Diakoniewerk new district with 300 apartments
Hanover.Hardly a stone is left unturned on the north site of the Stephansstift in Kleefeld. For six years, the heads of the Diakonie have discussed, advised, weighed up, also in exchange with the city of Hanover – now the floor plan for a new urban quarter called “Green Quarter Stephansstift” is available, with which the traditional Protestant company is separating from the old institutional thinking and wants to face the changing demands on care and diaconia.
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“Today, all people who need assistance want to be taken on like normal people,” said Hans-Peter Daub, board member of the Diakonie umbrella foundation, when presenting the plans to the Buchholz-Kleefeld district council. An inclusive residential area that is as climate-neutral as possible, in which families and students live next door to old people, the disabled, formerly homeless and young people in need of help, is the best solution. After an architectural competition has been evaluated, concrete construction planning is to begin next year.
Stephansstift: Investment of 186 million euros
The foundation will invest around 186 million euros on its own 4.5-hectare site between Kirchröder Strasse and Karl-Wiechert-Allee in the vicinity of Annabad. 304 apartments, two playgrounds, a canteen with a café, a supermarket or organic market, a retirement and care center with medical and therapy practices, an administration building, other social facilities and a fully automated system car park are planned. “This avoids dents on the vehicles and saves space,” explains Daub.
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Will be demolished: The buildings of the vocational training center on the north site of the Stephansstift.
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Only the colorful building of the Diakonie-Kolleg directly on Kirchröder Straße, a listed town villa housing youth accommodation and administration, and the historic cemetery of the Stephanstift remain on the site. The remaining buildings will be demolished.
Major conversion plans for the south site as well
The apartments should also be offered on the free housing market at affordable rents. Daub also did not rule out the sale of apartments. “We are not real estate dealers, but the entire project must be financeable.” Diakonie managing director Lasse Laging emphasized that one is not a profit-oriented company. “We are satisfied with steady yields.” Construction should start in two years. The foundation expects the quarter to be completed in 2029.
Should remain: The listed villa on the north site, in which youth accommodation and administration are housed.
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The Diakonie umbrella foundation also has big plans for the site south of Kirchröder Strasse, where nursing homes, the collegiate church, youth and educational facilities and administration buildings are located. The numerous listed buildings that have been built since the 1860s are to be preserved. However, around 200 apartments are to be built all around – including a block of buildings near the church, in the immediate vicinity of Eilenriede. The nursing home next to the church, which WILL move to the north site, is also to be demolished. A parking lot on Kirchröder Straße is also to be developed.
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At the end of 2023, the Diakonie will start decisive negotiations with the city of Hanover. “Our goal is to continue with the southern site as soon as we have finished the northern site,” says Jens Rannenberg, who heads the umbrella foundation together with Daub.
Listed as historical monuments: numerous buildings on the south site.
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However, District Mayor Belgin Zaman (SPD) still has one wish for the city. They can, at least in part, allow the wall on Kirchröder Strasse, which is also a listed building, to be demolished. “We need an urban planning opening to the district if we want to get away from the institutional concept,” she demands.
“It could become a flagship project”
The district council welcomed the plans for a new quarter. “It could become a flagship project,” said Simone Kalisch-Humme (SPD). However, the committee will only vote on the urban development plan at the next meeting in June. District planner Constanze Baron regretted the postponement, as it also delayed the conclusion of an urban development contract.
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No problems threaten the project on the part of nature conservation. It is true that 38 trees on the site must be preserved, as noted in the development plan. But the all-clear is given for four bat species. They just flew over the area, they say. Probably looking for prey.
By Gabi Stief and Christian Hügelkamp