Bruchstrasse (Braunschweig)

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Bruchstrasse
coat of arms
Street in Braunschweig
Bruchstrasse
Bruchstrasse from the direction of Wallstrasse
Basic data
place Braunschweig
District Downtown
Connecting roads Friedrich-Wilhelm-Strasse , Wallstrasse

The Bruchstraße in Braunschweig with their Kober windows in the historic half-timbered houses is the center of the red light district, the second largest city in Lower Saxony .

At both ends of the street there are iron gates, one of which (towards Wallstraße) is mostly open, while the other (towards Friedrich-Wilhelm-Straße) constantly leaves a small passage around an angle.

history

Its history as a place of prostitution goes back to the Middle Ages . At that time the quarry, a marshland surrounded by branched arms of the Oker , was fortified by drainage and embankments and a winding settlement was created . Due to its peripheral location and lack of clarity, it was an ideal refuge for those persecuted by the law. Even whores settled here, in spite of a decision taken in 1594 prohibiting any fornication , while earlier in brothels in the Echternstraße had worked and in the Wall Street.

Spared from bombing during the Second World War , there are still 33 half-timbered houses in Bruchstrasse today , in which prostitution is practiced.

See also

literature

  • Wolfgang Gülzow / Wilfried Schnitzer (eds.): The Bruchstrasse - traditional island on the sidelines. Documents on prostitution in Braunschweig 1807–1927 . 130 pages, with illustrations, Hamburg, 2016. Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-7392-2094-9

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Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 39.2 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 15.7 ″  E