Hussenstrasse
The Hussenstraße is a street in the old town of Konstanz on the left bank of the Rhine and is named after the reformer Jan Hus . It connects Kanzleistraße and Bodanstraße.
Former names of the Hussenstrasse
The Hussenstrasse was part of a trade route in north-south trade across the Alps . Until 1282 the street was called Reichsstraße. Then the part north of Pfauengasse became Paul sgasse and the part south of Pfauengasse became Stadelhofgasse. When the Konstanzer Strasse was named in 1876, Ludwig Leiner chose the name Hussenstrasse for the larger section from Schnetztor to Münzgasse. During the National Socialist era , the street was renamed Römerstraße. After the Second World War it became Hussenstrasse again. From 1965 the street became a pedestrian zone .
Special buildings
There are numerous buildings with their own names and a few stumbling blocks on Hussenstrasse . In the house for dolphin in the 14 Hussenstraße lived Jerome of Prague , the supporters of Jan Hus. The doctor and healer Franz Anton Mesmer lived in the Hardthaus in the house at Hussenstrasse 17 from 1812 to 1814 . The facade of the house at Hussenstrasse 18, which was designed by Hans Breinlinger , is worth mentioning . The Hus-Museum Konstanz is located in the house at Hussenstraße 64 .
Pedestrian zone
On both sides of the pedestrian zone there are smaller shops with goods from different industries.
Web links
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ N , 9 ° 10 ′ E
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulrich Büttner, Egon Schwär: The Hussenstrasse. An old trade route is reminiscent of Bohemia. In: Ulrich Büttner and Egon Schwär: Konstanzer Council story (s) . Publishing house Stadler. Constance 2014. ISBN 978-3-7977-0580-8 . Pp. 177 to 179.