Grapengießerstraße (Rostock)

The Grapengießerstraße is a street in the historical Rostock city center. In its current course it connects the Fischerstrasse with the street An der Oberkante , which is a parallel street to the Rostocker Langen Strasse . It is part of the former Rostock Neustadt .

history

The Grapengießerstraße, first mentioned in 1280, was one of nine streets that led in north-south direction in Central and New Town to the beach , i.e. to the city harbor on the Unterwarnow . The Grapengießerstrasse was the second westernmost of these connections after the Fischerstrasse. The course of Graßpengießerstraße in the historical road network deviates completely from the current situation. In the original road network, it connected the port on the Warnow with the Lange Straße in the south and was crossed by the Große Lastadie in the west and the Aalstecherstraße in the east. At the northern end was the Grapengießertor , one of the twelve former Rostock beach gates.

The Grapengießerstraße were named after blacksmiths who made Grapen . These were pots with (mostly three) legs, which were a valuable commodity in the Middle Ages . The fact that the Grapengießerstraße was named after a profession and not after a patrician family shows that it is less important than its parallel eastern streets. In keeping with its mean importance, Grapengießerstraße, like Badstüberstraße, was mainly inhabited by boatmen and boatmen because of its proximity to the city harbor. They lived in modest booths that had no more than two floors. In addition, the urban upper class maintained courtyards, barns and gardens in Grapengießerstraße.

In the nights of bombing at the end of April 1942 , Grapengießerstraße was severely damaged; structural remains were completely demolished in the 1970s as part of an "area renovation". This demolition affected the entire urban area between Fischerbastion in the west and Wokrenterstrasse in the east on the one hand and north of Langen Strasse on the other. In the course of the redevelopment, residential houses were built using the so-called modified panel construction, which are similar in height and shape to historical models. This new development gave Grapengießerstraße a new route. Today it branches off from Fischerstrasse and initially runs eastwards until it turns at a 90 ° angle to the south, where it meets the street An der Oberkante . Today it has the character of an unspectacular residential street with a parking lot and green space.

Today's Grapengießerstraße has only the name in common with its historical original. Coordinates: 54 ° 5 '26.4 "  N , 12 ° 7' 52.9"  E