Broad way (Magdeburg)

Wide path 174–180, around 1890

Wide path, northern development in the eastern part, photo around 1930

Green Citadel (Hundertwasser House) from 2005

Memorial plaque to Steuben's baptism

Memorial plaque for the victims of April 9, 1919

The Breite Weg is a street in the old town of Magdeburg . The Breite Weg used to be considered the most beautiful baroque street in Germany due to its spacious palaces and town houses in the Baroque style. In the Second World War, the Baroque Street was largely destroyed.

description

The main shopping street of the city of Magdeburg runs in a north-south direction and is located between Magdeburg University Square in the north and Hasselbachplatz in the south. The big road once ran through the Sudenburger Tor to Sudenburg .

history

The Breite Weg was the most important and widest road in the city of Magdeburg and was first mentioned because of the city fire of 1207. The road was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . During the Brandenburg-Prussian expansion phase, an overall picture of elaborate baroque facades was built under the governor Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau. This was later also referred to as the “Magdeburg Baroque”. The baroque buildings were destroyed in the Second World War. Only two baroque houses (No. 178 and 179) have been preserved. In the time of the GDR , the Breite Weg was called Karl-Marx-Straße . Today the street is called “Broad Way” again.

After the end of the GDR, the Breite Weg experienced another change. The Allee-Center and Ulrichshaus department stores were built centrally in the city . New buildings for a bank and the Green Citadel of Magdeburg were built at the Domplatz . Between Domplatz and Hasselbachplatz, some prefabricated buildings from the GDR era were demolished in 2014 in order to replace them with new buildings. While in GDR times the area just behind Hasselbachplatz up to Ernst-Reuter-Allee was one of the main thoroughfares, it was partially traffic-calmed and restricted to one lane mainly in favor of parking spaces. Bicycle racks were installed in the touristic area .

Personalities

Well-known people who lived here:
- Maria Catharina Tismar , founder, lived in house no.65 at least around 1823.

Institutions, buildings, monuments:

Green Citadel of Magdeburg , the last building completed in 2005 by the architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser .
Justice Center Eike von Repgow , building constructed from 1895 to 1899 as the main post office
Commemorative plaque for the baptism of General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben , Steuben was baptized on September 24, 1730 in the German Reformed Church that was formerly located here .
Memorial plaque for the victims of April 9, 1919 , created by the Magdeburg artist Walter Bischof ; the board refers to the deployment of troops of General Georg Ludwig Rudolf Maercker in Magdeburg.