Kirchgasse (Wiesbaden)

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Kirchgasse
coat of arms
Street in Wiesbaden
Kirchgasse
Kirchgasse at Mauritiusplatz 2014
Basic data
place Wiesbaden
District center
Newly designed 2004-2008
Cross streets Marktstrasse, Michelsberg, Kleine Kirchgasse, Mauritiusstrasse, Kleine Schwalbacher Strasse, Schulgasse, Faulbrunnenstrasse, Friedrichstrasse, Luisenstrasse, Rheinstrasse
Places Mauritiusplatz
use
User groups Foot traffic
Technical specifications
Street length 550 m

The Kirchgasse is a pedestrian -developed road train in the center of Wiesbaden . Together with its northern continuation, Langgasse , it is the city's most important shopping street . It was named after the Mauritius church located next to it , which was destroyed by fire in 1850. In their place is now Mauritiusplatz .

location

Kirchgasse begins in the south of the Rhine road and then carries on of buses traveled Luis street and Frederick street away, on Mauritiusplatz over to the junction with the Michelsberg and Market Street where it merges seamlessly with the Long Lane, which is is also a pedestrian zone. Together, Kirchstrasse and Langasse, running in a slight bend to the northeast, form the city's main shopping street and the main pedestrian link in the historic pentagon . A tram ran in the Kirchasse and Langasse until 1929 .

  • Kirchgasse at night

  • The Kirchgasse on Mauritiusplatz

  • Bus stop Kirchgasse

  • Corner of Kirchgasse and Friedrichstrasse 2014

  • At Mauritiusplatz

Mauritiusplatz

A three-aisled Romanesque basilica stood on Mauritiusplatz as early as the 10th century. It is named after Saint Mauritius , who spread Christianity in the region in the 3rd century. Around 1488 the old church was replaced. The new church was destroyed in a fire in 1850. Only the sarcophagus of Duchess Elisabeth could be saved. This is how the square was created, but it was smaller because it was built on with houses facing Schulstrasse. In the post-war period there was a gastronomic pavilion on the square. In January 2004 the redesign of the Mauritiusplatz began. The two large plane trees that have been surrounded by pedestals have remained. A narrow restaurant was added to the former fire wall. The elongated fountain is intended to symbolize the seven locations of Wiesbaden's thermal springs and thus also the early history of the spa town of Wiesbaden.

Events are often held in today's square.

Importance as a shopping street

According to a survey by the real estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle , Kirchgasse was in fourth place in 2015 as the most frequented shopping street in Germany with up to 13,100 passers-by per hour; In Hesse, a higher pedestrian frequency of up to 13,500 pedestrians per hour could only be measured in the Zeil in Frankfurt . In addition, rents in 2013 were the highest in Hesse at around 140 euros per square meter after those in downtown Frankfurt.

In 2017, the pedestrian zone had 7,585 pedestrians, 40% fewer passers-by than in 2015. The reasons given are interchangeable chain stores, too few cafes, too expensive parking, internet trading and pollution. In 2018, 7,040 pedestrians were counted, making Kirchgasse the most frequented shopping street in cities with 250,000 to 500,000 inhabitants. It is in 20th place in Germany.

Historic department stores

The Jewish entrepreneur Julius Bormass opened his department store in 1892 at Kirchgasse 45 at the corner of Schulgasse, across from today's Mauritiusplatz, selling supplies primarily for clothing, bedding and haberdashery. In 1927 his son had to file for bankruptcy due to the economic crisis. In 1929 Karstadt AG took over the department store from Lindemann & Co and called it Karzentra between 1932 and 1964. A large globe adorned the Wilhelminian style building on the roof ridge. Inside, a magnificent staircase impressed the department store. Even after the Second World War , it was fully operational.

The Blumenthal department store was built right next to Bormass in 1907, also owned by a Jewish entrepreneurial family. She had to sell her department store to employees in 1935 because the call for a boycott in 1933 forced her to give up. In addition to the Blumenthal department store, the Schneider fashion house established itself as a third department store in 1908 on Kirchgasse. Karstadt took over both department stores in 1948.

The Karstadt Group had all 3 department stores torn down in 1968 to make way for a faceless new building. In the process, Felix Genzmer's historic fire station on the back of the Neugasse was removed for the new building and a parking garage.

Web links

Commons : Kirchgasse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Wiesbaden: History of Wiesbaden 1945 to 2011. Retrieved on February 4, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Kaufingerstraße in Munich is Germany's most popular shopping mile in 2015. Jones Lang LaSalle, June 15, 2016, accessed on February 4, 2016 .
  3. ↑ presseportal.de: Germany's most popular shopping mile 2014: Cologne won the double for the first time.
  4. ↑ Germany's most expensive shopping streets. In: Wirtschaftswoche . September 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ The downward trend continues: 40 percent fewer passers-by in Wiesbaden's pedestrian zone than in 2015. In: Wiesbadener Kurier. 11th July 2017.
  6. ↑ Why Wiesbadeners shop less and less in the city center. In: Mercurist. July 2017.
  7. ↑ Frankfurter Zeil defends top position as the most popular shopping street JLL.de July 2018.
  8. ↑ Bormass department store , Active Museum Spiegelgasse.
  9. ^ Department store Blumenthal , Active Museum Spiegelgasse.

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 46.7 ″  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 16.7 ″  E