Brausenwerth

Brausenwerth around 1855 (middle view), lithograph by Wilhelm Riefstahl

Brausenwerth
Waters	Wupper
Geographical location	51 ° 15 ′  N , 7 ° 9 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′  N , 7 ° 9 ′  E

The Brausenwerth is a river island of the Wupper and a historical place name in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld and generally refers to the Brausenwerther Platz . “Braus” is the name of a family that was resident here as early as 1598, and Werth means river island. This island is built over similar to the Judgment Island in the cityscape, so that it is not perceptible as an island. The side arm is known as the "Altgraben". The Altgraben divides at the suspension railway station Kluse and flows south along the foothills of the Wuppertal southern heights until it merges again with the Wupper below the suspension railway station Döppersberg. The Wupper flows in a larger curve to the north.

As part of the renovation of the Döppersberg traffic junction , the southern, underground arm of the Wupper - also known as the flood ditch - was filled.

Brausenwerther Platz

Brausenwerther Platz, aerial photo from 1928

Gustav Eberlein's Kaiser Wilhelm monument from 1893 on Brausenwerther Platz, which could not deny the affinity to the equestrian monument of Duke Ernst II in Coburg .

Former shower Werther place with its surrounding buildings in 1943 with the bombing of Wuppertal in the Second World War seriously damaged, including the bathhouse shower Werth , the City Theater on the shower Werth , the Hotel Kaiserhof and Hotel Europäischer Hof . The Kaiser Wilhelm monument by Gustav Eberlein erected on Brausenwerther Platz in 1893 existed here until 1937.

In the course of the redesign of the valley axis and the expansion of federal highway 7 (B 7), the square that was east of today's Döppersberg traffic junction disappeared . After a resolution of November 22, 1960, the name Brausenwerth was dropped and was replaced by Bundesallee throughout .

For further history, see Döppersberg

Brausenwerther Strasse, Gasse and Bridge

There was also a Brausenwerther Strasse named on September 23, 1864 , which led from the Hofaue to Brausenwerther Platz . It was incorporated into Morianstrasse on April 8, 1968 . About the shower Werther bridge spanning Morianstraße the Wupper and leads to Döppersberg. The small Brausenwerther Gasse , which leads from the Hofaue to an inner courtyard , got its name on March 25, 1987.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names . Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8
2. ^ Excavator march: start of demolition for the new Döppersberg . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung , November 27, 2010