Dotzheimer Strasse

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Dotzheimer Strasse
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Street in Wiesbaden
Dotzheimer Strasse
Dotzheimer Strasse in the direction of Schwalbacher Strasse, one-way street with a bus lane
Basic data
place Wiesbaden
District Westend , Rheingauviertel
Connecting roads Schwalbacher Strasse (east) , Ludwig-Erhardt-Strasse (west)
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport
Technical specifications
Street length 2,100 m

The Dotzheimer Straße is a western arterial road of the Hessian state capital Wiesbaden . It has trees on both sides of the street for almost its entire length. It is named after today's district of Dotzheim , which is connected to Wiesbaden by the street. In the Bismarckring -Schwalbacher Straße section, it is a one-way street in an easterly direction.

Course of the road

Dotzheimer Straße begins in the rectangular network of streets in Wiesbaden city center as an extension of Luisenstraße to the west and as a cross street to Schwalbacher Straße ( 50 ° 4 ′ 44.2 ″  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 11.3 ″  E ). The Luisenforum and the Elly Heuss School are located here . The course to Dotzheim is straight and steadily rising from the basin of the city center.

The first 500 meters to the intersection with the Bismarckring , the street has been designed as a one-way street towards the city center for decades, with one lane and one bus lane . The north side with house numbers 3 to 43 belong to the Westend district and house numbers 6 to 50 on the south side are part of the Mitte district .

From the Bismarckring on, Dotzheimer Strasse has two lanes in each direction. The house numbers 49 to 93 on the north side and 52 to 114 on the south side follow up to the intersection with the Second Ring , here Loreleiring , whereby the north side is still part of the Westend district up to the intersection with Klarenthaler Straße (house number 65). All other houses are in the Rheingauviertel district .

Dotzheimer Straße ends with house numbers 173 (north side) and 184 (south side) at the boundary between Wiesbaden and Dotzheim. This is the intersection with Holzstrasse and Carl-von-Linde-Strasse ( 50 ° 4 ′ 34.2 ″  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 27.6 ″  E ). The traffic routing continues in Dotzheim with a left-hand bend in Ludwig-Erhard-Straße , as the southern bypass of Dotzheim. In a straight line, Dotzheimer Strasse is extended with Wiesbadener Strasse , which, after Wiesbaden-Dotzheim train station, descends steeply into the center of Dotzheim.

history

The route connection between Dotzheim and Wiesbaden was established before the construction of Dotzheimer Strasse through the old and new Dotzheimer Weg, the latter was built around 1701. In 1818 the Dotzheimer Straße was laid out between the two paths and expanded as a road between 1834 and 1838 . Together with the construction of Emser Strasse, this triggered the development of the West End from 1840 . Towards the end of the 19th century, the street was characterized by tenements, storage areas and warehouses, garden centers and finally also gas stations, where the current Elly-Heuss-Schule borders on Dotzheimer Straße, there was a military casino of the infantry barracks. In 1904 the Wiesbaden West freight yard was opened on the side of the street . During the 20th century, the vacant lots along the road were closed.

During the Second World War , a camp for Soviet prisoners of war was set up at number 17 in 1942.

Dotzheimer Strasse is of great importance for local traffic in Wiesbaden . In August 1906, line 7 of the Wiesbaden tram was opened, which connected Dotzheim to Bierstadt via the square of German unity, then known as the Boseplatz . After the Second World War it was put back into operation, but was taken out of service in 1948. From then on, a trolleybus line to Biebrich operated on Dotzheimer Strasse , since 1961 only buses have been in use, most of which are operated by ESWE .

Several historical finds were made during construction work along Dotzheimer Strasse. A Merovingian-Franconian grave field on the lower Dotzheimer Strasse and several Roman coins were discovered. During the construction of the hall building “to the beautiful view”, a Roman stone coffin with a skeleton and glass beaker came to light together with several graves.

In May 2013, plans for a Wiesbaden tram were rejected. This should drive the Dotzheimer Strasse between the intersection with Klarenthaler Strasse and the eastern end at Luisenforum.

Web links

Commons : Dotzheimer Straße (Wiesbaden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annals of the Society for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research, Volume thirtieth, 1899 , page 117
  2. ^ Sigrid Russ: Cultural monuments in Hessen: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany. Wiesbaden: City extensions within the Ringstrasse. Theiss 2005, ISBN 978-3-80-622010-0 , page 610.
  3. ^ History of the Westend on wiesbaden.de
  4. ↑ Map of Wiesbaden in the Brockhaus, 14th edition ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hicleones.com
  5. ↑ History of the Rheingauviertel on wiesbaden.de
  6. ↑ Hedwig Brüchert, Michael Matheus (ed.): Forced labor in Rhineland-Palatinate during the Second World War: Mainz Colloquium 2002. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2004, ISBN 978-3-51-508279-2 , page 144
  7. ↑ 125 years of Wiesbaden public transport, Chapter 18 , on eswe-verkehr.de
  8. ↑ Turntable Online: The trolleybus, not the Wiesbaden residents' favorite child , accessed on July 7, 2011
  9. ↑ Nassauische Annalen: Yearbook of the Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research, Volume 109, page 442
  10. ↑ The coins found in the Roman era in Germany, Volume 2, pages 263ff.
  11. ↑ Annals of the Association for Nassau Antiquity and Historical Research, Volume 10 , Page 405