Bölschestrasse

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Bölschestrasse
coat of arms
Street in Berlin
Bölschestrasse
View of part of the street, northwards towards the train station
Basic data
place Berlin
District Friedrichshagen
Created around 1750
Hist. Names Dorfstrasse,
Friedrichstrasse
Cross streets (Selection)
Fürstenwalder Damm ,
Schmaler Weg ,
Am Goldmannpark ,
Lindenallee ,
Drachholzstraße ,
Myliusgarten ,
Aßmannstraße ,
Müggelseedamm
Places Marketplace
Buildings Buildings
use
User groups Road traffic , public transport
Technical specifications
Street length 1300 meters

The Bölschestraße in Berlin district of Frederick Hagen ( Treptow-Koepenick ) is a 1.3-kilometer road from Prince Damm to Müggelseedamm . It was named on July 31, 1947. From 1753 to 1871 it was called Dorfstrasse and from 1871 to 1947 Friedrichstrasse . It was named after the writer Wilhelm Bölsche , the most important representative of the Friedrichshagener poet circle .

history

Bölschestrasse is Friedrichshagens main and shopping street and is characterized by architectural diversity in different heights. Some sizable Wilhelminian style and Art Nouveau buildings, such as the former Friedrichshagen Town Hall , which served as a police section until 2011, bear witness to the economic boom in Friedrichshagen in the 19th century.

The street was laid out in 1753 at the behest of the Prussian King Friedrich II. For a colony for cotton spinning in homework, in the winter months the residents made their living by broom making . In order to earn additional income by selling sweet mulberries , the people of Friedrichshagen planted several hundred mulberry trees, so the street owes its width to the trees that were then planted in four rows. A long suspected sericulture did not exist. Four of these mulberry trees are still standing, three of which are designated as natural monuments (status: 2014).

First, the residents built 50 double houses along this street, plus a school, a village jug, a bakery and a slaughterhouse. The single - storey half-timbered buildings were grouped around a market square, on which a prayer house was built (from which the Christophorus Church later emerged). In the first half of the 19th century an intensive renovation of the first houses began, their street facades were provided with all sorts of ornaments in the style of classicism , which corresponded to the zeitgeist of the time. The houses still preserved in their first basic form are the numbers 8/9, 10, 45, 104 and 126a. Most of the residential buildings, however, were replaced by stone buildings that were at least two stories high , and were also richly decorated, mostly in the Art Nouveau style . In the ground floor area, more frequent modifications were made later, especially in connection with the sales facilities set up here. In addition to the town hall as a typical representative of these renewal buildings, the houses Bölschestraße 66, 74, 76 and 85 are among the redesigned buildings.

The name Friedrichstrasse had to be replaced after the end of the Second World War because it was reminiscent of a previous ruler. The new councilors named the route Wilhelm-Bölsche-Straße . In 1947 the name, shortened to the last name, became official. The street has largely been preserved in its historical course and development and has therefore been part of the Friedrichshagen monument since the 1990s .

Buildings and works of art (selection)

The Berlin monument authority has more than 100 residential buildings on this street alone, as well as the Christophorus Church , a war memorial , a post office building and the Friedrichshagen town hall as architectural monuments.

The urinal on the market square was supposed to be torn down in the 1990s, which prevented a citizens' initiative. After renovation by Wall AG , the Friedrichshagen advertising association now operates a box office here; its original function was retained.

In a small green area on the market square there is a beautiful fountain, designed based on a template by Hans-Detlev Hennig and put into operation in 1971.

traffic

The Friedrichshagen tram , now part of the Berlin tram , has been traveling the entire length of the street since 1891 . The northern section is accessed by the S-Bahn from Friedrichshagen station .

Street parties

The Bölschefest , which has been taking place annually in May since 1990, is popular , the Friedrichshagen Street Festival, which is mainly celebrated in Bölschestraße with a central market. The festival gained a certain national fame after it was mentioned in the comedy film Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee .

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Bölschestraße (Berlin-Friedrichshagen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aribert Giesche and Karl-Ludwig Lange, Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86732-270-6
  2. ↑ Location map of old mulberry trees in Berlin
  3. ↑ Institute for Monument Preservation (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments of the GDR. Capital Berlin-II . Henschelverlag, Berlin 1984, p. 331 ff .
  4. ↑ Monument area Bölschestrasse
  5. ↑ Mathias Raabe: It used to be a loo, today Café Achteck. In: Berliner Zeitung , November 9, 2012
  6. ↑ heron fountain on www.flickr.com
  7. ↑ Gerlinde Jänicke: Colorful street festival. In: Berliner Morgenpost , May 8, 2010; Retrieved November 19, 2012

Coordinates: 52 ° 27 ′ 1 ″  N , 13 ° 37 ′ 29 ″  E