Bahnhofstrasse (Bielefeld)

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Bahnhofstrasse
coat of arms
Street in Bielefeld
Bahnhofstr27.JPG
Residential and commercial building at Bahnhofstrasse 27a
Basic data
place Bielefeld
District center
Created 1847
Newly designed 1956
Connecting roads Bahnhofsplatz, Jahnplatz
Cross streets Arndtstrasse, Feilenstrasse, Karl-Eilers-Strasse, Stresemannstrasse, Zimmerstrasse
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic
Road design in the southern section of the pedestrian zone
Technical specifications
Street length 590 meters

The Bahnhofstrasse in Bielefeld is the North Western part of the central shopping street East Westphalia city. It forms the central axis of the Neustädter shopping mile, which, separated by Jahnplatz , is followed by the Altstädter Niedernstrasse and Obernstrasse.

Building structure and history

In addition to the historic central station at the north end, Bahnhofstrasse is largely characterized by commercial buildings that have been built since the early days of the city when the street was laid out. It connected the train station, which was laid out in 1847, with what was then the city area, historically located south of today's Jahnplatz, today's old town . Trams operated here until 1956/57 , after which the road was still open to car traffic. At the end of the 1950s, the conversion of the southern section between Feilenstrasse and Jahnplatz into a pedestrian zone began , with numerous typical chain stores and the Karstadt , Quelle and Kaufhalle department stores dominating the scene. Two former large cinemas, each with 1,000 seats, were also part of it - the Universum (corner of Zimmerstrasse, 1928–1968) and the Capitol (1936 to 1970s), Bahnhofstrasse 4. The facade of the Capitol, which is typical of the time, has been partially preserved at the Zara fashion house to this day. In the northern section it is the connection between Feilenstraße and the main train station for all modes of transport except for the light rail .

Bielefeld main station
Bahnhofstrasse from Jahnplatz

The following architectural monuments can be found on Bahnhofstrasse: on the corner of Jahnplatz the office and commercial building Bahnhofstrasse 1 from 1955, on the corner of Karl-Eilers-Strasse the residential and commercial building with number 27a, from around 1900, and at the northern end of the Central station from 1907 to 1910.

Frequentation

Bahnhofstrasse is the fourth most frequented shopping street among German cities with between 250,000 and 500,000 inhabitants and, with 6,305 passers-by per hour on March 21, 2015 between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m., is number 25 across Germany according to a passer- by count from 2011 Bahnhofstrasse, with 7,050 pedestrians on a Saturday, ranks 14th among the nationwide inner-city shopping streets. In 2013 it was not among the nationwide top 25.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article in the Neue Westfälische from January 10, 2013
  2. ↑ Bahnhofstrasse is one of Germany's most popular shopping streets. Neue Westfälische, June 15, 2015, accessed on October 12, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Article in the Neue Westfälische from August 4, 2011
  4. ↑ Jones Lang LaSalle - Pedestrian Frequency Count 2013 The 25 Most Popular Shopping Areas in Germany ( Memento from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), PDF

Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 34.8 "  N , 8 ° 31 ′ 53.2"  E