Königsallee (Bochum)
The Königsallee in Bochum is an arterial road that leads south from the center of the city. Viktoriastraße is its extension into the city center; the southern end in the Stiepel district is a two-lane kinking right of way onto Kemnader Straße. In its entire course it has been expanded to four lanes, since it was laid out as a boulevard through Ehrenfeld at the beginning of the 20th century .
At the intersection with Oskar-Hoffmann-Strasse or Hattinger Strasse is the Schauspielhaus Bochum , directly behind it the former administration building of Ruhr-nitrogen AG - today's Bochum-Süd tax office. Further out of town are the Schiller School , the Graf Engelbert School and the Bomin House .
The Bochum Königsallee was honored in the song "Bochum" by Herbert Grönemeyer . There it is compared with the famous shopping street of the same name in the state capital Düsseldorf :
"You are not a cosmopolitan city !
There
are no fashion shows on your Königsallee !
Here, where the heart still counts,
not big money!
Who lives in Düsseldorf?"
Web links
- Historical photos of the Königsallee in Bochum - private website