Brückstrasse district

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Brückstrasse
coat of arms
Street in Dortmund
Brückstrasse
Entrance to Brückstrasse
Basic data
place Dortmund
District Downtown
Newly designed 1990s
Connecting roads Kampstrasse, Wallring
Subway stations Kampstrasse, Reinoldikirche, Central Station
use
Road design Pedestrian zone
Close-up of Brückstrasse

The Brückstrasse district is a district in the north of Dortmund city ​​center . It is bounded by Kampstrasse and the Platz von Leeds in the south, Hansastrasse in the west, Königswall in the north and the Kuckelke in the east. Large parts of the district are designated as a pedestrian zone . It is known for international food stalls and nightlife .

history

The Brückstrasse is part of the old trade route from Cologne to the Baltic Sea. It was likely to be found in the cityscape of Dortmund as early as the 9th century before the first city expansion.

Until the early 1990s, Brückstrasse was extremely shabby and neglected. At the time it was a meeting place for the drug and red light scene. In particular, the adjacent square of Leeds to the south was known nationwide for its drug scene in the 1980s. As a result, the city of Dortmund started a project to upgrade the street with funding. Many houses on Brückstrasse have been extensively renovated. Above all, care was taken to make the facades colorful.

Another step was the construction of the Dortmund Concert Hall , the Orchestra Center NRW and the establishment of the Dortmund Adult Education Center in the former elite café and today's Löwenhof monument . The street was further strengthened as a cultural mile and also upgraded architecturally and qualitatively.

location

Brückstrasse is located in the northern part of the city. It begins at the intersection with Westen- and Ostenhellweg at the Reinoldikirche and extends to the castle gate in the immediate vicinity of the main train station , thus connecting the city center with the northern part of the city. The street can be reached by underground via the stops Hauptbahnhof, Kampstraße or Reinoldikirche.

shops

Snack bars (gastronomy) from all over the world dominate today's Brückstrasse. There are also retail stores and services such as hairdressing salons and at the “outer” end (towards Wallring) the Schauburg cinema . There are hotels nearby.

photos

  • Dortmund Concert Hall

  • Brückstrasse, northern part (2007)

  • Concert hall front

  • Brück Center

  • Adult Education Center Dortmund

  • Trendy pub HirschQ

Historical views

  • View from Brückstrasse in the direction of Ostenhellweg

  • Corner of Brückstrasse and Reinoldistrasse around 1890, today's Leeds square .

  • Almost the same place as in the previous picture around 1900. On the left the former Hotel Middendorf , which was demolished in 1928 .

  • Street view around 1906

literature

  • Mathias Austermann: Building blocks and found objects . The special note of the Brückstrasse. In: City of Dortmund - Monument Authority (Hrsg.): Dortmunder Denkmalhefte . No. 3 , 2013, ISSN  2192-9408 ( dortmund.de [PDF; 5.2 MB ; accessed on November 25, 2013]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norbert Reimann: The becoming of the city . In: Stadtarchiv Dortmund (Hrsg.): History of the city of Dortmund . Harenberg Verlag, Dortmund 1994, ISBN 3-611-00397-2 , p. 17, 36 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '59.1 "  N , 7 ° 27'56.8"  E