Bahnhofstrasse (Erfurt)
The Bahnhofstrasse is a street in the old town of Erfurt . It leads from the Anger in the city center to the main station and on to Schillerstraße in the south on the city ring .
Location and traffic
Bahnhofstrasse begins on the Anger, which it leaves to the south. The first section up to the crossing of the Juri-Gagarin-Ring is a pedestrian zone. The southern part is a traffic-calmed area, which is primarily used for residents and delivery traffic. In the further course the Bahnhofstrasse leads over the Willy-Brandt-Platz before it passes under the main station. Behind it there is a bridge over the Flutgraben before Bahnhofstrasse joins Schillerstrasse at Daberstedter Schanze, today's city park .
The arcades on the east side between Juri-Gagarin-Ring and Willy-Brandt-Platz are characteristic of Bahnhofstrasse . They lead about 150 meters through all the buildings from the Burenhaus in the north to the Erfurter Hof in the south and are flanked by shops, especially food stalls.
Today Bahnhofstrasse is of particular importance for public transport. Five tram lines run on it, one train every 60 seconds during the day. In addition, some city bus routes run through Bahnhofstrasse. It is also important for pedestrians and cyclists as access from the city center to the train station and the southeastern urban area.
history
Bahnhofstrasse existed a long time before the station was built. It first appeared in 1510 as Augustusgasse. At that time, the inner city wall with the August Gate was located at the level of the Juri Gagarin ring . A street that joins here is still called Augustmauer today. These names are derived from St. Augustine, to whom the Reglerkirche on the east side of the street is dedicated. Behind the Augusttor the street splits and on the one hand continues on the course of today's Bahnhofstrasse to the outer wall, on which there was no gate, however, so that it was less important compared to the eastern arm. The eastern arm is Schmidtstedter Straße, which led to Schmidtstedter Tor in the area of today's Schmidtstedter Knot. The road to Weimar ran through this gate . Today this situation has been reversed and Schmidtstedter Straße no longer has a bridge over the Flutgraben, so that it is no longer of any importance for traffic, while Bahnhofstraße is continuous.
In 1847 Erfurt received a railway connection with the completion of the Thuringian Railway. The station was built at the end of Bahnhofstrasse, which was then still called Auguststrasse. Only after the ground-level railway systems had been relocated to a dam, the city fortifications were torn down in 1873 and a bridge was built over the newly created flood ditch around 1890, Bahnhofstrasse was extended to the south and connected to Schillerstrasse.
In 1870 it was renamed Bahnhofstrasse and trams have been running here since 1883. Between 1933 and 1945 it was called Adolf-Hitler-Strasse.
Development
The present-day development on Bahnhofstrasse was largely built between 1880 and 1930 and consists of representative commercial buildings from Historicism and New Building . Significant buildings on Bahnhofstrasse are the Kurmainzer Waagehof ( Angermuseum ) at the beginning, the Reglerkirche , the Erfurter Hof and the old and new main train station.
Two other churches on Bahnhofstrasse, the Albanikirche on the Augustmauer and the Gangolfikirche on Schmidtstedter Strasse, are no longer there today.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 28.6 ″ N , 11 ° 2 ′ 7.5 ″ E