Great bleaching

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The Große Bleichen during the Christmas season 2010 from Jungfernstieg

Große Bleichen is the street name of an elegant shopping street in downtown Hamburg . The street stretches from Jungfernstieg to Axel-Springer-Platz. Five shopping malls are located here.

location

The street is located in Hamburg's Passagenviertel. It leads from Jungfernstieg in the direction of Großneumarkt , the center of Hamburg-Neustadt , to Axel-Springer-Platz and crosses Poststrasse and the streets Heuberg / Bleichenbrücke . The Neuer Wall street , which also offers many shopping opportunities, runs parallel to the course of the Große Bleichen . The streets Heuberg, Große Bleichen and Hohe Bleichen together form a triangular square. Further in a south-westerly direction, the road ends at the intersection of Axel-Springer-Platz, Wexstraße and Stadthausbrücke . From Axel-Springer-Platz the street continues from Wexstraße.

history

The street was built in 1718 and got its name eleven years later in 1729. The meadows that were there could be used by the citizens of Hamburg to bleach their laundry. These areas served the general use of the citizens. However, they were also used commercially by professional bleachers for bleaching linen. Other street names such as Bleichenbrücke, Hohe Bleichen and Bleichenstieg are in the immediate vicinity. They all refer to the historical use of these meadow areas. Great bleaching is in the plural, since several fields are meant.

The Hamburg sewer system found its origin in 1842 on the Große Bleichen. A few months after the great fire, the first construction work began. A Brit named William Lindley living in Hamburg developed a system that was supposed to direct the sewage into the Elbe and thus put an end to the stench in the city. The first large sewage system under the Große Bleichen is still in operation today.

Appearance

The street Große Bleichen is one of the most important shopping streets in Hamburg. Shops of expensive luxury brands are lined up here side by side. The five passages also house smaller boutiques, restaurants and cafes. In 2011 the innovation area Passagenviertel was founded, a so-called Business Improvement District (BID). The landowners invested a total of five million euros in upgrading the roads and infrastructure.

building

Hamburger Hof is the name of a building that is located on the corner of Jungfernstieg and Große Bleichen. The first shopping mall in Germany, “ Sillems Bazar ”, was originally located here between 1843 and 1881 . Today's Hamburger Hof building was erected there in the 1880s. A building with the red sandstone facade still preserved today, which was partially destroyed by the Great Fire in 1917 and by bomb attacks in 1944.

Over the years the Hamburger Hof was converted into an office building and provided with a shopping arcade. Today the Hamburger Hof is a listed building .

The Hanseatic Quarter is also a shopping arcade on the Große Bleichen. The building complex is located between Poststrasse and the Große Bleichen. At the end of the 1970s, a shopping arcade destroyed by the war was completely redesigned. The Hanseatic League became the building's visual trademark. The red base is decorated with brass / bronze coats of arms and the names of important Hanseatic cities . Even today, the 23 bronze bells play a different song every hour and are reminiscent of a common tradition in the Hanseatic cities. In 2018 the Hanseviertel was placed under a preservation order as it is an outstanding postmodern building and represents Hamburg's building culture.

The Galleria shopping arcade is located in the Große Bleichen across from the Hanseviertel. In addition to a wide variety of shops, there are also restaurants and specialized retailers. The building was inaugurated in 1983. Adorned with a marble floor in a checkerboard pattern and the traditional Hamburg brick facade, this building is also a listed building.

The Kaisergalerie is another shopping arcade in the Große Bleichen. It is located between the Galleria and the Kaufmannshaus , opposite the Hanseviertel . In 1881 , Emperor Wilhelm I paid a visit to the Hamburg Senate in the former Jenisch Palais . When the castle-like building was replaced by today's Kaisergalerie in 1907, a name was chosen to commemorate this event. A mix of sandstone pillars, terrazzo floors, and luxury brand stores can be found in this passage today.

The Kaufmannshaus is a shop and office complex that includes the fifth shopping arcade of the Große Bleichen. The building is located on the corner of Große Bleichen and Bleichenbrücke, right next to the Kaisergalerie. It was built in 1905 in the typical Hamburg office building style and modernized one last time from 2011 to 2013. During these renovations, the merchant's house was given a footbridge along the Bleichenfleet, which is reminiscent of a kind of promenade.

Former Ohnsorg Theater building in 2010

The Ohnsorg Theater : In 1936 the theater ensemble “Niederdeutsche Bühne” moved to the Große Bleichen 23/27. The Kaisergalerie shopping arcade is located at this address today. In 1946 the stage was named Richard-Ohnsorg-Theater. The era at the Große Bleichen ended in 2011 with the move to the Bieberhaus on Heidi-Kabel-Platz. As a result, the revitalization of the Kaisergalerie began.

In addition, the central library of the Hamburg public library was located here from 1986 to 2004 , until it was moved to Hühnerposten .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ After work online services for seniors AG: Street history - Hamburg - regional. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Hamburg street names. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Horst Beckershaus: The Hamburg street names. Where do they come from and what they mean , 5th edition, Hamburg 2002, p. 131.
  4. ↑ 1842 | Arcade district. Retrieved on August 25, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ 2011 | Arcade district. Retrieved on August 25, 2020 (German).
  6. ↑ 1843-1881 | Arcade district. Retrieved on August 25, 2020 (German).
  7. ↑ History & Architecture. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .
  8. ↑ 1970 | Arcade district. Retrieved on August 25, 2020 (German).
  9. ^ Thomas Hirschbiegel: Monument protection for the 80s temple: Galleria is "architecturally outstanding". August 1, 2018, accessed on August 25, 2020 (German).
  10. ↑ 1881 | Arcade district. Retrieved on August 25, 2020 (German).
  11. ↑ Merchant's House | First choice. For first class. Retrieved on August 25, 2020 (German).
  12. ↑ ARGOS projects. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .
  13. ↑ 1885 | Arcade district. Retrieved on August 25, 2020 (German).
  14. ↑ ohnsorg.de: Big House. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .
  15. ^ NDR: Ohnsorg Theater - cult with heart and soul. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 9.8 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 19.9 ″  E