Kochstrasse (Berlin)
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| Crossing Koch and Friedrichstrasse with the historic double-decker bus , 2007 | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Kreuzberg |
| Created | in the 18th century |
| Connecting roads |
Wilhelmstrasse (west) , Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse (east) |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | 300 meters |
The Kochstraße in Berlin district of Kreuzberg leads straight from west to east and connects the Wilhelmstrasse to the Friedrichstrasse . The Kochstraße underground station is located at the intersection with Friedrichstraße .
designation
Since 1734 the street has been named after the Berlin master baker and local politician Johann Jacob Koch , who ceded the land that was necessary for the long-planned construction of the street to the city free of charge. Originally it ran beyond Friedrichstrasse to the intersection with today's Axel-Springer-Strasse and Lindenstrasse . After a long discussion among the population, this section of Kochstrasse was renamed Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse in 2008 as a political symbol after Rudi Dutschke , the spokesman for the West German and West Berlin student movement in the 1960s .
history
The Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium as well as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Realgymnasium and the Elisabeth-Schule were located on the western part of Kochstrasse .
On May 15, 1882, the first electric street lights were put into operation in Kochstrasse, which was due to the extensive introduction of electricity in the city (trams, telephones, trams). It was the very first street lighting with electric light bulbs in all of Europe . Before that, there was a trial phase in what was then the Kaisergalerie .
The eastern part of Kochstrasse had been the seat of several newspaper publishers since the end of the 19th century ; Kochstrasse thus developed into the center of the Berlin newspaper district , similar to London's Fleet Street . In 1919 the newspaper district around Kochstrasse was the scene of the left-wing Spartacus uprising .
The Jerusalem Church stood at the eastern end of what was then Kochstrasse . The church already existed as a chapel in the 15th century and was rebuilt and expanded several times. The church was badly damaged in the Second World War and the remains were blown up in 1961.
Located just off the intersection of Friedrichstrasse was up to the turn of the "in 1990, Checkpoint Charlie " called border crossing into East Berlin for military personnel of the four powers and foreign diplomats .
For the first time in Berlin in the year 2000, the intersection of Kochstrasse and Friedrichstrasse was equipped with the all-round green traffic light . The aim is to make pedestrian flows safer across this busy intersection.
See also
Web links
- Kochstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Kochstrasse . In: District lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
Individual evidence
- ^ Information on the namesake according to several years of the Berlin address book
- ↑ Dutschke-Straße at the Springer headquarters? In: Spiegel Online , December 23, 2004
- ↑ Winfried Löschburg: "Enlightenment" came 100 years ago. The first electric lanterns were in Kochstrasse. In: Berliner Zeitung , 1982 (exact date not passed down)
- ^ Initiative Berliner Zeitungsviertel
- ↑ New traffic light experiment in Kreuzberg: all-round green for pedestrians. Drivers now have to wait longer on Kochstrasse / Friedrichstrasse . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 14, 2000.
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 24 ″ N , 13 ° 23 ′ 18 ″ E