Culture point
At cultural points there are houses through which a section of the history of the city of Flensburg can be experienced. Viewpoints over the Flensburg city area are also among the cultural points. Information boards at the cultural points describe the special features of the place.
Historical Townhouses, Flensburg is growing ...
Flensburg was also a growing city at the end of the 19th century. When the three residential buildings at St.-Jürgen-Straße 107, 111 and 115 were built in 1890, they still belonged to the independent rural municipality of Jürgensgaard. Since the Prussian era, more and more villas and apartment buildings have been built here in addition to the agricultural farms. In 1900, Jürgensgaard was then incorporated into Flensburg – like St. Jürgen before it.
Contract of sale from 1890
The new buildings with their two- and three-room apartments shaped the image of the upper St.-Jürgen-Strasse at the time. The St.-Jürgen-Kirche, which dominates the village today, was built later between 1903 and 1907. House No. 107 is known to have been built by the bricklayer Julius Jensen, and No. 115 by the building contractor Staats und Jensen. At that time, the builders created buildings with a uniform architectural language that can still be read today. The plastered buildings with pitched roofs and late classicist facades emphasized horizontally by cornices have evenly rowed windows with simple entablature on the upper floors.
The photo shows a section of the city model and illustrates the urban development situation around the houses around 1950. The model can be seen in the civic hall of the town hall. The subsequent densification with apartment buildings has not yet started. Particularly striking is the stretch of Flensburg district railway north of the three houses. In the post-war period, the focus was increasingly on cars and the expansion of the road network. On March 31, 1953, the railway line was closed. A concrete road was built there, which was proudly celebrated as a technical achievement. On March 26, 1954, the white ribbon was cut and the line opened. But there were also critical voices: „Now he’s gone, he misses him, the narrow-gauge railway,“ said a sign in „Petuh“ that locals used to express their regret at the end of the railway connection.
The Flensburg Beautification Association awarded house no. 115 the award „Thanks to the citizens – Beautiful House 1975“ as part of a competition. This honour is still commemorated today by the tile attached to the façade. While many houses had lost their historic windows in the 1970s, they remained at No. 115. In recent years, houses No. 107 and 111 have also regained their original window design, so that the ensemble shows itself in all its beauty again. Until 2000, the workshop of a painting company was located in the rear area of house 115. In the meantime, like the other buildings, it is used exclusively for residential use.