Urban renewal in Wolfsburg
Current projects within the framework of urban renewal
The two areas "Handwerkerviertel" and "Die Höfe" in the western part of the city center are currently being redeveloped. The Detmerode district is being upgraded outside of the urban development program. The redevelopment statutes for the "Westhagen" area were repealed in May 2023 after 23 years and the redevelopment was successfully completed.
Some older districts or neighborhoods have structural and/or functional deficiencies and need to be renovated. The following characteristics are often typical of these areas:
- An accumulation of buildings with a high need for refurbishment or modernization,
- vacant buildings,
- unused properties and conflicts of use,
- a lack of or neglected public green spaces and play areas,
- Deficits in the residential environment,
- deficits in traffic management and a lack of parking space,
- Conflicts in the social sphere,
- residents' lack of identification with their neighborhood and
- a negative image of the neighborhood.
In order to tackle these problems, planners have various instruments and funding options at their disposal in accordance with the provisions of the German Building Code (BauGB; Sections 136 ff.) and the Lower Saxony Urban Development Funding Directive (R- StBauF 2022).
Various renovation projects and funding programs are currently being implemented in Wolfsburg:
- In the "Handwerkerviertel" area, the federal-state funding program "Growth and Sustainable Renewal" (until 2019: "Stadtumbau West") has been the basis of the redevelopment since 2015.
- The redevelopment in the "Die Höfe" area has been carried out under the "Lebendige Zentren" funding program since 2015 (until 2019: "Städtebaulicher Denkmalschutz").
- "Detmerode" is not a classic redevelopment area: this district with its buildings worth preserving, most of which date back to the 1960s, is to be protected by an urban conservation statute (Sections 172 ff. BauGB). The conservation statute is currently in the process of being drawn up.
- The Westhagen urban redevelopment project has successfully participated in the federal-state program "Districts with special development needs - Socially Integrative City" for 23 years. The final documentation has been published; preparations are currently underway for the collection of the compensation amounts.
Further information on current urban renewal projects:
- Redevelopment area ''Handwerkerviertel''
- Redevelopment area ''Die Höfe''
- Detmerode conservation statutes
- Former Westhagen redevelopment area
Contact persons:
City of Wolfsburg
Urban planning and building consultancy division
Porschestrasse 49
38440 Wolfsburg
Telephone: 05361 28-2165
E-mail: sekretariat.06@stadt.wolfsburg.de
Redevelopment area "Handwerkerviertel":
Christian Teigeler
Phone: 05361- 28 1677
E-Mail: christian.teigeler@stadt.wolfsburg.de
Anja Meyer
Phone: 05361-28 2605
E-Mail: anja.meyer@stadt.wolfsburg.de
Katharina Peters
Phone: 05361- 28 1674
E-mail: katharina.peters@stadt.wolfsburg.de
Redevelopment area "Die Höfe":
Katharina Peters
Phone: 05361- 28 1674
E-mail: katharina.peters@stadt.wolfsburg.de
Christian Teigeler
Phone: 05361- 28 1677
E-Mail: christian.teigeler@stadt.wolfsburg.de
Preservation statute Detmerode:
Anja Meyer
Phone: 05361- 28 2605
E-mail: anja.meyer@stadt.wolfsburg.de
Redevelopment management:
Benedikt Vos,
S.T.E.R.N. GmbH
Phone: 030 - 44363650,
E-mail: vos.benedikt@stern-berlin.de
- Federal-Länder program "Growth and sustainable renewal"
- Growth and sustainable renewal - shaping livable neighborhoods
- Growth and sustainable renewal - Creating livable neighborhoods Info from the State of Lower Saxony
- Federal-state program "Living Centers"
- Vibrant centers - preservation and development of city and town centers
- Lebendige Zentren - Information from the State of Lower Saxony