Friedenstrasse (Wesel)
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| The Friedenstrasse with part of the Reitzenstein barracks (2013) | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Wesel |
| District | Fusternberg, Schepersfeld |
| Buildings | Wesel train station (east side), Reitzenstein barracks |
| use | |
| User groups | Motor vehicles , public transport , pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic |
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| Street length | ~ 1500 meters |
The Friedenstraße is an inner-city street in Wesel on the Lower Rhine. It is a main axis of the districts of Fusternberg and Schepersfeld .
location
The Friedenstraße runs in a north-south direction for a length of one and a half kilometers along the railway facilities on the Oberhausen-Arnheim and Wesel-Bocholt lines to the west of it . In its southern part, it leads directly past the east side of the Wesel train station , which is accessible from Friedenstrasse via a tunnel. There are P&R facilities with around 450 parking spaces along the street in the immediate vicinity of the train station .
While the railway facilities are on its west side and the city center on the other side, there are residential developments in the districts of Fusternberg and Schepersfeld to the east of Friedenstraße. In the south, the Friedenstrasse begins at a roundabout in the immediate vicinity of the Niederrheinhalle . This roundabout also connects to Kurt-Kräcker-Strasse, which runs centrally through Fusternberg, and an underpass under the railway line leading to the city center. In the middle of this, the Friedenstrasse and the railway facilities are crossed by a bridge on Bundesstrasse 58 (Schermbecker Landstrasse), but there is only a connection to the Bundesstrasse via side roads. The B 58 also marks the transition from the southern district of Fusternberg to Schepersfeld, located north of it. In the Schepersfeld area, too, Friedenstraße connects to several side streets. Shortly before its northern end, on its west side, is the Reitzenstein barracks , which opened in 1902 and is now designed as a residential complex. At its northern end, the Friedenstraße leads to a connection that crosses the railway systems to the west over a bridge and comes out on the inner city ring and connects to the east to the federal highway 70 towards Borken .
Only one bus line runs directly over Friedenstraße. However, on the west side of the train station at Franz-Etzel-Platz is the city's central bus station, which is served by a large number of bus routes.
history
Due to the Wesel fortress , the city could not expand beyond narrow borders until around 1890. However, there were rural settlement structures in the districts of Schepersfeld and Fusternberg even before 1890, and the Wesel train station was also built in its current location outside the fortress walls. From 1890, the area east of the railway facilities also got an increasingly urban character and from 1900 to 1902 the Reitzenstein barracks, originally used by the military, were built on today's Friedenstrasse. In Schepersfeld and Fusternberg, unlike in the nearby city center, there was no extensive destruction during the Second World War . Buildings that were erected around 1900 shortly after the demolition have therefore partly been preserved to this day. In addition to the Reitzenstein barracks, this includes a 1904 building for the Welsch mineral grinding plant near the train station, which was completely rebuilt in 2010.
Many citizens from the city center found accommodation in the little-damaged residential areas east of the train station in 1945, and numerous institutions moved to Schepersfeld in particular. From the summer of 1945, the city administration was temporarily housed in a building on the corner of Friedenstrasse and Quadenweg. From August 1, 1949, the Reitzenstein barracks, also located on Friedenstrasse, was the administrative headquarters and also the location of the Wesel city library . In 1952, both the administration and the library were moved back to the city center. The emergency vehicles of the local fire brigade were also parked on Friedenstrasse in the first post-war years. The current street name also goes back to the post-war years. On July 9, 1947, Artilleriestraße was renamed Friedenstraße by a resolution of the city council. The background was the attempt to remove street names with a military background as much as possible, which was only partially implemented throughout the city.
In 2002 a planning phase began for the renewal of the Wesel train station, through which the Friedenstraße should be connected directly to the train station. It provided for the piercing of the train station tunnel under the tracks in the direction of Fusternberg and the creation of P&R facilities along the Friedenstrasse. Previously, the station was only accessible from the Fusternberg side via a somewhat remote through tunnel. In 2008, the piercing of the station tunnel was completed, creating a direct connection from Friedenstraße to the platforms. With the opening of the last car park in 2014, the construction of the P&R facility with around 450 spaces was completed. As part of the construction work, the section of Friedenstraße running alongside the station was also renewed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Parking lot at the train station completed (derwesten.de)
- ↑ a b Geoportal Wesel
- ↑ Wesel: Beautiful living in an old factory (rp-online.de)
- ↑ Martin Wilhelm Roelen, Doris Rudolfs-Terfurth (ed.): The reconstruction of the city of Wesel, p. 25
- ↑ Martin Wilhelm Roelen, Doris Rudolfs-Terfurth (Ed.): The reconstruction of the city of Wesel, p. 206
- ↑ She is his oldest love (derwesten.de)
- ↑ Martin Wilhelm Roelen, Doris Rudolfs-Terfurth (ed.): The reconstruction of the city of Wesel, p. 15f.
- ↑ Agenda of the Committee for Urban Development of March 2nd, 2005 (weselmarketing.de)
- ↑ Wesel: Station more expensive and later (rp-online.de)
- ↑ Parking lot at the train station completed (derwesten.de)
- ↑ Wesel: Amazement over Friedenstraße (rp-online.de)
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 33 " N , 6 ° 37 ′ 47.8" E