List of streets in Essen-Nordviertel

The list of streets in Essen's northern district describes the street system in Essen 's northern district with the corresponding historical references.

overview

8,450 inhabitants (March 31, 2020) live in the north quarter on an area of ​​2.86 square kilometers. The north quarter forms together with a large part of Stoppenberg and parts of Altenessen -Süd the postcode district 45141. Small parts of the district are in the district 45143. In addition, the north quarter belongs together with the city ​​center , the east , the west , the south and the southeast quarter to the city center.

The district boundary runs clockwise in the north as follows:
Bottroper Strasse, Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard , Gladbecker Strasse, Nordpark, Gneisenaustrasse, Overbergstrasse, Altenessener Strasse, Karolingerstrasse, Katzenbruchstrasse and Stoppenberger Strasse to Altenessen-Süd; further course of Stoppenberger Straße and Graf-Beust-Allee to Stoppenberg; former Rhenish railway line to the east quarter; further course of the former railway line or the bike path on it to the city center; further cycle path and horse tram road to the Westviertel as well as the Helenenstraße to Altendorf and Bochold .

One of the street name groups is the balloon driver quarter, in which the streets are named after the balloonists Bamler , Leimkugel, Sigsfeld and Riedinger . To the west of Bottroper Strasse, Paulstrasse, Johannisstrasse and Jakobstrasse were named after the apostles, as there was supposedly a Heilig-Geist-Strasse in the vicinity, which, however, can no longer be used.

There are 60 designated traffic areas in the north quarter, including three squares .
These streets are only partially located in the district:
Altenessener Straße, Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard, Bottroper Straße, Gladbecker Straße, Gneisenaustraße, Goldschmidtstraße, Hans-Böckler-Straße, Helenenstraße, Herzogstraße, Karolingerstraße, Segerothstraße and Stoppenberger Straße.

Run through the Nordviertel district

• the national highway 224 in Gladbeck, the Grillo and Hans-Böcklerstraße,
• the state road L64 on Bottroperstrasse and Segerothstrasse,
• the state road L448 on the Stoppenbergerstrasse and the Karolingerstrasse and
• the state road L452 on the Stoppenberger Straße.

Overview of streets and squares

The following table gives an overview of the existing streets, paths and squares in the district as well as some related information.

• Name : current name of the street.
• 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.
  The addition (in the district) indicates that the length of the street section within the district is that the street continues into neighboring districts.
  The addition (all street sections together) indicates that the street is so winding that there is no “main street”. Instead, the length of all road sections is added together.
• 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
Altenbergmühle	210	Mill belonging to Hof Altenberg	March 3, 1953	The Altenbergmühle is first mentioned in 1375. The family op dem Berge was the owner. In 1494 the mill burned down. A Mr. Vocking was charged with arson by Rotger op dem Berge. After the family op dem Berge had no more heirs than heirs and died out, the mill passed to the von Asbeck family. The latter sold the Altenberg estate including the mill to the merchant W. Brockhoff in 1742. In 1799 the farm and mill were transferred to the seated colonel Johann Altenberg. Gerhard Altenberg sold this property in 1872 to the married couple Johann Jacob Kallenberg and Franziska, née Hundebring, who finally handed it over to the city of Essen in 1892, which then housed their municipal vehicle fleet. The Altenbergmühle street connects Gladbecker Straße with Hilgerstraße.
Altenbergstrasse	220	Altenberg farm	Jan. 4, 1895	The Altenberg farm was a fief of the Essen monastery . The farms Berg im Broich ( Haus Berge ) and Altenberg in Altenessen were regular estates of the op dem Berge family. After the family op dem Berg died out, the Altenberg farm passed to the Asbeck and von der Reckes families. Later only the Asbeck family was enfeoffed with it. This sold the property in 1742 to the merchant W. Brockhoff. In 1799 the court was transferred to the seated colonel Johann Altenberg. In the land register of 1668, the farmer Aldenbergh is mentioned as the rider of the 23-  acre farm at the time. The Mittelbauer Aldenberg is mentioned in 1795, whereby the businessman Brockhoff was the landlord in Essen. The Altenbergs became owners through Johann Altenberg. Gerhard Altenberg sold this property in 1872 to the married couple Johann Jacob Kallenberg and Franziska, née Hundebring, who finally handed it over to the city of Essen in 1892, which then housed their municipal vehicle fleet. In 1897 the farm and its lands were moved from Altenessen to Essen. Altenbergstraße branches off to the west of Altenessener Straße, crosses Overbergstraße and ends after a southern bend as a dead end. The part after this bend was called Yorckstraße until 1931 . At that time Altenbergstraße continued to the Berne .
Altenessener Strasse	1170 (in the district)	Main road to Altenessen	Aug 7, 1908	Altenessener Straße, which was originally called Viehofer Chaussee , leads north from Viehofer Platz in the city center through the northern district and on to Altenessen.
At the freestone	450	Free stones limited the precincts of the city	Jan. 7, 1868	Freestone or Vredestein were used to describe the delimitation stones of the Essen soft area. Such a stone stood on Stoppenberger Weg until 1890. The street Am Freistein leads from the Stoppenberger Straße in a north-easterly direction, crosses the Bülowstraße and ends as a dead end. It continued to Stoppenberg until construction began on the Essen Nord-Ost grammar school in 1972 .
To St. Mary	50	St. Marien, church	2nd July 1958	The parish of St. Marien was founded in 1903 when it was separated from the parish of St. Gertrud. The first church building by the architect Fritz Schaller from 1891, of November 15, 1891 consecrated was is in the Second World War was destroyed. The reconstruction took place in 1957/58. The last service took place here in 2008. The street An St. Marien is a northern cul-de-sac from Niederstraße. It was previously called Kleine Niederstrasse .
Assmannweg	370	Richard Assmann , meteorologist, developed the aspiration psychrometer	Apr 24, 1990	The Assmannweg, which was previously the northern part of the Reckhammerweg , connects the Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard with the Hilgerstraße. The largest Jewish cemetery in Essen is located on it .
On the Union	400	Orally transmitted reference to the former factory Maschinenbau AG Essener Union	March 3, 1953	On July 1, 1871, the machine factory founded by Ewald Hilger in 1857 was merged with the Essen machine factory and was given the name Maschinenbau AG Essener Union . This was particularly geared towards the coal industry. Their operations finally ceased in 1913. The latter machine factory in Essen was founded by the brothers Karl and Ernst Honigmann . Friedrich Grillo joined the factory with iron foundry on June 10, 1854 and then operated under the name Ernst Honigmann & Cie. In the following year, the Mining Authority Assessor Heinrich Thies (1808-1870), Ms.  Waldthausen and Jul. Fischer took part, and the company was named Essener Maschinenfabrik . The street Auf der Union connects the Reckhammerweg with the Kallenbergstraße.
Beisingstrasse	300	Peter Beising , Catholic theologian, honorary citizen of the city of Essen	July 1, 1891	Beisingstrasse connects Altenessener Strasse with Stoppenberger Strasse.
Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard	1840 (in the district)	Berthold Beitz , General Representative of Friedrich Krupp AG	May 15, 2007	Coming from the Westviertel , the Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard runs from the Pferdebahnstraße to the north, crosses the Bottroper Straße and leads in a north-easterly direction to the Gladbecker Straße and further in Altenessen- Süd. This last section from Bottroper Strasse was named on April 16, 2013 and was previously part of Bamlerstrasse , which only bears this name on Altenessener Flur.
Bersonstrasse	210	Arthur Berson , meteorologist, balloonist	May 3, 1967	Bersonstrasse leads back to Hilgerstrasse in a southern curve.
Blücherstrasse	420 (all road sections together)	Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher , Prussian Field Marshal General	Feb. 18, 1916	Blücherstraße, which was previously called Nürnberger Straße , connects Karolingerstraße with Altenessener Straße, with one section leading south to Katzenbruchstraße and another ending as a dead end. There was also this second Blücherstrasse .
Blumenfeldstrasse	170	Moses Blumenfeld , teacher, preacher, politician	May 27, 1902	Moses Blumenfeld was born on December 21, 1821 in Schwerte . In 1841 he was appointed preacher for the Jewish community and teacher at the Jewish elementary school in Essen. In 1848 he was arrested as a democrat along with Friedrich Hammacher and others and acquitted in 1850. At the time of the Kulturkampf he was a supporter of Bismarck . Blumenfeld co-founded the Essen advanced training school, a men's choir, an association against begging and impoverishment, the teachers' pension fund and the Essen trade association, of which he was chairman and later honorary chairman. He was also the chairman of the Association of Israeli Elementary Teachers for Rhineland and Westphalia. He retired in 1894, died on January 9, 1902 in Essen and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Segeroth . Blumenfeldstrasse connects Gladbecker Strasse with Altenessener Strasse. It was previously called Körnerstrasse and was renamed Herbert-Norkus-Strasse between 1934 and 1945 during the Nazi era .
Bottroper Strasse	1260 (in the district)	Main road to Bottrop	Aug 29, 1927	Bottroper Strasse extends Segerothstrasse, which it was part of until 1927, in a north-westerly direction through the districts of Bochold , Altenessen -Süd, Bergeborbeck and Dellwig to the neighboring town of Bottrop , where it is part of the L64 state road. Originally it was divided into several street names, which were combined to form Bottroper Straße in 1927. In the northern quarter, the northern part of Segerothstrasse was affected.
Bülowstrasse	200	Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz , Prussian officer	March 11, 1898	Bülowstrasse connects Lützowstrasse with Stoppenberger Strasse.
Eltingplatz	50 × 50	Hermann Elting , building contractor, city councilor	Nov 20, 1937	The sawmill owner, timber merchant, carpenter, building contractor and city councilor Hermann Elting was born on May 22nd, 1838 in Isselburg . He founded his construction company in 1866/67 and had his sawmill in what is now Holzstraße. At the end of the 19th century he built numerous houses here, so that this area was named Elting-Viertel. Elting also worked in several associations and church and social organizations. From 1876 until his death on July 14, 1898 in Essen, he was a city councilor. Eltingplatz, which was previously called Hermannplatz , lies to the east on Eltingstrasse in the middle of the Elting quarter.
Eltingstrasse	550	Hermann Elting , building contractor, city councilor	Nov 20, 1937	For the industrialist Hermann Elting, see Eltingplatz Eltingstrasse, previously known as Hermannstrasse , connects Kleine Stoppenberger Strasse in a northerly direction with Süderichstrasse, running right through the Elting district.
Feilenstrasse	190	File , cutting tool	Dec 11, 1959	The Feilenstraße connects the Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard with the Assmannweg in an eastern arc.
Freistattstrasse	220	Sanctuary, field name	around 1893	1340 is called opper Vrystat. In the past, the former Altenberghof (north of the Gladber Strasse / Grillostrasse intersection) and the former Schleifmühle (Vestermühle, near the present-day intersection of Pferdebahnstrasse / Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard) were connected to Vrystatsgathe. Today's Freistattstrasse has been connecting Johannisstrasse with Paulstrasse in a southern curve since January 23, 1957. Previously, a few meters to the south, a connection from Bottroper Strasse (then part of Segerothstrasse) was called Freistattstrasse, crossing the horse-drawn tram and running to Westviertel .
Gertrudisstrasse	120	Gertrud von Nivelles , abbess in Belgium	June 10, 1887	The market church was consecrated to the Holy Abbess Gertrud von Nielles before Protestant services have been held there since 1563. Gertrudisstrasse connects Altenessener Strasse with Eltingstrasse.
Gladbecker Strasse	1620 (in the district)	Main road to Gladbeck	Aug 9, 1927	The Gladbecker Straße, which was expanded in its current form as the main street in the 1930s, runs from the city ​​center in a northerly direction through the northern quarter and further through the districts of Altenessen , Vogelheim and Karnap . It is part of the federal highway 224 . Coming from the south, up to the confluence of Reckhammerweg, Gladbecker Straße was part of Schlenhofstraße , which once reached into the city center. In the northern course of the northern district, Gladbecker Straße forms the border with Altenessen- Süd, where it was called Koopmannstraße from 1915 and before that Unionstraße . There was a street of the same name before, see Gladbecker Straße .
Gneisenaustrasse	140 (in the district)	August Neidhardt von Gneisenau , Prussian field marshal and army reformer	28 Sep 1906	The Gneisenaustraße is a north-western spur road of Overbergstraße, which ends in the neighboring district of Altenessen .
Goldschmidtstrasse	130 (in the district)	Brothers Karl and Hans Goldschmidt , chemists and entrepreneurs	Feb 14, 1966	The Goldschmidt brothers and the Goldschmidt company are of great importance to Essen's economy. Numerous foundations come from the brothers. Goldschmidtstrasse runs along the Evonik Goldschmidt AG site in the neighboring east quarter and meets Stoppenberger Strasse in the north in the north quarter, where it was previously called Söllingstrasse .
Graf-Beust-Allee	700	Graf Beust colliery	Sep 20 2005	Graf-Beust-Allee is a southern cul-de-sac from Stoppenberger Straße and runs over the former colliery area on which the mine’s steam sawmill was located. Today the Graf Beust business park is located here.
Grillostrasse	1030	Friedrich Grillo , industrialist	July 8, 1892	Grillostrasse leads from Katzenbruchstrasse in a westerly direction, crossing Altenessenerstrasse and Gladbecker Strasse, from which it continues as Bundesstrasse 224 in a westerly direction and merges into Hans-Böckler Strasse.
Hans-Böckler-Strasse	250 (in the district)	Hans Böckler , politician and union official	4th July 1951	On the occasion of the Extraordinary Federal Congress of the German Trade Union Confederation in June 1951 in Essen, the street that was newly built after the Second World War was given its name. The Hans-Böckler-Straße continues as a continuation of the Grillostraße in a westerly direction in the west quarter , where it is part of the federal road 224 .
Helenenstrasse	970 (in the district)	United Helene & Amalie colliery	before 1874	Helenenstraße connects Bottroper Straße in a southerly direction with Pferdebahnstraße, and along this length it forms the border to the neighboring district of Bochold . From the Pferdebahnstraße it continues south to the Altendorf district .
Helen-Keller-Strasse	280 (all road sections together)	Helen Keller , deaf-blind American writer	17th May 1972	Helen-Keller-Straße is a northern cul-de-sac from Stoppenberger Straße. Until after 1919 the former Waterloostraße ran roughly at this point .
Herzogstrasse	120 (in the district)	Duke , title of nobility	May 4th 1900	Around 1890 a ring road was planned around the city center, the name of which was to remind of the history of the Hohenzollern family . This ring road includes Hohenzollern, Kaiser, Kronprinzen, Kurfürsten, Margrave, Burggrafen and Herzogstrasse as well as Nürnberger Strasse. Herzogstraße is the continuation of Burggrafenstraße in the east quarter and is the only one leading into the north quarter.
Hilgerstrasse	720	Ewald Hilger , industrialist, secret mountain ridge	March 3, 1953	Hilgerstraße connects Assmannweg in an eastern arc with Straße Auf der Union, whereby the connection from Kallenbergstraße to Assmannweg was only completed and named on May 3, 1967.
Holzstrasse	120	former lumber yard	June 10, 1887	The building contractor and sawmill owner Hermann Elting (1838–1898) created a storage place for his wood on this street. Holzstrasse connects Altenessener Strasse with Eltingstrasse.
Jakobstrasse	80	James the Elder , Apostle of Jesus Christ	Jan. 17, 1886	Jakobstraße is a southern cul-de-sac of Freistattstraße. The part of Freistattstraße that leads to Johannisstraße once belonged to Jakobstraße, so that it formed a connection between Johannisstraße and Bottroper Straße. Before 1957, a few meters south of a connection from Bottroper Strasse (then part of Segerothstrasse), crossing the horse-drawn tram and running to Westviertel , was already Freistattstrasse. In the era of National Socialism from 1937 to 1945, the road was in Jacob soldiers Wiese been renamed.
Johannisstrasse	95	Apostle John	Jan. 17, 1868	Johannisstraße leads from Paulstraße in a southerly direction onto Freistattstraße. Until about 1957 it was still connected to the horse tram road further south.
Kallenbergstrasse	400	Kallenberg, rider of the former Koopmann farm	May 3, 1967	Hof Koopmann was a lower court of the Viehof. In 1830 Christian Kallenberg married the farm owner Maria Catharina nee Deimelsberg. In 1839 Maria Catharina Kallenberg, whose husband had died shortly before, replaced all the fiscal burdens on the farm with her six underage children and thus became the unrestricted owner of the 126-  acre estate. In 1866 Heinrich Kallenberg called Kopmann was named as the owner. In 1889 the farm passed to his widow Caroline, born Barkhof. The Kallenbergstraße leads from the Grillostraße to the north and in a western arc onto the Hilfgerstraße. The part to the west previously belonged to Hilgerstrasse, and the part running north-south to Schlenhofstrasse, which was previously extended to the north .
Karolingerstrasse	540 (in the district)	Relation to a Carolingian settlement	Nov 20, 1937	Karolingerstrasse continues north to the former Hundebrinkhof. In 1937 its origin was traced back to an old Carolingian settlement in an official justification. Karolingerstraße runs north from Stoppenberger Straße, crosses Katzenbruchstraße and continues in Altenessen- Süd. It is part of the L448 state road in the north quarter. Here they previously named Horster Strasse .
Katzenbruchstrasse	660 (in the district)	Cat break, field name	around 1873	In the country register of 1668 the following sentence is found: Johan Haelman has aufm Kattenbroch vom Heil. Geist Brochland leased two acres. The Katzenbruchstrasse continues as an extension of the Herzogstrasse to the northwest, crosses the Karolingerstrasse and continues in a westerly direction from the Altenessener Strasse as Grillostrasse.
Kleine Stoppenberger Strasse	280	Section of the old route between Essen and Stoppenberg	June 25, 1985	Kleine Stoppenberger Straße connects Altenessener Straße in an easterly direction with Stoppenberg Straße. It was part of Stoppenberger Straße until 1985 and was therefore renamed Karpinskistraße during the National Socialist era between around 1933 and 1945 .
Glue ball street	400	Erich Leimkugel , Essen pharmacist, balloonist, city councilor	Jan. 21, 1965	Erich Leimkugel was born on August 8, 1877 in Schöppenstedt . He ran the unicorn pharmacy on the market in the city ​​center and was a city councilor for the city of Essen for many years. Leimkugel was a partner in 149 international balloon races in which he represented the city of Essen. Along with Karl Bernhard Bamler, he was one of the most important sponsors of balloon sport. On March 22, 1947, Leimkugel died in Essen. Leimkugelstraße branches off to the south at the eastern end of Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard and meets Sigsfeldstraße after a bend to the west.
Lützowstrasse		Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow , Prussian major general	May 4th 1900	In 1900, a street that does not exist today was named that branched off east of Karolinger Straße to what was then Waterlooplatz . It was located north parallel to the street Am Freistein and was later extended to the east to Essener Strasse in Stoppenberg . On May 20, 1964, the northern Lützowstrasse and the southern Stoppenberger Strasse exchanged names, so that today's Lützowstrasse branches off from the Stoppenberger Strasse to the east and meets the Herzogstrasse. During the National Socialist era between around 1933 and 1945, it was renamed Karpinskistraße .
Chisel Street	170	Chisel , tool	July 9, 1915	Meißelstraße, which was previously called Gasstraße , connects Reckhammerweg with Schlenhofstraße.
Niederstrasse	220	Lowland of the former Segeroth	Jan. 17, 1868	The name was given due to the location on a lowland of the former Segeroth. Niederstraße is a western spur road from Segerothstraße that bends north. This northward section was once connected to the horse-drawn railway road and was called Mauerstraße .
Ostermannstrasse	120	Heinrich Theodor Ostermann, businessman, industrialist	Nov 29, 1889	Heinrich Theodor Ostermann was born on August 23, 1822 in Essen. The businessman was the owner of the Eichenberg & Kleinrahm machine factory on Waterloostrasse. The work was later transferred to Emil Wolf. Ostermann owned a number of mine fields in Altenessen , which formed the basis for founding the Neu-Essen mining company. The area on which Ostermannstrasse and Theodorstrasse were laid out was also his property. Ostermann was a city councilor between 1863 and 1874. He died in Essen on February 10, 1895. Ostermannstrasse connects Eltingstrasse with Altenessener Strasse.
Overbergstrasse	280	Overberg, court name	July 9, 1915	The naming was based on the Hof Overberg or Hof zum Berge, which was located on Kaiserstrasse in the city ​​center . It was a loan from the Essen monastery . Overbergstraße, which was originally called Grenzstraße , connects Gneisenaustraße with Altenbergstraße and thus runs parallel to Altenessener Straße to the west.
Paulstrasse	200	Paul of Tarsus , apostle	Jan. 17, 1868	Paulstrasse branches off to the west of Bottroper Strasse and meets Johannisstrasse.
Peterstrasse	160	Peter Beising , Catholic theologian, honorary citizen of the city of Essen	July 1, 1891	Peterstraße connects Beisingstraße in a southerly direction with Kleine Stoppenberger Straße.
Horse tram road	1100	Location of a former horse-drawn railway	Jan. 17, 1868	The owner of the coal shop based in Mülheim an der Ruhr , Mathias Stinnes , had the horse-drawn tram built by the Mülheim Essener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft founded in the early 1850s . It was designed to transport coal for the Graf Beust , Mathias Stinnes and Helene Amalie collieries . According to statistics from the Essen district , between 1859 and 1861 the horse-drawn cable car took first place among the numerous railways in the district with the amount of coal transported. After it had only been partially used until September 18, 1865, the horse-drawn tram was transferred to the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft by a contract dated April 25, 1863 . The horse-drawn railway line was partially used for the Osterath – Essen – Dortmund line that was licensed on July 16, 1863 . The Pferdebahnstraße connects the Helenenstraße with the Hans-Böckler-Straße, whereby it forms the border to the Westviertel .
Reckhammerweg	660	Reckhammer in the former fulling mill	Nov 20, 1937	The Reckhammerweg led to the former fulling mill, which the company founder Friedrich Krupp had converted for the installation of his first Reckhammer. Reckhammerweg, which was previously called Hammerstrasse in the northern part and Parallelstrasse in the southern part , branches off to the west of Gladbecker Strasse and leads to the Sportbad am Thurmfeld . Until 1990 it continued north over Assmannweg to Bamlerstrasse, today Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard.
Riedingerstrasse	390	August Riedinger , entrepreneur and balloonist	July 20, 1966	Riedingerstrasse, which was previously called I. Siedlerweg , branches off south of Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard and meets Sigsfeldstrasse after an easterly bend.
Scharnhorststrasse	90	Gerhard von Scharnhorst , Prussian lieutenant general	Nov 15, 1895	Scharnhorststraße connects Lützowstraße with Am Freistein street.
Schlenhofstrasse	310	Schlenhof, farm name	Jan. 17, 1868	The Schlenhof was a treatable item belonging to the Oberhof Viehof. Halfman Schlee Hoff in 1795 as a full-Bauer called. The land was owned by Cocy's family. Friedrich von Cocy was last treated in 1789. In the mother role of 1826, the widow of Hofrat Schmitz, Pauline née von Cocy, is named as the owner, with the farm being 51  acres . In 1837 the fiscal burdens on the farm were relieved, whereby the widow von Schmitz became the unrestricted owner. In 1841 Johann Lindermann jun. from Essen as a farm owner. In 1899 the city of Essen bought the Schlenhof to expand the sewage treatment plant on the Berne . Today Schlenhofstraße connects Grillostraße with Reckhammerweg in a southerly direction. The part of today's Gladbecker Strasse between the city ​​center and Reckhammerweg once belonged to Schlenhofstrasse, and it continued north over today's Kallenbergstrasse , where it flows back into today's Gladbecker Strasse.
Segerothstrasse	350 (in the district)	Segeroth district	July 6, 1866	The former urban pasture Segeroth became in the time of industrialization towards the end of the 19th century a district of Essen, which today belongs to the north quarter. Before the Second World War, there were sometimes violent clashes in the working-class district due to social tensions. Segerothstrasse was renamed Heinrich-Unger-Strasse at the time of National Socialism , which was taken back in 1945. The Segerothstraße leads as part of the state road L64 from the Westviertel to the Nordviertel, where it has continued as Bottroper Straße since August 27, 1927, but until then was called Segerothstraße throughout.
Sigsfeldstrasse	240	Hans Bartsch von Sigsfeld , inventor, aeronaut	July 20, 1966	The Sigsfeldstrasse, which was previously III. Siedlerweg , branches off south of the Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard and meets the Riedingerstrasse and the Leimkugelstrasse.
Stoppenberger Strasse	1070 (in the district)	Main road to Stoppenberg , former mayor's office, now part of town	around 1860	The Stoppenberger Strasse originally ran from Viehofer Platz in the city ​​center over the Kleine Stoppenberger Strasse, which has been named since 1985, and further east over the Lützowstrasse, which has been named since 1964, to Stoppenberg. In 1964 the two street names Lützowstrasse and Stoppenberger Strasse were swapped between Karolinger Strasse and Essener Strasse (in Stoppenberg). Since then, the northern street has been Stoppenberger Strasse and the southern one has been Lützowstrasse. The entire original street was renamed Karpinskistraße between 1933 and 1945 during the National Socialist era .
Süderichstrasse	310	Süderich, field name	May 18, 1894	The Flur Am Süderich is mentioned in the mother role of 1826. Süderichstraße branches off to the west of Karolinger Straße, crosses Eltingstraße and then ends as a dead end. Until about 1965 it led west to Altenessener Strasse.
RWE place	310	The nucleus of the energy supplier RWE		The RWE-Platz, which will be newly built in 2018/2019, is located in the area of ​​the former Victoria Mathias colliery , which supplied the steam generated in the mine’s boiler house to the first local power station. The new company RWE was founded on April 25, 1898. In the years 2018 to around 2020, it will build its new corporate headquarters on this site, which RWE has never left completely, and will thus return to its roots. The RWE-Platz is therefore not located in an urban area, but on company premises.
Theodorstrasse	120	Heinrich Theodor Ostermann, businessman, industrialist	Nov 29, 1889	Heinrich Theodor Ostermann was born on August 23, 1822 in Essen. The businessman was the owner of the Eichenberg & Kleinrahm machine factory on Waterloostrasse. The work was later transferred to Emil Wolf. Ostermann owned a number of mine fields in Altenessen , which formed the basis for founding the Neu-Essen mining company. The area on which Ostermannstrasse and Theodorstrasse were laid out was also his property. Ostermann was a city councilor between 1863 and 1874. He died in Essen on February 10, 1895. Theodorstrasse connects Eltingstrasse with Altenessener Strasse.
Crucible Street	260	Crucible , vessel for melting metals	July 9, 1915	The Tiegelstraße, which was previously called Großenbruchstraße , connects the Reckhammerweg with the Schlenhofstraße.
Universitätsstrasse	470	Location at the University of Essen	June 23, 1976	Universitätsstrasse, which was previously called Unionstrasse, was named in 1976 after the University of Essen established here. Universitätsstrasse connects Segerothstrasse with Gladbecker Strasse.
Waterloostrasse		Waterloo , city in Belgium	Nov 14, 1935	A Waterloostraße was laid out before 1907, which led from the former Waterlooplatz to the north and roughly merged into today's Helen-Keller-Straße. It was probably closed and built over before 1927. Today's Waterloostraße runs from Altenessener Straße in a south-easterly direction, crosses Eltingstraße and ends as a dead end. It was connected to Karolingerstrasse until the 1970s.
Zwingliplatz	50 × 50	Huldrych Zwingli , Swiss theologian, first Zurich reformer		Zwingliplatz is located between Elting-, Waterloo- and Zwinglistraße.
Zwinglistraße	140	Huldrych Zwingli , Swiss theologian, first Zurich reformer	Dec 16, 1970	Zwinglistraße, which was previously called Sternstraße , is a spur road that branches off from Eltingstraße to the northeast.

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
Amalienstraße	before 1894	after 1955	repealed and overbuilt		The Amalienstraße connected the Helenenstraße with the horse tramway to the northeast of the Amalie colliery .
Antonstrasse	before 1907	after 1955	repealed and overbuilt		The Antonstraße connected the Süderichstraße in parallel between the Eltingstraße and the Altenessener Straße with the Bruchstraße, today's Waterloostraße.
On d. Stopping	Dec 5, 1951	July 20, 1966	repealed and overbuilt		The street on d. Stüppen was in the third row after the street Im Westerdorferfeld and the Kallenbergsweg south parallel to Bamlerstraße (today Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard) and connected the I. and III. Settlers Way. Today the street is built over with the Stadtwiese industrial area.
Auguststrasse	before 1893	after 1945	repealed and overbuilt		Auguststrasse branched off south of the Pferdebahnstrasse and followed the former Rhenish railway line northwards , with a connection to Segerothstrasse until after 1936.
Bamlerstrasse	Aug 28, 1927	April 16, 2013	→  Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard	Karl Bernhard Bamler , meteorologist and balloonist	In 2013, Bamlerstrasse in the north quarter was incorporated into Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard. The smaller section in the Altenessen- Süd district kept this name.
Blücherstrasse	before 1907	after 1919	repealed and overbuilt		This Blücherstrasse connected the street Am Freistein in a southerly direction, crossing today's Lützowstrasse, with the Herzogstrasse. For today's street, see Blücherstraße .
Bohrerstrasse	before 1907	after 1955	canceled		The structurally existing Bohrerstraße branches off as a cul-de-sac north of Blumenfeldstraße east of Gladbecker Straße. Its name was canceled after 1955 and the street was added to Gladbecker Straße.
Bottroper Strasse	before 1894	July 9, 1915	repealed and overbuilt	City of Bottrop	The Zollstrasse coming from Altendorf was originally called Bottroper Strasse. It led from Helenenstrasse in an easterly direction onto the former Amalienstraße . To the west of Helenenstrasse, as the border between Altendorf and Bochold , Zollstrasse still exists today.
Dennewitzstrasse	before 1907	after 1936	repealed and overbuilt		Dennewitzstrasse led to the former Waterlooplatz .
Dreherstrasse	before 1907	after 1945	repealed and overbuilt	Lathe operator , metalworking profession	Dreherstraße connected Wegedisteln and Formerstraße east of Schlenhofstraße. It had to give way to the expansion of Gladbecker Strasse.
Formerstrasse	before 1907	after 1945	repealed and overbuilt		Formerstrasse branched off as a spur road north of Blumenfeldstrasse east of Gladbecker Strasse (then part of Schlenhofstrasse).
Gabelsbergerstrasse	before 1910	after 1965	repealed and overbuilt		Gabelsbergerstrasse was on what is now the university campus. It was built over with the university in the early 1970s .
Gas street	March 1, 1901	July 9, 1915	→  Chisel road
Giesserstrasse	before 1907	after 1970	repealed and overbuilt	Foundry , metalworking profession	Gießerstraße branched off north of Universitätsstraße (then Unionstraße) and was located on today's university grounds. It was lifted in the early 1970s when the university was built.
Gladbecker Strasse	before 1907	around 1928	repealed and overbuilt	City of Gladbeck	The former Gladbecker Straße, which was called Kirchheller Straße from around 1928 , was a street branching off east of Helenenstraße, north of the Amalie colliery . For today's street of the same name, see Gladbecker Straße .
Border road		July 9, 1915	→  Overbergstrasse
Grossenbruchstrasse	June 10, 1887	July 9, 1915	→  Tiegelstrasse
Hammerstrasse	Jan. 17, 1868	Nov 20, 1937	→  Assmannstrasse		Hammerstraße ran on today's Assmannweg, which was part of Reckhammerweg until 1990, further north in the Altenessen- Süd district.
Heinrich-Unger-Strasse	June 17, 1939	May 15, 1945	→  Segerothstrasse	Heinrich Unger , NSDAP politician and SA leader	Renamed during the Nazi era in order to promote the symbolic form of the seizure of power .
Herbert-Norkus-Strasse	June 5, 1934	May 15, 1945	→  Blumenfeldstrasse	Herbert Norkus , Hitler Youth killed by communists , so-called blood witness	Renamed during the Nazi era in order to promote the symbolic form of the seizure of power .
Hermannplatz	Nov 15, 1895	Nov 20, 1937	→  Eltingplatz	Hermann Elting , building contractor, city councilor, see Eltingplatz
Hermannstrasse	Nov 15, 1895	Nov 20, 1937	→  Eltingstrasse	Hermann Elting , building contractor, city councilor, see Eltingplatz
Horster Street	Feb 13, 1896	Nov 20, 1937	→  Karolingerstraße →  Unsuhrstraße
In the Westerdorferfeld	Dec 5, 1951	July 20, 1966	repealed and overbuilt		The street Im Westerdorferfeld was south parallel to Bamlerstrasse (today Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard) and connected the I. and III. Settlers Way. Today the street is built over with the Stadtwiese industrial area.
Josephstrasse	before 1907	after 1965	repealed and overbuilt		Josephstraße, which was previously called Kleine Mathias-Straße , branched off south of Grillostraße and led across today's university grounds to Universitätsstraße (then Unionstraße). It was lifted in the early 1970s when the university was built.
Kallenbergsweg	Dec 5, 1951	July 20, 1966	repealed and overbuilt	Kallenberg, rider of the former Koopmann farm	For the courtyard, see Kallenbergstrasse . The Kallenbergsweg was in the second row after the street Im Westerdorferfeld south parallel to the Bamlerstraße (today Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard) and connected the I. and III. Settlers Way. Today the street is built over with the Stadtwiese industrial area.
Kapellenstrasse	around 1893	around 1957	overbuilt and repealed		Kapellenstrasse was a western cul-de-sac from Bottroper Strasse, between Hans-Böcklerstrasse and Paulstrasse.
Karpinskistraße	around 1933	May 15, 1945	→  Lützowstrasse →  Kleine Stoppenberger Strasse →  Stoppenberger Strasse		Renamed during the Nazi era in order to promote the symbolic form of the seizure of power .
Kirchheller Strasse	around 1928	after 1955	repealed and overbuilt		Kirchheller Strasse, previously called Gladbecker Strasse , was an eastern cul-de-sac from Helenenstrasse north of the Amalie colliery .
Kleine Hammerstrasse	May 18, 1898	Aug 28, 1927	→  Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard	Relation to the former Hammerstraße	Kleine Hammerstraße was called Bamlerstraße in 1927 before this street was annexed to Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard in 2013.
Kleine Mathias Street	before 1893	before 1910	repealed and overbuilt	Based on the crossing Mathiasstrasse	Kleine Mathias-Strasse, which was later called Josephstrasse , branched off south of Grillostrasse and led across today's university grounds to Universitätsstrasse (then Unionstrasse).
Kleine Niederstrasse	Jan. 17, 1868	2nd July 1958	→  To St. Marien	Relation to Niederstrasse
Knappenstrasse	before 1910	before 1927	repealed and overbuilt		Knappenstrasse, which was previously called Mindener Strasse and later Veltenstrasse , branched off north of today's Universitätsstrasse (then Unionstrasse) and continued on what is now the university campus.
Koelner Strasse	before 1893	before 1910	repealed and overbuilt	Based on the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , which built the nearby Segeroth station at the time	Kölner Strasse, later called Schachtstrasse , branched off to the east of Segerothstrasse and continued on what is now the university campus.
Körnerstrasse	Nov 15, 1895	May 27, 1902	→  Blumenfeldstrasse
Koopmannstrasse	July 9, 1915	Aug 9, 1927	→  Gladbecker Strasse		Koopmannstrasse was the northern part of Gladbecker Strasse, which forms the border between the north quarter and Altenessen- Süd. This part was previously called Unionstrasse .
Long street	before 1907	before 1927	repealed and overbuilt		Langestrasse branched off as a spur road east of Schlenhofstrasse at the level of the opposite Meißelstrasse.
Luisenburg	before 1907	after 1955	repealed and overbuilt		The street Luisenburg was located to the west parallel to the Scharnhorststraße. From today's perspective, it connected the street Am Freistein with Lützowstraße, which was then called Stoppenberger Straße.
Machine line	before 1907	after 1970	repealed and overbuilt		Maschinenstrasse branched off to the west of Gladbecker Strasse and thus ran north parallel to today's Universitätsstrasse (then Unionstrasse). It was lifted in the early 1970s when the university was built.
Mathiasstrasse	before 1893	after 1970	repealed and overbuilt	Mathias Stinnes , entrepreneur, laid the foundation stone for Stinnes AG	Mathiasstrasse branched off east of Segerothstrasse and met today's Universitätsstrasse (then Unionstrasse). It was lifted in the early 1970s when the university was built.
Mauerstrasse	around 1868	around 1957	→  Niederstrasse		Mauerstraße is now the western, north-facing part of Niederstraße, which was once connected to Pferdebahnstraße.
Mindener Strasse	before 1893	before 1910	repealed and overbuilt	Based on the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , which built the nearby Segeroth station at the time	Mindener Straße, which was later called Knappenstraße and then Veltenstraße , branched off north of today's Universitätsstraße (then Unionstraße) and continued on what is now the university grounds .
Nettelbeckstrasse	before 1907	before 1927	repealed and overbuilt		Nettelbeckstrasse connected Altenessener Strasse with Karolingerstrasse (then Horster Strasse) to the north, parallel to today's Blücherstrasse.
Nürnberger Strasse	May 11, 1906	Feb. 18, 1916	→  Blücherstrasse
Parallel street	Jan. 17, 1868	July 15, 1915	→  Reckhammerweg		In 1915, the parallel street became part of Hammerstraße, which continued to the north . In 1937 it was renamed Reckhammerweg in the north quarter.
Pausstrasse	before 1907	after 1965	repealed and overbuilt		Paussstrasse branched off east of Segerothstrasse and was located on what is now the university campus. It was built over with the university in the early 1970s .
Shaft street	before 1910	after 1970	repealed and overbuilt		Schachtstrasse, which was previously called Mindener Strasse and then Schachtstrasse , branched off east of Segerothstrasse and led to today's university campus. It was lifted in the early 1970s when the university was built.
I. Settlers Way	Dec 5, 1951	July 20, 1966	→  Riedingerstrasse
II. Settlers Way	Dec 5, 1951	July 20, 1966	repealed and overbuilt		The II. Siedlerweg was parallel between the I. and III. Settlers Way. Today it is built over with the Stadtwiese industrial area.
III. Settlers Way	Dec 5, 1951	July 20, 1966	→  Sigsfeldstrasse
Söllingstrasse	Nov 15, 1895	Feb 14, 1966	→  Goldschmidtstrasse	Heinrich Carl Sölling , businessman, city councilor, honorary citizen
Soldiers Meadow	Feb 25, 1937	May 22, 1945	→  Jakobstrasse		Renamed during the Nazi era in order to promote the symbolic form of the seizure of power .
Sternstrasse	Feb. 24, 1899	Dec 16, 1970	→  Zwinglistraße
Pride Street	before 1910	after 1965	repealed and overbuilt		Stolzestrasse was on what is now the university campus. It was overbuilt in the early 1970s when the university was built.
Turmfeldstrasse	before 1910	after 1970	repealed and overbuilt	Tower field, field name	Turmfeldstrasse branched off south of today's Universitätsstrasse (then Unionstrasse) and partly ran parallel to it.
Unionstrasse (north)	Nov 27, 1903	July 9, 1915	→  Gladbecker Strasse	Maschinenbau AG Union	From 1915 this Unionstrasse was called Koopmannstrasse . It was the northern part of Gladbecker Straße, which forms the border between the northern quarter and Altenessen- Süd. In addition, today's Universitätsstrasse was also called Unionstrasse . On July 1, 1871, the machine factory founded by Ewald Hilger in 1857 was merged with the Essen machine factory and was given the name Maschinenbau AG Essener Union . This was particularly geared towards the coal industry. Their operations finally ceased in 1913.
Unionstrasse (south)	July 1, 1891	June 23, 1976	→  Universitätsstrasse	Maschinenbau AG Union	A northern part of today's Gladbecker Strasse is also Unionstrasse . On July 1, 1871, the machine factory founded by Ewald Hilger in 1857 was merged with the Essen machine factory and was given the name Maschinenbau AG Essener Union . This was particularly geared towards the coal industry. Their operations finally ceased in 1913.
Veltenstrasse	before 1927	after 1970	repealed and overbuilt		The Veltenstraße, which was previously called Knappenstraße and before that Mindener Straße , branched off north of today's Universitätsstraße (then Unionstraße) and continued on what is now the university grounds . It was lifted in the early 1970s when the university was built.
Viehofer Chaussee		Aug 7, 1908	→  Altenessener Strasse	Chaussee to the former cattle yard
Vogelheimer Strasse	before 1894	before 1927	repealed and overbuilt	Vogelheim , now part of Essen	Vogelheimer Strasse was a street branching off northeast from the former Amalienstraße , north of the Amalie colliery .
Waldthausenstrasse	Nov 15, 1895	after 1955	Branch today part of the Kleine Stoppenberger Straße	Waldthausen , patrician family	Waldthausenstrasse branched off south of today's Kleine Stoppenberger Strasse and led under the railway line to the east quarter , where this street still bears this name today.
Waterloo Square	before 1907	after 1919	repealed and overbuilt	Waterloo , city in Belgium	The Waterlooplatz was north of the street Am Freistein and is built over with today's Stoppenberger Straße.
Waterloostrasse	before 1907	after 1919	partially → repealed and built over →  Helen-Keller-Straße	Waterloo , city in Belgium	The former Waterloostraße led from the former Waterlooplatz in a northerly direction. For today's Waterloostrasse, see Waterloostrasse .
Thistles	before 1907	after 1945	repealed and overbuilt		The road Wegedisteln branched off as a cul-de-sac east of Schlenhofstraße, at the level of the opposite Reckhammerweg. It had to give way to the expansion of Gladbecker Strasse.
Welheimer Strasse	before 1894	after 1945	repealed and overbuilt	Welheim , today a district of Bottrop	The Welheimer Strasse was a northeastern strait of the former Amalienstraße northeast of the Amalie colliery .
Yorckstrasse	March 11, 1898	December 11, 1931	→  Altenbergstrasse
Zollstrasse	July 9, 1915	after 1936	repealed and overbuilt	Constantin Zöller, teacher	The Zollstrasse coming from Altendorf , originally called Bottroper Strasse , led from Helenenstrasse in an easterly direction onto the former Amalienstrasse . To the west of Helenenstrasse, as the border between Altendorf and Bochold , Zollstrasse still exists today. The teacher Constantin Zöller was born on June 22, 1826 in Ruhrort . Even before the street numbering existed, he owned the house in Bochold No. 156. That was the reason for Borbeck's mayor Rudolf Heinrich to name the street Zollstrasse. Heinrich liked to assign short street names, as it was not yet customary to put the street name at the beginning and the end of a street, but rather to put it on the house number plates. After renumbering, Constantin Zöller lived at Zollstrasse 1. He died on July 1, 1901 in Borbeck.

See also

• List of streets in Essen-Ostviertel
• List of streets in Essen city center
• List of streets in Essen-Südostviertel
• List of streets in Essen-Südviertel
• List of streets in Essen-Westviertel

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. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} overview plan of the city of Essen, land surveying office of the city of Essen, December 1910
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Official city map of Essen 1970
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} map of the Essen city district, May 1893, Köndgen city geometer
6. ↑ Plan of the city of Essen, city measurement office April 1927