Albertstrasse (Dresden)
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| Northern part of Albertstrasse | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Dresden |
| District | Inner New Town |
| Created | 1892 |
| Newly designed | 1969 |
| Hist. Names | König-Albert-Strasse, Strasse der Einheit |
| Connecting roads |
Koenigsbrücker Strasse , Carolabrücke |
| Cross streets | Am Schwarzen Tor, Paul-Schwarze-Strasse, Metzer Strasse, Archivstrasse, Ritterstrasse |
| Places |
Albertplatz , Carolaplatz |
| Buildings |
Ministry of Social Affairs , Main State Archives , Neustädter Markthalle |
| use | |
| User groups | Motor traffic , public transport , pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | 500 meters |
The Albert Street is a downtown all the main street in Dresden . It is located in the Innere Neustadt district and is part of an important north-south axis through the urban area.
traffic
Albertstraße runs exactly in a north-south direction and begins in the northern continuation of the Carolabrücke at Carolaplatz . The 50-meter-wide traffic train, which also includes tram tracks west of the street, extends after 250 meters over a short section to what is popularly known as the Archive Square.
After a further 250 meters, Albertstraße meets Albertplatz at its northern end , around which road traffic leads in a circle and at its northern intersection into west-eastern Anton- / Bautzner Straße ( Bundesstraße 6 ) or Königsbrücker Straße heading north ( Bundesstraße 97 ) transforms. This means that Albertstrasse is part of a north-south axis that runs from Königsbrücker over Albertstrasse itself to the Carolabrücke and continues south on the Old Town side of the Elbe in the form of St. Petersburger Strasse as Bundesstrasse 170 .
Next to the four-lane street are tram tracks, which are used by lines 3, 7 and 8 of the Dresden tram .
history
The area around Albertstrasse was within the fortifications of Altendresden, which were completed in the 17th century . When, as a result of the city fire of 1685 under August the Strong, the district was redesigned in Baroque style at the beginning of the 18th century, the eastern part of what is now Neustadt , in which today's Albertstrasse is also located, was kept free for barracks . These emerged in large numbers in the 19th century, but were surrounded by the expanding city of Dresden. The high demand for plots for new living space favored the relocation of the units of the Saxon Army to the new Albertstadt in 1877 after the Franco-German War . The old barracks in the Inner New Town, including parts of the Jägerhof , were then partially demolished and the area re-planned. As early as 1812, when the circular, classical Albertplatz, which lies in the center of the Neustädter Elbe arc , was planned to be later Albertstrasse. This was to continue as one of the star-shaped streets leading to the square in a southerly direction in an Elbe bridge .
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This plan in the form of “König-Albert-Straße” was carried out in the early 1890s, when the final road breakthrough took place through the former barracks and at the same time the “ Königin-Carola-Brücke ” was built. The street, which also included the new " Königin-Carola-Platz ", was named in 1893 in honor of the then reigning Saxon King Albert and his wife Carola . Albert had also acted as commander of the XII. Army Corps in August 1870 in the Battle of Gravelotte ("Bataille de Saint-Privat") earned merits, which is why the square in the middle of Albertstrasse at the level of the Main State Archives was initially called "St.-Privat-Platz". The name also lasted in the Third Reich . The new street from Albertplatz to over the Carolabrücke relieved the main road - Augustusbrücke - Schloßstraße , which ran parallel to the west .
During the devastating air raids in February 1945, the area around Albertstraße was partially destroyed, which was followed by the demolition of large parts of the Wilhelminian-style residential development, as well as the Church of St. Franziskus Xaverius on Albertplatz and the Sarrasani circus building on Carolaplatz. During the GDR era, Albertstrasse was drastically widened to the west. The tram tracks, which were originally in the middle of the street, were moved to the west side of the street and provided with a green strip. This happened around 1970 in connection with the reconstruction of the Carolabrücke, which was also destroyed in World War II. Since then, the road has consisted of four lanes, two of which in each direction, without a green strip in the middle. The urban planning effect of the wide aisle in the middle of the city center is considered devastating today.
After the end of the war, street names reminiscent of the Saxon monarchy were undesirable in the Soviet occupation zone . In memory of the merger of the SPD with the KPD to form the SED in 1946, the street was called "Straße der Einheit" from 1946, analogous to the square and the bridge of the unit . Only after the reunification did it get the name Albertstraße again, whereby the original addition “ König ” was deliberately omitted in the Saxon Free State , which was re-established in 1990 .
A pedestrian bridge was built in 1980 between the Neustädter Markthalle and the main state archive . Due to serious structural defects, it was closed in March 2015 and demolished on November 13, 2016. It has replaced a level crossing controlled by pedestrian traffic lights.
Development
Most of the development along Albertstrasse consists of prefabricated buildings from the 1960s and 1970s. The ten storeys in the southern part of the west side of Albertstrasse, however, have house numbers from Sarrasanistrasse, which still runs west of the tram tracks. The Sarrasani Circus stood there until the war .
On the south east side of the road leading from its proximity to Dresden's government district is characterized that has Saxon State Ministry of Social Affairs is established. To the north which closes Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden on. This building was built until 1915 and houses the main department of the Saxon State Archive . Opposite it is the Neustädter Markthalle , built in 1899 , the southeastern end of which was destroyed in the war and ultimately fell victim to the widening of Albertstrasse.
To the north of the archive and the market hall, the residential development continues on both sides in the form of six-storey prefabricated buildings from the late GDR period. While it stretches on the east side of the street to Albertplatz, on the west side it only extends to Jorge-Gomondai -Platz, where the St. Francis Xaverius Church stood before the war .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The history of the Inner New Town: The baroque redesign. In: dresden-neustadt.de. November 4, 2000, accessed March 19, 2014 .
- ^ Adolf Hantzsch: Name book of the streets and squares of Dresden (= messages of the Society for the History of Dresden . No. 17, 18 ). Wilhelm Baeusch, Dresden 1905, p. 75 .
- ↑ Albertstrasse pedestrian bridge will be closed - no money for renovation. In: Dresdner Latest News . March 13, 2015, accessed March 26, 2016 .
literature
- Stadtlexikon Dresden A-Z . Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1995, ISBN 3-364-00300-9 .
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 37 ″ N , 13 ° 44 ′ 46 ″ E