Editing Dortmund (section)

====Kreuzviertel====
[[File:Kreuzstraße.JPG|thumb|Typical Wilhelminian style houses]]
The [[Kreuzviertel]] is characterised by old buildings, the majority of which come from the turn of the 20th century (1884 to 1908). Over 80% of all housing in this area was constructed before 1948, with the oldest building the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts still standing being from 1896. In the [[Second World War]], relatively few buildings were destroyed in comparison to other areas of the city. Today, [[Kreuzviertel]] forms a nearly homogeneous historic building area. Over 100 buildings remain protected as historic monuments, like the Kreuzkirche at Kreuzstraße and the first concrete church in Germany St.-Nicolai. Nowadays the Kreuzviertel is a trendy district with pubs, restaurants, cafés, galleries, and little shops. Moreover, local efforts to beautify and invigorate the neighbourhood have reinforced a budding sense of community and artistic expression. The West park is the green lung of the Kreuzviertel and in the months between May and October a centre of the student urban life. The district has the highest real estate prices in Dortmund.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.capital.de/immobilien-kompass/dortmund.html/ |title=Mietspiegel und Immobilienpreise von Dortmund &#124; Capital |access-date=29 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228181111/https://www.capital.de/immobilien-kompass/dortmund.html#Szeneviertel |archive-date=28 December 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Even today many artists choose Kreuzviertel as their residence: [[Sasha (German singer)|Sascha Schmitz]], [[Christina Hammer]], and players of [[Borussia Dortmund]].