Great Packhofstrasse (Hanover)

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View of the listed building Große Packhofstraße 1 at the corner of Osterstraße, formerly the Elsbach & Frank department store

The Große Packhofstraße in Hanover has been a built-up traffic route in today's Lower Saxony state capital since the Middle Ages . The pedestrian zone in the Mitte district is one of the “most frequented shopping streets” in downtown Hanover.

History and description

Asphalt-Magazin saleswoman Valerie on Osterstrasse at the corner of Große Packhofstrasse

The course of today's Grosse Packhofstrasse was first referred to in 1328 as "maior Wulfeshorn" and a good century later in 1432 "In dem groten Wulveshorne". According to an explanation in the later published Hannoversche Geschichtsbl Blätter, "a popular explanation led back to wolves , whose approach had to be announced by a guard by a horn signal ."

While the street was called "Der Große Wolfshorn" in 1750, it was renamed at the time of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1833 "after the Packhof , which at that time was on Georgstraße opposite the confluence of the Großer Wolfeshorne."

As one of the main focuses of retail trade , the southern part of Grosse Packhofstrasse was declared a pedestrian zone in 1965, not least because of its narrow width.

In the 1990s, plans for the roofing of Grosse Packhofstrasse were first made in order to give it the character of a gallery . After the Ernst-August-Galerie at the main train station was completed at the end of 2006 , the Berlin-based investor MIT again submitted plans for the so-called “Packhof Passage”, which the Hanover city administration approved in 2007. A continuous glass roof was to be installed at the height of the building from Georgstrasse to the entrance to the Galeria Kaufhof . Instead of an entrance door, up to 7 meters high glass aprons were provided at the street entrances to prevent snow or driving rain from entering. With an estimated total investment of 6 to 8 million euros - including ground floor slabs - a subsequent monthly rent of around 150 euros per meter of shop window front was announced. However, the rental costs would have been offset by savings in the costs of energy, thermal insulation, corrosion protection and facade and window cleaning. In addition, the surrounding retail trade should also benefit from the hoped-for steering of part of the flow of buyers. The completion of the “Packhof- Passage ”, which Hans Mönninghoff , the then Hanoverian economic department head, described in the media in 2007 as a “huge opportunity” for the Lower Saxony state capital, was scheduled for autumn 2008.

According to the plans of the city ​​administration of Hanover , a "complete renovation" of the flooring of the Große Packhofstrasse began in early 2018. The renovation measures set at around 700,000 euros also include the replacement of the former street lamps with installations of cable-bound and energy-saving LED lamps a few meters above the ground, which are intended to create a "very homely and pleasant atmosphere" at the same time.

Web links

Commons : Große Packhofstraße  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Helmut Zimmermann : Große Packhofstraße , in ders .: The street names of the state capital Hanover. Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 98
  2. ↑ a b c rahü: Meine Stadt / Innenstadt / Large elevation in Packhofstrasse , article from the website of the daily newspaper Neue Presse from February 22, 2018
  3. ^ Helmut Knocke : Pedestrian streets. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 199.
  4. ↑ aru: A roof for Packhofstrasse / city gives the green light for the new “Packhof-Passage” , in: Hannoversches Wochenblatt of April 25, 2007, p. 5

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 25.7 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 14.2"  E