Depenau (Lübeck)
The Depenau is a street in Lübeck's old town .
location
The approximately 160 meters long Depenau is located in the southwest of the old town island, in the Marien Quartier . It begins at the Kleine Kiesau , runs westwards down to the Trave and there joins the Obertrave .
history
The Depenau was first mentioned in a document in 1289 as Depenowe . The Low German name, literally “ Tief Au” , refers to a brook with a deep bottom and refers to a watercourse that originally flowed down from the Klingenberg to the Trave. The name has only changed slightly over the centuries. In 1330 it is Dipenowe, 1608 Depenow. The current name Depenau , in use since 1695, was officially established in 1852.
Murnau used the Depenau as a backdrop for one of the key scenes from Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror , in which a never-ending row of coffins descends the street to symbolize the entry of death into Wilborg .
During the air raid on March 29, 1942 , the south side of the street was severely damaged. From the Kleine Kiesau onwards, the historic buildings were destroyed halfway along the street. Its place today is taken by the unadorned rear of a multi-storey car park built in the 1950s in the Marlesgrube .
Buildings
- Depenau 10-12, Zöllner's Hof . Renaissance Foundation Courtyard built 1616–1622 as a residence for unmarried women
- Depenau 18 , 1767 erected memory , today the University of Music Lübeck belonging
- Depenau 31 , a Renaissance gabled house dating back to around 1300 from the 2nd half of the 16th century with façade terracottas from the workshop of Statius von Düren
- Depenau 33 , Gothic gabled house from 1472, dating back to the first half of the 14th century
- Depenau 35 , Renaissance tenement house from 1612, dating back to the second half of the 13th century
- Depenau 37 , a hall house from the 15th century dating back to the 2nd half of the 13th century with a Renaissance facade from the 16th century, which was redesigned in the Baroque style in the 18th century
Corridors and courtyards
The following Lübeck corridors and courtyards leave from Depenau (according to house numbers):
- 7: Pottery course (missing)
- 10: Zöllners Hof (Stiftshof, see above at the front house)
- 45: Passage to the Marlesgrube , see there
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).
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Coordinates: 53 ° 51 ′ 52.4 " N , 10 ° 40 ′ 56.2" E