Kaiserdamm
  Kaiserdamm
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| Aerial view of the Kaiserdamm from Theodor-Heuss-Platz to the east | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District |
Charlottenburg , Westend |
| Created | 1906 |
| Hist. Names | Adenauerdamm (1967–1968) |
| Connecting roads |
Bismarckstrasse (east) , Heerstrasse (west) |
| Cross streets |
Schloßstrasse , Suarezstrasse , Witzlebenstrasse , Sophie-Charlotten-Strasse , Riehlstrasse , Saldernstrasse , Rognitzstrasse , Stülpnagelstrasse , Königin-Elisabeth-Strasse , Messedamm , Meerscheidtstrasse , Soorstrasse , Ahornallee |
| Places |
Sophie-Charlotte-Platz , Erwin-Barth-Platz , Witzlebenplatz , Theodor-Heuss-Platz |
| Buildings | RBB studio building |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | 1680 meters |
The Kaiserdamm is a Berlin boulevard built in 1906 . About half of the street is in the districts of Charlottenburg and Westend .
history
Until 1904 there was only one unpaved sand path on the Lietzensee . At the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II , a 50-meter-wide boulevard was laid out as an extension of Bismarckstrasse and opened to traffic on November 1, 1906. Since December 18, 1906, the street has had its current name in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
During the Nazi era , the Kaiserdamm was part of the east-west axis , the expansion of which was completed in 1939. The current form of the street essentially originates from this time. This also includes the typical candelabra , which Albert Speer created specifically to illuminate the east-west axis . The listed building at Kaiserdamm 45/46 (today: Heerstraße 12-16) was also built during the Nazi era for the Reich leadership of the Hitler Youth .
On April 26, 1967, the road to operate was CDU after the recently deceased German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in Adenauer Damm renamed. Due to violent protests of the population, however, the renaming in Kaiserdamm took place on January 15, 1968 .
course
The Kaiserdamm begins in the east at Sophie-Charlotte-Platz and forms the continuation of the street Unter den Linden - Straße des 17. Juni - Bismarckstraße . In the west, the Kaiserdamm originally ended at Preußenallee and still included part of today's Heerstraße . The Theodor-Heuss-Platz has been the western end since March 30, 1950 . About in the middle of the Kaiserdamm crosses the city motorway and the route of the ring railway . Heerstraße forms the western continuation of the east-west axis beyond Theodor-Heuss-Platz.
The Witzlebenplatz creates the connection to the Lietzensee . An adjoining area is now called Erwin-Barth-Platz , after the creator of the modern Lietzensee Park.
meaning
Its importance as a boulevard and parade route is no longer essential today. The Kaiserdamm was of considerable importance for the development of the south-western part of the Charlottenburg district , especially for Witzleben and Westend. A mixture of residential and commercial buildings as well as administrative buildings developed along the Kaiserdamm.
Today the Kaiserdamm is mainly a heavily frequented traffic axis, the federal highways 2 and 5 follow its course. Traffic arriving from the south and west rolls on it in the direction of Berlin-Mitte . At the radio tower triangle there is a direct connection between Kaiserdamm, the city motorway and the AVUS .
The underground line U2 runs under the road from Pankow to Ruhleben . The stations Sophie-Charlotte-Platz , Kaiserdamm (with a connection to the Ringbahn at the S-Bahn station Messe Nord / ICC ) and Theodor-Heuss-Platz are located along the Kaiserdamm .
Prominent residents
- From November 1925 on, the painter Otto Dix lived in an apartment at Kaiserdamm 20 for about two years.
- Kaiserdamm 22 is the residential building where the German resistance fighter Cato Bontjes van Beek last lived.
- From 1930 to 1933, Kaiserdamm 28 was the home address of the writer and doctor Alfred Döblin , who had to flee Germany in 1933. Here a plaque commemorates the former resident.
- Hermann Göring , Commander in Chief of the Air Force and one of the leading politicians of National Socialism, lived in a rented apartment on the third floor of Kaiserdamm 34 .
- The film and theater actress Maly Delschaft lived in the house at Kaiserdamm 89 from 1935 to 1995 .
- The writer Robert Walser lived in the rear building at Kaiserdamm 96, 3rd floor, from September 1908 to spring 1910 .
- At Haus Kaiserdamm 102 a plaque commemorates Ferdinand Bruckner , the playwright and founder of the Renaissance theater .
- The actor Emil Jannings lived in Kaiserdamm 111 in the 1920s .
- In 1925 Erich Maria Remarque lived in the house at Kaiserdamm 114. During his time in Berlin he wrote the anti-war novels In the West Nothing New and The Way Back , which is reminiscent of a plaque.
- Kaiserdamm 116 was the home address of the family home of the sex researcher , anthropologist and book author Ernst Bornemann , who emigrated to England in 1933 .
Public facilities
RBB studios accompany the Kaiserdamm between Soorstraße and Theodor-Heuss-Platz .
building
To this day, the Kaiserdamm is largely shaped by buildings that were built before 1920.
Kaiserdamm 1
From 1906 to 1910 the former police headquarters in Charlottenburg was built in Wilhelmine neo-baroque style based on a design by Launer & Kloeppel. The massive building demonstrated state power. Today it houses the police section 24.
Kaiserdamm 25
Was on the corner of Queen Elizabeth Street 1928/1929, designed by Hans Scharoun , the apartment house and Georg Jacobowitz Kaiserdamm with small 1- and 2-bedroom apartments, which are characterized by efficiently exploited layouts are characterized,
Kaiserdamm 97
A modern residential, office and commercial building was built from 1991 to 1993 on this corner - burdened by traffic noise - where the city motorway crosses below the Kaiserdamm. The architect Jürgen Sawade created a building that is accessed through glazed arcades on the side of the motorway. Thanks to the glazing, the apartments facing the inner courtyard are largely spared from traffic noise.
literature
- Guido Brendgens, Norbert König: Berlin architecture . Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-931321-46-0 .
Web links
- Kaiserdamm. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Kaiserdamm interest group
Individual evidence
- ↑ Defiance with a head . In: Der Spiegel . No. 53 , 1967, p. 21 ( online ).
- ^ Otto Dix Foundation Vaduz (editor) .
- ^ Klöppel: The new police station in Charlottenburg . In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen , Vol. 61, 1911, Col. 235–248 ( digitized version ), plates 21–24 ( digitized version ). Digitization: Central and State Library Berlin , 2010.
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 37.1 ″ N , 13 ° 17 ′ 6 ″ E