Drosselgasse
The Drosselgasse is a two-meter wide and about 144 m long, cobbled street in Rudesheim am Rhein , which is visited annually by about three million people.
The numerous wine houses, some of which are half-timbered , shape the image of the world-famous Drosselgasse, along with gift and souvenir shops. It is one of six connecting streets between Rüdesheimer Oberstrasse and the Rhine promenade.
history
Drosselgasse was first mentioned in the 15th century as a quarter for Rhine boatmen. Since the skippers only took sails, oars, ropes and tools into the apartments and courtyards, the houses and backyards were only accessible from the alley through narrow hallways; the ships remained moored on the banks of the Rhine.
After some winemakers guest houses had settled, established in the 18th and 19th century taverns in Rüdesheimer city. Better-off citizens and higher officials of the Electoral Mainz state government moved to Drosselgasse, official institutions such as the ducal Nassau official administration, the Nassau state tax fund and the royal Prussian district administration followed.
In the second half of the 19th century, the bars became popular excursion destinations. The "Drosselhof" courted customers with live music and had their own drinking songs written for this. The landlord Johannes Müller offered free entertainment to students of the Bingen Technical University on Sundays, for which they were supposed to attract guests in return by singing Kneiplied songs. 1887 wrote Otto Hausmann the song "to Rudesheim in the throttle Gass'" which was often played in the early years of German radio as a successful marketing campaign between programs especially when the tourism boom subsided, the at the dedication of Niederwalddenkmal followed .
A fire destroyed the buildings in the lower part of Drosselgasse in 1883. In the following time, the establishment of the "Hotel zur Post" falls, whose operators wanted to participate in the success of the Drosselhof. From 1928 further wine bars opened with the “Lindenwirt”, the “Drosselmüller” and the “Weinhaus Rüdesheimer Schloss”. During the National Socialist era , Drosselgasse was a popular destination for excursions by the National Socialist leisure organization Kraft durch Freude . On March 10, 1933, it was ordered that “only music corresponding to German perception should be performed in the bars. Above all, loud jazz music with drums, cymbals and saxophone is prohibited. "
On November 25, 1944, most of the houses on Drosselgasse were destroyed in an Allied bombing raid. In the 1950s, most of the destroyed buildings on Drosselgasse were rebuilt. In addition to wine bars, ostrich taverns and souvenir shops, there were also beer bars.
Web links
- Literature on Drosselgasse in the Hessian Bibliography
- Notes from the Rüdesheim city archive, by Rolf Göttert. 1998. The Drosselgasse - a phenomenon
- Press information about Drosselgasse
- Advertising association Drosselgasse on the Internet
Individual evidence
- ^ Homepage of the city of Rüdesheim.Retrieved on December 5, 2015
Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '42 " N , 7 ° 55' 14.8" E