Brandstwiete

On the left the southern part of the Brandstwiete , the red brick building on the right is Gröninger's brewery cellar

The Brandstwiete is a historic street in Hamburg's old town near the Meßberg underground station .

The name "Brandstwiete" is derived from the Hamburg citizen Hein Brand , whose arrest in 1410 led to the uprising of the Hamburg citizens and to the first Hamburg constitution . Hein Brand's house was on that street. Twiete is a common name for a connecting path between two streets or a narrow path between houses.

The street runs from the old fish market / Speersort (where the editorial team of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit is located in the Helmut Schmidt House ) to the Speicherstadt , where it ends at the Kornhausbrücke on the Zollkanal . The German Customs Museum is also located here .

Newer development

The Neuer Dovenhof office building , which was built between 1991 and 1994, is located at Brandstwiete No. 1 . The architecturally important Dovenhof office building , built in 1885/86, was located south of the intersection and was demolished in 1967. In its place, a building used by the news magazine Der Spiegel was erected from 1969 to 2011 .

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  The old Dovenhof office building around 1900

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  The "New Dovenhof"

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  The former building of the Spiegel publishing house

Historical development

A closed row of houses from around 1878 extends between Willy-Brandt-Strasse and Zippelhaus Strasse on Brandstwiete. The entire ensemble, as well as the individual houses, are designated as cultural monuments.

Row of buildings in the southern part of Brandstwiete

Object ID Hamburg Monument Protection Office	Art	address	image
29910	ensemble	Brandstwiete 32, 34, 36, 38, 42, 44, 46, 50, 54, 58, 60, Willy-Brandt-Strasse 43, 45, Zippelhaus 7	see panorama photo
11786	object	Commercial building Brandstwiete 32, 34, 36, 38
11787	object	Commercial building Brandstwiete 42 , 44
11788	object	Brandstwiete 46 residential office building
11789	object	Commercial building Brandstwiete 50
11790	object	Commercial building Brandstwiete 54, 58, 60

Known residents

• There was a famous music club on Brandstwiete, the Knust , which now resides in St. Pauli .
• In the past, the magazines Der Spiegel and manager magazin were produced at Brandstwiete 19 . Today they reside in the new SPIEGEL complex at Ericusspitze 1.
• The business magazine brand eins was also created here in the past and even derived its name from the street.
• Gröninger's brewery cellar has been known since the Middle Ages and is not located directly on Brandstwiete, but at the intersection of Brandstwiete / Willy-Brandt-Straße.

See also

Another well-known street in Hamburg's old town is Brandende . Here the Hamburg fire could be brought under control in 1842 . The similar street names often lead to confusion.

Web links

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Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 49 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 49 ″  E