List of streets in Essen-Südostviertel

The list of streets in Essen-Südostviertel describes the street system in Essen 's Südostviertel with the corresponding historical references.

Introduction and overview

In Essen Southeast district, next to the town center , the North , the East , the South and the West district belongs to the city, today 12,907 inhabitants (31 March 2020) on an area of just one square kilometer. The southeast quarter belongs to the postal code district 45289.

In large areas in the southeast quarter, streets in memory of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 are named after military personnel and important battlefields. In addition, south-western parts of the district belong to the Moltkeviertel .

The boundaries of the southeast quarter are formed as follows:
In the west by the railway line from Essen-Werden to Essen-Hauptbahnhof ; in the north by the Dortmund – Duisburg railway line ; in the east (starting in the north) through Bolckendyck Street, Kaisershofstraße, Wörthstraße, Spichernstraße and Herwarthstraße; in the south by the southern edge of the Ostfriedhof , Schinkelstrasse and Moltkestrasse.

In the southeast quarter there are 55 designated traffic areas, including six squares .
The following streets are only partially in the district:
Blumenthalstraße, Burggrafenstraße, Gerhard-Stötzel-Straße, Herwarthstraße, Kaisershofstraße, Moltkestraße, Ruhrallee, Saarbrücker Straße, Schinkelstraße, Semperstraße, Steeler Straße

Run through the Südostviertel district:

• the federal highway 40 ,
• the state road L20 on the Krampestrasse from Huttrop to the east quarter ,
• the state road L448 on Steeler Strasse from the city ​​center to Huttrop and
• the Landesstraße L451 on Kurfürstenstraße from Steeler Straße to the Südviertel .

List of streets

The following table gives an overview of the streets and paths in the district with corresponding 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 the south-east district, 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
At the Ostpark	50	Street at Ostpark, today's Diether-Krebs-Platz	June 29, 1967	Today's stub road continued as Metzer Straße to today's Metzer Straße north of federal motorway 40 , but was cut up by the construction of this in the 1960s and renamed in the southern part to Am Ostpark. For the same reason, the Ostpark, which was laid out in 1902 and has been called Dieter-Krebs-Platz since 2011, lost a large proportion of its space.
On the Danube	700	On the Danube, field name	Jan. 17, 1868	The lowland of the Gildehofsmühle was called Auf der Donau. The current course of the road leads over the Flur op der Dunau ; In 1458 it was called boven der dunouwe . The street Auf der Donau begins on Kurfürstenstraße in a northerly direction, is then cut up by the A40 and then runs as a border to the east quarter in a north-easterly direction to Steeler Straße.
Bassinstrasse	160	Location at the former high basin for the water supply	Jan. 17, 1868	Before the construction of the nearby water tower on Steeler Berg in 1883, there was a raised water basin on Bassinstrasse from the Essen municipal utilities for the municipal aqueduct. Bassinstrasse, originally called Am Hochbassin , connects Eickenscheidter Fuhr with Von der-Tann-Strasse.
Belfortstrasse	180	War memory in Belfort	March 1, 1901	The eastern French city of Belfort surrendered to German troops in the Franco-Prussian War on February 16, 1871. Belfortstrasse connects the street Auf der Donau with Dammannstrasse.
Blumenthalstrasse	100 (in the district)	Leonhard von Blumenthal , Field Marshal General	May 4th 1900	The Blumenthalstrasse, named after the Prussian officer Leonard von Blumenthal, leads from the Markgrafenstrasse to Huttrop .
Bolckendyck	70	Bolckendyck, field name	March 8, 1922	The street named after the Bolckendyck corridor leads from Gerhard-Stötzel-Straße to Obernitzstraße, where it forms the border with Huttrop and then continues to Huttrop.
Bredowstrasse	140	Adalbert von Bredow , Prussian officer, most recently lieutenant general	May 4th 1900	Bredowstrasse got its name in memory of Albert von Bredow, who was the leader of a cavalry brigade in the Franco-Prussian War . Bredowstraße connects Eickenscheidter Fuhr with Von der-Tann-Straße.
Burggrafenstrasse	300 (in the district)	Burgrave of Nuremberg	March 11, 1896	The Burggrafenstrasse is reminiscent of the burgraves of Nuremberg from the Hohenzollern family . Burggrafenstrasse is part of a street that was planned around 1890 as a ring road around the then urban area and was intended to remind of the history of the House of Hohenzollern. This ring road began with Hohenzollernstrasse and continued with the gradually named streets Kaiserstrasse (today part of Hohenzollernstrasse), Kronprinzenstrasse, Kurfürstenstrasse, Markgrafenstrasse, Burggrafenstrasse, Herzogstrasse and Nürnberger Strasse (today Blücherstrasse). Burggrafenstraße runs from Kaisershofstraße in a northerly direction into the east quarter .
Dammannstrasse	560	Julius Dammann , pastor	June 5, 1934	Named after the once active in food clergy Julius Dammann Dammann road that previously Ruhrstraße was said that leads from the Ruhrallee in an arc over the Elector road to the Federal Highway 40 , where it ends as a dead end. Until 1967 it continued on the railway line as far as Straße Auf der Donau, but was separated by the construction of the A40 and became Franz-Arens-Straße in the northern part.
Diether-Krebs-Platz	75 × 60	Diether Krebs , actor, comedian	Nov 1, 2011	Today's Diether-Krebs-Platz is the former Ostpark, which was laid out in 1902. The park was once 1.25 hectares in size, but its area was significantly reduced when the Federal Motorway 40 was built in the 1960s.
Dornemannplatz	60 × 40	Dornemann, court treated	Aug 9, 1927	There is an official justification for 1927, based on Carl Meyer, Geschichte Stoppenberg , second edition 1900, page 173: a Dornemann is said to have been treated with the Huttrop court in the 15th century; which is, however, a confusion with the Gut to Huntrope ( Höntrop ). The Dornemannplatz borders north on the federal highway 40 and is touched by the Kaisershofstraße, so that it is partly part of Huttrop .
Eickenscheidter Fuhr	560	Way to the former Oberhof Eickenscheidt	around 1860	The street is named after an old driveway between Essen and the former Oberhof Eickenscheidt in Kray , mentioned around 860 to 869 . As early as 1388, this name was handed down as Ekescheder Voyrt. The street Eickenscheidter Fuhr runs roughly parallel between the federal highway 40 and the Franziskanerstraße.
Eintrachtstrasse	150	Eintracht Bau- und Sparverein eGmbH	June 16, 1905	The street name goes back to the Eintracht Bau- und Sparverein eGmbH founded on December 4, 1904 by railway workers. They built 160 apartments near what was then the Essen Hbf railway depot . In 1941, Eintracht merged with the housing company Ruhr-Niederrhein mbH Essen, a company of the Deutsche Reichsbahn . The Eintrachtstrasse connects the Krampestrasse with the Gerhard-Stötzel-Strasse.
Franz-Arens-Strasse	150	Franz Arens, Essen politician and historical researcher	June 29, 1967	Johann Franz Heinrich Arens was born in Essen on October 30, 1849. He was a local politician and historian in Essen. He died on December 19, 1920 and was buried in the Ostfriedhof . Franz-Arens-Straße was originally part of the former Ruhrstraße , which was renamed Dammannstraße in 1934 . With the construction of the federal motorway 40 , it was structurally separated from Dammannstrasse and in 1967 it was named Franz-Arens-Strasse.
Franziskanerhöhe	110	Franciscan monastery and church	March 8, 1922	It is named after the neighboring Franciscan monastery, completed in 1904. The associated Franciscan church was completed in 1911 and belonged to the mother parish of St. Michael am Wasserturm. In 1931 the monastery church received its own asset management as Rectorate Heilig Kreuz and thus left the St. Michael parish. Pastoral care was entrusted to the Franciscans. At the time of National Socialism , it was renamed to Kapitän-Lehmann-Höhe from 1937 to 1945 . The Franziskanerhöhe strait branches off to the west of Burggrafenstraße.
Franziskanerstrasse	810	Franciscan monastery and church	June 16, 1905	It is named after the neighboring Franciscan monastery, completed in 1904. The associated Franciscan church was completed in 1911 and belonged to the mother parish of St. Michael am Wasserturm. In 1931 the monastery church received its own asset management as Rectorate Heilig Kreuz and thus left the St. Michael parish. Pastoral care was entrusted to the Franciscans. At the time of National Socialism , it was renamed Kapitän-Lehmann-Straße from 1937 to 1945 . Franziskanerstraße connects Steeler Straße with Krampestraße.
Geisbergstrasse	120	Battle of Weissenburg (1870)	March 11, 1898	The name was given in memory of the Battle of Geisberg near Weißenburg on August 4, 1870 in the Franco-German War . Geisbergstrasse connects Franz-Arens-Strasse with Kleine Steubenstrasse.
Gerhard-Stötzel-Strasse	300 (in the district)	Gerhard Stötzel , Center Party politician	May 23, 1980	Gerhard-Stötzel-Strasse, which was previously part of Eickenscheidter Fuhr, leads from Krampestrasse to Bolckendyck and on to Huttrop .
Goebenstrasse	240	August Karl von Goeben , Prussian general of the infantry	July 8, 1892	Goebenstrasse, named in memory of General August Karl von Goeben's war, connects Franziskanerstrasse with Von-der-Tann-Strasse.
Hagenaustrasse	290	Battle near Haguenau , city in Alsace	May 4th 1900	The street got its name in memory of a battle that took place near Hagenau during the Battle of Wörth on August 6, 1870. Hagenaustraße, previously called Kesselstraße , connects Saarbrücker Straße with Steeler Straße, although a passage to this is structurally prevented.
Heilermannstrasse	290	Hermann Schmiemann (called Heilermann), grammar school director, secret councilor	Nov 29, 1967	Hermann Schmiemann (called Heilermann) was born on January 15, 1820 in Waltrop . From 1864 to 1895 he was the head of the Second Order Secondary School in Essen. After the Humboldt-Gymnasium was branched off in 1893 , it became today's Helmholtz-Gymnasium . In 1889, Heilermann established a foundation to support worthy and poorly well-off students in the upper classes of the secondary school. Heilermann died on September 28, 1899 in Bad Godesberg . On January 23, 1957, a Heilermannstrasse that had existed since around 1894 near the Goldschmidt works in the east quarter was closed. Today's Heilermannstraße forms the exit from the federal highway 40 in the direction of Bochum up to the Steeler Straße.
Herwarthstrasse	450 (in the district)	Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld , Field Marshal General	May 5, 1908	Herwarthstrasse, which was previously called Grenzstrasse , runs in the southeast quarter from Spichernstrasse over Steeler Strasse to just before Klara-Kopp-Weg, where it forms the border with Huttrop .
Kaisershofstrasse	210 (in the district)	Kaisershof, court name	around 1898	Between 1376 and 1380 the Kaisershof was separated from the Huttrop farm and came into the possession of the Essen monastery . The name of the farm comes from what is believed to be the first sitter named Kaiser. The Essen historian Konrad Ribbeck said that the name was added after a certain role in the annual carnival parades, similar to the courts of Paus (= Pope), Kardenal etc. The name Kaiser appears for the first time in 1380 in Huttrop and takes 1505 in another Paper relates to the court for the first time. In the land registry of 1668 Johan Keysser is the owner of the 31-  acre farm. In 1795, the middle peasant Keizer and, as manorial rule, the high counts chapter are mentioned. The court was a personal profit of the Count's Ladies Chapter. The last victims in 1766 were Johan Didrich Kaiser and his wife. The last court farmer was Otto Kaiser. The farm was managed until 1924 and was completely sold until 1928. The Allbau built today's housing estate. The Kaisershofstraße connects parallel to the Bundesautobahn 40 the Storpplatz with the street Twingenbergplatz in Huttrop, whereby it forms the border to Huttrop in its western part . It was renamed Felgendreherstrasse on May 8, 1933 at the time of National Socialism . On May 15, 1945 it got its old name back.
Little Steubenstrasse	180	Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben , Prussian officer and American general	June 29, 1967	Kleine Steubenstrasse, which was previously called Friedenstrasse , was part of Steubenstrasse from 1931 to 1967. With the construction of the federal highway 40 , the Steubenstrasse was cut, whereby the southern part of the street kept its name and the northern part was renamed to the Kleine Steubenstrasse. The Kleine Steubenstraße connects the Wächtlerstraße with the street Auf der Donau.
Klenzestrasse	90	Leo von Klenze , architect, painter and writer	Nov 20, 1937	Klenzestrasse, which was previously called Am Ostfriedhof , to the west of the Ostfriedhof , connects Dammannstrasse with Schinkelstrasse
Krampestrasse	280	Krampe, Kotten	Apr 21, 1911	The rider of the Kottens was Anton Krampe. In the list of goods from 1826, the Kotten is listed with a size of 15  acres . It was in the immediate vicinity of the Vorrathshof and in 1901 became the property of the city of Essen. Krampestrasse leads from Burggrafenstrasse to Kaisershofstrasse, where it turns into Oberschlesienstrasse.
Kurfürstenplatz	120 × 90	Location on Kurfürstenstrasse	Jan. 4, 1895	Kurfürstenplatz is between Kurfürstenstrasse and the Viktoria-Gymnasium .
Kurfürstenstrasse	630	History of the House of Hohenzollern	Jan. 4, 1895	The Kurfürstenstraße belongs to a street that was planned around 1890 as a ring road around the then urban area and was intended to remind of the history of the House of Hohenzollern. This ring road began with Hohenzollernstrasse and continued with the gradually named streets Kaiserstrasse (today part of Hohenzollernstrasse), Kronprinzenstrasse, Kurfürstenstrasse, Markgrafenstrasse, Burggrafenstrasse, Herzogstrasse and Nürnberger Strasse (today Blücherstrasse). Kurfürstenstraße leads from Steeler Straße, as an extension of Markgrafenstraße, in a south-westerly direction and merges into Kronprinzenstraße in the southern quarter .
Leopoldstrasse	200	Leopold II , Holy Roman Emperor	July 1, 1891	Leopold II was the last emperor to confirm the privileges of the monastery city of Essen. Leopoldstrasse leads from Eickenscheidter Fuhr via Steeler Strasse to Wächtlerstrasse. To the north of Steeler Strasse, it was called Kohlstrasse since 1887 and was also extended to Leopoldstrasse there on 9th 1915.
Manteuffelstrasse	360	Edwin von Manteuffel , Prussian Field Marshal General	May 4th 1900	Manteuffelstraße connects Hagenaustraße with Dammannstraße.
Markgrafenstrasse	430	Margrave of Brandenburg, title of every emperor from the house of Hohenzollern	Jan. 4, 1895	The German emperors from the House of Hohenzollern also held the title of Margrave of Brandenburg. The Markgrafenstraße belongs to a street that was planned around 1890 as a ring road around the then urban area and was intended to remind of the history of the House of Hohenzollern. This ring road began with Hohenzollernstrasse and continued with the gradually named streets Kaiserstrasse (today part of Hohenzollernstrasse), Kronprinzenstrasse, Kurfürstenstrasse, Markgrafenstrasse, Burggrafenstrasse, Herzogstrasse and Nürnberger Strasse (today Blücherstrasse). Markgrafenstrasse leads from Steeler Strasse, in extension of Kurfürstenstrasse, in a north-easterly direction. It once went over to Burggrafenstrasse, but was separated from it in the 1960s when the Federal Motorway 40 was built .
Metz Street	280	War memory of the French city of Metz	March 11, 1898	Named in memory of the siege and conquest of the city of Metz in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 . Metzer Strasse connects Franziskanerstrasse with Von-der-Tann-Strasse.
Michaelstrasse	440	St. Michael at the water tower	May 4th 1900	At the beginning of 1900 the St. Michael Church Building Association was founded, from which the St. Michael Church emerged. Its first building fell victim to the Second World War . After the war, today's church was built on Michaelstrasse. Michaelstraße connects the street Auf der Donau with Werderstraße.
Moltkeplatz	440	Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke , Field Marshal General	16 Sep 1910	Moltkeplatz, which was previously called Huttroper Platz , is a street that runs east of Moltkeplatz. It connects the Ruhrallee with the Moltkestrasse.
Moltkestrasse	290 (in the district)	Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke , Field Marshal General	Feb. 4, 1900	Coming from Huttrop , Moltkestrasse leads from Schinkelstrasse to the railway line from Essen to Werden and from there to the southern district . At this length it forms the border to the Huttrop district.
Morsehofstrasse	170	Morse, court name	May 4th 1900	The Morsehof was probably separated from the Brünglinghaus fiefdom around 1170. The court belonging to canon Johan Varnhorst was bequeathed to the Vicarie BMV by him in 1493. In 1496 a Johan Morse is mentioned in Brungelinchusen. According to the land register of 1668, the owner of the 23  acre farm at that time was Henrich Morse. In 1795 the landlord of the vicarius Leimgard and the horse-tailed Morse are named. The last winners this year were Wilhelm Morse and Maria, nee Kaiser. In 1831 the hereditary right of use of the now 43  acre farm was recognized by the domain treasury. In 1844 Wilhelm Morse jun. the fiscal burdens and thus became the unrestricted owner. In 1894 the farm passed to the couple Theodor Brünglinghaus and Gertrud geboere Plantenberg. After the city of Essen acquired the farm in 1896, the city's eastern cemetery was created on the site . Morsehofstrasse, which was laid out on May 4, 1900, initially led from Ruhrallee to Steubenstrasse and was extended to Herwarthstrasse on July 9, 1915. Today's Morsehofstraße was called Forbacher Straße from 1899 to 1915 between Herwarthstraße and Saarbrücker Straße .
Obernitzstrasse	160	Hugo von Obernitz , Prussian officer, adjutant general of Kaiser Wilhelm I.	July 20, 1906	Obernitzstraße connects Eintrachtstraße with Bolckendyck street, forming the suburb of Huttrop between Dornemannplatz and Bolckendyck .
Pater-Christoph-Höttges-Platz	40 × 40	Christoph Höttges, priest of the Heilig Kreuz parish	Nov 1, 2011	Christoph Höttges was born on December 24, 1935 in Mönchengladbach . He joined the Franciscan Order in 1959 and took his vows in 1963 . In 1965 he was ordained a priest in Essen. He worked as an educator in the Franziskus boarding school in Vossenack and in accompanying young Franciscan students on the Apollinarisberg in Remagen . In 1988 he took up his post as pastor of the Heilig Kreuz parish in Essen's south-east district. Christoph Höttges died on November 2, 2010 in Essen. Pater-Christoph-Höttges-Platz is located between Krampestrasse and Burggrafenstrasse.
Ruhrallee	350 (in the district)	Avenue to the Ruhr	Feb. 4, 1904	Coming from Huttrop , the Ruhrallee leads from Schinkelstrasse to Kurfürstenstrasse.
Saarbrücker Strasse	670 (in the district)	Battle on August 2, 1870 near Saarbrücken	March 11, 1898	The name is reminiscent of the battle on August 2, 1870 at the time of the Franco-German War . The original Saarbrücker Straße led from Huttropstraße in Huttrop , via Herwarthstraße, which forms the border of the district, to today's Morsehofstraße in the southeast quarter and was previously called Hohe Straße . In 1928 it was extended from there to Ruhrallee, where parts of it were previously called Morsehofstraße and Forbacher Straße .
Schinkelstrasse	490 (in the area)	Karl Friedrich Schinkel , architect, town planner, painter, graphic artist and set designer	Nov 26, 1909	The former home of Federal President Gustav Heinemann is on Schinkelstrasse . The Schinkelstraße leads from the Saarbrücker Straße in a southerly direction over the Ruhrallee, from where it forms the border to Huttrop . From Moltkestrasse it continues in Huttrop.
Schmettaustraße	280	Maximilian Graf von Schmettau, Prussian Colonel	May 4th 1900	It was named as a war memory of Maximilian Graf von Schmettau. He was born on October 15, 1824 in Brauchitschdorf near Lüben in Lower Silesia and died there on September 12, 1886. Von Schmettau was a Prussian officer and regimental commander. Schmettaustraße connects Bredowstraße with Metzer Straße.
Sedanstrasse	390	Battle of Sedan	March 1, 1901	It was named as a war memory of the Battle of Sedan in the Franco-German War on September 1, 1870. Sedanstrasse connects Belfortstrasse with Ruhrallee.
Semperstrasse	240 (in the district)	Gottfried Semper , architect and art theorist	Nov 26, 1909	Coming from Huttrop , Semperstraße leads from Schinkelstraße to Moltkeplatz.
Spichernstrasse	270	Battle of Spichern	March 3, 1897	The Spichernstrasse commemorates the Battle of Spichern in the Franco-German War . Spichernstrasse connects Herwarthstrasse with Markgrafenstrasse, forming the border with Huttrop between Herwarthstrasse and Wörthstrasse . Between 1904 and 1915 it was called Diedenhofer Straße .
Steeler Street	840 (in the district)	former town of Steele	June 5, 1908	Steeler Strasse, once called Steeler Chaussee , is named after the former town of Steele, which was incorporated into the city of Essen in 1929. Steeler Strasse runs from the city ​​center to Herwarthstrasse and there to Huttrop and on to Steele. It is also part of the L448 state road.
Steinmetzstrasse	270	Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz , Prussian Field Marshal General	May 18, 1894	The Steinmetzstrasse, named after Field Marshal Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, leads south from Franziskanerstrasse to Steeler Strasse, but ends there as a dead end.
Steubenstrasse	420	Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben , Prussian officer and American general	Feb 12, 1931	Steubenstrasse, which was previously called Friedenstrasse , connects Heilermannstrasse (no passage for cars) with Saarbrücker Strasse. Before the construction of the federal motorway 40 , it led in the north to the street Auf der Donau. After being cut up by the motorway, the southern section of the road kept its name. The northern part from Wächtlerstraße to Straße Auf der Donau was renamed Kleine Steubenstraße in 1967.
Storpplatz	60 × 45	Storp, Kotten	Nov 9, 2004	The square was named after the already existing Storpstrasse and the Kotten Storp. In the country registry of 1668, the overseer is named Johan Storp and the four- acre Kotten. He belonged to the Plantenberg farm. In 1795, the shed man and day laborer Storp is mentioned. The land was owned by the farmer Plantenberg. In 1866 the owner Peter Eickhoff called Storp. Later it passed to the military invalid Franz Ahles. Storpplatz is located between Krampestrasse, Kaisershofstrasse and Storpstrasse.
Storpstrasse	140	Storp, Kotten	July 6, 1929	In the country registry of 1668, the overseer is named Johan Storp and the four- acre Kotten. He belonged to the Plantenberg farm. In 1795, the shed man and day laborer Storp is mentioned. The land was owned by the farmer Plantenberg. In 1866 the owner Peter Eickhoff called Storp. Later it passed to the military invalid Franz Ahles. The part of Storpstrasse running in an east-west direction was part of Eintrachtstrasse between June 16, 1905 and May 13, 1976. Then it was separated from it by name by Krampestrasse. Storpstrasse runs from Kaisershofstrasse at an angle to Burggrafenstrasse.
Von-der-Tann-Strasse	500	Ludwig von der Tann-Rathsamhausen , Bavarian general of the infantry	March 11, 1898	The Huttrop exit of the federal motorway 40 from the direction of Bochum leads directly to Von-der-Tann-Straße, which leads parallel to the motorway onto Steeler Straße.
Waechlerstrasse	460	Karl Gottlieb Wächtler, Protestant pastor	July 1, 1891	Karl Gottlieb Wächtler was born on April 13, 1914 in Mückenberg ( Saxony ). From 1844 to 1890 he was pastor of the Protestant community in Essen-Altstadt. In addition to his job as a district school inspector, he was heavily involved in the Essen poor sector. At the end of the 1880s, houses for low-income citizens were built using funds from the poor administration, which gave rise to the naming of the street. Karl Gottlieb Wächtler died in Essen on July 10, 1894. He was buried in the Segeroth cemetery. The Wächtlerstraße leads from the Steeler Straße westwards and northwards parallel to the Bundesautobahn 40 to the Straße Auf der Donau.
Weißenburgstrasse	130	Battle of Weissenburg (1870)	May 29, 1896	The naming took place in memory of the Battle of Weißenburg in Lower Alsace in 1870 in the Franco-German War . Weißenburgstrasse connects Morsehofstrasse with Wörthstrasse.
Werderstrasse	400	August von Werder , Prussian infantry general	May 4th 1900	Werderstrasse connects Michaelstrasse with Saarbrücker Strasse.
Woerthstrasse	560	Battle of Wörth	May 29, 1896	The naming took place in memory of the Battle of Wörth on August 6, 1870 in the Franco-German War . Wörthstraße connects Werderstraße with Markgrafenstraße.

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
At the high basin		Jan. 17, 1868	→  Bassinstrasse	Location at the former high basin for the water supply	Before the construction of the nearby water tower on Steeler Berg in 1883, there was a raised water basin on Bassinstrasse from the Essen municipal utilities for the municipal aqueduct.
At the east cemetery	Nov 26, 1909	Nov 20, 1937	→  Klenzestrasse	Location at the Ostfriedhof
Diedenhofer Strasse	Nov 28, 1904	July 9, 1915	→  Spichernstrasse
Rim lathe road	May 8, 1933	May 15, 1945	→  Kaisershofstrasse	Fritz Felgendreher, so-called blood witness	Renaming of Kaisershofstrasse during the National Socialist era to promote the symbolic form of the seizure of power . Fritz Felgendreher was born on March 18, 1913 in the former settlement of Szapten ( East Prussia ) and trained as a painter. On March 13, 1931, he was accepted into the SA by Ernst Röhm . The next day, on a march back to Kray , he was ambushed during the night on the railway bridge (later called the Felgendreherbrücke) and seriously injured by a shot in the head. On the same day he succumbed to his injuries in Elisabeth Hospital .
Forbacher Strasse	Feb. 24, 1899	May 4th 1900	→  Morsehofstrasse →  Saarbrücker Strasse	Forbach (Moselle)
Friedenstrasse	Nov 15, 1895	Feb 12, 1931	→  Steubenstrasse →  Kleine Steubenstrasse		The Friedenstrasse was called Steubenstrasse from 1931 to 1967. With the construction of the federal highway 40 , the Steubenstrasse was cut, whereby the southern part of the street kept its name and the northern part was renamed to the Kleine Steubenstrasse.
Border road	Nov 29, 1897	May 4th 1900	→  Herwarthstrasse
high Street	Oct 10, 1901	June 5, 1908	→  Saarbrücker Strasse
Huttroper Platz	May 7, 1909	16 Sep 1910	→  Moltkeplatz	Huttrop
Captain-Lehmann-Höhe	Nov 20, 1937	June 18, 1945	→  Franziskanerhöhe	Ernst A. Lehmann , airship captain	Renamed during the Nazi era in order to promote the symbolic form of the seizure of power . He made reconnaissance and attack journeys over Eastern and Western Europe and was killed in the Lakehurst airship disaster in 1937 .
Captain-Lehmann-Strasse	Nov 20, 1937	June 18, 1945	→  Franziskanerstrasse	Ernst A. Lehmann , airship captain	Renamed during the Nazi era in order to promote the symbolic form of the seizure of power . Ernst August Lehmann was a first lieutenant on combat zeppelins between 1914 and 1918. He made reconnaissance and attack journeys over Eastern and Western Europe and was killed in the Lakehurst airship disaster in 1937 .
Kesselstrasse	Nov 25, 1887	May 4th 1900	→  Hagenaustraße
Little peace	before 1910	before 1927	repealed and overbuilt		The street Kleiner Friede connected the Kurfürstenstrasse with the Saarbrücker Strasse (at that time called Morsehofstrasse) and lay between today's Dammannstrasse and the Steubenstrasse.
Kohlstrasse	June 10, 1887	July 9, 1915	→  Leopoldstrasse		In 1915, Leopoldstrasse, south of Steeler Strasse, was extended by the street of Kohlstrasse, north of Steeler Strasse.
Markgrafenplatz	before 1910	before 1927	repealed and overbuilt		The Markgrafenplatz was roughly east of today's Krampestrasse and south of the railway line. Today's Burggrafenstraße was part of the Markgrafenstraße south of the railway line.
Ruhrstrasse	Jan. 17, 1868	June 5, 1934	→  Dammannstrasse →  Franz-Arens-Strasse	Dysentery
Steeler Chaussee		June 5, 1908	→  Steeler Strasse	former town of Steele

See also

• List of streets in Essen-Nordviertel
• List of streets in Essen-Ostviertel
• List of streets in Essen city center
• 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 the 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. ↑ Erwin Dickhoff: The denazification and demilitarization of street names. Contribution to the history of street naming in Essen, in: Contributions to the history of the city and monastery of Essen 101, 1986/87, p. 98.