Ngo-Matt Pickles, ngo-September 27, i-2018
Kusukela The Guardian
Izibani azisekho ehholo lezemidlalo lasePatton Barracks, ngakho-ke imenenja yokwakha uHeiko Mueller isebenzisa izitini ukuvula iminyango futhi ivumele ilanga. Iveza amanetha ebhasikidi ngezinsimbi ezikhanyelayo ezilenga ngokuzungezile ezizindongeni, ezigqoke zokugcoba eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ezingenakugqwala, nokubunjwa okukhulayo egumbini lokugeza. Umsindo wagijima emdlalweni wokugcina webhola basketball eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule.
Eminyakeni ecishe ibe ngu-70 emva kwempi yezwe yesibili, uHeidelberg wayeyinhloko yebutho lase-United States eYurophu, kanye nesikhungo somyalo we-Nato. Kodwa ku-2009 iPentagon yanquma ukunciphisa inani lamabutho aseMelika Europe, kubandakanya ukudonsa ngaphandle kwedolobha laseJalimane ngokuphelele. NgoSeptemba 2013, bonke babehamba.
Ukuhamba kwabo kwahlukumeza uHeidelberg we-chunk ebalulekile. Sekuyisikhathi eside seyaziwa ngeyunivesithi yase-700 eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala kanye ne-800 eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, kodwa ukuxhumana nebutho kwakungenakugwema: Amasosha e-20,000 nabangane bawo babehlala edolobheni labantu abangu-150,000 kuphela, abahlala ngaphezu kwe-180 amahektare omhlaba omkhulu - cishe ubukhulu obufana nesikhungo somlando wedolobha.
"Kwakukhona ukwesaba okukhulu lapho abaseMelika bephuma," kusho uHeidelberger Carmen James wesikhathi eside. "Babengumqashi omkhulu futhi yingxenye yendlela yethu yokuphila." Ummeli, u-Eckart Wuerzner, wabikezela ukuthi ukuhoxiswa kwakuzobiza umuzi € 50m (£ 45m) unyaka ngamunye, baze bafike bafike eWashington DC ukuze banxuse abase-US ukuba bashintshe ingqondo, ngeze.
Ukuhamba kwamabutho kwaholela empeleni ekulahlekelweni komsebenzi, futhi kwawa ekuhwebeni kwezitolo, zokudla kanye nabahlinzeki bamandla. Kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, umuzi waqala ukuqaphela ukuthi isikhala esishiywa ibutho kwakungeyena nje inhlekelele, kodwa kungenzeka ithuba.
Iyunivesithi yaseHeidelberg ihlonipha kakhulu isayensi yezokwelapha nokuphila, futhi yayiyikhaya lesofthiwe ye-SAP yezwe lonke. Kodwa izishayamthetho ezintsha zizohamba njalo zenze imisebenzi engcono nakwezinye izindawo, futhi umkhakha wezobuchwepheshe obuseduze wedolobha wawunenkinga yokuphuma emhlabathini, ngoba wawungekho isikhala - ukuze kwenziwe ucwaningo ukuba lukhishwe ezinkampanini, ukuze kuqalwe ukwanda, futhi abasebenzi bahlale ngokunethezeka .
Ukuhamba kwebutho lase-US kwashintsha konke lokho. Kuqala ukunqoba lapho inkampani encane ekhulayo, i-Ameria, eqala ukuthenga izitolo zedijithali, yayicabanga ukushiya - kwaze kwaba yilapho yanikezwa khona isikhala emasosini asePitton Barracks. Ama-digs amasha afanelekile, futhi ku-2021 izosuka emahhovisi amasha axhuma ezitolo ezithengiswayo lapho angahlola khona imibono kumakhasimende.
"Kwakungekho isikhala esinjengalesi eHeidelberg, noma kuphi ngempela," kusho u-Ameria uJohannes Troeger. "Izinto ezintsha zidinga isikhala, kanti i-Patton Barracks yangaphambili yindawo yokudala umphakathi wokuqala, izinkampani ezisungulwe nezinkampani."
Ukuhoxiswa kwe-US kwafika nje ngaphambi kwenhlekelele yomhlaba wonke, lapho amakhulu ezinkulungwane zababaleki befika eJalimane. Amadolobha amaningi ayehluleka ukuhlala nalabo ababefika - kodwa uHeidelberg wayenabo UPatrick Henry Village, indawo ye-100-hectare eyake yahlala amasosha e-16,000.
Yaba isikhungo sokubhalisa bonke ababaleki esifundazweni saseBaden-Württemberg. Ababaleki abaphindwe kabili kusukela lapho befika ngesayithi kunabakhileyo eHeidelberg, futhi idolobha liye laba yindawo yokuvivinya inselelo yokufaka inselelo yokuhlanganiswa kweJalimane.
Kukhona okubonakala sengathi kusebenza: abambalwa kune-5% yabakwa-Heidelberg babheka ukuthi ukufuduka kuyinkinga enkulu, futhi akukho umehluko obonwe ekufinyeleleni esikoleni phakathi kwababaleki nabendawo.
Iphrojekthi ebizwa Weltliga ihlanganisa ndawonye abantu kanye nababaleki ngenhloso yokudlala mahhala yebhola njalo ngoLwesibili ku-3pm.
"Ngonyaka odlule sinebadlali abangaphezu kuka-100 njalo ngesonto," kusho uBenedict Bechtel, oqhuba lolu hlelo. Namuhla kunaphansi kwe-20. Uthi: "Iningi lamadoda manje limatasa ku-3pm," kuchaza, ukugqoka emdlalweni emgodini wokufakelwa ngemuva kwakhe. "Basebenza noma bafunda noma bebona abangane."
Ukuvuleka komuzi ekufudukeni nasezintweni ezintsha kuqinisekisile isikhwama sokufaka isikhwama esisekela imibono yebhizinisi lababaleki ukuhambisa khona esuka e-Amsterdam kule nyanga. I-Ventures Foundation ithemba ukuthi ukubeka izinkampani eziholwa ababaleki kuzosiza ekuguquleni imibono yababaleki "abaqashi bemisebenzi" kuba "abadali bemisebenzi".
"Ngokwaziwa ngokuthi idolobha labacwaningi, uHeidelberg uba idolobha lababenzi," kusho umsunguli u-Archish Mittal. "Ngikholwa ukuthi kuyindaba nje kuphela kuze kube yilapho eyaziwa emhlabeni jikelele njengomuzi wemisha."
Lo mqondo usuke waba yitshe legumbi le-Heidelberg's post-army identity. Umuzi usanda kuhlasela ubudlelwane noPalo Alto no-Hangzhou, imizi emibili ye-tech ehamba phambili emhlabeni, futhi wakhanga amapaki amathathu kwezobuchwepheshe edolobheni.
Ukwesaba kwangaphambili kwameya kancane kancane kunika ithuba lokuba nethemba elingcono kakhulu. "Sisesendaweni ephelele ukuxhuma ama-Googles entshonalanga ne-Alibabas empumalanga," kusho uWuerzner.
Ngaphansi kwamasosha aseMelika ase-30,000 ahlala eYurophu, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kuhoxiswe okulandelayo ngemuva kukaMongameli we-US uDonald Trump imibono mayelana neminikelo yeNato evela eYurophu. Akuwona wonke amadolobha abhekana nokuqothulwa kwezempi anempahla enjengeyunivesithi yaseHeidelberg, kodwa isipiliyoni somuzi sibonisa ukuthi ukuhoxiswa kungaba ithuba lokuklama izenzakalo ezintsha kuphela, kodwa ukuthi ungubani.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, ama-bulldozers afinyelele ePatton Barracks, lapho eminyakeni emibili elandelayo ibhedi lebhino, i-casino, i-discotheque kanye nemidlalo yaseshashalazini iyoguqulwa futhi iguqulwe ibe yi-Heidelberg Innovation Park, namahhovisi amasha kanye nezinto ezibizwa ngokuthi i-smart city izengezo ezifana nezitayela yenza njenge-wifi hubs futhi ingakwazi ukuqapha ithrafikhi.
U-Mueller, umphathi wokwakha, uphonsela isitokisi esivulekile ukuvula umnyango wehholo lezemidlalo futhi ulikhiphe. "Lokhu kungenye yezithuba zokugcina ukungena kuleli sayithi," usho kanje. "Futhi leli sayithi yithuba elikhulu leHeidelberg."
