General district
The Generalsviertel is a residential area in Hamburg that is located in the Hoheluft-West district in the Eimsbüttel district . The streets of the quarter are named after Prussian generals ( generals of the infantry / field marshals ) and the Prussian Prime Minister and German Chancellor Prince von Bismarck.
The general quarter, which is considered to be “middle class”, is characterized by tall, stately-looking old buildings from the end of the 19th century .
The general quarter consists of seven streets. The Grundstrasse is Bismarckstrasse (→ Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898)), from which Moltkestrasse (→ Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800–1891)), Wrangelstrasse (→ Friedrich von Wrangel (1784–1877)), Roonstrasse ( → Albrecht von Roon (1803–1879)), Kottwitzstrasse (→ Hugo von Kottwitz (1815–1897)), Gneisenaustraße (→ August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760–1831)) and Mansteinstrasse (→ Gustav von Manstein (1805–1877)) go off. Tresckowstrasse (→ Hermann von Tresckow (1818–1900)) runs parallel to Bismarckstrasse.
The inner part of Kottwitzstrasse between Eppendorfer Weg and Bismarckstrasse was still called Blücherstrasse until the end of World War II (→ Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819)). However, there was a street of the same name in Altona, Hamburg, since 1937 . However, this is named after his nephew Conrad Daniel von Blücher-Altona .
The Generalsviertel lies between the Isebek Canal and Gärtnerstrasse; whereby the style elements of the buildings south of Eppendorfer Weg show more opulence. It was founded around 1870 based on the streets Wrangelstrasse, Mansteinstrasse and Roonstrasse. Kottwitzstraße was built in 1901 and Gneisenaustraße in 1908. The entire quarter was planned and built on the initiative of an investor. The houses were sold, the apartments in the apartment buildings rented out. Of particular note is that both the sewer system and the roads were privately owned. It was not until 1912 that the city of Hamburg bought the sewer system and the streets and subsequently also took on their maintenance.
Most of the houses were built around 1880 until the turn of the century. They correspond to the style of the neo-renaissance or the art nouveau . Many of these houses have a central projectile and narrow side balconies. The simplicity of the Neo-Renaissance is mainly to be found in Wrangelstrasse. But since some houses were destroyed in the Second World War, some post-war buildings can also be seen. Some of the style did not fit in well. Before the development, the general quarter was a cow meadow and a local recreation area. The old road profile, e.g. Partly with cobblestones and front gardens, is still there today and is subject to environmental protection , so that external changes to the houses and gardens cannot easily be made. The old pacification shows the character of a quiet, middle-class and affluent residential area. City villas can only be found on Moltkestrasse and in the lower third of Wrangelstrasse. This architectural concept made it possible to create a quiet residential area for a wealthy class of society.
See also
- General train in Berlin
Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ' N , 9 ° 58' E