Neighborhood management Forst / Driescher Hof

events

Together & colorful

Flea market and concert for neighbors big and small

The Forst/Driescher Hof district office and the Protestant Church of the Resurrection cordially invite you to the blanket flea market around the Church of the Resurrection on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 2 pm with delicious drinks, waffles and cakes. The highlight is the concert "Kunterbunte Töne" at 4 pm in the Church of the Resurrection by and with the MGS Mataréstraße, the instrumental ensemble of the music school and the congregation.

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The neighborhood

From a social planning perspective, the Forst / Driescher Hof district is made up of a total of four living spaces: Schönforst, Altforst, Obere Trierer Straße and Driescher Hof. A special feature of the district is that it is intersected by two major traffic axes: The outer ring road (Adenauerallee and Madrider Ring) and Trierer Straße. To date, both axes have prevented a uniform sense of belonging to the entire district from developing. This is particularly true of the Obere Trierer Straße area, which stretches along both sides of this axis, while Schönforst, Altforst and Driescher Hof within the axis intersection feel more like units and each have their own individual characteristics. However, various activities of the district conference are aimed at strengthening cooperation.

On 31.12.2014, 20,950 people lived in this area.

In terms of its population, the Forst / Driescher Hof area is still a comparatively old neighborhood: the aging index is below 100 in all survey years, i.e. more people over the age of 64 live in the neighborhood than young people under the age of 18. However, the rising values since 2007 and the comparison with Aachen as a whole show that the topic of "youth" is gradually gaining in importance. Obere Trierer Strasse and Driescher Hof are particularly affected by this.

The supply situation in Forst and Driescher Hof varies greatly depending on the living space. For Schönforst, Altforst and Obere Trierer Straße, Trierer Straße itself forms the central supply axis. Here you can find stores for daily needs, and in some cases also for periodic needs. Away from this axis, however, there are only a few stores.

In contrast, a wealth of social facilities are located off Trierer Strasse. They provide services for children, young people, adults, families and senior citizens or are aimed at the general public regardless of a specific target group.

District conference

The Driescher Hof development area, which was built between 1960 and 1980, is one of the districts in which a district conference was set up very early on, on October 17, 1989, in cooperation between the Social Welfare Office and the Youth Welfare Office of the City of Aachen. Initially, the conference focused exclusively on the Driescher Hof area. As can be seen from the first letter of invitation, it was hoped that it would provide "impetus for future cooperation in the district".

District office

Sabine Müller and Bodo Lamp (photo) manage the Forst / Driescher Hof district office, a central first point of contact with a pilot function for the concerns of people and initiatives in the two districts.

The services offered by the district office include...

• Referral to existing services, contact points, advice centers and projects in the district, also outside the district if required
• Help with the search for suitable contact persons within the Aachen city administration
• carrying out projects and events in cooperation with various stakeholders in order to bring residents together with other people from the district and create new opportunities for encounters
• Advice if you are interested and have questions about the district fund
  
  

Sabine Müller and Bodo Lamp are also responsible for neighborhood management:

• Supporting and accompanying the Forst / Driescher Hof district conference
• the networking of neighborhood facilities, associations, institutions, administration and politics
• Strengthening and expanding cooperative relationships and identifying needs in the district

All in all, the neighborhood management team, together with all the other committed people from the district, is there to make the Forst and Driescher Hof neighborhoods more liveable and lovable!

You...

• are looking for an advice center for social or other concerns?
• Are you interested in a sports course in your area and don't know where to go?
• would like to volunteer in the district or have a creative idea for a district project?
• are looking for new network contacts and cooperation partners?
• have realized an interesting offer in the district and would like to publicize it or are looking for exciting offers?
• would like to know more about the district and the neighborhood work?

If so, please contact Sabine Müller or Bodo Lamp at the Forst / Driescher Hof district office to arrange a personal appointment (access is barrier-free).