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German Village
Restored 1800s brick cottages, wrought iron, and Schiller Park — walkable end to end.
- Landmark
- Schiller Park has been the green heart of the brick streets since 1857.
- City Council
- District 2District 5
- Local civic body
- German Village CommissionLocal historic-review commissionReviews exterior changes monthly. Meeting schedule & map
- Zone In status
- No Zone In corridor runs through here yet — parcels keep their current zoning.
How the German Village community compares
The German Village community’s standing across Civic Worth’s civic maps. Open any measure to see it on the map.
Ranked across the City of Columbus’s Columbus Communities planning areas, which the City notes aren’t a substitute for area commission boundaries.
- Code-enforcement & blight pressure17.9 code cases per 1,000 parcels · #23 of 35 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- 311 requests resolved within 7 days58% share resolved within 7 days · #1 of 35 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Development pulse (2025 building permits)196 permits per 1,000 parcels · #7 of 40 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Rent burden (studio)12.5% fair-market rent as % of median income · #41 of 41 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Digital divide2.9% households without home broadband (%) · #36 of 41 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Aging housing stock126 median age of homes (years) · #1 of 36 · as of Oct 9, 2026
Zone In Phase 2 in the German Village community
Under the City’s Phase 2 Public Review Draft, 6.8% of the German Village community’s land is proposed for a new zoning district, across 33 draft districts.
Most-proposed districts (by parcels)
- UGN-1 · Urban General 1 — 97 parcels
- EMX · Emerging Mixed-Use — 90 parcels
Public Review Draft, Aug 2026 — subject to change. Source: City of Columbus Zone In Phase 2 draft map (ArcGIS layer 808), as of 2026-10-09.
Example German Village parcels
Three real addresses inside the neighborhood — open one to see its full civic record.
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