Heidberg-Melverode is a ''

Stadtbezirk A ''Stadtbezirk'' (also called ''Ortsbezirk'' in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. It is translated as "borough". In Germany, ''Stadtbezirke'' usually only exist in a metropo ...

'' (borough) in the southern part of

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

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. The Stadtbezirk comprises the quarters Heidberg and Melverode.

History

Melverode is at least 1100 years old, but was first mentioned in documents in 1007. The village was incorporated into Braunschweig in 1934. In contrast, Heidberg was only developed, on land which was formerly part of the village of Melverode, as a new residential area in 1958.

Sights and landmarks

The

baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

palace ''

Schloss Richmond Richmond Castle (german: 'Schloss Richmond') is a castle built from 1768 to 1769 in Braunschweig, Germany for Princess (later Duchess) Augusta, wife of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand. It lies near the Oker river in the south of the city. The architect w ...

'' ("Richmond Palace") lies in the north of the district. The palace was built between 1768 and 1769, with a surrounding English garden planned by

Lancelot "Capability" Brown Lancelot Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783), more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English gardener and landscape architect, who remains the most famous figure in the history of the English la ...

, for

Princess Augusta of Great Britain Princess Augusta Frederica of Great Britain (31 July 1737 – 23 March 1813) was a British princess, granddaughter of George II and the only elder sibling of George III. She was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüt ...

, wife of

Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Charles William Ferdinand (german: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand; 9 October 1735 – 10 November 1806) was the Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a military leader. His titles are usually shortened to Duke of Brunswic ...

, to remind her of her home in England. Located to the north of Schloss Richmond are the buildings of the former Academy for Youth Leadership (German: ''Akademie für Jugendführung'') of the

Hitler Youth The Hitler Youth (german: Hitlerjugend , often abbreviated as HJ, ) was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. ...

, which today house a school for

adult education Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Merriam, Sharan B. & Brockett, Ralp ...

. One of the most notable buildings in Melverode is the 13th century, late Romanesque church ''St. Nikolai''. Also located in Melverode is the

artificial lake A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

and recreation area ''Südsee''. Another artificial lake in the district is the ''Heidbergsee'', located in the ''Heidbergpark''. Image:Braunschweig Brunswick Schloss Richmond Frontansicht.jpg, Schloss Richmond Image:Richmond 2005 05 1ab.jpg, Schloss Richmond and garden Image:Braunschweig Schloss Richmond Innenraum (2011).JPG, Schloss Richmond interior Image:Braunschweig Brunswick Akademie fuer Jugendfuehrung (2006).JPG, Former Academy for Youth Leadership Image:Braunschweig HJ-Akademie Sueden (2006).JPG, Former Academy for Youth Leadership, view from the south Image:NikolaiMeleverodeO201304.png, ''St. Nikolai'' Image:SuedseeDLRG200911.JPG, Südsee Image:Braunschweig Heidbergsee 2.JPG, Heidbergsee

Politics

The district mayor Hans-Dieter Osswald is a member of the

Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

.Stadtbezirksrat 212 Heidberg-Melverode (in German)
. Retrieved on October 8, 2012.

Sports

Heidberg is home to the

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club Leu Braunschweig and

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

club

Welfen SC Braunschweig Rugby-Welfen Braunschweig is a German rugby union team from Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, currently playing in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga. The team is part of a larger sports club, TuRa Braunschweig, which apart from rugby also offers other sports li ...

Coats of arms

Wappen Braunschweig Heidberg.gif, Coat of arms of Heidberg DE-NI 03-1-01-000 Melverode COA.svg, Coat of arms of Melverode

References

1000s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Populated places established in the 11th century Boroughs and quarters of Braunschweig Princess Augusta of Great Britain {{Braunschweig-geo-stub