Konrad-Wolf-Strasse
| Konrad-Wolf-Strasse until 1985: Hohenschönhauser Straße
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Old Hohenschönhausen |
| Created | 13./14. century |
| Hist. Names |
Berliner Strasse, Hohenschönhauser Strasse (until 1985) |
| Connecting roads |
Hohenschönhauser Strasse (southwest) Hauptstrasse / Suermondtstrasse (northeast) |
| Cross streets | Altenhofer Strasse, Berkenbrücker Steig, Sandinostrasse, Simon-Bolivar-Strasse, Reichenberger Strasse, Strausberger Strasse, Werneuchener Strasse, Roedernstrasse, Wriezener Strasse, Orankestrasse, Freienwalder Strasse, Manetstrasse, Schöneicher Strasse, Degnerstrasse, Waldowstrasse, Oberseestrasse, Bahnhofstrasse, Gärtnerstrasse |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | 2400 meters |
The Konrad-Wolf-Straße connects the Weißenseer Weg with the main street in Hohenschönhausen and runs roughly in a south-west-north-east direction. The traffic route was laid out in earlier centuries, it connected the place Hohenschönhausen with Berlin and was therefore called Berliner Straße . It was given its current name in honor of the German film director Konrad Wolf in 1985. Since it was incorporated into Berlin in 1920, the street belonged to the Weißensee district , from 1985 to the Hohenschönhausen district and since the Berlin district reform in 2001 to the Lichtenberg district .
history
Konrad-Wolf-Straße goes back to a connecting route that has existed since Hohenschönhausen was built in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1897 the section located on the Hohenschönhauser district was named Berliner Straße after its destination , the section west of the Hohenschönhauser border at that time was named Hohenschönhauser Straße . A naming of the street before this time has not been proven.
Due to the destruction at the end of World War II , no historical buildings have been preserved on the northwest side from the cemeteries to Weißenseer Weg. The Hohenschönhausen Sports Forum as well as residential buildings for a children's and youth sports school and an associated hotel complex were built here in the 1950s .
Berliner Straße was renamed on the occasion of Konrad Wolf's 60th birthday on October 20, 1985. At the same time, part of Hohenschönhauser Straße between Weißenseer Weg and Altenhofer Straße was included in Konrad-Wolf-Straße.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall , a resolution by the Berlin Senate , which was now responsible, discussed renaming the street, which, however, did not find a majority.
Since the 1990s, there has been a multi-storey commercial building called Hohenschönhauser Tor at the southwest end of Konrad-Wolf-Straße . In the 21st century, the responsible district administration had the street completely renovated and cycle paths set up as an offer strip.
House number counting
It runs from number 1 at the intersection of Suermondtstrasse and Hauptstrasse on the northern section to 58 at the intersection with Weißenseer Weg. The house number 8 is divided into several letters, the associated buildings are located in a northward bypass to the actual Konrad-Wolf-Straße. On the south side, the house numbers lead back to 146. In a south-westerly direction, the traffic route continues as Hohenschönhauser Strasse, which belongs to the Berlin-Fennpfuhl district.
traffic
The Berlin – Hohenschönhausen tram started running in the street on October 21, 1899 and was fully integrated into the Berlin tram network in 1920 . When the urban district was expanded in the 1980s, the original terminus from Falkenberger Straße / Gartenstadt Hohenschönhausen was continued eastwards and the route was redesigned.
After the political change and especially at the beginning of the 21st century, the BVG, in coordination with the responsible district authorities, completely renewed the road surface and finally the rails. The stop areas have been converted to make them more passenger-friendly and the lane for motor traffic has been narrowed to one on each side. The asphalt pavement was also marked for cycle paths on both sides.
Sights and monuments along the road
North side of the street
- - sorted by ascending house numbers -
- 14: Historic factory building of the Löwen Brewery .
- 15/16: Together with the residential buildings at Oberseestrasse 101-109, the buildings form a listed residential complex. It was created in 1927 as a result of plans by the architect Paul Ludwig Schulte .
- at number 21: The sculptor Eberhard Bachmann (1924–2008), who created numerous works of art for Berlin's urban space, had his house with a studio on Konrad-Wolf-Strasse at the corner of Degnerstrasse.
- 30–36: Cemeteries of the St. Pius and St. Hedwigs parishes as well as the St. Andreas and St. Markus parishes . Attached to the St. Hedwig's Cemetery are groves of honor for Belgian , Dutch and Soviet war victims from two world wars.
- 39/40: Wellblechpalast , an artificial ice stadium that opened as an open-air rink in 1958 and converted into a hall in 1963. Until 2008 it was the venue for the Eisbären Berlin , which then moved to the Mercedes-Benz Arena .
- 45–52: On the official map, the buildings were still shown as a congress center (as of 2010); the hotel complex has been empty since 2006. A private investor is planning a three-tier, stepped high-rise ensemble with the marketing name Triple .
South side of the street
- - sorted by ascending house numbers -
- 60: Hohenschönhauser Tor
- 70: The house located here was built in 1886 according to plans by the carpenter H. R. Remus by the bricklayers Wilhelm Allruf and R. Schiele and is a listed building.
- 82–84: Listed sugar confectionery factory
- at number 90: a synagogue stood here until the 1930s , which is reminiscent of a memorial plaque.
- 98: Galerie 100 - an exhibition complex on the ground floor under municipal administration
literature
- Institute for Monument Preservation (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments of the GDR. Capital Berlin-II . Henschelverlag, Berlin 1984, p. 154 ff .
Web links
- Konrad-Wolf-Strasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berlin, book plan, VEB Tourist Verlag 1980, p 18/19
- ^ The numbering according to: Official map of Berlin (scale 1: 5000).
- ↑ Residential complex Konrad-Wolf-Straße 15/16 / Oberseestraße
- ↑ Friedhöfe (1), K.-Wolf-Straße 31/32
- ↑ Friedhöfe (2), K.-Wolf-Straße 33–36
- ↑ Konrad-Wolf-Straße 31/32: Honor groves in the cemetery of the St. Hedwig parish for Belgian, Dutch and Soviet war victims
- ^ Goodbye, old house. Berlin says goodbye to a hall in the east, the myth of which was only made possible by the west. In: Der Tagesspiegel , April 10, 2008; Retrieved October 12, 2010
- ↑ House at Konrad-Wolf-Strasse 70
Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '31.8 " N , 13 ° 29' 17.2" E