City Point & Hub Bochum
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The two shopping centers with a historic Heuer traffic light in between |
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| Basic data | ||
| Location: | Bochum | |
| Opening: | March 1989 / October 4, 1984 | |
| Sales area : | a total of 18,100 m² | |
| Shops: | 60 | |
| Visitors: | 21,893 per day | |
| Operator: | Kintyre Management GmbH | |
| Website: | www.drehscheibe-bochum.de | |
| Transport links | ||
| Railway station: | Bochum Central Station | |
| Stops: | u. a. City Hall North | |
| Subway : | U 35 | |
| Tram : | Lines 302, 306, 310 | |
| Omnibus : | Lines 336, 345, 353, 354, 368, 394 | |
| Motorways : | A 40 , A 43 , B 51 , B 226 | |
| Parking spaces : | 700 | |
| Technical specifications | ||
| Construction time : | 1983–1984 turntable, 1988–1989 City Point | |
| Architects : | H. Dietrich, U. Herrmann | |
| Architectural style : | Postmodern | |
In Bochum , the two shopping centers downtown hub and City Point , which are connected by transitions in the mandible and the first floor. The centers are operated by ECE Projektmanagement GmbH, with joint management for both houses. In this context they are also known under a single name, namely Drehscheibe / City Point Bochum .
description
The turntable was opened on October 4, 1984 and has 30 shops on three sales levels and 10,000 m² of sales area. The City Point opposite opened in March 1989, with 8,100 m² of retail space spread over five levels. There are 30 shops in each of the two centers and a total of 1000 employees work in the company (turntable / City Point). The number of visitors is 21,890 every day, and almost 600,000 people live in the entire catchment area.
Location and infrastructure
The two opposite centers are in Bochum's main pedestrian zone, Kortumstrasse (corner of Bongardstrasse). In the basement, where one of the two crossings from one building to the other is also located, there is direct access to the underground line 35 , Rathaus Nord stop. There is a multi-storey car park with 700 parking spaces, and the area is also served by some tram and bus routes.
Location and development over time
Kortumstrasse is of "paramount importance" as a traffic and business axis in Bochum and has had an eventful history since its creation in 1884. It was named after the scientist, doctor and writer Carl Arnold Kortum (1745-1824), one of the most famous citizens of the city. In the basement between the shopping centers there is a bronze bust of Kortum, created by the sculptor Heinrich Schroeteler.
Where the "Drehscheibe" center has been located since 1984, the Bochum Hansa House stood until the beginning of the 1980s, and was built by the architect Otto Herold at the beginning of the 20th century. Due to its size, it was an outstanding building with an Art Nouveau facade and served as an amusement temple until the Second World War . It was home to, among other things, a variety theater , a beer hall, cafés and Bochum's first sound film cinema. As one of the few buildings in the center of Bochum, the Hansa-Haus survived the war so well that it could be restored. However, it was demolished in 1981 and the much smaller shopping center building was built in its place. Some relics of the Hansa-Haus can be seen in the basement, as well as the bust of Carl Arnold Kortum and also through the work of Heinrich Schroeteler. Reliefs and sculptures that were recovered during the demolition were partly used here for the wall design. The Wertheim department store, built in 1957, was located in the building opposite . From 1988 to 1989 it was converted into a city point.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Contact details of the centers on the joint homepage . Center website. Retrieved December 10, 2015
- ↑ City Point data on the operator's homepage ( memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . ECE website. Retrieved December 14, 2015
- ↑ Data of the turntable on the operator's homepage ( memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . ECE website. Retrieved December 14, 2015
- ↑ a b An axis around which a lot revolves in Bochum: Kortumstrasse and its history . Author: Eberhard Brand. Found on www.bochum.de. Retrieved December 14, 2015
- ↑ Only relics remained of the Hansa house in Bochum . The West. Article dated August 14, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2015
- ↑ City Point / turntable shopping center . German Architecture Forum. Retrieved December 12, 2015
Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 56.7 " N , 7 ° 13 ′ 1.4" E