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The Dankwartsgrube is a street in Lübeck's old town .
location
The approximately 310 meter long Dankwartsgrube is located in the southwest of the old town island, in the Marien Quartier . It begins at the meeting of the horse market and the parade , diagonally opposite the confluence of Kapitelstrasse , and leads west down towards the Trave . After about two thirds of its course, the Düstere Querstraße flows from the north and the Lichte Querstraße from the south into the Dankwartsgrube. The street meets the Obertrave opposite the Dankwartsbrücke and ends there.
history
The name of the Dankwartsgrube has been derived from the name Dankwart since the beginning of its existence and probably refers to a personality from Lübeck's early days. It is unclear what Dankwart it was and how it was related to that street.
- The street 1259 with the Latin name Fossa Tanquardi (Dankwartsgasse) is mentioned for the first time.
- 1362 the Low German name is Danquersche Grove
- 1364: Dancquardes Grove
- 1460: Danquersgrove
- 1461: Thank you
- 1463: Danckersgrove
- 1464: Dancquverdes Grove
- 1498: Danckwardesgrove
- 1562: Danckwertsgrove
- 1597: Danckqwerthegrowe
- 1779: Danckersgrube
- 1852: Dankwärts pit
In 1884 the current name was officially set.
From the Middle Ages to the 1930s , the Dankwartsgrube with the noisy blacksmiths' workshops that were located here for a long time and especially the extremely narrow, nested, gloomy and unhealthy corridors located here, even by Lübeck standards , were considered the residential area of the poorest lower class. In addition, well into the 20th century, the area had the reputation of being the home of the Lübeck criminals , who could easily escape the persecution and keep themselves hidden in the confusing, interconnected courtyards and corridors. It was not until 1937 that the Gängeviertel between Dankwarts- and Hartengrube , which was now considered to be almost uninhabitable due to its narrow confines and the health-endangering hygienic conditions, was comprehensively renovated and more spacious corridors and new inner courtyards created by demolishing numerous gang stalls.
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The bombing raid in March 1942 destroyed a number of buildings on the north side of the eastern part of the street (No. 2 to 22); Apart from that, however, the Dankwartsgrube still shows a largely closed picture of historical buildings, some dating back to the 13th century .
Buildings
The buildings Dankwartsgrube No. 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 21, 25, 26, 30, 32, 39–41, 42, 52, 54, 56, 60, 62, 68, 70 ( House 5 of the Torweg residential corridor ), 72–74.
- See also list of abandoned buildings in Lübeck # Dankwartsgrube for buildings that are no longer in existence.
Corridors and courtyards
The following Lübeck corridors and courtyards leave from the Dankwartsgrube (according to house numbers):
- 9: Kellings Gang
- 10: Claaßens Gang (missing)
- 29: Deminshof (missing)
- 31: Nagelschmieds gang
- 61: Vagts Gang (missing)
- 67: Lütgens gang (missing)
- 70: Doorway
Literary
Rolf Winter dealt with his childhood in the Dankwartsgrube in his 1991 book Hitler came from the Dankwartsgrube (and maybe comes again). A childhood in Germany.
literature
- Rainer Andresen: Lübeck. The old cityscape. Volume 2: History of the residential corridors. Volume 1: Aegidienstraße to Engelswisch. Verlag Neue Rundschau, Lübeck 1981.
- 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).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rasch and Röhring Verlag, Hamburg 1991 // Paperback edition: Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1992
Coordinates: 53 ° 51 '47.3 " N , 10 ° 41' 0.6" E