy arterial roads and
quiet residential districts, bustling city life and green spots
inviting you to relax, play and have fun.
That’s a place worth living
The northern part of town is a place worth living. You’ll
find (almost) everything you need in the closer vicinity: the
bakery and the barber shop just around the corner, shops
to meet your daily needs, playgrounds and day cares for
children, schools, central meeting points such as the MultiGenerations-House, a beautiful quarter square (MercimekPlatz), cultural events at the theatre and concert hall, a
citizens advice bureau, the city library, a community college
in the immediate proximity and much, much more.
The Social Aspects
A lot has improved in the northern part of town. This is also
due to a promotional programme called “The Social Northern Part of Town” developed by the state of North RhineWestphalia which helps putting a lot of social and architectural improvements into practice.
It is vital that a lot of people put themselves out for the
northern part of town and shape it. Some of them do it,
because they live in this part of town and because it’s a
Over the past few years many things have changed in the
quarter: It was given a long-missing centre of its own when
the new Town Hall and the Town Hall Square were introduced. And many an event has shown: it’s a good venue for
celebration. The “Nordstadtfest” for instance has become
a tradition: It is designed by clubs, institutions, schools,
kindergartens and many other committed people from the
quarter.
The Borough Bureau
A borough bureau was established on Kuller Straße in
2008. Today it is an important contact point for our citizens. The quarter’s manager and thus, its reference person,
can be found here. She is always happy to receive ideas
and suggestions concerning changes in the quarter, she
helps finding rooms for meetings and establishes contact
between groups intending to meet in the borough.
The Multi-Generations-House
The Multi-Generations-House is a very important meeting
point in the quarter. Education courses for adults and senior citizens, leisure time specials for children and teenagers,
work orientation classes, international group meetings –
(“House of Wheels”) they have great possibilities of spending their pastime. Not only in a sportive sense or when
it comes to skating: Since the expansion in 2012, there is
a youth café, a recreation room, group rooms, a kitchen
where cooking classes are offered regularly and an advice
office.
The “SoKa” (social department-store)
The SoKa offers used goods in mint condition at reasonable prices: furniture, clothes, toys and more. A tailor is also
present, there is a playing and changing corner for children
and the café has long since been a popular meeting point.
Pavements and Foot-Walks
Accessible
(broader than 5 feet, solid and even surface)
Restricted Accessibility
Handicapped Parking (Car)
(including number of seats)
2
(Breadth between 4 and 5 feet /
Not even or not solid surface)
2
No Accessibility
2
(Breadth less than 4 feet cm /
Not even or not solid surface)
No Pavement available
Tunnel
Incline of between 6 and 10% /
Powerful self-propelling chairs
Incline of between 10 and 20%
Or punctual steep inclines /
Powerful assistant
Or electro-propelled chairs requested
Stairs
Cycle Barrier accessible
Cycle Barrier not recommended for
wheelchairs
Cycle Barrier not accessible
Bottleneck less than 90 cm*
Bottleneck less 90 and 150 cm *
Breadth at least 350 cm and length
500 cm
Breadth between 230 cm and 350 cm
Breadth less than 230 cm
Entrance
(for public buildings, cemeteries)
Broader than 150 cm
Pedestrian Lights / Pedestrian Lights planned
Pedestrian Lights
(including audio signal, vibration plate arrow)
Less than 90 cm
Additional Institutions
Elevator
Toilet
Ramp
Crossing accessible / with Traffic Lights
(dropped kerb < 3 cm)
Crossing with restricted Accessibility /
With Traffic Lights (dropped kerb > 3 cm)
Any other crossing is not accessible.
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Dentist / Orthodontist
General Practitioner
Otolaryngologist
Gynaecologist
Internal
Orthopaedics
Child and Teenager Psychologist
Non-Medicinal Healing Professions
2 =Logopaedics
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Physiotherapy
Logopaedics
Ergotherapy
Natural Health Professional
Therapy Centre
Pharmacy
Sitting Accommodation
Borders of the Northern Part of Town
Health /
Access to the Institutions
The reachability of the doctors’ offices is
only depicted up until the entrance area.
Traffic Island / Traffic Island planned
(Only depicted if there’re no traffic lights)
2 = General Practitioner
Less than 150 cm
*Only the narrowest bottleneck has been depicted,
there may be others in public.
Crossing Streets in Traffic
Doctors
... PREFERABLY
BARRIER-FREE
LEGEND
COEXISTENCE IN SOLINGEN –
THE NORTHERN PART OF TOWN
1. Edition 2014
Editor:
Concept and
Cartography:
No barriers to Front Door
(Door broader than 150 cm)
Restricted Accessibility of Frontdoor
(Door between 90 and 150 cm)
No Accessibility
(Frontdoor narrower than 90 cm or steps)
Words:
Effective:
Map Basics: Copies:
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© The City of Solingen • Lord Mayor •
Inclusion and Demography
City Service Mapping and Land Registry
In Collaboration with
Inclusion and Demography
Press Office
January 2014, additions May 2014
Official City Map Solingen
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Offset Company, Wuppertal
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Find the best way
On this side of the map can you see the northern part of
town, too. It is there to help you determine the conditions the ways are in at first glance: Are they accessible? Is
there an incline? Do steps, stairs or bottlenecks have to be
reckoned with? Might it be even better to choose a different connection? Those are relevant bits of information for
people who have to look closer as obstacles are harder to
circumvent for them: People pushing a pram or sitting in
a wheelchair, those who aren’t light on their feet or those
whose vision is inferior to others’.
Coexistence
This map is there to help you move about safely in the
quarter, to make everything on offer reachable and usable.
But it’s about much more than just overcoming architectural barriers: everybody shall be able to take part, nobody
shall be excluded.
The common goal is: “coexistence”. We intend to shape
our town in such a way as to allow everyone to live here
equally and to take part in everything – no matter what
their sex, their age, the language they speak, their grade of
education, their profession or their religion, whether they
are disabled or not. One thing is certain: Every individual is
the way he or she is and that’s the good thing about it!
“Coexistence” implies building bridges, talking to one
another, getting to know each other. And it also implies
taking an active interest, caring for your neighbour und
supporting each other. Many an obstacle is much easier to
overcome with a helping hand.
It is also important to tear down to the barriers inside.
Keeping on good terms with your neighbours is the best
precondition. And this is the best precondition for feeling
comfortable and at ease.
Living in the Northern Part of Town
The possibilities of getting to know each other and starting
a conversation are multiple in the motley and diverse northern part of town. You can meet while doing the groceries,
at the social department-store, at the Multi-GenerationsHouse, at the skating hall or under a clear blue sky.
For instance, in Mercimek-Square in front of the Multi-Generations-House. Or at the playgrounds on Haumannstraße,
Cäcilienstraße, and Burgstraße. They’ve been expanded and
a lot of interesting pastimes for the young as well as seats
for parents and grandparents are offered. The green space
at Vorspel has been completely re-designed. Today, large
meadows invite your offspring to play and to have a picnic.
There is also a super-slope-slide. Also, the playground at
the former northern train station has something to offer for
every generation. Apart from monkey bars for the toddlers,
there is an artificial grass pitch and a basketball basket for
teenagers as well as a number of fitness devices for adults
and senior citizens. The construction trailer “Tukan” is a
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meting point as well as it is a kiosk. Here you can also lend
toys. Those who want to get to know the northern part
of town even better should join borough strolls that are
offered regularly.
Information: Karen Odenius, „Nordstadtbüro“,
Phone: 0212 2313440
Addresses and Contact Persons:
• Multi-Generations-House
Address: Mercimek-Platz 1, 42651 Solingen
Phone: 0212 202763 or 0212 287225
Contact Person: Konstantin Eleftheriadis
• Quarter Management at the Burough Bureau “Nordstadt”
Address: Kullerstraße 4 – 6, 42651 Solingen
Phone: 0212 231344 - 0
Contact Person: Quarter Manager Annika Bellmann
E-Mail: a.bellmann@awo-aqua.de
Homepage: www.nordstadt.solingen.de
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 9am – 4pm
• Administration / Town Hall Solingen
Address: Rathausplatz 1, 42651 Solingen
Phone: 0212 290 - 0
E-Mail: post@solingen.de
Homepage: www.solingen.de
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 8am – 1pm
Additionally Thursday 2pm – 6pm
Right Next Door:
• Community College – Venue: Solingen
Address: Mummstraße 10, 42651 Solingen
Phone: 0202 563 - 2607
E-Mail: info@bergische-vhs.de
Homepage: www.bergische-vhs.de
• Skating Hall
Address: Konrad-Adenauer Str. 8 –10, 42651 Solingen
Phone: 0212 2216149
Contact Person: Tanja Kasten
E-Mail: info@rollhaus.de
Homepage: www.rollhaus.de
• Citizen Advice Bureau Clemensgalerien
Address: Mummstraße 10, 42651 Solingen
Phone: 0212 290 - 0
E-Mail: buergerbuero@solingen.de
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 8am – 6pm
Saturday 9am – 12am
• Social Department-store “SoKa” – Second Hand Items in
Mint Condition
Address: Schlagbaumer Straße 12, 42653 Solingen
Phone: 0212 319408
Owner: Gabe gGmbH, Ober der Mühle 30, 42699 Solingen
E-Mail: info@gabe-ggmbh.de
Homepage: www. gabe-ggmbh.de
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 9.30am – 6pm
Saturday 9.30am – 4pm
• Customer Centre Stadtwerke Solingen – Public Transport
Address: Kölner Straße 131, 42651 Solingen
Phone: 0212 295 - 2222
E-Mail: info@sobus.net
Homepage: www.sobus.net
• Theatre and Concert Hall Box Office
Address: Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 71, 42651 Solingen
Phone: 0212 204820
Contact: Marion Kretzschmar, Marijana Spelter
E-Mail: theaterkasse@solingen.de
Homepage: www.theater-solingen.de
Opening Hours (might reduced during holidays):
Monday to Friday 9.30am – 12.30pm
Monday and Thursday 3.30pm – 6.30pm
Plus one Hour before Curtain Up
• City Library Solingen (including Internet-Café)
Address: Mummstraße 10, 42651 Solingen
Phone: 0212 290 - 3210
E-Mail: stadtbibliothek@solingen.de
Homepage: www.stadtbibliothek.solingen.de
Opening Hours:
Closed on Monday
Tuesday to Friday 10am – 8pm
Saturday 10am – 4pm
Questions and Suggestions
We are happy to receive your ideas and suggestions:
Heike Auer, Demographic Coordinator,
phone: 0212 290 - 4277
Andrea Noe-Kückelhaus, Coordination for the Disabled,
Phone: 0212 290 -5281
E-Mail: gemeinsam@solingen.de