Frisian Street (Flensburg)
The Friesische Straße ( Danish : Frisergade ) is an old main street in Flensburg and part of the old Angelbowege . It begins at Südermarkt , where it turns east into Angelburger Strasse , and leads west through the Friesischer Berg district and ends at Marienallee just before the western bypass ( Bundesstrasse 200 ).
Location and appearance
The Friesische Straße is the historic arterial road from Flensburg to the west. It leads from Südermarkt west towards the North Frisian Leck , but has lost its name and historical course on the western Stadtfeld. It begins at the southwest corner of the market square, where Rote Straße also joins, and then rises steeply to the higher city field. Only at the intersection with Stuhrsallee and Schützenkuhle is the incline overcome, and the Friesische Straße takes a very flat and straight course.
Up to the crossing mentioned, only two small streets from the south meet the Friesische Straße, namely Am Pferdewasser with the town hall and the small dead end Schützengasse already near the Schützenkuhle. From the north, due to the hills, only three footpaths lead into the street, namely the Reutergang , the western end of Friedrichstraße and the Friesentreppe . Between the first two, the Luther Park with its impressive crocus meadow extends to Friesische Strasse, while Christian-Friedrich-Voigt-Platz, which is also park-like, is located between Friesentreppe and Stuhrsallee . As far as Lutherpark or Pferdewasser, the street still has the character of an old town, albeit partly with newer buildings. The Frisian Mountain begins to the west of this. Here, the street is almost continuously characterized by three to five-story residential and commercial buildings from the Wilhelminian era and the Wilhelmine era. Individual lower houses (No. 33 and 43) were built as early as the 1850s. The number of shops and restaurants, which were numerous here until a few years ago, has since fallen sharply.
This street scene continues west of the intersection with Schützenkuhle and Stuhrsallee. There are still numerous specialist shops, kiosks and craft businesses up to Carolinenstraße. The Friesische Straße is still the center of the Friesischer Berg district . The almost closed row of buildings dating from the imperial era is only interrupted on the north side between Stuhrsallee and Luisenstrasse by an assembly from the 1980s. This was built after the fire and demolition of the machine factory Anthon and Sons , which had been located here since 1865, long before the expansion of Friesische Strasse , of which the historic factory owner's villa at number 62 has been preserved. Side streets in the north are Luisenstrasse, Mathildenstrasse , one of the most beautiful imperial streets in the city, Christinenstrasse, Am Ochsenmarkt and Carolinenstrasse, in the south Sophienstrasse, Katharinenstrasse, a nameless access to Exe and Nikolaiallee.
The row development continues further to the west, but now through buildings that have only been built since the 1960s. From the confluence with Theodor-Storm-Straße from the south, free-standing apartment blocks characterize the street scene. Other side streets are Thomas-Mann-Straße on the north side and Fehrsstraße as the last side street to the south. Behind this there are several supermarkets on both sides of the street, before the street joins Marienallee not far from the Flensburg Mitte junction (formerly Exe ) of the B 200.
history
Original meaning
As part of the Angelbowege between east and west in the Schleswig region between fishing on the Baltic Sea and North Friesland on the North Sea , the Frisian road is part of one of the oldest roads in the country. The origins of urban development can also be found on this street (see Angelburger Straße ). Friesland plays a certain role in the history of the city of Flensburg: Knight Fleno , who, according to legend, played a role in the founding of the city, is said to have come from Leck . It is also assumed that Frisian was the third colloquial language between 1200 and 1400 . To the west, the Friesische Strasse was the most important gateway to the city during the Middle Ages, which was protected by the Flensburg city fortifications . During the siege of Duburg 1431, moreover 800 Friesen are with their entrenchments a decisive role in the defeat of the castle have had. The Friesische Straße, which has only officially been called this name since 1881 (but before that was always called the Friesischer Weg in popular parlance), was not built on until late, as construction on the town field outside the town fortifications was only allowed in exceptional cases before 1796. In addition, the area near today's Exe served as a cattle market for a long time.
Beginning of the development
The first buildings - exclusively two to three-story eaves houses - were built at that time on both sides of the street behind the Frisian Gate, which was located here until around 1840, but only in the section up to the Reutergang. Further buildings were erected mainly on the south side between 1857 and 1863, right up to the Exe , where the Tivoli was one of the most important places for excursions in the west of Flensburg. The north side was hardly built on, as the riding arena was laid out here, of whose park-like surroundings the Luther Park and Christian-Friedrich-Voigt-Platz have been preserved. Around 1865, the Anthon machine factory, the only major industrial company in this area, was established between Stuhrsallee and what would later become Luisenstrasse. Most of the smaller houses of that time disappeared as early as 1890–1911, when the Friesische Strasse between Pferdewasser and Carolinenstrasse was expanded almost entirely with high-rise apartment buildings.
Today's thoroughfare Am Friedenshügel (see Friedenshügel ) was also formerly part of Friesische Strasse, and the individual buildings from the imperial era Nos. 5, 24 and 28, which were preserved there, were labeled Friesische Strasse 129, 148 and 150 until 1962. At Boreasmühle (formerly Friesische Strasse 184) the Langberger Weg branched off from Friesische Strasse to the west of today's Citti-Park shopping center . With the expansion of Bundesstraße 199 and the industrial area located here, the historic course of the Friesische Straße disappeared. Partly it was preserved in today's side streets Boreasmühle and Wittenberger Weg. The fragmentarily preserved old Lecker Chaussee also belonged to Friesische Strasse, the historic Schäferhaus residential area with the still existing inn (Lecker Chaussee 130, formerly Friesische Strasse 240) at the former intersection with the Ochsenweg , which was also relocated here because of the airfield, is the westernmost part to this day the development on the city field.
The street today
With a few exceptions, the imperial buildings on the street remained closed. In the 1960s, another residential area was built on the west of the street with block and row development typical of the time, at the end of the street the agricultural school. With the expansion of Bundesstraße 199 in 1962, when through traffic was relocated to the new parallel street Zur Exe , Friesische Straße became a secondary street in terms of traffic. However, it remained the center of the Friesischer Berg district and as such a popular shopping street, especially since the Frisian Berg with its strong social mix has remained a popular residential area. The street is particularly lively during the Flensburg fair in April and September on the neighboring Exe .
The bus routes 10 and 11 run through Friesische Strasse in its entire course and run every ten minutes at most times of the day. Line 2 also runs between Südermarkt and Mathildenstraße.
Remarkable buildings
- In the area of the Frisian Gate , some simple eaves houses from the 18th century have been preserved as an extension of the historic corner house Südermarkt 12.
- The Villa Besenbruch from 1886 (No. 25, eastern corner house Am Pferdewasser) is the only single-family house on the lower Friesische Strasse. Since 1993 it has belonged to the town hall behind it and serves as a registry office.
- No. 62 is the factory owner's villa, which was founded in 1865 and demolished in 1980, with a greatly simplified exterior.
- No. 97 is the former Tivoli inn, which has often been rebuilt and which, in the 19th century, formed a kind of nucleus for the Exe as an event location, located immediately to the south .
Trivia
The Friesische Strasse is mentioned in the Werner book Normal yes in the story Apprenticeship Years Are Not Herrenjahre II , the main plot of which takes place in the neighboring Südergraben.
literature
- Lutz Wilde (arrangement): Cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 2: City of Flensburg. Wachholtz, Neumünster 2001, pp. 378–385.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Active pensioners, torsdagsholdet (Ed.): Flensborgs gadenavne . Flensburg 1995, p. 12 .
- ^ Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 279
- ^ Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, page 455
- ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Friesische Straße and Eschenweg.
- ↑ a b c d Lutz Wilde (arrangement): Cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 2: City of Flensburg. Wachholtz, Neumünster 2001, pp. 378–385.
