Clemensstrasse (Lübeck)
The Clemensstraße is a street of Lübeck .
location
The approximately 90 meter long Clemensstrasse is located in the northwestern part of the old town island in the Marien-Magdalenen quarter . It runs almost in an east-west direction - with a sharp double bend about halfway - and connects the Böttcherstraße with the street An der Untertrave .
history
Clemensstrasse is first mentioned in a document in 1318 with the Latin name Prope cimiterium sancti Clementis (At St. Clemens Kirchhof) after the church of St. Clemens located here , which existed since 1257, was profaned in 1803 and demolished in 1899.
In 1325 the name Parva platea, cum itur de cymerterio sancti Clementis ad Travenam (small street that leads from the St. Clement's churchyard to the Trave ) is recorded, 1352 Apud sanctum Clementem ( near St. Clement). In 1484 the Low German name was Sunte Clemensstrate , 1486 Sunte Clemenstwiete and 1614 Clementestwiete . In 1852 Clemenstwiete was officially set as the street name, but changed in 1927 to the form Clemensstraße used since then .
Since the middle of the 19th century , Clemensstrasse developed into Lübeck's red light district and at the turn of the century was designated as a restricted area in which prostitution was legal. Accordingly, the street became the location of several brothels . The brothel in Clemensstrasse 10, known as the White Angel and Golden Angel, found its way into literary history as the Blue Angel in Heinrich Mann's novel Professor Unrat .
In the 1970s , the use of Clemensstrasse as a red light district reached its peak; At that time there were 14 brothels with 160 prostitutes located there. Since then, the number of establishments and the women employed here has steadily declined, until the Golden 7, the last brothel, closed at the end of December 2006 and Clemensstrasse finally lost its proverbial function in Lübeck.
In 2010, House 8 reopened its doors to Lübeck's nightlife under the name “Blauer Engel”. Initially advertised as a student bar, the bar and Clemensstrasse developed into a hub of Lübeck's bar culture, where other restaurants have also settled.
literature
- W. Brehmer : The street names in the city of Lübeck and its suburbs. HG Rathgens, Lübeck 1889.
- W. Brehmer: Lübeck house names along with contributions to the history of individual houses. HG Rathgens, Lübeck 1890.
- Klaus J. Groth : World Heritage Lübeck - Listed Houses. Over 1000 portraits of the listed buildings in the old town. Listed alphabetically by streets. Verlag Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1999, ISBN 3-7950-1231-7 .
- Max Hoffmann: The streets of the city of Lübeck. In: Journal of the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology. Jg. 11, 1909, ISSN 0083-5609 , pp. 215-292 (also special print: 1909).
Coordinates: 53 ° 52 ′ 12.9 " N , 10 ° 40 ′ 52" E