Behrenstrasse

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B2B5 Behrenstrasse
coat of arms
Street in Berlin
Behrenstrasse
Back facade of the DZ-Bank in Behrenstrasse
Basic data
place Berlin
District center
Created 17th century
Newly designed gradually since 1991
Connecting roads
Ebertstrasse ,
Bebelplatz
Cross streets Cora-Berliner-Straße (south) ,
Wilhelmstraße ,
Mauerstraße (south) ,
Glinkastraße ,
Friedrichstraße ,
Charlottenstraße ,
Markgrafenstraße (south) ,
Hedwigskirchgasse (south)
Places Bebelplatz
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport
Technical specifications
Street length 1150 meters
The western section of Behrenstrasse in 1799 with house numbers and names of the owners, excerpt from the Berlin address book
The eastern section of Behrenstrasse in 1799

The Behrenstraße is a 1,150-meter-long street in the Berlin district of Mitte of the district of the same . It forms the border between the historic districts of Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichstadt .

location

Behrenstrasse begins at Bebelplatz and then runs west to Ebertstrasse . The house numbers have been running in horseshoe form from house no.1 near the corner of Cora-Berliner-Strasse (Ebertstrasse) to Bebelplatz and back to house no.74 since around 1800 .

The old numbering was from 1 to 17 on the northern side (towards Unter den Linden) from Opernplatz to Wilhelmstraße and on the other side of the street in the opposite direction the numbers 1 to 37 (see map).

Naming

Behrenstrasse has been named after Johann Heinrich Behr (1647–1712) since 1706 , who planned and implemented the construction of Friedrichstadt, which began here.

history

The Behrenstrasse was laid out at the end of the 17th century and roughly follows the course of the Hornwerk , an earlier city fortification of the Dorotheenstadt, which was leveled at the beginning of the 18th century. First of all, residential buildings were built, which gave way to new, more splendid office and commercial buildings at the beginning of the 19th century. Above all, the emerging banks acquired the building site and mostly had renowned architects build their headquarters here. The central location of this street led early on to a supra-regional importance for residents and neighbors. In the street, which was finally shaped by banks ( Berlin's banking district ) in the 1920s, there were also administrative buildings and cultural institutions.

After the severe damage of the Second World War , due to the proximity to the government buildings, the buildings on Behrenstrasse were cleared and restored at an early stage .

Most of the preserved historical buildings are now listed .

Special buildings and monuments

List of cultural monuments in Berlin-Mitte / Friedrichstadt - architectural monuments

The list shows the years of construction, the owners or users and, if applicable, the architects. The house numbers follow the numbering from 1800. This begins on Wilhelmstrasse, runs on the southern side of the street and returns north to Ebertstrasse: (selection)

Behrenstrasse 1-59

Number 1/2

  • 1875 to after 1900: Berlin branch of Mitteldeutsche Creditbank .
  • In 1920 the Entente Commission of the Foreign Office was located here .
  • In 1930 the Deutsche Rentenbank was the main user of the building.
  • In 1982 a swimming pool was built here for employees of the Soviet embassy.

Number 3

Number 6-8

  • In 1933 the house of the Commerz- und Privat-Bank A.-G.

Number 7, 7a

  • Around 1875: Literary Office of the Royal Ministry of State .
  • 1872/1873: (7a, corner of Mauerstraße 33): Norddeutsche Grundcredit-Bank, built according to plans and under the direction of the architects Kayser & von Großheim for 160,000  thalers . The bank's business premises were on the ground floor, and a large luxury apartment on each of the two floors above. The facades are in the style of Italian palace architecture. Silesian sandstone was used as building material for the cornices and other architectural parts . The surfaces and cuboids are cleaned . Later other administrations moved into the vacant apartments, such as the German East African Society or the German Palestine Orient Society in 1885 .

Numbers 9/10

Number 13

  • Around 1875: Mesersche Hof music dealership .

Numbers 14-16

  • 1898: built as a residential and commercial building.
  • 1910: Headquarters of the Bank for Trade and Industry .

Numbers 17-20

  • After it was completely destroyed in World War II, a parking garage was built at this point . The car park was demolished around 2012, where the investor Frankonia Eurobau AG is building the Palais Behrens for around 76 million euros . The main tenants of the building planned for 2015 will be the television companies RTL and n-tv .

Numbers 18/19

  • Hotel Hohenzollern

Number 20

  • 1881: Bankhaus C. Schlesinger, Trier & Co. completely destroyed in the Second World War.

Behrenstrasse 21-39

Numbers 21/22

Bierhaus Siechen , Behrenstrasse 24

Number 24

Numbers 25/26

  • 1887–1889: New building as a brewery bar for Pschorrbräu
  • Around 1920 the Pschorr-Haus restaurant developed from this.

Number 28

  • Around 1875: Administration of the Cuxhaven Steamship and Harbor Corporation .

Number 29

  • 1880: Fritz Gurlitt's gallery for contemporary art
  • In 1920 the Christian Association of Young Men and the Christian Hospice are registered here as users.

Number 31

  • 1777–1801: Residence of the artist / copper engraver Daniel Chodowiecki .
  • Around 1875 (numbers 30/31): Banking transactions by Richter & Co and Coppel & Co.
Facade Behrenstrasse 32

Number 32

Number 32/33

Number 35 (Markgrafen-Palais, also Markgrafenstrasse 43-44)

  • 1895–1897: New building for the Pommersche Hypotheken-Aktienbank , from which the Berliner Hypothekenbank AG emerged around 1910 .
  • In 1920 the building is owned by Dresdner Bank.
  • 1923: remodeling
  • since 2010: Headquarters of the Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V. (VDA)

Numbers 36–39 (Nos. 36–37: Behren-Palais)

Behrenstrasse 40-59

Number 40

Number 41

Number 42

Headquarters of the Disconto-Gesellschaft , Behrenstrasse 43/44

Numbers 42-45

  • 1899–1901 (No. 43/44): New building for the Disconto-Gesellschaft by Ludwig Heim , which expanded its headquarters on Unter den Linden . It was a stone-clad facade with thirteen axes in the style of the Italian high renaissance .
  • 1909–1912, Richard Bielenberg and Josef Moser carried out a structural expansion on both sides (nos. 42 and 45), with the original facades being simplified and the former gable removed.
  • 1921–1925: four floors were added.
  • 1929: After the merger, the Deutsche Bank building .
  • 1933: sold to the German Reich. Seat of the Prussian Ministry of Economics and Labor and the Reich Ministry of Economics .
  • 1960: Reconstruction after severe damage in the Second World War.
  • 1960–1990: Seat of various authorities of the Council of Ministers of the GDR and the East Berlin Magistrate .
  • 1990: The building comes under federal ownership and becomes the seat of various departments of the Senate Department for Urban Development .
  • 2005: Sale to BonnVisio GmbH & Co. KG
  • 2007–2009: Redesign to the Humboldt Carré (renovation and extension) by the architects Karl-Heinz Schommer.

Number?
(new: number 30)

Number 46

Number 47

  • Haus Trarbach (wine shop / gastronomy; architect: Richard Walter, Friedenau ).
Behrenstrasse 49, the beer palace of the Schultheiss brewery in 1897

Number 48 built around 1800 and demolished in 1909 two-story house. Former palace of Count Lichtenau.

Number 49

Numbers 50-52

  • Around 1850 (No. 50): Seat of the Royal Railway Commissariat of Prussia.
  • Around 1875: Imperial German Post Office No. 49 .
  • Around 1875: Aktiengesellschaft Passage Friedrichstrasse . ( Kaisergalerie Behrenstrasse 50–52, Unter den Linden 22/23, Friedrichstrasse 163/164).

Numbers 53-58

  • Over the centuries there have been various buildings on lots 53–58 that have been used as theaters or ballrooms. They have been rebuilt and rebuilt several times. In the 18th century in particular, it was the interior development on the courtyards facing the street Unter den Linden. This was accessible through several gateways in the front houses in Behrenstrasse and Unter den Linden; thus the same buildings sometimes operated under different addresses. For several of these institutions the unofficial designation Theater in der Behrenstrasse or An der Behrenstrasse was common.
The Komische Oper on Behrenstrasse
  • Numbers 55–57: 1892–1897 based on a design by Hermann Gottlieb Helmer and Ferdinand Fellner 1891–1892 in the Viennese Baroque style for the Unter den Linden theater and connected to the Unter den Linden boulevard via the Kleine Lindenpassage ,
    1898–1945 Location of the Metropol-Theater , redesigned inside by Alfred Grenander in 1928.
    Since 1947 location of the Komische Oper . Due to severe war damage, the entrance facade was completely redesigned in 1966/1967 under the direction of Kunz Nierade and provided with copper jewelry from Fritz Kühn's workshop . The central staircase and the auditorium have largely been preserved.
  • Number 56: This is where the composer Otto Nicolai lived in his last years , at the beginning of the 20th century a plaque indicated it.
  • Numbers 56–58: until 1890 the seat of the Actien-Bau-Verein .
  • Number 58: the narrator Paul Heyse spent his childhood and youth here since 1837.

Numbers 58/59

  • In 1822, under number 59, “a wall” is given.
    After the Second World War , the former Kanonierstraße was extended on these two properties and renamed Glinkastraße.

Behrenstrasse 60-72

Number 60

Number 61

Number 64/65

Building complex of the Russian Embassy on Behrenstrasse

Building opposite the confluence of Mauerstrasse and Behrenstrasse

  • 1797 Countess von Hessen-Cassel, widow (old No. 16)
  • built around 1840 as a new residential building.
  • 1871 Hotel Windsor (address "Kleine Mauerstraße 4/5"). On the right side there was a passage in the house to Kleine Mauerstrasse, which led to Unter den Linden.
  • around 1950 reconstruction or new building.
  • then to the Russian embassy (since when?)
  • School of the Embassy of the Russian Federation (now Behrenstrasse 64/65)

Number 66

Former military cabinet

Number 67

Hotel Bristol, area between Unter den Linden and Behrenstrasse 67. Excerpt from Sineck's Berlin map, 1882.

Number 69

  • 1820: Apartment of the court and cathedral preacher Theremin.
  • 1875: Berlin Life Insurance Company

Number 70

Numbers 71

Behrenstrasse 71
  • April 1821–1822: Heinrich Heine's house , who moved into a furnished room on the third floor and began studying law at Berlin University.
  • since 1874 owned by the Prussian Ministry of Culture
  • Demolished in 1879 and rebuilt by 1883
  • 1901–1903: Extension for the Prussian Ministry of Culture by Paul Kieschke ,
  • In 1910 the ministry for spiritual affairs (= ministry of culture) is given in the address book.
  • after 1945–1990 used by the Ministry of Public Education

Number 72 (old numbering)

It was part of the Wilhelmstrasse 68 / Behrenstrasse 71/72 complex.

  • Built in 1891 for the Prussian Ministry of Culture as an extension,
  • after 1945–1990 used by the Ministry of Public Education

Behrenstrasse 72-74

Was only set up after Behrenstrasse had been extended beyond Wilhelmstrasse to Ebertstrasse.

Number 72 (new numbering)

This number was apparently reassigned around 1995 for the back of the Hotel Adlon, the old number was across the street from Wilhelmstrasse.

  • since 1996/97 back of the Hotel Adlon , with Felix Club restaurant (ground floor and basement) and China Club Berlin on several floors.

Number 73 Designed by the Canadian architect Frank Gehry in the style of deconstructivism . Construction phase from 1996 to 1999. Was only established after the extension of Behrenstrasse beyond Wilhelmstrasse to Ebertstrasse. Apartments (back of DZ Bank ), residence of Gerhard Schröder .

Number 74 Until 1945 and since 2004: Embassy of the United States .

Existing buildings and sights with different postal addresses

Web links

Commons : Behrenstraße (Berlin-Mitte)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Course of Behrenstrasse and residents . In: Karl Neander von Petersheiden: Illustrative tables , 1799, p. 5.
  2. Horst Fritzsche: Signposts to Berlin's street names, center. Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89542-073-5 , p. 71.
  3. a b c d e f g h Institute for Monument Preservation (ed.): The architectural and art monuments of the GDR. Capital Berlin-II . Henschelverlag, Berlin 1984, p. 192 ff .
  4. a b c d e f g h i j k House numbers on Behrenstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1875, part 2, p. 30.
  5. a b c d e f Behrenstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1920, part 3, p. 54.
  6. a b Behrenstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1930, part 4, p. 67.
  7. The Soviet leader is no longer on the watch . In: Der Tagesspiegel . February 14, 2011.
  8. a b Behrenstrasse . In: Address book for Berlin and its suburbs , 1900, part 3, p. 41.
  9. ^ Building of the Norddeutsche Grundcreditbank in Berlin, Behrenstrasse 7a (PDF). In: Journal of Construction . 1875, pp. 127/128.
  10. ^ Rudolf Fitzner: German Colonial Handbook: Supplementary Volume. Vero Verlag, 2014, ISBN 3-7372-0218-4 , p. 111.
  11. Monument Behrenstrasse 9–13
  12. Behrenstrasse 14-16 monument
  13. a b c d Behrenstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, part 3, p. 53.
  14. RTL is moving to Behrenstrasse. In: Berliner Zeitung . July 8, 2014, p. 15.
  15. Postcard
  16. Postcard
  17. stadtbild-deutschland.org
  18. Architectural monument Behrenstrasse 21/22
  19. 1882 Behrenstrasse 24 - Bierhaus Siechen, from North / West (Behrenstrasse 53/52) ( Memento from July 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Berlin Historical Images, accessed July 10, 2015.
  20. Architectural monument Behrenstrasse 25/26 with Friedrichstrasse 165
  21. Monument Behrenstraße 32–33
  22. Monument Behrenstrasse 35
  23. Monument Behrenstraße 36–39
  24. a b c d e f Behrenstrasse . In: CF Wegener: House and General Address Book of the Royal. Capital and residence city Berlin , 1822, part 3, p. 35.
  25. Architectural monument Behrenstrasse 40
  26. Monument Behrenstrasse 42
  27. Humboldt Carré
  28. ^ Bonn Contributions to Art History , New Series, Volume 7. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-412-20460-0 .
  29. Monument Behrenstrasse 46
  30. ^ M. Creutz: The new building "House Trarbach" . In: Berliner Architekturwelt . Issue 2, August 1906, p. 61-76 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  31. ^ Albrecht von Graefes merits in modern ophthalmology, from his works presented by J. Jacobson, Berlin
  32. ^ Announcements of the Association for the History of Berlin (PDF) Issue 1, January 1992. Herbert May: Robert Warschauer (1860-1918), a Berlin private banker. Pp. 107-108.
  33. Warsaw, Rob. In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1879, part 1, p. 987. “Geh. Commerzienrat, Banquier, W Behrenstr. 48 ".
  34. All residents of Behrenstrasse sorted by house number . In: General housing indicator for Berlin, Charlottenburg and its surroundings , 1850, part 2, p. 10.
  35. dm-aktie.de ( Memento from February 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  36. ^ R. Oppenheim & Son . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1874, part 1, p. 600. “Behrenstrasse 54”.
  37. ^ "For information" Metropol-Palast Berlin , information of the Metropol Palast Gesellschaft with illustrations
  38. Monument Behrenstrasse 54–57
  39. Nicolai, Otto . In: General housing gazette for Berlin, Charlottenburg and surroundings , 1849, p. 338. “Behrenstrasse 56”.
  40. a b Werner Liersch: Poet's place: a literary travel guide. Rudolstadt 1985, p. 13.
  41. Plan from 1797
  42. Monument Behrenstrasse 64
  43. Behrenstrasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1940, part 4, p. 53.
  44. General housing gazette for Berlin, Charlottenburg and the surrounding area, to the year 1844 . 1844, p. 336 ( books.google.de ).
  45. ^ Rudolf Borch: To the Berlin apartments. In: Yearbook of the Schopenhauer Society. Volume 29. 1942, p. 231ff.
  46. Ludger Lütkehaus: The book as will and idea. Schopenhauer's letters to Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus. 1996, pp. 44, 47 ( books.google.de 1828 and 1829 as postal addresses).
  47. ^ Edmund Husserl, Elisabeth Schuhmann: Correspondence. Institutional letters. CH Beck, Munich 1996, pp. 101 and 103, 1901 and 1902 as postal address
  48. ^ Wolfgang Neugebauer: The Prussian Ministry of Culture. Volume 1: Authorities and. Berlin 2010, p. 159 ( books.google.de )
  49. Monument Wilhelmstrasse 60 at the corner of Behrenstrasse
  50. ^ Wolfgang Neugebauer: The Prussian Ministry of Culture. Volume 1: Authorities and. Berlin 2010, pp. 155–161 ( books.google.de on the complex Behrenstrasse 70/72 and its creation).
  51. Vera Kämper: Schröder's new home is crumbling. In: Der Spiegel . Online, December 1, 2005 ( spiegel.de ).

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 55.6 ″  N , 13 ° 23 ′ 9.9 ″  E