Bergstrasse (Hildesheim)

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Coordinates: 52 ° 8 '53 "  N , 9 ° 55' 39"  O The mountain road (Hildesheim) is a historic street in the west of Hildesheim in the district Moritzberg in which in addition to numerous half-timbered houses several attractions that are critical, the image of the district shape.

location

Bergstrasse, a 620 m long and narrow one-way street in places, leads from Dingworthstrasse , the main street of the Moritzberg district, which is one of the lowest streets in Hildesheim, only around 70 m away. ü. d. M. is located, steeply uphill to the west. The intersection at which the Bergstrasse branches off is popularly called "Güldener Löwe" after a restaurant that used to be here. After a gentle bend in the area of ​​the small square "Am Bergbrunnen", where there are several very striking buildings, and a sharp right-hand bend on the Stiftskirchenweg branching off to the south, the mountain road with the crest of the Krehlaberges reaches a height of 110 m. ü. d. M. The house numbers range from No. 1 to No. 80.

history

Bergstrasse is one of the oldest streets in Hildesheim's Moritzberg district . In the Middle Ages, at the northern end of the section called “Obere Bergstrasse”, there was the Krehlator with its 25 foot high tower, which was also called the Schäfertor. The oldest building on Bergstrasse still preserved today is house number 65, which was built in 1645. Several houses date from the 18th and early 19th centuries. The Bergstrasse was officially named in 1855 when it was divided into "Obere Bergstrasse", "Mittlere Bergstrasse" and "Untere Bergstrasse". After the mountain village Moritzberg was incorporated into Hildesheim in 1911, the three sections were combined under the uniform name Bergstrasse . For the highest part of the street, which extends between the junction of the Stiftskirchenweg and the northern end of the Bergstraße, the name "Obere Bergstraße" has been used to this day. The Bergstrasse survived the Second World War undamaged.

Buildings and special features

Every year on Whit Monday in Bergstrasse between house no. 1 and the "Am Bergbrunnen" square, the much-visited "Pflockflötchenmarkt" takes place, which may be a relic of the market rights that was granted to the mountain town of Moritzberg in 1652. This market got its name from the willow wood flutes that were previously sold here.

No other street in Moritzberg has as many sights as the Bergstrasse. Several of them are grouped around the small, sloping square "Am Bergbrunnen", which is located on the corner of Bennostraße and from which the 89 m long stairway "Große Steuer" branches off to the southwest.

  • One of the most striking buildings in the entire district is the Villa Windthorst , Bergstrasse 22-24 , built in the neo-Gothic style in 1882–86 and visible from afar .
  • No less distinctive is the four-storey building of the Protestant elementary and secondary school, built between 1913 and 1915, which has been known in Hildesheim for decades as the "Yellow School" because of the yellow plaster. As the terrain is very steep, the school was surrounded by a retaining wall made of sandstone and built on a base made of sandstone blocks . The building is structured by cornices and can be reached from Bergstrasse via stairs through a representative portal , the style of which is based on the Baroque .
  • From the square "Am Bergbrunnen", which got its name after the fountain was built at the beginning of the 21st century, you have a beautiful view through the stairway " Große Steuer (Hildesheim) " to the Mauritius Church . The tower-like bay window of the school, which protrudes into the stairway, is reminiscent of the baroque style with its architectural style and thus creates a connection to the baroque tower of the church.
  • On the south side of the square, at the corner of Bennostraße, there is a wall made of natural stones, on which a stone relief with a depiction of the patron saint of the mountain village Moritzberg, St. Mauritius, from 1730 can be seen. The half-timbered house behind the wall is a former monastery courtyard.
  • Also on the south side of the square is the Old Brewery , built in 1751 , with another stone relief of St. Mauritius above the entrance. A restaurant called "Altes Brauhaus" was operated in the house until the 1970s. Before it was incorporated into Hildesheim in 1911, there were numerous restaurants on the Moritzberg, as the beer tax in the mountain town of Moritzberg was considerably lower than in the city of Hildesheim.
  • The brick houses on the north side of the "Am Bergbrunnen" square, Bergstrasse 61–63, were built almost at the same time as the Villa Windthorst. House no. 63, construction of which began in 1887, was initially used as a girls' school and is noticeable for its decorative brick border and a large central gable.

To the east of the "Am Bergbrunnen" square are worth seeing:

  • The former curia building at Bergstrasse 65, built in 1645 in the Baroque style and named "Brenkenscher Hof" after the last owner. It can be reached from the street via a two-part flight of stairs. Typical of the Baroque era is the symmetrical facade design with the portal located exactly in the middle, above which various ornaments are attached.
  • The former Vicariate Corpus Christi, Bergstrasse No. 17, was built in 1730 and changed through renovations in the 20th century.
  • Opposite the former vicariate, the head of a lion on the facade of the house at Bergstrasse 68, made towards the end of the 19th century, stands out.
  • Numerous eaves half-timbered houses with different ridge heights in the lower part of Bergstrasse. House no. 75, probably built around the middle of the 18th century, stands out due to its cantilevered upper floor, decorations on the cleats and a carved slogan on the threshold. House No. 78 originally served as a boys' school, was also probably built around the middle of the 18th century and is noticeable due to its width and a historic entrance door.

West of the "Am Bergbrunnen" square:

  • The rectory of the Mauritius Church , Bergstrasse 57, was built in 1905 as a representative plastered building with two floors on a natural stone base with an outside staircase. The façade is dominated by two risalits , the right one having a strikingly large gable and the left window with domes and central columns.
  • House No. 55 is a new building from the 1980s, which was built in a half-timbered style. The Kämmerey-Haus , a half-timbered house that was originally built as Commende Sanctae Gertrudis , stood on the property until 1979 .
  • In the area of Oberen Bergstraße , in addition to the two eaves - standing half-timbered houses Bergstraße 33 and 34, which were probably built towards the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century, the former monastery sheepfold is noteworthy, Bergstraße 26. An inscription on the sandstone post of the gate indicates that Year 1712.

  • Bergstrasse - view to the west

  • Bergstrasse No. 75

  • Bergstrasse No. 78

  • Detail on house number 68

  • View of the former Vicariate Corpus Christi

  • At the Bergbrunnen, on the right the former girls' school

  • Brenkenscher Hof (1645)

  • Brenkenscher Hof, detail

  • Yellow School (1913–15)

  • Relief of St. Mauritius (1730)

  • Old brewery (1751)

  • Old brewery: portal with relief of St. Mauritius

  • Rectory (1905)

  • Bergstrasse No. 55

  • Former Collegiate Shepherd's Farm (1712)

  • Bergstrasse 33 and 34

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Häger, Hartmut: Hildesheimer Straßen, p. 129. Hildesheim 2005.
  2. ↑ Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung v. February 2, 2008, p. 16.
  3. ↑ Dr. Zoder, Rudolf. The Hildesheimer Strasse, p. 21.
  4. ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, vol. 14.1, p. 170. Hameln 2007.
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  12. ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, Vol. 14.1, p. 179. Hameln 2007.
  13. ↑ Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, Vol. 14.1, p. 179. Hameln 2007.