Elsa-Brändström-Strasse (Berlin)

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Elsa-Brändström-Strasse
coat of arms
Street in Berlin
Elsa-Brändström-Strasse
View from Pfarrer-Jungklaus-Straße to the east
Basic data
place Berlin
District Pankow
Created 1910
Hist. Names Linden promenade
Cross streets (Selection)
Berliner Strasse,
Neumannstrasse,
Prenzlauer Promenade
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport
Technical specifications
Street length 1030 meters

The Elsa-Brändström-Straße is a street in the Berlin district of Pankow the same Pankow . It runs between Berliner Straße and Prenzlauer Promenade , a section of Bundesstraße 109 .

The street was laid out in 1910 as a linden promenade . On March 27, 1936, she was given the name Elsa Brändström , a philanthropist who, as the Swedish Red Cross sister , had saved the lives of many German prisoners of war in Russia during World War I. An application for renaming was not complied with in 1952.

The most important historical building is the Church of Hope of the Evangelical Congregation, completed in 1913 . Along the street are various listed residential complexes , which were built from 1926 to 1932 by the architect Erich Glas , among others , as well as the parsonage of the Hope Church, completed in 1913 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 35.5 "  N , 13 ° 25 ′ 20.4"  E