Friedrichstrasse (Wuppertal)

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The view to the north, in the background the Diakoniekirche can be seen.
The view from Karlsplatz in a southerly direction, where the Jubilee Fountain on Neumarkt can be seen in the background.
The view from Mirker Bahnhof to the south into Neue Friedrichstrasse . In the background the Diakoniekirche and the Elberfeld town hall, behind it on the horizon the University of Wuppertal.

The Friedrichstrasse in Wuppertal district Elberfeld was once a showpiece specimens and road and is now a residential and shopping street on the edge of the pedestrian area of the Elberfeld downtown.

course

The street begins opposite the Jubilee Fountain , which is located on Neumarkt , next to the Elberfeld Town Hall (today the administration building) as a traffic-calmed business area . It continues in a northerly direction as an avenue with robinia past the Friedrich-Arkaden , which opened in 1995, and the health department . The southeast entrance of the Rathaus-Galerie meets the street here. Friedrichstrasse continues to Karlsplatz , where there is also an entrance to the Rathaus-Galerie, and crosses the square. The comedy Wuppertal is located on Karlsplatz .

From Karlsplatz it is also accessible to general traffic as a one-way street. It then crosses Karlstraße (further on Hochstraße ). In the further course, it forks around the Diakoniekirche , built in 1847 , which was previously known as the Kreuzkirche and frames the Helene-Weber-Platz in front of it. The four hundred meter long street ends at the junctions of Ludwigstrasse to the east and west of the church. Behind the junctions, the street runs as Neue Friedrichstraße to the Miker train station and was thus part of the connection between the two most important train stations in Elberfeld .

history

Friedrichstrasse used to be a boulevard and prestigious street and at the turn of the century it connected both of Elberfeld's “main stations”. Once the Elberfeld station on Döppersberg, built in 1848, and then the Mirke station, built in 1882 on the “Wuppertaler Nordbahn” . This second train station in the north of the city was built on the green meadow and the Kreuzkirche (today Diakoniekirche), built in 1850, which was erected on a field, was then on the edge of the buildings in Elberfeld.

Friedrichstrasse ended in front of the church and was only a gravel path, but that changed quickly when the Mirk train station opened. Friedrichstrasse was expanded and extended north of the church as Neue Friedrichstrasse to the train station. It was not only important as a connection between the two train stations, but was of great importance because it led to the central market.

In the 20th century, the road lost its importance due to two factors. On the one hand, the Rhenish route developed as a branch line until it was completely closed in 1991. The second factor turned out to be the increase in car traffic in the second half of the 20th century. Friedrichstrasse is too narrow to serve as the main thoroughfare.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 39.5 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 46.4 ″  E