Ernst-Reuter-Allee (Magdeburg)
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The Ernst-Reuter-Allee (formerly Wilhelm Pieck Allee ) is the largest east-west traffic artery of Magdeburg 's Old Town . It was named after the former mayor of Magdeburg, Ernst Reuter . It begins at the Neue Strombrücke and ends in Olvenstedter Straße .
After the destruction of the Second World War, the avenue was planned by the Magdeburg chief architect Johannes Kramer as a representative main shopping and parade street for large-scale rallies and replaced the former Alte / Neue Ulrichstraße and Wilhelmstraße (western section). “ The 16 principles of urban development ” from 1950 served as the basis .
Initially referred to as "Stalinallee", the street was named in 1956 by the first President of the GDR , Wilhelm Pieck . Monumental five- and eight-story large buildings in the so-called style of socialist classicism based on the model of Berlin's Stalinallee (later: Karl-Marx-Allee ) were built as peripheral buildings . Preserved historical buildings were also removed for the construction, including the important Gothic parish church of St. Ulrich and Levin , which was blown up on April 5, 1956. Their place remained a lawn.
After the fall of the Wall, Wilhelm-Pieck-Alle was renamed and redeveloped along with the buildings. Since then, it has been called Ernst Reuters, who was Mayor of Magdeburg from 1931 to 1933. The street itself was partially built on. In 1997 the City-Carée was opened, in 1998 the Allee-Center , which occupies the area of the street between Breitem Weg and the Elbe .
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literature
- Wolfgang Knape: Ottostadt Magdeburg. A guide through the 1200-year-old cathedral city. Wernigerode 2011, p. 50f.
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 '50.6 " N , 11 ° 38' 3.1" E