Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse (Wuppertal)
The Friedrich-Ebert-Straße is a major arterial road in the Bergisch city of Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia . It forms the western connection between the Elberfeld city center and the Sonnborn district . As Königstrasse , it formed the backbone of the western urban expansion of Elberfeld, running parallel to the Wupper , from around 1820. Its eastern section was freed from through traffic; here it forms a lively shopping street in the Luisenviertel; the western section is part of the federal highways 7 and 228 , which lead from Wuppertal to Düsseldorf and Hilden . With over 150 listed buildings, the approximately 3.5 km long street is an important example of the urban development of Elberfeld in the 19th century.
Location and description
The road runs parallel to the river in the Wupper valley . The distance to the Wupper is nowhere greater than 200 meters, but in sections it also runs directly on the river bank. The eastern terminus is in the Elberfeld downtown in the residential district Elberfeld-Mitte of the district Elberfeld on so-called Casino roundabout , the former first roundabout in Wuppertal at the Casino street , the back to one of a few years ago traffic lights was dismantled controlled intersection.
At the intersection Casino roundabout , where among others the Neumarktstraße opens, is located at the beginning of Herzogstraße the western end of the Elberfeld pedestrian . The intersection is framed by the Glanzstoff high-rise , the Elberfeld tax office and an administrative building each of the Deutsche Bank and the former Dresdner Bank .
The street opens just one block west of the casino roundabout to Laurentiusplatz , which is used for various markets and events and serves as the church square of the St. Laurentius Church . The church is one of the most architecturally and historically significant sacred buildings in the city. The square is surrounded by numerous distinctive listed buildings from the Wilhelminian era , including the Daniel von der Heydt house and the Meckel palace .
As far as Robert-Daum-Platz to the west, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, which is marked as two opposite one-way streets in this section, is primarily used to develop the adjacent retail stores and the Luisenviertel to the north , the trendy and bar district of Wuppertal. This area houses retail stores, restaurants , cafés , pubs , medical practices and offices, a WDR television studio and the building of the Jewish community in Elberfeld. Here the street and the sidewalks are made of cobblestone , not least to reduce the speed and to emphasize the image of the old town. In contrast to the parallel Bundesallee ( Bundesstrasse 7 ), there is no public transport here . As part of the city center, the street is heavily frequented by pedestrians. Shielded by a row of houses, the Deweerth'sche Garten lies north of Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse .
From Robert-Daum-Platz , one of the most important inner-city intersections in the west of Wuppertal, the picture of Friedrich-Ebert-Straße changes noticeably. The narrow street with mostly local traffic widens and forms from here to the confluence of Varresbecker Straße as federal highway 7 one of the main traffic axes of Wuppertal. The buildings in the area of Robert-Daum-Platz include the GEFA high-rise , the Robert-Daum-Platz suspension railway station , the old Aue grammar school (now the Catholic secondary school West) and the Villa Frowein .
The number of retail stores and restaurants decreases in the further course to the west towards Westende , the number of smaller, framed by residential buildings or located in the rear of them, such as baked goods manufacturers or printing shops, increases. In the area of the residential districts of Arrenberg and Nützenberg, which adjoin to the south and north of the Elberfeld-West district , there is a continuous residential area on both sides of the broad street, which is characterized by individual shops and restaurants, which are largely run by the numerous foreign residents who live here. A few larger and withdrawn industrial buildings have now been abandoned, including the former ELBA factory and the Froweingelände, which are being used for new purposes. Individual brothels that have settled in Wilhelminian-style houses form a further contrast .
The core of the residential area Arrenberg is connected from Friedrich-Ebert-Straße via two listed Wupper bridges, the Wupper bridge Pestalozzistraße at the suspension railway station of the same name and the Wupper bridge Moritzstraße . The densely built-up slopes of the Nützenberg to the north are accessed by long and steep stairs, including the Jakobstreppe and the listed Vogelsau stairs . The density of culturally and historically significant and therefore listed buildings is very high in this section. Among the outstanding monuments include the house Friedrich Bayer and its automotive shed with flat , numerous residential, factory and office buildings from the 19th century and the building ensemble of Küpper Brewery .
At Westende, the appearance of Friedrich-Ebert-Straße changes again. In addition to the Westende suspension railway station, the extensive commercial development between the street and the Wupper begins on the south side with the Elberfeld thermal power station . The extensive Elberfeld works of Bayer AG extend to the 1.5 kilometers distant western end of Friedrich-Ebert-Straße at the confluence of Siegfriedstraße directly at the Sonnborn railway bridge . Pierced be this only by the monorail station Varresbecker street and Tiergarten stairs , the southern residential area on the gravel mountain and the zoo area opens up. The northern side is mostly made up of residential buildings.
Only three roads, all in the north, branches in this section of the Friedrich-Ebert-Straße: one is the road Vogelsaue to Nützenberger road that before the construction of the center piece of the Friedrich-Ebert-Straße to 1837 the traffic of Sonnborn direction Elberfeld took up, and the street Stockmannsmühle , which connects the residential area there. The Varresbecker road , which is also the national highway 7, is the third of these roads. Although Bundesstraße 7 leaves Friedrich-Ebert-Straße here, the rest of the way to the end of the Sonnborn railway bridge is dedicated as a federal highway, because this is where Bundesstraße 228 begins .
The highest and last house number on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße is number 480.
Building history and origin of name
Today's Friedrich-Ebert-Straße was not built continuously, but had precursors as early as the end of the 18th century at the eastern end in the center of Elberfeld and at the western end between Sonnborn and Vogelsaue , today's west end .
Before the 19th century, the main traffic from Elberfeld to the west in the direction of Düsseldorf led south of today's Friedrich-Ebert-Straße on the route of today's Bundesallee from the center of Elberfeld to the west. In the area of today's Robert-Daum-Platz it swiveled a few hundred meters to the north (today Briller Strasse ), then headed west again via Nützenberger Strasse to Varresbeck . At the height of the vine house, a side road branched off on the Nützenberg to the valley of the Wupper (today's Vogelsauer Straße ), which led from Vogelsaue on the bank to Sonnborn. This section on the Wupperufer is now the western part of Friedrich-Ebert-Straße. There was initially no route along the Wupper between the area of today's Robert-Daum-Platz and Vogelsaue.
In the first third of the 19th century, Elberfeld's urban expansion took place mainly in the west of the town center in the area of the Luisenviertel at the foot of the Grünewalder Berg . The eastern part of today's Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, then called Königsstraße as a continuation of Herzogstraße and Kaiserstraße (today Neumarktstraße ) , was extended to provide access to the new district and ended as a stump in the new district on Second and Untere Grünewalder Straße .
It was not until 1837 to 1839 that the gap between the two sections was closed by crossing today's Briller Straße (the northward turning of the old main street) and the street after a short name as Neue Düsseldorfer Straße (in contrast to the Alte Düsseldorfer Straße over the Nützenberg) from the 23. September 1864 to Westende and from February 1, 1881 to Sonnborner Straße continuously called Königstraße .
In the 1920s, two requests to change the name were rejected. So the application of the USPD faction of the city council of Elberfeld from July 7th 1922, after which the renaming in Rathenaustraße was requested. On March 25, 1929, the application of the KPD parliamentary group of the Wuppertal city council to rename it Karl-Marx-Straße was rejected.
During the National Socialist era , Königsstraße was renamed Straße der SA from August to October 1938 . After it was called Königsstraße again from May 16, 1945, it was renamed Friedrich-Ebert-Straße on February 4, 1946 after the first Reich President of the Weimar Republic , Friedrich Ebert . Friedrich Ebert was also a trained saddler in Elberfeld around 1890 and therefore had a strong personal relationship with Wuppertal. In 1912 he was also a member of the Elberfeld-Barmen constituency in the Reichstag of the German Empire .
Today's Friedrich-Ebert-Straße is not the first street in the Wuppertal city area to bear this name. In both Elberfeld and Barmen there was already a Fritz-Ebert-Straße (Fritz as short for Friedrich) in the 1920s . In Elberfeld, this was today's Schwarze Weg from September 21, 1926 to May 6, 1933 , and in Barmen from August 15, 1922 to 1933, today's Stresemannstraße .
Public transport
Horse and tram
In 1872 a concession was granted for the construction and operation of a regular-gauge railway from Elberfeld-Westend through what was then Königstrasse and on via Elberfeld and Barmen to Rittershausen , which was transferred to the "Deutsche Pferde-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft zu Berlin" in the same year . On April 8, 1873, construction of the double-track line began. After the company went bankrupt in the same year, however, the construction of the line was continued, so that it could be opened in full length in 1874. On May 9, 1889 there was an extension from Westend to Sonnborn . On January 29, 1896, the section to Westend was converted from horse-powered to electrically operated trams, and the section to Sonnborn was changed on February 5, 1896. Only years later were extensions from Westend / Varresbeck via Wieden to Wülfrath and Mettmann . The line to Sonnborn was shortened to the section to Zoo / Stadion on October 22, 1960 with the construction of the federal highway 46 and in 1969 the line service to Varresbeck was discontinued, with special traffic taking place here for major events until December 31, 1979. The tram era ended on May 30, 1987 when tram traffic in Wuppertal was discontinued on the branch that was last operated through Friedrich-Ebert-Straße only to “Wieden Loop”.
Suspension railway
The route of the Wuppertal suspension railway , which was opened in the section “Zoologischer Garten” - “Kluse” on March 1, 1901 and with several stops, opens up the street as well as the adjacent residential areas and industrial locations, runs mainly parallel to the street .
omnibus
Today, only the 611 bus runs through the western section of the street (in addition to temporary suspension railway replacement buses during the rest breaks of the suspension railway), which runs every 20 minutes from Monday to Friday and every 30 minutes on the weekends, more stops than the suspension railway served.
Listed buildings
There are numerous historical buildings in the street, most of which date from the Wilhelminian era. The list of monuments of the city of Wuppertal shows a total of 158 monuments for the street (as of August 31, 2009). An example of the new use of a listed building ensemble is the former Küpper brewery .
| House number | designation | Date of entry |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | House Daniel von der Heydt | July 28, 1986 |
| 13 a | Residential and commercial building | May 13, 1993 |
| 15th | Meckel Palace | Oct 11, 1984 |
| 15 a | Remise | Oct 11, 1984 |
| 16 a | Pavilion (toilet / kiosk) | 10 Mar 1988 |
| 18th | Pavilion (café) | Dec 4, 1991 |
| 20th | Laurentiuskirche | Oct. 4, 1984 |
| 22nd | Rectory | Oct 8, 1984 |
| 67 | Residential and commercial building | Jan 15, 1988 |
| 68 | Residential and commercial building | 16 Sep 1988 |
| 68 a | Residential and commercial building | Aug 4, 1994 |
| 71 | Residential building | Dec 9, 1986 |
| 71 a | Residential building | Dec 10, 1986 |
| 72 | Residential and commercial building | Apr. 26, 1985 |
| 77 | Residential building | 26 Sep 1984 |
| 79 | Residential and commercial building | Dec. 1, 1986 |
| 81 | Residential building | December 20, 1984 |
| 82 | Residential building | 16 Sep 1988 |
| 83 | Residential building | Sep 2 1994 |
| 84 | Residential building | Jan. 27, 1992 |
| 85 | Residential building | Nov 28, 1994 |
| 87 a | Residential and commercial building | Apr 17, 1996 |
| 89 a | Residential building | Dec. 2, 1986 |
| 91 | Residential and commercial building | Feb. 27, 1985 |
| 102 | Residential and commercial building | Apr 15, 1998 |
| 107 | Residential building | Nov 15, 1993 |
| 113 | Residential and commercial building | Jan. 22, 1997 |
| 114 | Residential and commercial building | Feb. 17, 1993 |
| 115 | Residential building | Apr 19, 1989 |
| 115 a | Residential building | Apr 19, 1989 |
| 116 | Residential building | May 29, 1985 |
| 116 a | Residential building | Feb. 17, 1993 |
| 116 b | Residential and commercial building | May 30, 1988 |
| 117 | Residential building | Dec 3, 1986 |
| 117 a | Residential building | Dec 3, 1986 |
| 118 | Residential and commercial building | Dec. 4, 1986 |
| 119 | Villa Urner | July 12, 1994 |
| 120 | Residential building | Dec. 4, 1986 |
| 121 | Villa Spindler | Dec. 19, 1984 |
| 121 | Remise of the Villa Spindler | Dec. 19, 1984 |
| 122 | Residential building | Jan. 17, 1987 |
| 124 | Residential building | July 21, 1993 |
| 126 | Residential building | Dec. 4, 1986 |
| 128 | Residential building | Dec. 4, 1986 |
| 132 | Residential building | Feb. 24, 1986 |
| 132 a | Residential building | Feb. 24, 1986 |
| 132 b | Residential building | Feb. 24, 1986 |
| 132 c | Residential building | Feb. 24, 1986 |
| 133 a | Residential and garage buildings | Apr 10, 1991 |
| 134 a | villa | Feb 21, 1991 |
| 134 | Villa, see Baumsche Villa | Jan. 16, 1986 |
| 135 | Residential and commercial building | Dec 12, 1994 |
| 136 | Residential building | May 17, 1985 |
| 136 b | Residential building | 1st Mar 1985 |
| 137 | Residential and commercial building | Dec 12, 1994 |
| 138 | Residential building | Oct 25, 1985 |
| 138 a | Residential building | Oct 25, 1985 |
| 139 | Residential building, see Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 139 | Nov 27, 1991 |
| 140 | Residential building | Oct 25, 1985 |
| 140 a | Residential building | June 19, 1992 |
| 141 | Residential building | Nov 5, 1992 |
| 142 | Residential building | May 30, 1988 |
| 144 | Residential building | May 30, 1988 |
| 145 | Residential building | Oct. 30, 1990 |
| 145 a | Residential building | Oct. 30, 1990 |
| 146 | Friedrich Bayer residential building (front building) | Sep 18 1992 |
| 146 | Friedrich Bayer residential building (rear building) | Oct 15, 1992 |
| 147 | Residential building | Apr 9, 1987 |
| 148 | Residential and commercial building | Sep 18 1992 |
| 152 a | villa | May 10, 1985 |
| 152 b | Remise | May 10, 1985 |
| 152 b | pavilion | May 10, 1985 |
| 153 | Factory building and former horse stable | Jan. 27, 1986 |
| 153 a | Factory building | Jan. 27, 1986 |
| 156 | Residential building | 20 Mar 1990 |
| 157 | Residential and commercial building | Apr 14, 1989 |
| 158 | Residential house with restaurant | Dec. 7, 1984 |
| 159 | Residential and commercial building | 6 Sep 1984 |
| 161 | Residential and commercial building | Aug 29, 1989 |
| 163 | Residential and commercial building | Nov 8, 1988 |
| 164 | Residential building | Dec 5, 1986 |
| 165 | Residential and commercial building | 14 Mar 1988 |
| 165 a | Residential building | 5th Mar 1990 |
| 166 | Residential building | May 25, 1992 |
| 166 a | Residential building | 23 Mar 1992 |
| 166 b | Residential building | 23 Mar 1992 |
| 166 c | Residential building | May 20, 1992 |
| 166 d | Residential building | May 20, 1992 |
| 167 | Residential building | Jan. 12, 1987 |
| 168 | Residential building | 23 Mar 1992 |
| 168 a | Residential building | Dec 5, 1986 |
| 168 b | Residential and commercial building | Apr 1, 1992 |
| 169 | Residential building | Dec. 8, 1986 |
| 169 a | Residential building | Dec. 8, 1986 |
| 170 | Residential building | June 9, 1992 |
| 170 a | Residential building | 2nd June 1992 |
| 173 | Residential and commercial building | Jan. 14, 1988 |
| 180 | Küpper brewery warehouse | Sep 18 1987 |
| 182 | Residential building with restaurant (Küpper brewery) | Sep 18 1987 |
| 185 | Residential building | Nov 9, 1993 |
| 187 | Residential building | Sep 7 1992 |
| 187 a | Residential building | Aug 9, 1995 |
| 187 b | Residential building | Aug 9, 1995 |
| 187 c | Residential building | Aug 9, 1995 |
| 189 | Residential building | Aug 27, 1996 |
| 191 | Office and cellar building (Küpper brewery and Himmelmann-Pothmann wine shop) |
Apr 20, 1989 |
| 220 | Residential and commercial building | Nov. 27, 1990 |
| 226 | Residential building | Dec 13, 1989 |
| 228 | Residential building | Dec 13, 1989 |
| 230 | Residential building | Dec 13, 1989 |
| 232 | Residential building | June 15, 1992 |
| 234 | Residential building | Aug 31, 1989 |
| 236 | Residential building | Aug 31, 1989 |
| 242 | Residential building | May 29, 1985 |
| 246 | Residential building | July 27, 1992 |
| 248 | Residential building | July 27, 1992 |
| 250 | Residential and commercial building | 3rd July 1986 |
| 252 | Residential building | July 27, 1990 |
| 254 | Residential and commercial building | Nov 25, 1985 |
| 260 | Residential and commercial building | June 27, 1988 |
| 262 | Residential and commercial building | Jan. 21, 1987 |
| 264 | Residential and commercial building | Apr 1, 1992 |
| 266 | Residential building | Apr 13, 1989 |
| 268 | Residential building | Apr 13, 1989 |
| 272 | Residential building | Jan. 31, 1985 |
| 274 | Residential building | Jan. 31, 1985 |
| 276 | Residential building | Dec. 27, 1989 |
| 278 | Residential building | Dec. 27, 1989 |
| 280 | Residential building | June 29, 1990 |
| 282 | Residential building | 22 Aug 1990 |
| 284 | Residential and commercial building | 3rd Sep 1990 |
| 286 | Residential and commercial building | 29 Mar 1985 |
| 288 | Residential building | Jan. 18, 1988 |
| 290 | Residential building | 22 Aug 1990 |
| 292 | Residential building | 22 Aug 1990 |
| 306 | Residential and commercial building | Oct. 30, 1985 |
| 306 a | Residential building | Oct. 30, 1985 |
| 308 | Residential building | Oct 21, 1993 |
| 322 | Residential and commercial building | Jan. 22, 1987 |
| 326 | Residential building | Feb. 28, 1992 |
| 328 | Residential building | Jan. 23, 1987 |
| 330 | Residential building | Feb. 17, 1993 |
| 340 | Residential and commercial building | 17th June 1993 |
| 342 | Residential building | Feb 11, 1988 |
| 344 | Residential building | July 15, 1987 |
| 362 | Residential building | July 15, 1987 |
| 364 | Residential building | Aug 11, 1992 |
| 366 | Residential building | Aug 11, 1992 |
| 368 | Residential and commercial building | July 15, 1987 |
| 370 | Residential and commercial building | Jan. 22, 1993 |
| 372 | Residential and commercial building | Jan. 22, 1993 |
| 374 | Residential building | 9 Mar 1993 |
| 376 | Residential building | 23 Mar 1989 |
| 378 | Residential building | Jan. 20, 1993 |
| 384 | Residential building | Aug 11, 1992 |
| 386 | Residential building | December 3, 1992 |
| 418 | Villa, see Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 418 | Jan. 16, 1986 |
literature
- Dieter Höltke; Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany, Volume 5 ; EK-Verlag GmbH; Freiburg; 1996; ISBN 3-88255-333-2
Web links
- Architectural monument overview Friedrich-Ebert-Str. in the Wuppertal monument list
- Interest group Friedrich-Ebert-Straße e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Wolfgang Stock: Wuppertal street names . Thales Verlag, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-88908-481-8
- ↑ Information from Wuppertaler Stadtwerke AG ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ bahnen-wuppertal.de
- ↑ List of monuments of the city of Wuppertal
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '55.7 " N , 7 ° 7' 18.9" E