Axel-Springer-Strasse
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| Section of Axel-Springer-Strasse towards Leipziger Strasse , 2012 |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District |
Kreuzberg , center |
| Created | April 10, 1996 |
| Newly designed | May 31, 2012 (partially) |
| Hist. Names | Lindenstrasse |
| Connecting roads |
Leipziger Strasse (north) , Lindenstrasse (south) |
| Cross streets | Beuthstrasse, Krausenstrasse, Kommandantenstrasse, Schützenstrasse, Zimmerstrasse |
| Buildings | see sights |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | 350 meters |
The Axel-Springer-Straße is a 350-meter-long street in Berlin, from the district center in the district of Kreuzberg leads. It is located in the historic Friedrichstadt district . It was created as a separate street in 1996 by separating the northern part of Lindenstrasse .
location
Axel-Springer-Strasse begins on Oranienstrasse and runs northeast to Leipziger Strasse on Spittelmarkt . The house numbers were initially not changed after the street section was separated from Lindenstrasse. They run in a horseshoe shape from house no.39 at the corner of Oranienstrasse to the end and back to house no.65.
Naming
In 1996, part of Lindenstrasse was named after the German newspaper publisher Axel Springer (1912–1985). The publishing house he founded with the Axel Springer high-rise is located at Axel Springer Strasse 65.
history
The history of the street begins with the renaming of the northern part of Lindenstrasse. In 2011 a cycle path was set up on the roadway on Axel-Springer-Strasse and Lindenstrasse. Already in connection with the International Building Exhibition (IBA) there were considerations to set up a separate cycle lane .
In 2012, Axel-Springer-Strasse, which until then ended on Beuthstrasse, was extended to Leipziger Strasse on Spittelmarkt. This restored the historic connection between the Lindenstrasse / Axel-Springer-Strasse and the road network in Berlin-Mitte, which was interrupted by the construction of the Wall in 1961. According to the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschlands (BUND), the much-used old / new connection leads to the limit values for noise, fine dust and nitrogen dioxide being exceeded . It was also criticized that the construction costs of 11.4 million euros for a section of road 90 meters in length would be too high. Residents had previously tried to prevent further construction of the road by taking legal action.
The topping-out ceremony was held in 2018 on the construction site of the Media Campus Axel-Springer-Straße 59-63 . In June 2013, the Springer Group launched a planning competition for a digital media center, which is to offer 3,500 new jobs and whose architecture is to be radically different from the previous high-rises, and invited 22 architectural offices to do so. The architect group Rem Koolhaas won the competition with a relaxed building, the centerpiece of which is the atrium , which is over 30 meters high . The atrium symbolizes the course of the Berlin Wall. The building is intended to mediate between the Berlin building block and the Axel Springer high-rise, to which it opens. Interconnected terraces and a public work area create an environment for individual and collective work. A large “eye” is being created towards Lindenstrasse. Mathias Döpfner , Chairman of Axel-Springer AG, formulated the expectations as follows: “The building should not only be overwhelmingly beautiful, but also address the question: What does matter mean in a dematerialized media economy, what does an office mean in a mobile working environment that You don't really need offices anymore? ”The new building should be so avant-garde that not only street passers-by are amazed, but it should also offer digital natives opportunities for new creative work.
Buildings and Memories
→ List of cultural monuments in Berlin-Mitte / Friedrichstadt
- At Axel-Springer-Strasse 50, the Blatt memorial commemorates the Lindenstrasse synagogue . The work of the three Israeli artists Micha Ullman , Zvi Hecker and Eyal Weizman is located in the courtyard of the Barmer Ersatzkasse , which is located in a listed building called the Place of Remembrance .
- There are also two stumbling blocks in front of house number 50 that are reminiscent of Lotte Rotholz and Siegbert Rotholz . You were murdered in 1943.
- The embassies of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the diplomatic mission of Mauritania have set up in house no. 54a / 54b, which before 1990 served as a publishing house for the GDR school book publisher Volk und Wissen .
- The Axel Springer high-rise , which opened in 1966, is located at the Axel Springer Group's location at Axel-Springer-Strasse 65 . Magazines and daily newspapers such as Die Welt , Welt am Sonntag , the associated online editions and the nationwide editions of the Bild newspaper, including Bild am Sonntag, are produced here. In 1994 a second publishing house was arranged at an angle to the first building. It stands out due to a large glass facade. In 2004, the Axel Springer Passage was added.
- In front of the Axel Springer House stands the sculpture Balancing Act, created by the sculptor Stephan Balkenhol .
- Berlin Wall Trail : The street crosses the two districts of Mitte ( East Berlin ) and Kreuzberg ( West Berlin ), which were separated by the Wall from 1961 to 1989 . Their location is symbolized by paving stones embedded in the ground. The marking runs from Zimmerstrasse, across the eastern side of Axel-Springer-Strasse into Kommandantenstrasse.
- Since the 1990s remember the sunken red stones at the intersection Rudi Dutschke Strasse corner Oranienstrasse to the destroyed during WWII Jerusalem Church .
- In the vicinity, the Frankfurt project developer Goldstein began building the Markgrafenkarree , in which 365 rental apartments are being built (completion planned by 2015).
Memorial sheet , remembrance of the Lindenstrasse synagogue
Stumbling block for Lotte Rotholz
Stumbling block for Siegbert Rotholz
Sculpture balancing act by Stephan Balkenhol
Outlines of the Jerusalem Church
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See also
Web links
- Axel-Springer-Strasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Expert opinion on the possibilities of bicycle traffic planning in Berlin-Kreuzberg . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ↑ New Axel-Springer-Strasse released . In: Der Tagesspiegel , June 1, 2012
- ↑ Sidney Gennies: The most expensive place in Berlin . In: Der Tagesspiegel , December 30, 2010.
- ↑ Axel-Springer-Straße may be expanded . In: Berliner Morgenpost , February 15, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Isabell Jürgens: Starting shot for a modern media campus . In: Berliner Morgenpost from June 1, 2013, p. 15
- ↑ Rem Koolhaas is to build the Axel Springer Campus on www.welt.de; Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ↑ Uta Baier Cross-border commuters in front of the Axel Springer House . In: Die Welt , May 25, 2009.
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '31.7 " N , 13 ° 23' 58.4" E