Erfurt city ring
The Erfurt city ring is a ring road that completely encompasses the city center of the Thuringian capital Erfurt . The city ring consists of a series of streets, mostly built during the Wilhelminian era, and separates the old town from the other parts of the city. Most of the city walls of Erfurt ran along the ring until 1873. The streets of the ring were laid out between 1871 (Biereyestraße) and 1901 (Gutenbergstraße), and the ring was expanded in the 1970s when it got its current shape.
Other rings are the Juri-Gagarin-Ring (laid out from 1898) within the old town and the Erfurt Ring, completed in 2007, as a motorway ring outside the city.
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Valley nodes (north)
The valley node is a square that lies on the site of the former outer Johannestor north of the old town. The city ring crosses this square, from which Talstraße / Schlüterstraße branches off to the west, Magdeburger Allee to the north (connection to Mittelhausen ), Stauffenbergallee to the east and Johannesstraße to the south (connection to Juri-Gagarin-Ring). In connection with the design of the outer ramparts, the green areas at the valley junction were built from 1900. In the 1930s, the Talgarten, the largest modern children's playground in Erfurt, was built. With the expansion of the ring roads , the green areas were again reduced. In the middle of the square there is a small park with a fountain, and a statue of Rosa Luxemburg was placed next to it. At the valley junction, the tram route of lines 1 and 5 crosses the city ring.
Stauffenbergallee (east)
The Stauffenbergallee connects to the east of the valley junction and runs over 2000 meters east of Erfurt's old town. It was created in 1893. At that time, it was called Göbenstraße between Talknoten and Leipziger Platz and Scharnhorststraße between Leipziger Platz and Schmidtstedter Junction . The first renaming took place in 1945: the Göbenstrasse was divided into the Johanneswallgraben between Talk Notes and Franckebrücke and the Krämpferwallgraben between Franckebrücke and Scharnhorststrasse was renamed Wilhelm-Pieck- Strasse. In 1953 all streets were combined to form Wilhelm-Pieck-Straße and renamed again in 1992. Since then, the avenue has been named Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenbergs . The Stauffenbergallee runs as a four-lane road with a green strip in the middle parallel to the Gera-Flutgraben. About 100 meters east of Stauffenbergallee is the Liebknechtstrasse / Thälmannstrasse street, which before the expansion of Stauffenbergallee served as the eastern ring road. A tram also ran there until 1973.
The Stauffenbergallee is only built on the eastern side of the street with residential buildings from the Wilhelminian era. On the western side, trees separate the avenue from the flood ditch. The green strip in the middle is almost 20 meters wide in places and contains a promenade.
There are two crossings on Stauffenbergallee: the crossing on the Francke Bridge in the northern part and the Leipziger Platz in the central part. At the Franckebrücke the street crosses from the city center to Sömmerda or to the north of Erfurt (inside the ring it is called Franckestraße, outside Schlachthofstraße). At Leipziger Platz the road from Erfurt to Kerspleben and Buttelstedt crosses the old Via regia , the city ring. This is where the Krämpfertor used to be, inside the Krämpferstrasse and outside the Leipziger Strasse . The tram route of line 2 also crosses the city ring here. In the southern part of Stauffenbergallee there is also a third bridge over the Flutgraben (Meyfartstrasse inside / Iderhoffstrasse outside), which is now a pedestrian and cycle path bridge.
Schmidtstedter knot (southeast)
The Stauffenbergallee ends at the Schmidtstedter junction. This junction is a new building from 1973. The Schmidtstedter junction consists of the north junction (crossing Stauffenbergallee / Thälmannstraße with access to the main station, the Juri-Gagarin-Ring and the eastern street Thälmannstraße / Liebknechtstraße) and the south junction. At the southern junction, the city ring turns to the west, to the south Clara-Zetkin-Straße leads to Kranichfeld and to the east the Weimar Straße ( Bundesstraße 7 ) to Weimar . In addition, the eastern rail access to Erfurt Hbf crosses the city ring at the Schmidtstedter junction with a large bridge. In the area of the north junction at the end of Schmidtstedter Straße was the Schmidtstedter Tor and in the area of Clara-Zetkin-Straße the Spielbergtor.
Schillerstrasse (south)
The Schillerstraße leaves the Schmidtstedter junction to the west and runs over 1700 meters south around the old town of Erfurt. It was laid out in 1886 (up to the coffee funnel) and 1898 (from the coffee funnel to Steigerstrasse). The part between the Schmidtstedter knot and the coffee funnel was called Daberstedter Strasse between 1886 and 1951. The Schillerstraße initially runs parallel to the Flutgraben between the main train station in the north and the city park on Daberstedter Schanze in the south. There, Bahnhofstrasse joins the former Augusttor. The tram route of lines 3 and 4 crosses, lines 1 and 6 run from Bahnhofstraße on Schillerstraße. This runs in a small swivel to the south and from here is built on both sides with residential houses from the Wilhelminian era. The Braugold brewery is located in this area .
The next place on Schillerstraße is the coffee funnel not far from the former Löbertor. At the coffee funnel, Löberstraße leads into the city and Arnstädter Straße ( Bundesstraße 4 ) to Arnstadt or onto the Ring. At the coffee funnel, a tram route branches off to the south. Further west on Schillerstraße is the St. Thomas Church from 1902 and the railway bridge over the western approach to the station. Schillerstrasse ends immediately behind this. This is where the city ring is divided.
Between Schillerstraße and Gothaer Platz (southwest)
The clockwise direction of travel continues from Schillerstraße via Pförtchenstraße – Brückenstraße – Straße des Friedens. The 200 meter long Pförtchenstrasse (1887) is followed by the bridge over the Flutgraben, known as Brückenstrasse, which turns into the Strasse des Friedens immediately after the bridge. This is where the gate once stood. The 600 meter long Street of Peace is only built on on the east side. The Tettaustraße park from around 1900 is located on the west side. The Straße des Friedens was laid out in 1884. Until 1951 it was called Friedrichstrasse after Friedrich Barbarossa .
The counterclockwise direction of travel runs after the end of Schillerstrasse via Steigerstrasse and Alfred-Hess-Strasse through the largest residential area in Erfurt. Steigerstrasse was laid out in 1886 and runs parallel to the Thuringian Railway . The city ring follows her for the first 400 meters and then turns northwest into the 1000 meter long Alfred-Hess-Straße. It was laid out as Hohenzollernstrasse in 1901 and renamed Strasse der Einheit in 1946 on the occasion of the compulsory merger of the SPD and KPD into the SED. In 1992 the name was changed to Alfred Hess (1879–1931), the owner of one of the largest shoe factories in Erfurt, who was also involved in social projects. In the middle of Alfred-Hess-Straße there is an ornate bridge over the Gera , behind which the road to Hochheim branches off.
Gothaer Platz (west)
see also: Gothaer Platz
Both arms of the city ring meet again at Gothaer Platz. The square west of the old town was laid out around 1888, lies in front of the Brühlertor and is now an important hub for private and public transport. At Gothaer Platz, in addition to Alfred-Hess-Straße and Straße des Friedens, Bonifaciusstraße (to Juri-Gagarin-Ring), Gothaer Straße ( Bundesstraße 7 ) to Gotha and Heinrichstraße branch off . Tram lines 2 and 4 stop at Gothaer Platz, where the route of line 2 crosses the city ring.
Heinrichstrasse and Binderslebener Knie (west)
Heinrichstraße connects to Gothaer Platz to the north. It was expanded in 1980, and the tram route of line 4 was also moved from it to Rudolfstrasse, which runs to the east. Heinrichstraße was laid out as early as 1887 and is named after the German King Heinrich I. After 500 meters, the city ring at Binderslebener Knie leaves Heinrichstraße.
The Bindersleben knee is the intersection of Heinrichstraße and Binderslebener Landstraße . It was created between 1972 and 1980, when Heinrichstraße was extended as an urban motorway north to the new development areas. Today the federal road 4 to Nordhausen runs on this road built between 1972 and 1976. There is an underpass for the through traffic of the B4 under the Bindersleben knee. At the top, the Binderslebener Landstrasse runs to the airport or the A71 on the one hand and to the Lauentor on the other. The city ring turns east at Binderslebener Knie and leads over a short section of Binderslebener Landstrasse to Hugo-Preuss- Platz in front of the Federal Labor Court .
Biereyestrasse and Gutenbergplatz (northwest)
Biereyestrasse, which was named after Johannes Biereye in 1931, begins at Hugo-Preuss-Platz . This street, laid out in 1871, was previously part of Rudolfstraße. The Biereyestrasse leads over 500 meters to the northeast, between the Petersberg Citadel in the east and the residential development of the Borntalviertel in the west. It ends at Gutenbergplatz in front of the Gutenberg Gymnasium . The Biereyestrasse was the last paved section of the Erfurt city ring.
Between Gutenbergplatz and Talk Notes (north)
On the 1200-meter-long section between Gutenbergplatz in the west and the valley nodes in the east, north of the old town, the city ring is again divided into a one-way system and runs on different streets.
The clockwise traffic leads over the Gutenbergstrasse – Blumenstrasse – Moritzwallstrasse – Schlueterstrasse to the valley node. Wilhelminian-style tenement architecture dominates the building. The most important intersection on this section is the intersection at Andreaskavalier with Andreasstraße leading into the old town and Nordhäuser Straße leading out of town , on which tram lines 3 and 6 run. The most conspicuous building in Schlüterstraße is the Erfurt building trade school from 1901. Gutenbergstraße was laid out in 1901, Moritzwallstraße in 1883 and Schlüterstraße in 1892, with the Gerabrücke at the end of Schlüterstraße only being added when it was expanded into the city ring. The street used to end there on the Boyneburgufer. The former Moritztor was on Moritzwallstrasse.
The counter-clockwise traffic leads along the Talstraße – Bergstraße – Blumenstraße – Albrechtstraße from the valley node to Gutenbergplatz. The Gera is crossed in Talstrasse, followed by an ascent on Bergstrasse to the former Auenschanze , on which Nordhäuser Strasse runs, which crosses Bergstrasse. At the end of Bergstrasse, the city ring turns right onto Blumenstrasse and then immediately left again onto Albrechtstrasse, which takes you to Gutenbergplatz. Talstrasse was laid out in 1887, Bergstrasse in 1884, Blumenstrasse in 1884 and Albrechtstrasse (named after Prince Albrecht of Prussia ) in 1889.
literature
- Blaha, Walter et al. a .: Erfurt street names in their historical development . Publishing house Thuringia, Erfurt 1992, ISBN 3-86087-054-8 .