Bahnhofstrasse (Trier)

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Bahnhofstrasse
coat of arms
Street in Trier
Bahnhofstrasse
Northeast side of Bahnhofstrasse; on the left side includes the Theodor-Heuss-Allee to
Basic data
place trier
District Middle , north
Connecting roads Theodor-Heuss-Allee
Cross streets Kürenzer Strasse, Fabrikstrasse, Ostallee , Balduinstrasse , Roonstrasse
Places Bahnhofsplatz, Platz am Balduinbrunnen
Technical specifications
Street length 100 m
Bahnhofstrasse around 1920 with a view of the main train station.

The Trier Bahnhofstrasse runs as an extension of the Theodor-Heuss-Allee between the junction at Baldwin s Fountain and the station square, the Trier at the main station is located. It forms the border between the districts of mid and north .

history

The street has had its name since 1878/79, when the station - today's main station - of the Koblenz-Trier Railway was built and the station square was created. Today's Theodor-Heuss-Allee was originally part of Bahnhofstrasse, which can still be recognized today by the house numbering (Theodor-Heuss-Allee ends at number 22, Bahnhofstrasse begins at number 23).

shops

There are various retail and catering establishments in Bahnhofstrasse and Bahnhofsplatz. There are also shops in the train station and the Alleencenter shopping center (Ostallee 3–5) with a parking garage. The Post / Postbank (Moltkestrasse 21-23) as well as the Criminal Police Directorate Trier and Criminal Investigation Trier of the police (Kürenzer Strasse 3; converted former post office building) are also located on Bahnhofsplatz.

Cultural monuments

House at Bahnhofstrasse 23
Trier, Bahnhofstraße 26, statue of the Virgin Mary

The northern side of Bahnhofstrasse is part of the monument zone Theodor-Heuss-Allee 7–22, Bahnhofstrasse 23–26 . The historic “Reichshof” hotel existed until the early post-war period , but was replaced by a new building in the 1960s. Today only the building at Bahnhofstrasse 23 at the intersection at the Balduin Fountain stands out as defining the cityscape. The building at Bahnhofstrasse 26 is also impressive, with a statue of the Virgin Mary on the facade.

Web links

Commons : Bahnhofstraße (Trier)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Bahnhofsplatz (Trier)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emil Zenz: Street names of the city of Trier: their sense and their meaning . Ed .: Culture Office of the City of Trier. 5th edition. Trier 2006, DNB  455807825 (1st edition 1961).
  2. Patrick Ostermann (arrangement): City of Trier. Old town. (=  Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 17.1 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2001, ISBN 3-88462-171-8 .
  3. Walter Queck (ed.): Trier in old picture postcards . Gondrom, Trier 1995, ISBN 3-8112-1335-0 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 26.8 "  N , 6 ° 39 ′ 3.1"  E