Wilhelmstrasse (Berlin-Wilhelmstadt)
| Wilhelmstrasse | |
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| The former Smuts Barracks of the British Berlin Infantry Brigade |
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| place | Berlin |
| District | Wilhelmstadt |
| Created | 19th century |
| Connecting roads | Klosterstrasse (north) , Potsdamer Chaussee (south) |
| Cross streets |
(Selection) Pichelsdorfer Straße, Adamstraße, Heerstraße , Weinmeisterhornweg |
| Places | Melanchtonplatz |
| Buildings | former Spandau war crimes prison |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
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| Street length | 2900 meters |
The Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin 's Spandau district is the link between Spandau and Potsdam . In the north, the Wilhelmstrasse leads from the road and the Seeburger Ziegelhof in the monastery road, about one kilometer south of the S- and underground station Spandau . It crosses the highway and from this point runs on this route the Bundesstraße 2 . At its southern end, it goes from the "Seeburger Zipfel" at the level of the Karolinenhöhe into the Potsdamer Chaussee.
history
The Potsdamer Chaussee was renamed in 1897 north of the Karolinenhöhe for the 100th birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I in "Wilhelmstrasse". The Wilhelm city received its name also at that time; previously it was called Potsdamer or Pichelsdorfer Vorstadt.
Extensive military installations were built on Wilhelmstrasse. The fortress prison was completed in 1881. The barracks were built in 1883–1886.
At the time of the occupation statute, seven war criminals convicted in the Nuremberg trials were imprisoned in the Spandau war crimes prison, including Rudolf Hess until his death . After his death, the prison was demolished and a shopping center consisting of several buildings was built, the former Britannia Center Spandau . After the shopping center was largely demolished, there is now a supermarket on the site.
The train was barrack, while the Britons was used as a 'known Smuts Barracks. Currently located in the monumental and complex. a. the Wilhelmstadt schools and a branch of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials with - according to their own account - the most important geological collection in Germany.
The BVG's Spandau depot and a hydrogen filling station are also located on Wilhelmstrasse .
Future development
The Berlin Senate intends to develop a residential area on the grounds of the Trainkaserne and the Schmidt-Knobelsdorf-Kaserne. On May 30, 2017, an ordinance was passed for this purpose, which grants the Senate a right of first refusal in the case of property sales, together with preparatory studies for an urban development measure .
The Interior Ministry can contrast ascertain whether a newly created on the site of Schmidt-Knobelsdorf barracks until the beginning of 2018 Directorate of the Federal Police can be accommodated, heavy with special forces violent crime to combat. The Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (BImA) only considers this location to be suitable.
See also
Web links
- Wilhelmstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- BVG depot Spandau
Individual evidence
- ↑ Series Spandau once and now from the Spandauer Volksblatt Berlin , sheet 35, in spring 1977
- ^ 15 years of service area Berlin-Spandau . WebSite of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, accessed on June 5, 2015.
- ^ Landesdenkmalamt Berlin: Smuts Barracks & former Train barracks . Monument database, accessed May 31, 2017.
- ^ Marcel Eupen: Preemption Ordinance for Schmidt-Knobelsdorf-Kaserne and Train-Kaserne . In: Spandauer Volksblatt Online , accessed on May 31, 2017.
- ↑ Joachim Fahrun, Brigitte Schmiemann: Spandau should become the center in the fight against terror . In: Berliner Morgenpost online , accessed on July 2, 2017.
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '0 " N , 13 ° 10' 43" E