Karl-Heine-Strasse
Karl-Heine-Strasse | |
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Street in Leipzig | |
Basic data | |
place | Leipzig |
District | West / Plagwitz |
Created | Mid 19th century |
Hist. Names | Leipziger Allee (around 1860), Leipziger Strasse |
Connecting roads | Käthe-Kollwitz-Strasse, Saalfelder Strasse |
Cross streets | Nonnenstrasse, Kolbestrasse, Forststrasse, Alte Strasse, Erich-Zeigner-Allee, Zschochersche Strasse, Birkenstrasse, Karl-Heine-Platz, Walter-Heinze-Strasse, Josephstrasse, Hähnelstrasse, Merseburger Strasse, GutsMuthsstrasse, Helmholtzstrasse, Gießerstrasse, Engertstrasse, Spinnereistrasse |
Places | Karl-Heine-Platz |
Buildings | Federal Court of Justice (5th criminal senate), University of Leipzig's educational science campus, Felsenkeller, Schaubühne Lindenfels, arthouse cinema Cineding, Westwerk, Millennium Field , Da Capo Event Hall , Leipzig cotton spinning mill |
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User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
Technical specifications | |
Street length | 2.01 km |
The Karl-Heine-Straße is a street in the west of Leipzig . It connects the district of Leipzig Zentrum-West with the districts of Plagwitz and Lindenau . It was named after the local politician and entrepreneur Karl Heine , who was committed to better transport connections between Plagwitz and Leipzig.
location
Karl-Heine-Strasse begins at the Plagwitz Bridge, which connects it to Käthe-Kollwitz-Strasse. It ends at the corner of Saalfelder Strasse and Spinnereistrasse. It runs in an east-west direction and bends slightly to the left in a south-westerly direction at the level of Birkenstrasse.
She will u. a. Crossed by Zschocherschen Strasse at the Felsenkeller level , which is an important traffic connection. It crosses the Karl-Heine Canal between the cross streets Helmholtzstrasse and Gießerstrasse .
At the level of Spinnereistraße, below the tracks of the Leipzig-Plagwitz S-Bahn station , it finally turns into Saalfelder Straße.
Culture and economy
In particular, the section from the intersection with Zschocherschen Straße to König-Albert-Brücke is part of Leipzig's nightlife and a diverse meeting point.
Web links
- Karl-Heine-Strasse in the Leipzig Lexicon. Retrieved August 7, 2015 .