Crow Street

The Crow Street

The Krähenstraße is a street in Lübeck's old town .

location

The current course of Krähenstrasse, recorded on a city map from 1910

The approximately 160 meter long Krähenstraße is located in the southeastern part of the old town island, in the Johannis Quartier . It begins as an extension of Wahmstraße at the intersection with Balauerfohr , runs eastwards and is crossed by An der Mauer at its end, just before the Elbe-Lübeck Canal . Its continuation is the Rehderbrücke , which continues over the canal to Moltkestrasse .

history

The Krähenstraße was first mentioned in 1280 with the Low German name Kreienstrate . In 1293 the Latin form Platea Cornicum is documented, two years later the mixed Low German-Latin name Platea Kreien . The current name was officially established in 1852.

The air raid of March 29, 1942 destroyed most of the historical buildings that had been largely in place until then. Some surviving buildings on the north side of the street, including a large granary , were demolished in the 1950s to make room for the widening with which the Krähenstraße was led straight into Wahmstraße instead of pivoting as before. As a result, the Krähenstraße was given a square-like extension at its western end, which, however, was not designed in terms of urban planning and is a pure parking lot . The new construction was carried out with simple functional buildings in the style of the post-war years.

Buildings

Krähenstrasse 20, Zerrenthien's poor house

Kochs Hof by Otto Ubbelohde

Krähenstrasse 14 , a classicist house from 1841 that dates back to around 1300
Krähenstrasse 16 , a gabled house dating back to the 2nd half of the 13th century
Krähenstrasse 20 , Zerrenthien's poor house . Gothic eaves house built in 1437, redesigned in late Classicist style in 1869
Krähenstrasse 22: Vereinsstrasse , despite the name, a Lübeck residential corridor

Corridors and courtyards

Walk from the Krähenstraße or go from the following Lübeck corridors and courtyards (according to house numbers):

3: Wichmann's gang
5: Kochs Hof (pen; missing)
8: Mine man's gang (missing)
11: Clemens Gang (missing)
15: Duben Gang (missing)
20: Zerrenthin's poor house, see above
21: Rudolf's walk (missing)
22: Vereinsstrasse, see above
30: Crows Gang (also Warnckes Gang; missing)

References

literature

W. Brehmer : The street names in the city of Lübeck and its suburbs. HG Rathgens, Lübeck 1889.
W. Brehmer: Lübeck house names along with contributions to the history of individual houses. HG Rathgens, Lübeck 1890.
Klaus J. Groth : World Heritage Lübeck - Listed Houses. Over 1000 portraits of the listed buildings in the old town. Listed alphabetically by streets. Verlag Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1999, ISBN 3-7950-1231-7 .
Max Hoffmann: The streets of the city of Lübeck. In: Journal of the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology . Vol. 11, 1909, pp. 215-292 (also special print: 1909).
Günter Kohlmorgen: From the story of Zerrentien's poor house. In: Journal of the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology. Vol. 64, 1984, pp. 51-79.

Web links

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