Important streets and squares in the Rhine-Ruhr region

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The list contains particularly important and well-known streets and squares in the cities and towns of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region .

Bergkamen

  • The Presidential Street is the main shopping street in Bergkamen's center.

Bochum

The Bermuda Triangle in the early morning out of season
Bochum's Königsallee
  • Today the Königsallee is an important connecting road from the city center to the south of Bochum. The four-lane road was laid out in the northern part around 1910 to develop the new Ehrenfeld district . The southern part was started around 1930 as a job creation measure and was not completed until the mid-1950s. A characteristic of the Königsallee is its generous course as well as its old trees on its edges and on the median. It was immortalized in the song "Bochum" by Herbert Grönemeyer .
  • The Wattenscheider Hellweg gives a good idea of ​​the historical appearance of the Hellweg in the Ruhr area on its entire course up to the city limits to Essen . What is of interest here is not so much the development of the street, but rather the fact that it stretches along a ridge for long stretches through agricultural areas. On clear days with clear visibility , you can see the Münsterland 30 km away from there . Its prominent points include the St. Bartholomew's pilgrimage chapel and the Helfs Hof local history museum . The west in Steele ending highway was till 1794 Chaussee expanded. To the east it continues on Essener Strasse and Alleestrasse to Bochum city center, in the last section it touches the factory premises of the former Bochum association with the Jahrhunderthalle .
  • The Bermuda3eck on the edge of Bochum's city ​​center is the most important pub center in the Ruhr area with 60 restaurants and consists of three streets. The "edge length" of the Bermuda triangle is around 2 km. There are over 7,000 seats in the restaurant, 3,000 of which are outside. Over three million guests visit the pub mile every year. In summer up to 30,000 guests come per day, at large events such as the Bochum Total Festival there are up to 400,000 visitors per day.
  • The Kortumstraße and Huestraße are central parts of the Bochum pedestrian and shopping street.

Bonn

  • The Museum Mile is a magnet for anyone interested in art and culture . In addition to the art museum, there is also the art and exhibition hall of the Federal Republic of Germany , the House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany and other exhibitions.

Bottrop

  • The central square in Bottrop is the horse market .

Dortmund

Friedensplatz with the old and new town house and Berswordt Hall
Rhineland dam at the level of the Signal-Iduna headquarters
The founding place of Borussia Dortmund - the Borsigplatz
  • The historic Westphalian Hellweg , which divides in Dortmund between Reinoldi and Marienkirche in the Westen- and Ostenhellweg . Both are developed as pedestrian zones in Dortmund and are used as shopping streets. The one kilometer-long Westenhellweg is the second most frequented shopping street in Germany.
  • The Brückstrasse and the Wißstrasse as part of a historical trade route from the Cologne Bay to northern Germany and the Baltic region. Today Wißstrasse is a small, rather inconspicuous shopping street, while Brückstrasse is part of Dortmund's nightlife and has a high density of snacks.
  • The old market is the historic market place of Dortmund and served mainly the long-distance trade. Today there are predominantly restaurants around the old market.
  • The Hansaplatz , located in the center of Dortmund's city center, is Dortmund's largest inner-city square and serves as a marketplace on Wednesdays and Saturdays. For Christmas market in the world is situated on the Hansaplatz the largest, according to the city of Dortmund Christmas tree.
  • The Friedensplatz , the second important square in Dortmund's city center next to the Hansaplatz, is located between the Dortmund City Hall and the Old and New Town Houses with the Berswordt Hall. The center of the square is a column on which the word "peace" can be read in several languages.
  • The wall represents the border of historical Dortmund. Today it is divided into Burg-, Schwanen-, Ost-, Süd-, Hiltrop-, Hoher- and Königswall and serves as the main street around the Dortmund city center.
  • The national road 1 represents the section of the Ruhr expressway on Dortmund urban area and is divided there in substantially the Rheinland and Westfalendamm . The B1 is frequented by 80,000 vehicles every day, making it one of the most heavily traveled roads in Germany. On July 19, 2008, the Rhineland dam was closed to road traffic for several days for the first time, as it served as the venue for the Love Parade .
  • The Strobelallee was a central lane of the People's Park Dortmund. Today the Westfalenhallen, the Rote Erde stadium, the Signal-Iduna-Park (formerly the Westfalenstadion) and other public facilities can be found here.
  • The Borsigplatz is known as the central square of the Dortmunder north city near the former Westfalenhütte mainly as a founding place of Borussia Dortmund.
  • The North Market is the center of Dortmund's Nordstadt. There is a weekly market on Tuesdays and Fridays. However, the place has fallen into disrepute as a drug transshipment point.
  • The line street is a brothel road with modesty panel.

Duisburg

Bridge of Solidarity
Bridge towers of the Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke
  • The Berliner Brücke is one of the longest road bridges in Germany.
  • The bridge of solidarity connects the districts of Rheinhausen and Hochfeld . It got its name in 1988 when tens of thousands of people took part in several demonstrations against the closure of a local steel mill and thus became synonymous with the steel crisis .
  • In the center, the Burgplatz , the Salvatorkirche and the town hall shape the image of the old town, which was largely destroyed in World War II.
  • The Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke connects the districts of Ruhrort and Hamborn . It has existed since 1904.
  • Hamborn old market
  • The King Street is the main shopping street of the city. It was given its current name in 1850 in honor of King Friedrich-Wilhelm IV, previously the street that was outside the city walls was called Schwedenallee . The street is a pedestrian zone , in 1992 the light rail line was moved into an underground tunnel. The south side is covered with a steel and glass construction. There are six fountains on Königstraße, including the “Lifesaver” by Niki de Saint Phalle .
  • The King Henry Square is the central square in the center of Duisburg.
  • The Schwanentorbrücke is one of two lift bridges and crosses the inner harbor . The first bridge already existed in 1841, the current bridge was built in 1950.
  • Marxloh Pollmann is an important traffic junction in the north of the city on Bundesstraße 8 . The tram lines 901 and 903 meet here. There are also many shops run by immigrants here, which gives this place a special atmosphere.

Dusseldorf

The Königsallee at night
The Schadow Arcades in Schadowstrasse

eat

  • The freedom is a programmatic name for the south exit of the station after Rüttenscheid. All around is the “Skyline” of Essen, which consists of Postbank, RWE, Evonik and other high-rise buildings. It is bordered in the south by the Saalbau and the Aalto Theater .
  • The Berliner Platz is considered more as a busy road junction because as urban space. In 1999, within the framework of the Perspektivenwerkstatt Berliner Platz, an attempt was made to develop concepts for supplementary redevelopment in the area with the participation of the citizens and international teams of architects; they have not yet been implemented.
  • The Kettwiger road , the Limbecker Straße and Viehofer street are leading three major roads (pedestrian zones) from respective different directions to the city center.
Kennedyplatz
  • The three streets mentioned above lead to or run in the immediate vicinity of Kennedyplatz and Porschekanzel . They are therefore further components of the Essen pedestrian zone. The Porsche pulpit with the Rathaus Essen public transport station forms the entrance to the Rathaus Galerie (former “City Center”) and the Rathaus.
  • The Alfred Street and the Rüttenscheider street form the Südachsen of food. Rüttenscheid is the unofficial old town of Essen. Numerous restaurants and shops are located on Rüttenscheider Strasse, which is called "Rü" for short.
  • The Gemarkenstraße and Gemarkenplatz located in Holsworthy and are considered part of the shopping street "upscale demand".
  • The Borbeck market is divided into the new market at the bottom of the train station and the old market 150 m north of it at the St. Dionysius church . Borbeck as a “city within a city” has a lively market.
  • The Steeler Street and Grendplatz form the Ostachse and are the center of the eastern district of Steele , the end point of tram and bus lines and the center of retail and end points of Steeler pedestrian zone.
  • The Frintroper Markt is located in Unterfrintrop and away from the busy Frintroper Straße. It is considered a quiet meeting place in the westernmost part of Essen.
  • The Brückstraße located in the center of Essen-Werden . The island location of the old town divides the traffic flows into north and south flows. It acts as a distributor for the quiet northern part of the old town along the Ruhr.
  • The market on Margarethenhöhe is in Essen-Margarethenhöhe . It is the cultural heritage of the Krupp housing estate.
  • The Altenessener road is one of the main roads, the north of the city leads. In Altenessen there are smaller shops and the shopping center Allee-Center along Altenessener Straße . The Altenessener Straße leads to Gelsenkirchen-Horst .
  • The Gladbeckerstraße is one of the main roads, which according Boy and Gladbeck leads.

Gelsenkirchen

  • Bahnhofstrasse , which has been converted into a pedestrian zone , is located in the city center and is also the city's main shopping street.
  • The high street in the Buer district is the second major pedestrian street in Gelsenkirchen. It is particularly important for the northern parts of the city.
  • The Kurt-Schumacher-Straße is the most important north-south link of Gelsenkirchen. It mainly connects the two districts of Buer (in the north) and Gelsenkirchen-Altstadt (in the south).

Gladbeck

  • The high road , the pedestrian area to the market place and the venue of the urban-resistant from the Town Square (marketplace party, Appel acts solid)

Hagen

  • The faceted sights is with 8490 pedestrians / hour. in 11th place of the most visited German pedestrian zones.
  • The Friedrich-Ebert-Platz is the heart of the new center Hagen . The center of the city - right by the town hall.
  • The Volkspark is a park with a concert shell for live performances.
  • Theaterplatz is the name of the forecourt of the Hagen City Theater , which was redesigned in 2005 .
  • The Berliner Platz is the place between the main station and the central bus station (ZOB).
  • The central market square in the city center is called Springe . The large cinema CineStar can also be found on the spring .

Haltern am See

  • The central shopping street of the Seestadt, the Rekumer Straße , lined with numerous small specialist shops, leads to the historic market square .

Hamm

Hattingen

  • The old town hall between "Marktplatz" and "Kirchplatz" is the center of the half-timbered city ​​center of Hattingen.
  • The market square in the Blankenstein district is near Blankenstein Castle . With its fast-food restaurants, bistros and ice cream parlor, the square is a popular meeting place for motorcyclists.

Herne

  • The Bahnhofstrasse is the shopping and strolling in Herne. As early as the first half of the 1970s, it was converted into a pedestrian zone. The subway that runs under the street has three stations in the pedestrian zone.
  • In the main street near Wanne-Eickel Hbf is the former city ​​center of the city of Wanne-Eickel, which was incorporated in 1975, with the pedestrian zone .

Came

Fountain plastic on the old market in Kamen
  • The old market is the parlor of the city of Kamen. On it is the elaborate market fountain by the local jeweler and artist Gregor Telgmann . One of the two focal points of Kamen's gastronomy is on the Alter Markt. The other focal point is Nordstrasse, which can be reached through the small connecting road at the VHS.
  • The four-lane Kamener Hochstraße B233 (new building in the 1960s) is important and particularly worth mentioning because it made the previous rail-level crossing of Unnaer Straße over one of the busiest railways in the Federal Republic unnecessary. The previous waiting times because of the frequent rail traffic and the not insignificant road traffic are still very unpleasant memories of many older Kameners.

Cologne

The Cologne Cathedral with the dome in the foreground
The end of Schildergasse
  • The Alter Markt , located between the town hall and the pub district of the so-called central old town, is often used for popular, cultural, political or artistic events, including the traditional annual opening of the Cologne street carnival on Weiberfastnacht at 11:11 a.m. With the many sights in the area, also in the immediate vicinity of the train station, it is also a permanent magnet for tourists.
  • The High Street is one of the busiest shopping streets in Germany. It was laid out in Roman times as the most important north-south axis of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium ( cardo maximus , later strata lapidea ), at that time it was part of the Neuss - Bonn route and the only full-length paved street in the city . The current name is during the French occupation in the 18th and 19th centuries. Century originated. Today the street is part of the pedestrian zone and almost without exception is built on with post-war buildings. The adjacent Wallrafplatz forms the northern end of Hohe Straße, behind which the Domplatte begins.
  • In 2006, the Domplatte was chosen as the most popular place in Germany in the ZDF series “Our Best”. It almost completely encloses Cologne Cathedral and is one of the most popular places in Cologne with tourists, but also a popular meeting place for Cologne residents. The main station forecourt is connected to the northern Domplatte via a wide staircase. At ground level it opens up the cathedral and the cathedral treasury as well as the Ludwig Museum , the Hohenzollern Bridge and Wallrafplatz with the main shopping street, the "Hohe Straße". The southern part of the cathedral plate is named after Pope John XXIII. Named Roncalliplatz . The eastern part, on which the baptistery , the Dombauhütte and the canon cemetery are located, creates the connection to Heinrich-Böll-Platz and thus to the Rhine.
  • There are a number of shopping malls and galleries around Neumarkt . During the Advent season, a Christmas market is held on the Neumarkt, during the rest of the year there are flea markets and special events such as the beer exchange, wine weeks, etc. a. instead of.
  • The Schildergasse was laid out in Roman times as the most important east-west axis by Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium ( decumanus maximus) . Today it is part of the city's pedestrian zone, and with up to around 15,000 passers-by an hour, it is one of the busiest shopping streets in Germany. The flagship store of Renzo Piano 's architectural highlight this road.
  • The Cologne rings encircle the Rhine as the eastern boundary along the course of the medieval walled city of Cologne, the city of Cologne. In the north the rings start at Theodor-Heuss-Ring at the level of the Bastei and meet again at the Rhine in the south at the level of the Ubierring. Parts of the city wall are still in their old place today. B. the Eigelsteintor , the city ​​wall at the Hansaring , the Severinstor , the Hahnentor and the city wall at the Sachsenring with the Ulrepforte . Today the rings house numerous shops, banks, insurance companies, restaurants, pubs, discos, cinemas, etc. and are a part of Cologne's nightlife that is heavily frequented by Cologne's citizens. The rings are also part of federal highway 9 .

Krefeld

  • The four walls are the south wall, the east wall , the north wall and the west wall. They delimit today's inner city . All four walls are avenues with the north wall being a normal avenue. The south and west wall have a park-like green strip. On the Siegfried Line there are parking spaces on the tree-framed median , where the weekly market takes place twice a week . The Ostwall is a shopping street and the main axis of public transport.
  • The King's Road is one of the main shopping streets of the city. It is a parallel street to the Hochstraße and the Ostwall and runs from the Südwall to over the Nordwall to the Nordstraße. Between Marktstrasse and St.-Anton-Strasse it is provided with a glass roof, in this section only stores in the upper price segment are located.
  • Theater square
  • The Von-der-Leyen-Platz is the Town Hall Square. The name refers to the famous Krefeld silk dynasty von der Leyen , which built today's town hall as a city palace.
  • In the pedestrian zone which is elevated road . It is the main shopping street in the city ​​center and part of the historic "high street" between Kleve and Cologne.
  • The Gladbach street is an avenue of plane trees and the busiest road into the city of Krefeld, under which also is the most important for the city center water main. In 2006, Gladbacher Strasse was completely renewed at enormous expense. In the course of this, two new water pipes (one serves as a reserve for the time being), a new track bed for tram lines 042 and 043 of the SWK and new traffic lights were installed at the intersections. There are no longer any cobblestones between the tram tracks, so the noise pollution is much lower. The new track bed with a vibration damper system also provides calm.
  • The Uerdinger road is a road between the formerly separate cities Krefeld and Uerdingen (now a suburb of Krefeld). Even then, the street was laid out very broadly and is lined with numerous villas and parks. It runs dead straight for almost 4 kilometers between Rheinstrasse (extension to Ostwall) and Bockumer Platz.

Leverkusen

  • The synagogue used to be on Opladener Altstadtstrasse .
  • The Opladener Bahnhofstraße leads from the train station into the pedestrian zone.
  • The Opladener Birkenbergstraße was originally Kaiserstr. called.
  • The Wiesdorfer Hauptstraße leads from the Rhine to the pedestrian zone. In 1901 it was the first street with sidewalks, sidewalks and paved gutters.
  • The Cologne street leading from the Opladener pedestrian zone toward Wiesdorf
  • The Neuland-Park as a large local recreation area on a former garbage dump directly on the Rhine is the legacy of the State Garden Show 2005.
  • The Kastanienallee on the Wupper is not only a local recreation area, but also the beer exchange takes place here in summer .

Luenen

  • The Long Street is the main shopping street in Lünens town center. Other important shopping streets are Münsterstrasse, Bäckerstrasse, Marktstrasse and Willy-Brandt-Platz.

Marl

  • The Creiler Platz in Marl was laid out as a geographical center with the two town hall towers, residential high- rise buildings and the Marler Stern shopping center on the “green meadow”, as the city was created from several villages and thus an artificial center was needed.
  • The Loëstrasse is the oldest shopping street of the city. This is where the "origin" of the Marl retail trade lies.
  • The Hülsenstraße in the heart of the sleeve is one of the main pedestrian streets of Marl. As a district center, Hülsstraße is also the historical core of the eastern part of the city.

Mettmann

  • The Jubilee Square is located in downtown Mettmann and is "bypassed" by Freiheitstraße (pedestrian zone), Mühlenstraße (pedestrian zone), Schwarzbachstraße and Johannes Flintrop Straße.
  • The Adalbert-Bach-Platz is the seat of the Mettmann District Police Department
  • The market square on the market extends around the Catholic St. Lambertus Church
  • The federal road 7 (B7) connects the city of Mettmann with the city of Wuppertal and the state capital Düsseldorf . Because of the heavy traffic in the city center, it should be routed via Kreisstraße 18 (K18) in the foreseeable future.

Moers

Mönchengladbach

  • The Hindenburgstrasse is a well-known shopping street and leads up to the
  • Alten Markt , a regionally known bar district. Market on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, also at the neighboring one
  • Kapuzinerplatz

Mülheim an der Ruhr

  • The name of the castle road comes from the on the other Ruhrufer that are available Schloss Broich . Between 1996 and 1999 the pedestrian zone was rebuilt ; the new plant-less design is considered controversial. Commercial buildings from the post-war period dominate.
  • In the middle of the road which is Synagogenplatz (: Viktoriaplatz former) in the concrete and steel executed Hajek fountain of Otto Herbert Hajek .

Oberhausen

  • In the area of Neue Mitte Oberhausen and the GHH main warehouse by Peter Behrens , Essener Strasse is designed as an “avenue of industrial culture”
  • Mülheimer Straße , here the B223 runs from the city limits of Mülheim to the beginning of the federal motorway 516
  • The place of good hope is the main square in the Neue Mitte Oberhausen in front of the leisure and shopping center CentrO
  • Willy-Brandt-Platz (formerly Berliner Platz)

Oer-Erkenschwick

  • Berlin Square
  • Hünenplatz
  • Stimbergstrasse as the central axis connecting Klein-Erkenschwick and Groß-Erkenschwick

Recklinghausen

Herzogswall, city wall, Stephansturm and Castel Sant'Angelo
  • The market within the medieval dominated city is also the center of the pedestrian zone and was since 1256 site of the first town halls in the city. Today it is lined with town houses with decorative facades.
  • The Wallring is a boulevard that almost circles the city center. It was designed based on the model of the Vienna Ring and still follows the medieval city fortifications. It is fully developed as a main thoroughfare.
  • The triangular settlement for the miners of the Recklinghausen I and II collieries was built between Robertstraße, Karlstraße and Westfalenstraße from 1900 onwards by Harpener Bergbau AG.
  • The church square at the Petruskirche is probably the oldest square in the city. This is also where the previous buildings of today's provost church stood, the origin of which was probably a Carolingian royal court.
  • The oldest surviving residential building in the city from 1558 is located at Kunibertistraße 12 .

Remscheid

  • The Allee street in the city of Remscheid is the largest shopping street in the city. It is a pure pedestrian zone and connects the Allee-Center shopping center with the market.

Selm

  • The Ludgeristraße is the main shopping street in the Old Town Selmer.
  • In Selm-Beifang, the district road leading to Bork has developed into the main shopping street in the central section from Brückenstrasse to Buddenbergstrasse.

Solingen

  • The current town hall (not the planned new building on the turnpike) is still in the middle of the market square .

Sprockhövel

Unna

The old market
  • The old market is the core of the old town of Unna and the pedestrian zones of Massener Straße and Bahnhofsstraße . Massener Strasse in the west and the angled Feldstrasse are of national importance due to the feeder traffic to a furniture center.
  • Significant in Unna are the diverse Hellwege in west-east direction, which mark the course of a more than 2,000 year old trade route in front of the Haarstrang , the first ridge of the low mountain range. Unna is the core of the Hellweg region .
  • Striking in Unna is the old town ring , which still shows parts of the former city ​​wall in its eastern and south-eastern course .

Viersen

  • The Viersener Rathausmarkt has been a center of the city of Viersen since 1982, it was built on the site of a former coffee roastery and chocolate factory of the Kaiser's company, a new shopping and residential area integrated into the city's public transport through the then new bus station. Over the years, some public buildings have been arranged around the new center, such as the Viersen district building in 1984 and the city library in the following years and the new town hall (town hall) of the city of Viersen in 2004-2005.

Weather (Ruhr)

The five-gable corner in the freedom Alt-Wetter
  • The freedom around the castle as the historical center of the place.

Witten

  • The Bahnhofstrasse from City Hall to the main station is Witten's shopping area. It is one of the few pedestrian zones that is completely accessible by a tram line at ground level.

Wuppertal

Friedrich-Ebert-Straße (right) with the confluence with the Vogelsaue
Part of Luisenstrasse
The Von-der-Heydt Museum on the Wall
The Concordia Society House at Barmer Werth