Friedrichsgracht

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Friedrichsgracht
coat of arms
Street in Berlin
Friedrichsgracht
Modern buildings on today's street
Basic data
place Berlin
Created after 1745
Hist. Names Behind the wall at Köpenicker Thor
Cross streets Sperlingsgasse ,
Scharrenstrasse
Buildings Rectory of St. Petri
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic
Technical specifications
Street length 425 meters

Friedrichsgracht is a riverside street on the Spree island in Berlin 's Mitte district between Sperlingsgasse and Gertraudenbrücke . It is located on the Spree Canal , which is called Schleusengraben here . On the northern part of the Friedrichsgracht, the Jungfernbrücke crosses the Schleusengraben.

history

View from the roof of the Raveneschen Eisenhandlung onto Friedrichsgracht, Eduard Gaertner , 1830s
The northern end of the street (right) at Jungfernbrücke and the confluence of the former Spreestraße (since 1931: Sperlingsgasse), 1909
The houses at Friedrichsgracht 15-17, demolished in 1968/1969 in 1952, No. 15 on the right

The name Friedrichsgracht or Friedrichsgraben became common in the second half of the 17th century, when Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg (1620–1688, called: the Great Elector) had the branch of the Spree canalised by Dutch specialists. The name referred to the part of the Spreearm that runs today between Inselbrücke and Gertraudenbrücke on Fischerinsel .

The name Friedrichsgracht was later transferred to the embankment road laid out between 1670 and 1681 as part of the fortress construction and the regulation of the left arm of the Spree, which moved the entire southern part of Cölln from the Spree.

Construction on the street began around 1700. An impressive row of houses quickly developed, where court officials and patricians preferred to settle. On the opposite left side of the Spree Canal, the Friedrichswerder district first emerged and, since 1681, Neu-Cölln .

During the Second World War , this part of old Berlin suffered various types of destruction. During the GDR era, as part of the redesign of Fischerinsel, the entire development between Gertraudenbrücke and Inselbrücke was torn down from 1967, including eight listed houses between Roßstraßenbrücke and Fischerstraße. The house at Friedrichsgracht No. 15 from around 1740 was the only one on which the outside staircase typical of Berlin houses at the time had been preserved. It was inside and out as a relatively well, only to be the central axis crowning Stuck - Emblem had already fallen. On the opposite Märkischer Ufer No. 12, a replica was created in 1969 as an "adaptation". It does not correspond to the original in terms of its floor plan or construction details, and the door and skylight are simplified replicas. The inside of the house is connected to the replica of the Ermelerhaus, which was built at the same time, and stands like this on a base.

The previous names between 1681 and 1745 of today's Friedrichsgracht were:

Surname House numbers with city district from 1809
Behind the wall at the Wursthofe 01–11, District 66 - New Hospital
Behind the wall at Köpenicker Thor 12–24, District 65 - Neue Roßstrasse
Behind the wall on Lappstrasse 25–32, District 64 - Salzhof
Freedom of the city 33–46, District 64 - Salzhof
At the Gertrauden and Spreegassenbrücke (until May 30, 1825) 47–61, District 20 - Schicklerstrasse

Since January 15, 1865 (introduction of the 2nd generation of the city districts) house numbers 1–46 belong to the Alt-Kölln district (previously: Neu-Kölln ).

Since 1969, only the stretch of road between Sperlingsgasse and Gertraudenbrücke has been called Friedrichsgracht .

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  1. ↑ For the meaning of the house Friedrichsgracht No. 15 see Erika Schachinger: Alte Wohnhäuser in Berlin. A tour of the city center . Bruno Hessling, pp. 40–43 (with floor plans); Figures 34–40
  2. ^ Term in Ernst Badstübner , Hannelore Sachs (Red.): Monuments in Berlin and in the Mark Brandenburg. Their maintenance and care in the capital of the GDR and in the districts of Frankfurt / or and Potsdam . Böhlau, Weimar 1988, pp. 380-383
  3. ↑ Floor plan by Fabiano Pinto: art'otel . In: Bauwelt , 15/00, April 20, 2000, 91st year, pp. 28/29
  4. ^ Official announcement of March 29, 1809, introduction of the city districts in Berlin, Vossische Zeitung No. 40, April 1, 1809
  5. ↑ Berlin, presented historically and topographically, page 135, edition 1848
  6. ↑ Official announcement of December 30, 1864, New District Classification (9–13) for the Alt-Kölln district, effective January 15, 1865 - Berliner Intellektiven-Blatt No. 4, January 4, 1865

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 49.5 ″  N , 13 ° 24 ′ 5 ″  E