Holy Spirit Alley
The Holy Spirit Alley , in Polish Ulica Świętego Ducha , is a historic street in downtown Gdansk .
It is located in the former right town and runs in an east-west direction from the Holzmarkt to the Heilig-Geist-Tor .
history
The earliest mention of it is from 1336 as platea sancti spiriti , named after the Heilig-Geist-Hospital. This was moved to Tobias-Gasse in 1357.
In the following centuries, the houses of merchants and wealthy citizens, a royal chapel and an Anglican chapel were located in Heilig-Geist-Gasse. The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and his mother Johanna were born there.
In 1945 the houses were badly damaged and then partially rebuilt on one side of the street.
building
Reconstructed houses
Most of the reconstructed houses are based on Mannerist and late Baroque models, some of them from Classicist and Renaissance buildings. The current house numbers are given.
- Hotel Wolne Miasto , No. 2, newly built in 2006, at the same address also the coastal theater ( Teatr Zabrzeże ) on the coal market around the corner
- House No. 19, where Paul Beneke lived in the 15th century
- House No. 27, formerly the house of the Carthusians in Gdansk
- Royal Chapel
- Schopenhauerhaus No. 47 (formerly No. 114), birthplace of Arthur Schopenhauer
- Seglerhaus No. 109 (formerly No. 82), formerly the house of the boatmen's guild with an inn
- Turtle House No. 111, birthplace of Johanna Schopenhauer, now library with cultural events
- Heilig-Geist-Tor , residential building on the Motlau
Other former buildings
(with former house numbers)
- House No. 57, the Chodowiecki family, parents of Daniel Chodowiecki lived there
- Anglican Chapel No. 82, English Colony Church and Rectory
Web links
- Heilige-Geist-Gasse Pomorskie Travel (German)
- Świętego Ducha Gedanopedia, with historical photos (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heiligggeist-Gasse Danzig.at