Urban redevelopment core area Idar

Site plan of the Idar core area

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Objectives of the refurbishment measure

• structural measures to preserve the architectural heritage, the activation of city and town centers, adaptation to inner-city structural change, including in central supply areas that are threatened or affected by loss of function, especially commercial vacancies, securing the supply structure to ensure the provision of services of general interest,
• Securing and renovating buildings worthy of preservation, historical ensembles or other structures of historical, artistic or urban planning significance as well as modernizing and repairing or extending and converting these buildings or ensembles; measures to secure and renovate buildings particularly worthy of preservation as well as carrying out organizational measures to preserve or restore the historical townscape and urban layout,
• Preservation and further development of inner-city public spaces (streets, paths, squares, green spaces), renewal of existing buildings,
• Improvement of urban mobility including the optimization of pedestrian friendliness and alternative forms of mobility for better networking of living, working, leisure and recreation as well as local supply,
• Neighborhood and city center management or center development management, the participation of authorized users and their representatives within the meaning of Section 138 BauGB as well as real estate and location communities.

Integrated urban development concept

A number of public events and themed workshops were held as part of the public participation process to formally define the redevelopment area and draw up the integrated urban development concept (ISEK). In addition, citizens were able to send their suggestions and ideas to the city administration or the commissioned office until the end of the processing procedure. On 29.09.2022, the city council of Idar-Oberstein formally established the redevelopment area and adopted the final report of the preparatory studies with the resulting ISEK.