Bretzelnweg (Düren)
| Bretzelnweg | |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Düren |
| District | Düren-North |
| Created | 19th century |
| Connecting roads | Alte Jülicher Strasse, Neue Jülicher Strasse |
| Cross streets | Loud-Dei-Strasse |
| Numbering system | Orientation numbering |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrians, cyclists, motorists |
The street Bretzelnweg in the district town of Düren ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) is an inner-city street . It is located in the Düren-Nord district .
location
The street begins at Alte Jülicher Strasse and ends at Neue Jülicher Strasse . On the south side of the street is the largest of the three secondary schools in Düren , the Bretzelnweg secondary school .
history
The street already appeared in the address book from 1893. There are different interpretations of the name:
- The name could come from the tough tufts of grass growing there, the so-called pretzels.
- Many processions from the Jülich region also took part in the Rochus procession of the Marienpfarre in Düren . They came into the city via Alte Jülicher Strasse. On the way back, the pilgrims at the corner of Bretzelnweg and Alte Jülicher Straße received consecrated pretzels as souvenirs , which were given away by the bakers in the parish.
See also
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- List of streets on the website of the city of Düren (PDF; 58 kB)
- Josef Geuenich: The Düren street names , Düren 1965, published by the city of Düren and the Düren history association
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 57.8 " N , 6 ° 28 ′ 20.5" E