Avenue of the Cosmonauts (Berlin)
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| Avenue of the Cosmonauts near the Springpfuhl train station | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District |
Lichtenberg , Marzahn |
| Created | in the current stage of development from 1970 |
| Connecting roads | Herzbergstrasse, Raoul-Wallenberg-Strasse |
| Cross streets | (Selection) Rhinstrasse , Meeraner Strasse, Beilsteiner Strasse, Marzahner Chaussee, Märkische Allee , Landsberger Allee |
| Places | Helene-Weigel-Platz |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | 5400 meters, of which about 4.5 km in Marzahn |
The Allee der Kosmonauten is a main thoroughfare in the Berlin districts of Lichtenberg and Marzahn-Hellersdorf that was built in the 1970s . It leads in west-east direction from the district of Lichtenberg as a continuation of Herzbergstraße on Rhinstraße crosses in the district of Marzahn the Märkische Allee and ends at the Landsberger Allee .
History and description of the process
The Allee der Kosmonauten is a completely new road, which, however, integrates parts of the goat pasture in its route . The extension of Herzbergstrasse across the newly built section of Rhinstrasse to Marzahner Chaussee was initially named Springpfuhlstrasse in 1975 (after a pond of the same name). The entire street of the later Allee der Kosmonauten was still under construction or only partially completed at this time.
It begins at the west entrance of the Queen Elisabeth Herzberge Evangelical Hospital, initially as a footpath and tram route. Then it bends twice and leads to Landsberger Allee in the north. In front of Rhinstrasse there is a southern extension, house numbers 16-25. At the intersection with Rhinstrasse, the district border to Marzahn-Hellersdorf (Marzahn district) is crossed. The Alley der Kosmonauten then runs through an industrial park and crosses the S-Bahn at Springpfuhl station . Further to the east, it touches the Helene-Weigel-Platz with its three 25-story high-rise residential buildings and the listed old town hall of Marzahn , which is used as the meeting place for the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district council after the administrative reform of 2001 .
In the area of Helene-Weigel-Platz, the street forms a winding northern arm (which has a walking connection to the Murtzaner Ring and to Alt-Marzahn ). The areas numbers 88-144 between Eitelstrasse and Elisabethstrasse belong to the district of Biesdorf , the larger remainder (up to number 203) to Marzahn. In its middle section, the street forms the district boundary to Biesdorf.
Origin of name and date of designation
In honor of the space flight of the Soviet cosmonaut Colonel Valeri Bykowski and the German research cosmonaut Lieutenant Colonel Sigmund Jähn with the Soyuz 31 spacecraft to the Salyut 6 space station , the Springpfuhlstrasse was given its current name on September 22, 1978 in the presence of the two space travelers. (Jähn was the first German in space. The flight took place from August 26 to September 3, 1978.)
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Cosmonaut is from the Russian assumed name for a spaceman , analogous to that of the American Anglo-speaking countries originating astronauts . Bykowski and Jähn were honored with honorary citizenship of the city of Berlin by the East Berlin magistrate and the city council on September 21, 1978 and after 1989 they were included in the Senate list of Berlin honorary citizens .
Architecture and traffic of the street
Along the Allee der Kosmonauten, which is popularly known simply as AdK , there are commercial areas and large residential areas in mostly eleven-story slab construction . The section of street between Rhinstrasse and Märkische Allee is characterized by commercial buildings. North of the Allee der Kosmonauten 28–33, office and hall complexes were renovated and modernized from 1991 onwards, and a new office and commercial building and commercial yards were built. The residential development begins at the Springpfuhl S-Bahn station. Almost along its entire length, the AdK is used by trams (lines M8 and 18), which have their own route mainly in the middle of the street. The route was laid out to Rhinstrasse in 1975, extended to Elisabethstrasse in 1979 and further extended in 1982. The old concrete tram stop houses, which were gradually replaced after 1989, were painted with futuristic and space motifs. In addition, some bus routes open up the main line (X54, 154, 192, 194).
Art, culture and education in the avenue of cosmonauts
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- A fountain sculpture was set up in front of house number 58 in 1982: Still life, covered table , made by Emerita Pansowova .
- In front of house number 68 - between two ten storeys at Marchwitzastraße - there is a ten meter high concrete sculpture Richtkrone . The sculptor Alfred Bernau created the monument to commemorate the completion of the first houses in the new Marzahn district in 1974.
- A few meters away, a relief embedded in a concrete base reminds of the naming ceremony in 1978.
- The entire high-rise number 145 was designed as a FlowerTower in 2012/2013 by the French street art group CitéCréation . The commissioned work by the housing cooperative Friedenshort e. G. has completely changed the face of the building. It is currently the tallest facade artwork in Europe.
- In front of wing number 194 there is a sandstone sculpture Three seated women on a stone plinth (see picture). The figures were made by the sculptor Manfred Huebner and placed here in 1985.
- At the Plansche am Anger , four stainless steel steles serve as manually operated spray showers on a paved, level surface for summer fun. Design and execution come from the Marzahn Green Space Authority.
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Culture
- Statttheater Lichtenberg, Allee der Kosmonauten 67
- Greenhouse youth club, Allee der Kosmonauten 170
- Russian Orthodox Church Marzahn, Allee der Kosmonauten 184–188
Sports and education
- In the area of the AdK there are numerous sports facilities, including halls and open sports fields, also for sports clubs.
- The OSZ Energietechnik II (Hein Moeller School: Number 18), the International Lomonossow School Marzahn and the Wilhelm von Siemens Grammar School are located in the street.
- Akademie für Berufsförderung und Umschulung gGmbH (vocational school for commercial assistants and office communication; under construction) under number 35a
literature
- Peter Brock (ed.): Berlin streets rediscovered. 33 forays through the capital. Jaron Verlag Berlin, 2003, ISBN 3-89773-114-2 , pages 9-14: Street of Heroes
- Ylva Queisser, Lidia Tirri: Avenue of the Cosmonauts. Insights and outlooks from the plate , Kulturring eV, ISBN 3-9805340-8-1 .
Web links
- Avenue of the Cosmonauts. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marzahn 1954 ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Official street directory of the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district; pdf (July 2015) , here: Allee der Kosmonauten, p. 1 (PDF; 350 kB)
- ^ History of the Berlin tram
- ^ Art conception in the Großsiedlung (PDF; 2.3 MB), accessed on March 28, 2011
- ↑ Fresques Flower Tower ( Memento from August 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 31, 2014
- ↑ The tallest facade artwork in Europe
- ^ Written information from the head of the Marzahn-Hellersdorf Art Office from April 2011
- ^ Info from Tip-Berlin on the Statttheater ( memento from February 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); Retrieved March 28, 2011
- ↑ Later a stone church. In: LichtenbergMarzahnPlus , November 10, 2016.
- ^ Homepage of the Hein Moeller School
- ^ Website of the Lomonosov International School
Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 1 ″ N , 13 ° 33 ′ 3 ″ E