List of streets in Essen-Margarethenhöhe

Margarethenhöhe settlement

The list of streets in Essen-Margarethenhöhe describes the system of streets in the Essen district of Margarethenhöhe with their historical references.

overview

7337 inhabitants (March 31, 2020) live on the Margarethenhöhe in an area of ​​1.48 km². The district belongs to the district III Essen-West. Margarethenhöhe, together with Haarzopf and Fulerum, forms the postcode district 45149.

Starting in the north, the district is bounded clockwise as follows:
Borbecker Mühlenbach to Frohnhausen and Holsterhausen , the streets Külshammerweg, Lührmannwald, Lührmannstraße and Juistweg to Rüttenscheid , the Norbertstraße to Bredeney and Schuir and the Kesselbach to Haarzopf and Fulerum .

The Margarethenhöhe district consists of the actual garden city settlement Margarethenhöhe and a southern part that was built in the 1960s. All the streets here were named after German North Sea
islands : Baltrumweg, Borkumstraße, Helgolandring, Juistweg, Langeoogweg, Memmertweg, Norbertstraße, Norderneyweg, Spiekeroogweg and Wangeroogeweg.

There are 50 designated traffic areas on Margarethenhöhe, including four squares. Of these, four streets are only partially in the district:
the Hohlweg continues in Holsterhausen, the Lührmannstraße in Rüttenscheid, and the Külshammerweg forms the border with Rüttenscheid. A small part of the street Spielkampshof is also in Haarzopf .

Runs through the Margarethenhöhe district

• the state road L176 on the Norbertstraße north parallel to the federal highway 52 .

List of streets and squares

The following table provides an overview of the streets and paths in the district and some related information.

• Name : current name of the street or square.
• Length / dimensions in meters:
  The length information contained in the overview are rounded overview values ​​that were determined in Google Earth using the local scale. They are used for comparison purposes and, if official values ​​are known, are exchanged and marked separately.
  For squares, the dimensions are given in the form a × b.
  The addition (in the district) indicates that the length of the street section within Margarethenhöhe, as the street continues into neighboring districts.
• Derivation : origin or reference of the name
• Date of designation : first official designation
• Notes : additional information
• Image : Photo of the street or an adjacent object

Surname	Length / dimensions (in meters)	Derivation	Date of designation	Remarks	image
Adolf-Rath-Strasse	85	Adolf Rath, 1863-1945, Assistant Secretary of Essen	January 10, 1929	From 1908 to 1920 Adolf Rath was an alderman for the city of Essen, then government director and conductor for the church and school system in Minden . He was particularly committed to the construction of the Margarethenhöhe settlement, which is why the small connection between Fibelweg and Sommerburgstraße was named after him. There is only one house here.
Altenau	180	Altenau, field name	July 26, 1929	Altena or Altenau is an old field name that passed to this street in 1929. It leads from Sommerburgstraße to Halbachhammerteich in the Nachtigallental.
At the bridgehead	100	Location of the street	April 21, 1911	The street Am Brückenkopf leads from Holsterhausen over a bridgehead to Margarethenbrücke, which is why the short connection between Stensstraße and Sommerburgstraße bears its name.
At the wood	80	Location in a small wooded area	0October 9, 1914	The street Am Gehölz is located between Metzendorfstraße and Waldlehne, very close to the forest around the Sommerburgbach and is named after it.
At the nightingale valley	550	Nightingale valley, forest area	January 12, 1940	The Nachtigallental is a forest between Fulerum and Margarethenhöhe, in which the Halbachhammer is located. In 1904, the city of Essen acquired part of the summer castle forest and in 1924, on the occasion of Margarethe Krupp's 70th birthday, received the remaining summer castle forests and thus also the Margarethental and the Nachtigallental as a gift from Friedrich Krupp AG . The street Am Nachtigallental forms an arch west of the Sommerburgstraße.
Baltrumweg	140	Baltrum , East Frisian island	November 12, 1962	The Baltrumweg is located on the southern Margarethenhöhe, where all streets are named after German North Sea islands. It forms a spur road to Juistweg parallel to Memmertweg.
Borkumstrasse	400	Borkum , East Frisian island	November 12, 1962	The Borkumstraße is located on the southern Margarethenhöhe, where all streets are named after German North Sea islands. It forms an arc within the Helgolandring.
Home	90	At home, attitude to life	0October 9, 1914	The name Daheim is intended to emphasize that one should feel at home in the Margarethenhöhe settlement. The street connects Metzendorfstraße and Waldlehne street parallel to Am Gehölz street.
Fibula path	90	Primer , reference to the nearby school	January 10, 1929	The Fibelweg leads from the Waldlehne to Adolf-Rath-Straße, and thus past the school on the Waldlehne, which was built in 1928 in the Bauhaus style. The name refers to the primer that first graders used to use as their first reading book. The clubhouse and the sports field of the TUSEM Essen (gymnastics and sports club Essen-Margarethenhöhe) are also located on the Fibelweg .
Gable Square	20 × 20	Place with special house gables	January 29, 2002	Georg Metzendorf designed eight house gables in an architecturally special way, with the front of the gable facing the square. This square was called Giebelplatz by the population of Margarethenhöhe for a long time before the name was officially adopted in 2002. The Giebelplatz is at the Laubenweg / Waldlehne intersection.
Gorse path	450	Gorse , plant	0October 9, 1914	The gorse path between Sommerburgstraße and Daheim is probably arbitrarily named after the gorse plant.
Hauxplatz	75 × 65	Ernst Theodor Haux , 1863–1938, city councilor and Krupp official	September 19, 1925	Ernst Theodor Haux was mainly active in the field of social housing for Friedrich Krupp AG and therefore played a key role in the development of the Margarethenhöhe estate . The place named after him is located between Ginsterweg and Waldlehne, directly at the school on the Waldlehne.
Helgolandring	800	Helgoland , North Sea island in the German Bight	November 12, 1962	The Helgolandring is located on the southern Margarethenhöhe, where all streets are named after German North Sea islands. There it forms an arch east of Sommerburgstrasse, from which all other streets branch off.
High way	230	high street	May 30, 1913	Seen from the Kleiner Markt, this street is high, which is why it was named Hoher Weg, also in contrast to the neighboring Tiefen Weg . The Hohe Weg leads from Laubenweg to Stensstraße.
Ravine	210 in the district	old ravine	April 21, 1911	The name Hollenweg is mentioned in 1668 as a location designation and in 1911 it was transferred to the small street that branches off from Stensstraße and leads to the premises of the University Hospital in Holsterhausen .
Hövenerwiese	150	Meadow of the Hülsmann farm	0August 5, 1936	Hövener or Höfener is a dialect expression for a farm owner and refers to the owner of the Hülsmann farm, on whose meadow this road was built. It connects the street Lehnsgrund with the Metzendorfstraße in an arch.
In the home garden	90	arbitrary designation	0October 9, 1914	The name Im Heimgarten is an invented name and is intended to refer to the atmosphere in Margarethenhöhe, where you feel at home. The street connects Metzendorfstraße and Hohen Weg.
In the Hülsfeld	200	Hülsfeld, old field name	January 10, 1929	1668 the Hülßfeldt langß Hülßmanns Lenderey is mentioned. The connection between the streets Im Stillen Winkel and Zur Eibe in the north of Margarethenhöhe was named after this field name in 1929.
In the quiet corner	550	arbitrary designation	0August 9, 1927	Silently angle (to 1957 in the quiet corner ) is a curved road in the north of Margarethenhoehe between the summer of Castle Road and the road to Yew, who was arbitrarily named after its quiet location.
Juistweg	650	Juist , East Frisian island	November 12, 1962	The Juistweg is located in the south of the Margarethenhöhe, where all streets are named after German North Sea islands. It forms an arch east of the Helgolandring.
Small market	70 × 50	Market place of the Margarethenhöhe	May 30, 1913	The Small Market is the market square in the center of Margarethenhöhe.
Külshammerweg	550	Kotten Külshammer, old farm	September 24, 1923	The Kotten Külshammer is mentioned in 1412 in a list of fiefdoms of the abbot Adolf von Spiegelberg. In 1668 the 13  acre Kotten with the rider Albert Külßhammer is included in the land register, in 1826 there was also the hallway in the Külshammer . The Külshammerweg forms the border between Rüttenscheid and Margarethenhöhe and is located directly at the Grugapark as a cul-de-sac to Lührmannstraße.
Langeoogweg	100	Langeoog , East Frisian island	November 12, 1962	The Langeoogweg is located in the south of the Margarethenhöhe, where all streets are named after German North Sea islands. There it forms a cul-de-sac to the Helgolandring, parallel to Spiekeroogweg and Wangeroogeweg.
Laubenweg	400	Path with arcade	May 30, 1913	Two rows of linden trees were planted on the Laubenweg to form an arcade, which is how the connection between Sommerburgstrasse and Giebelplatz got its name. Some of the linden trees were felled in 1927.
Lehnsgrund	1000	Property of the Lehngut Hof Kersebaum	July 24, 1929	The road was laid out on the grounds of the Kersebaum farm, which was a fief of the Werden Abbey . Hence the name Lehnsgrund is derived. The street Lehnsgrund leads from the street Zur Eibe southwards to the street Am Nachtigallental.
Lührmannstrasse	600 in the district	Edmund Lührmann, 1845–1909, founder of the Edmund Lührmann Foundation	0June 7, 1907	Lührmannstraße is named after Edmund Lührmann, who set up the Edmund Lührmann Foundation in 1893, with whose funds a convalescent home for the mentally ill was set up in Rüttenscheid in 1907 . In honor of Lührmann, Reinhardstrasse , on which the foundation was located, was then renamed Lührmannstrasse. This road leads west from Rüttenscheid, divides the Grugapark into north and south parts, and ends at Margarethenhöhe on Wortbergrode street.
Lührmannwald	650	Relation to Lührmannstraße and thus to Edmund Lührmann	August 31, 1949	The Lührmannwald street branches off from Lührmannstraße and then runs parallel to it to Sommerburgstraße. Your name therefore refers to Lührmannstrasse.
Memmertweg	140	Memmert , East Frisian island	November 12, 1962	The Memmertweg is located in the south of the Margarethenhöhe, where all streets are named after German North Sea islands. It forms a cul-de-sac to Juistweg.
Metzendorfstrasse	800	Georg Metzendorf , 1874–1934, architect	November 12, 1934	Georg Metzendorf was appointed the leading architect of the Margarethe Krupp Foundation in 1909 and as such was responsible for the expansion of the Margarethenhöhe garden city. From 1921 he was a freelance architect and designed several buildings in Essen. Metzendorfstrasse, named after him, leads from Stensstrasse in an east-west direction across the settlement to the Nachtigallental. Until 1934 the road was part of the ravine. At the intersection with Sommerburgstrasse is the Catholic Church of the Holy Family.
Norbertstrasse	860 (in the district)	Norbert , male first name	May 25, 1906	The name was named after a first name through the Rüttenscheid resolution of 1895. Norbertstrasse, which was previously called Nikolausstrasse and briefly Nicodemusstrasse , was originally part of an old trade route from Essen via Rüttenscheid to Kettwig . Coming from Rüttenscheid, Norbertstraße runs parallel to federal motorway 52 as the L176 state road and forms the border between Margarethenhöhe and Bredeney , then it continues to Schuir .
Norderneyweg	210	Norderney , East Frisian island	November 12, 1962	The Norderneyweg is located in the southern Margarethenhöhe, where all streets are named after German North Sea islands. It connects the Helgolandring and Juistweg there.
Paul-Brandi-Strasse	200	Paul Brandi, 1870–1960, bank director and alderman	February 12, 1931	Paul Brandi was an alderman for the city of Essen from 1899 to 1911 and was responsible for the city's land and property policy. It is thanks to him that the Bernewäldchenviertel and the Ostviertel were developed, and he was also the chairman of the Margarethe Krupp Foundation for a long time. Paul-Brandi-Straße connects the streets Zur Eibe and Im Stillen Winkel. Until 1931 it was part of the Schleifkottenweg.
Robert-Schmohl-Platz	60 × 30	Robert Schmohl , 1855–1944, architect and city councilor	0August 9, 1927	Robert Schmohl was the authorized signatory of Friedrich Krupp AG and later as operations director of the construction department from 1891 to 1924 responsible for the construction of the Margarethenhöhe estate. The square named after him is located between Steile Strasse and Metzendorfstrasse.
Schleifkottenweg	280	former grinding mill	January 10, 1929	In 1668 a Rotger Schlypers was settled here who owned an Oly Mühle, an oil mill. A location name from that time is Schliefhütte . Hence, and from the name of the rider, it is concluded that there used to be a grinding mill here, after which the Schleifkottenweg was later named. It leads north from Sommerburgstrasse.
Schliepmühle	100	former grinding mill	January 10, 1929	The name of the street Schliepmühle refers, like that of the Schleifkottenweg, to a grinding mill from the 17th century believed to be here. The road forms an arch north of the road Im Stillen Winkel.
Nicely situated	60	Nicely situated, coal seam	0October 9, 1914	The pit field and seam under the Margarethenhöhe is called Schönlant. At the same time, the name is intended to describe the location of the street that connects Laubenweg and Sonnenblick.
Sommerburgstrasse	2200	Sommerburg, field name	April 21, 1911	Sommerburg is a field name that in 1668 referred to a meadow the size of one acre . The forest east of the Margarethenhöhe is sometimes called the summer castle forest. The Sommerburgbach flows here and forms the Sommerburg pond. Sommerburgstrasse is the district's main street and crosses it in a north-south direction. In Holsterhausen it is continued as Holsterhauser Straße, in Schuir as Theodor-Althoff-Straße. The Laubenweg tram stops (at the Laubenweg intersection) and Margarethenhöhe (at the Lührmannstrasse intersection) are located on it.
Sun view	130	arbitrary designation	0October 9, 1914	Sonnenblick is an invented name that is supposed to sound beautiful. The street connects Steile Strasse with Metzendorfstrasse.
Spiekeroogweg	90	Spiekeroog , East Frisian island	November 12, 1962	The Spiekeroogweg is located on the southern Margarethenhöhe, where all the streets are named after German North Sea islands. It forms a spur road to the Helgolandring, parallel to Langeoogweg and Wangeroogeweg.
Spielkampshof	250 in the district	Spielkampshof, old farm	20th February 1963	The Spielkamp farm (originally Kreuzbeck) already existed in 1648 and was passed on to his neighbor Spielkamp in 1850 from the childless Heinrich Unterkreutzenbeck. The Spielkampshof street, named after the farm, leads westwards from Sommerburgstraße to the Haarzopfer area.
Steep road	650	uphill road	April 21, 1911	The steep street leads steeply uphill from Margarethenbrücke to the Kleiner Markt, and from there on to the street Lehnsgrund. The Gustav-Adolf-Haus of the Protestant parish and the Protestant kindergarten are located at the Laubenweg intersection.
Stensstrasse	300	Hof Stens, old farm	April 21, 1911	Hof Stens, mentioned in the land register in 1668 and belonging to the Hospital of the Holy Spirit at the later Kopstadtplatz in Essen , gave its name to the winding Stensstrasse between Metzendorfstrasse and Sommerburgstrasse. The Peter-Reuschenbach-Haus is located here, a dormitory of the Arbeiter-Wohlfahrt.
Quiet way	90	arbitrary designation	June 27, 1978	The name Stiller Weg is an invented term that should sound nice. The street lies between Metzendorfstraße and Hohem Weg and was originally called Grüner Weg .
Deep way	80	deep street	May 30, 1913	The deep way is deep compared to the high way and therefore bears his name. It leads from Sommerburgstrasse to Steilen Strasse.
Sweet home	70	arbitrary designation	November 20, 1937	The name Trautes Heim is an invented term that should sound beautiful and express the feeling of home in the Margarethenhöhe settlement. The street connects Stensstraße and Steile Straße. Until 1937 the street was called Rosenweg .
Waldlehne	750	Relation to the nearby summer bush	0October 9, 1914	The Waldlehne is based on the summer castle forest / summer bush and therefore bears her name. It leads along the southern edge of Margarethenhöhe along the forest from Sommerburgstrasse to Stensstrasse. Here is the primary school on the Waldlehne.
Wangeroogweg	100	Wangerooge , East Frisian island	November 12, 1962	The Wangeroogeweg is located on the southern Margarethenhöhe, where all streets are named after German North Sea islands. It forms a cul-de-sac to the Helgolandring, parallel to Langeoogweg and Spiekeroogweg.
Winkelstrasse	170	Course of the road	April 21, 1911	Winkelstraße begins at Sommerburgstraße and then makes a bend, so it is guided at an angle before it meets Steile Straße.
Wortbergrode	450	Wortberg farm, old farm	September 30, 1935	The Wortberg farm is an old farm that was first mentioned in 1393 when the farm was transferred from the children of Bernt Scharrenhulse to the Hemelstoter brothers. In 1701 the Jesuit college bought the farm. The sitters of the court received this as a fief. It was not always about the family who runs the farm. In 1905 Johann Silberkuhl called Wortberg sold the farm to Margarethe Krupp , who then contributed it to the Margarethe Krupp Foundation. Wortbergrode street is located on the fields cleared by the Wortberg farm between Altenau and Lehnsgrund streets.
To the yew	260	leads to a yew tree	0August 9, 1927	The street Zur Eibe leads from the street Im Stillen Winkel to the former Hülsmann farm, where there was a large yew tree.

List of former street names

The list of former street names does not claim to be complete.

Surname	from	to	renamed to (current)	Derivation	Remarks
Green way	May 30, 1913	June 27, 1978	→  Quiet way	arbitrary designation
Nicodemusstrasse	January 26, 1906	May 25, 1906	→  Norbertstrasse		The street was previously called Nikolausstrasse .
Nikolausstrasse	0September 6, 1897	January 26, 1906	→  Norbertstrasse	Nikolaus , male first name	The name was named after a first name through the Rüttenscheider resolution of 1895.
Paulstrasse	0September 6, 1897	May 25, 1906	→  Lührmannstrasse		After 1906 the street was initially called Reinhardstraße .
Reinhardstrasse	May 25, 1906	0June 7, 1907	→  Lührmannstrasse		Before 1906 the street was called Paulstraße .
Rosenweg	April 21, 1911	November 20, 1937	→  Home sweet home	Roses , genus of flowers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the source used is: Erwin Dickhoff: Essener Strasse . Ed .: City of Essen - Historical Association for City and Monastery of Essen. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8375-1231-1 .
2. ^ City of Essen: Population figures. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
3. ↑ There is still potential in Norbertstrasse ; In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of February 10, 2018