Koenigstrasse (Berlin-Wannsee)

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Koenigstrasse
coat of arms
Street in Berlin
Koenigstrasse
Königstrasse / corner of Wernerstrasse
Basic data
place Berlin
District Wannsee
Created 1792
Hist. Names Road from Potsdam
Connecting roads Berliner Strasse,
Potsdamer Chaussee
Cross streets Am Kleiner Wannsee,
Am Großer Wannsee ,
Conradstraße,
Wernerstraße,
Endestraße,
Kyllmannstraße,
Hugo-Vogel-Straße,
Pfaueninselchaussee,
Hohenzollernstraße,
Chausseestraße,
Schuchardtweg,
Otto-Erich-Straße,
Friedenstraße,
Am Waldrand,
Nikolskoer Weg,
Mövenstraße
Buildings Glienicke Bridge
Glienicke Castle
use
User groups Road traffic
Technical specifications
Street length 5800 meters

The Königstrasse is a road in Berlin district Wannsee ( Steglitz-Zehlendorf ) and a portion of the Bundesstrasse 1 . As a direct connection from Berlin to Potsdam , the road is particularly busy during the day.

course

Course of the Königstrasse through Berlin-Wannsee

Coming from Berlin, Königstrasse emerges as a section of Berlin-Potsdamer Chaussee just before the Wannseebrücke from Potsdamer Chaussee running through Nikolassee. It then leads through the residential and business area of ​​the Wannsee district, over the Schäferberg - through the EU bird sanctuary Westlicher Düppeler Forst  - to the Glienicker Bridge . Behind the Glienicke Bridge, it runs as Berliner Straße through Potsdam.

history

Königstrasse was laid out in 1792 and was one of the first paved roads in Prussia . It was a section of the old Potsdamer Straße, which was used as a connection between the royal cities of Berlin and Potsdam. On old maps it is referred to as the Chaussee von Potsdam . The Chaussee was to take over the function of the Königsweg , which had been laid out 60 years earlier and connected the residential palaces in Berlin and Potsdam. A section of this adjacent route via Kohlhasenbrück also bears the name "Königstraße" in the Zehlendorf district today .

As is customary on large roads in Prussia, a Prussian milestone was also set up on the corner of Königstrasse / Chausseestrasse . This is labeled "III miles from Berlin", which indicates the distance to the starting point at Dönhoffplatz ( Berlin-Mitte ) in Prussian miles . This is the third milestone on the route from Berlin to Potsdam, the first is in Schöneberg , the second in Zehlendorf .

Before 1885 founded a trucking company, which had as Iron Gustav became known cab driver Gustav Hartmann a grocery shop on the King's Road.

In 1934, KPD chairman John Schehr and resistance fighters Erich Steinfurth , Rudolf Schwarz and Eugen Schönhaar were shot by the Gestapo on Königstrasse near Schäferberg . A memorial stone at this point commemorates them today.

Sights along the road

Sights that can be reached directly on or on foot from Königsstraße are:

Picture gallery

  • Koenigstrasse, 1833

  • Villa in Klein Glienicke

  • Milestone on Königstrasse

  • Former town hall Wannsee

  • Course of the Königstraße over the Schäferberg

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Königstrasse (Wannsee). In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
  2. ↑ Portrait of Gustav Hartmann ( Memento of the original from June 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the side of the taxi guild @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.taxiinnung.org
  3. ↑ That corresponds to 23.6 kilometers to Dönhoffplatz