Bruchstrasse (Braunschweig)
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| Bruchstrasse from the direction of Wallstrasse | |
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| 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
Web links
- M. Panitzek: The Bruchstraße in Braunschweig. Prostitution in half-timbered houses
- Harald Duin: Fesche Dolly and the iron gate , newsclick.de, in the Braunschweiger Zeitung of December 31, 2003
- Raymond Faure: Braunschweig - Through the city center (photos): The famous Bruchstrasse , access to Bruchstrasse and the “hot” street
Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 39.2 ″ N , 10 ° 31 ′ 15.7 ″ E