List of streets in Oberhausen-Marienviertel

The Marienviertel with the Marienkirche from above (Knappenhalde observation tower)

The list of streets in Oberhausen-Marienviertel describes the street system in the Marienviertel district of Oberhausen with the corresponding historical references.

overview

The Marienviertel together with the northern inner city, the Knappenviertel , Bermensfeld , Schlad and the east of Dümpten form the postcode area 46047.

Starting in the west, the district is bounded clockwise as follows: Railway line Duisburg-Dortmund in the west to Lirich-Süd and in the north to Neue Mitte , Am Damm and Liebknechtstraße to Knappenviertel, the further course of Liebknechtstraße and Virchow- and Mülheimer Straße to Schladviertel and Danziger Strasse and Friedrich-List-Strasse to the city ​​center .

There are 30 designated traffic areas in the Marienviertel, including two squares. Ten of these streets are only partially in the district:
four streets also lead through the Knappenviertel ( Bismarckstrasse , Falkensteinstrasse , Liebknechtstrasse , Martin-Luther-Strasse ), three streets through the city center ( Danziger Strasse , Düppelstrasse , Mülheimer Strasse ). Four more streets belong partly to the Schladviertel ( Danziger Straße , Falkensteinstraße , Mülheimer Straße , Virchowstraße ) and two streets are continued in the Neue Mitte ( Am Damm , Mülheimer Straße ).

Bundesstraße 223 on Mülheimer Straße and Landesstraße 215 on Danziger, Tannenbergstraße and Ebertstraße run through the Marienviertel . The further course of Ebertstraße eastwards and Falkensteinstraße is listed in the Oberhausen district road system as district road K 1 .

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 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 Marienviertel, provided that the street continues into neighboring districts.
• The addition without spur streets indicates the length of the "main street" for branched streets.
• 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
• 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 dam	220 in the district	neighboring embankment of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn	1936	Am Damm lies in the northeast of the Marienviertel below a former embankment of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn. It is a spur road to Brückorstraße, which forms the eastern border of the Marienviertel to the Knappenviertel. Further branches of the street lead to Lipperfeld and Essener Straße in the Neue Mitte. Until 1936 the route was called Dammstrasse .
Annabergstrasse	110 + 70	Uprising in Upper Silesia , Battle of St. Annaberg	1934	In 1921, German militias stormed Annaberg, which was occupied by Polish freelancers, and thereby ensured that Upper Silesia remained in the German Empire . As a reminder, this street was named that way in 1934. Annabergstrasse is divided in two by John-Lennon-Platz, the western part is on Grillostrasse, the eastern part between Sedan and Elsa-Brändström-Strasse. Before 1934 Annabergstrasse was called Beaumontstrasse .
Arndtstrasse	750	Ernst Moritz Arndt , 1769–1860, historian and poet		Arndtstrasse leads from Virchowstrasse to Bricktorstrasse.
Bismarckstrasse	500 in the district	Otto von Bismarck , 1815–1898, founder and first Chancellor of the German Empire		Bismarckstrasse begins on Mülheimer Strasse and traverses Marienviertel to the east. It ends in the Knappenviertel on Uhlandstrasse. The Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium, founded in 1965, is located on Bismarckstrasse .
Bricktorstrasse	550 in the district	Bridge of the Cologne-Minden Railway		The road ended directly at the bridge of the Cologne-Mindener Railway, which was built in 1846 according to the state of the art with arches for each individual track. Am Brückor quickly became the name for the area. Today the Bricktorstraße leads from the Mülheimer Straße through the Marienviertel and ends in the Knappenviertel on the Knappenstraße.
Danziger Strasse	600 in the district	Gdansk , formerly a German city in Poland	1934	Danziger Straße forms the south-eastern border of the Marienviertel to the city center from Oberhausen main station to Mülheimer Straße, after which it leads through Dümpten to Mülheim. Until 1934 it was called Zechenstrasse .
Düppelstrasse	160 in the district	Storming the Düppeler Schanzen		The Düppelstraße only leads briefly through the Marienviertel, namely as a traffic-calmed zone between Schwartz- and Danziger Straße past the Luise-Albertz-Halle.
Ebertplatz	100 × 80	Friedrich Ebert , 1871–1925, politician of the SPD and first Reich President of the Weimar Republic	1947	The Ebertplatz forms a center of the city with the Ebertbad , a venue for cabaret, several restaurants, villas and the Oberhausen theater . The eastern part of the square in front of the theater is called Will-Quadflieg-Platz. Ebertplatz is located between the town hall and Marienkirche at the intersection of Ebertstrasse and Grillostrasse, northeast of Königshütter Park . Until 1918 the square was called Neumarkt , then until 1947 Hindenburgplatz .
Ebertstrasse	850	Friedrich Ebert , 1871–1925, politician of the SPD and first Reich President of the Weimar Republic	1947	Ebertstraße runs from Hansastraße in Lirich-Süd as an extension of Buschhausener Straße through the western Marienviertel. Behind Mülheimer Straße it continues as Falkensteinstraße . Until 1918 it was called Wilhelmstraße , then until 1947 Hindenburgstraße .
Elsa-Brändström-Strasse	700	Elsa Brändström , 1888–1948, “Angel of Siberia”, initiator of the relief organization for German and Austrian prisoners of war in Russia	1934	Elsa-Brändström-Straße begins on Schwartzstraße next to the town hall and leads north to Tannenbergstraße. The Catholic kindergarten St. Marien, the Marienschule and the St. Joseph Hospital as well as the "Lyceum", the old building of the Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium, are located here. Until 1934 it was called Elsestrasse .
Falkensteinstrasse	450 in the district	old hallway name ("on the Falkenstein")		Falkensteinstrasse begins on Mülheimer Strasse as a continuation of Ebertstrasse. From Liebknechtstraße it is the border road between Schlad- and Marienviertel, behind Mellinghofer Straße it continues as Nathlandstraße in Bermensfeld.
Freiherr-vom-Stein-Strasse	650	Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , 1757–1831, reformer of the Prussian state	1936	Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße leads from Oberhausen main station in an arch to Tannenbergstraße and from there parallel to Ebertstraße to Mülheimer Straße. Until 1936 it was called Hermannstrasse .
Friedrich-List-Strasse	230	Friedrich List , 1789–1846, co-founder of the German railway system	1945	Friedrich-List-Strasse begins at Ebertstrasse and leads south, then makes a right-angled curve and ends at Freiherr-vom-Stein-Strasse. Due to its proximity to the main train station, it was named after Friedrich List, the pioneer of the German railroad. Until 1945 it was called Ludwig-Knickmann-Straße , before that it was part of Industriestraße until 1933 .
Goethestrasse	500	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , 1749–1832, most important German poet		Goethestrasse runs parallel to Falkenstein, Bismarck and Schenkendorfstrasse from Mülheimer Strasse to Liebknechtstrasse.
Grillostrasse	450	Friedrich Grillo , 1825–1888, industrialist		Grillostrasse begins at Grillopark on Schwartzstrasse and leads north to John-Lennon-Platz. The Villa Concordia is located on it .
Henri Dunant Way	220	Henri Dunant , 1828–1910, founder of the Red Cross		The Henri-Dunant-Weg is a small footpath between Schwartzstrasse and Danziger Strasse.
John Lennon Square	110 × 100	John Lennon , 1940–1980, British rock musician and exponent of the anti-Vietnam war movement	1991	The John-Lennon-Platz is located in the northwest of the Marienviertel between Tannenberg- / Sedan- and Annabergstraße. This is where the municipal daycare center Villa Kunterbunt is located . Until 1991 the square was called Graf-Haeseler-Platz .
Kreuzbergweg	90	old heather cross		The Kreuzbergweg is a narrow way by the Marienschule and the Catholic kindergarten St. Marien, between Elsa-Brändström-Straße and Mülheimer Straße. An old heather cross used to stand here on a hill on the Lipper Heide.
Liebknechtstrasse	850	Wilhelm Liebknecht , 1826–1900, one of the founders of the SPD	1947	Liebknechtstrasse, which runs from Virchowstrasse to Brückorstrasse, forms the border between the Marienviertel and the Knappenviertel between Falkensteinstrasse and Bricktorstrasse. Until 1934 it was called Feldstraße and until 1947 Richthofenstraße .
Lipperheidstrasse	750	Lipper Heath		Lipperheidstrasse runs from Virchowstrasse parallel to Liebknechtstrasse and Arndtstrasse through the eastern Marienviertel to Bricktorstrasse. It is named after the heather area in which the city of Oberhausen was laid out like a chessboard from 1862.
Martin-Luther-Strasse	150 in the district	Martin Luther , 1483–1546, reformer	1934	Martin-Luther-Straße leads from Lipperheidstraße to Körnerstraße in the Knappenviertel. The Evangelical Luther Church lies on her. Until 1934 it was called Karlstrasse .
Mülheimer Strasse	1200 in the district	Mülheim an der Ruhr	1892	Mülheimer Straße leads from Oberhausener Neue Mitte through Marienviertel, the city center, Schlad, Styrum and Dümpten to the neighboring town of Mülheim, where it continues as Oberhausener Straße. Between Danziger Straße and Falkenstein- / Ebertstraße it is the border between Marienviertel and Schlad, after which it crosses Marienviertel northwards. It is part of the federal highway 223 . The Marienkirche, after which the Marienviertel was named, is located on Mülheimer Straße. Until 1892, Mülheimer Strasse was called Düsseldorf-Münstersche Provinzialstrasse.
Roncallistraße	110	Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, 1881–1963, as Johannes XXIII. Pope and saint of the Catholic Church	1963	Roncallistraße leads from John-Lennon-Platz to Marienkirche on Elsa-Brändström-Straße. It was named after the inauguration of the Second Vatican Council in 1963 . Until then it was called Kurzestraße .
Rossaintstrasse	270	Joseph Cornelius Rossaint , 1902–1991, chaplain to St. Marien from 1927 to 1932, resistance fighter		Rossaintstraße is a cul-de-sac to Tannenbergstraße at the level of John-Lennon-Platz, which curves south and ends as a dead end.
Schenkendorfstrasse	500	Max von Schenkendorf , 1783–1817, poet and lyric poet	1935	Schenkendorfstrasse runs in the eastern Marienviertel from Mülheimer Strasse parallel to Bismarckstrasse and Goethestrasse to Liebknechtstrasse. Until 1935 it was called Nordstrasse .
Schiller Street	350	Friedrich von Schiller , 1759–1805, next to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe the most important German poet		Schillerstraße runs in the eastern Marienviertel from Mülheimer Straße parallel to Bismarck-, Goethe- and Schenkendorfstraße to Lipperheidstraße.
Schwartzstrasse	650	Friedrich August Schwartz , 1816–1892, first mayor of Oberhausen	1897	Schwartzstraße leads from Oberhausen main station to Mülheimer Straße, behind which it continues as Virchowstraße. The town hall, the Grillopark, the Luise-Albertz-Halle and the Fasia-Jansen-Gesamtschule are located on it. Until 1897 it was called Bergstrasse because it led to the Galgenberg , a hill that marked the Essen - Bergisch border. The gallows hill got its name from a gallows set up as a boundary sign.
Sedanstrasse	500	Battle of Sedan		Sedanstraße runs south from Tannenbergstraße, parallel to Grillo and Elsa-Brändström-Straße to Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße.
Tannenbergstrasse	1000	Battle of Tannenberg	1934	Tannenbergstraße leads north from Oberhausen main station and then arches to Mülheimer Straße. In the past, Lake Concordia had formed here due to subsidence , which is why the road between Schwartzstrasse and Annabergstrasse was originally called the waterway . The Concordia lake was drained in 1880 and the street was called Niederstraße from then on . Between Annabergstrasse and Mülheimer Strasse, Tannenbergstrasse was initially called Dortmunder Strasse , later Hoffnungsstrasse . In 1934, Hoffnungsstrasse and Niederstrasse were combined to form Tannenbergstrasse .
Virchowstrasse	800	Rudolf Virchow , 1821–1902, anthropologist and pathologist, member of the Reichstag	1945	Virchowstraße begins on Mülheimer Straße as a continuation of Schwartzstraße in the city center and runs as a border road between the Marien- and Schladviertel to Dieckerstraße. Until 1945 it was called Albert-Frese-Straße , before that until 1937 Hochstraße and before that until 1892 together with Schwartzstraße Bergstraße .
Will-Quadflieg-Platz	70	Will Quadflieg , 1914–2003, stage actor and director.	2006	The Will-Quadflieg-Platz together with the Ebertplatz forms the space in front of the Ebertbad and the Oberhausen Theater . Until 2006 it was called Theaterplatz .

List of no longer existing streets in the Marienviertel

Surname	from	to	renamed to (current)	Derivation	Remarks
Albert-Frese-Strasse	1937	1945	→  Virchowstrasse	Albert Frese, 1885–1936, NSDAP councilor from Oberhausen	Before 1937 the street was called Hochstraße , before that it was part of Bergstraße until 1897 .
Beaumontstrasse		1934	→  Annabergstrasse	In the battle near Beaumont in 1870, Lieutenant Emil Schwartz, son of the first mayor of Oberhausen, was killed.
Mountain road		1897	divided between →  Schwartzstraße and →  Virchowstraße	The road led to the Galgenberg , a hill that used to mark the Bergisch - Essen border and was therefore provided with a gallows as a sign of jurisdiction. The town hall of Oberhausen stands there today.	After 1897 the eastern part was initially called Hochstrasse , while the western part was renamed Schwartzstrasse .
Dam road		1936	→  At the dam	The road lay beneath an embankment of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn .
Dortmunder Strasse			→  Tannenbergstrasse	The road lay on the railway line to Dortmund .	The Dortmunder Straße was later called Hoffnungsstraße .
Düsseldorf-Münstersche Provinzialstrasse		1892	→  Mülheimer Strasse	The road connected Düsseldorf with Münster .
Elsestrasse		1934	→  Elsa-Brändström-Strasse
Feldstrasse		1934	→  Liebknechtstrasse		After 1934 the street was initially called Richthofenstraße .
Graf-Haeseler-Platz	1911	1991	→  John Lennon Square	Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler , 1836-1919, Prussian field marshal, took part in a celebration of the 16th Army Corps on this square in 1911
Hermannstrasse		1936	→  Freiherr-vom-Stein-Strasse
Hindenburgplatz	1918	1947	→  Ebertplatz	Paul von Hindenburg , 1847–1934, German field marshal and politician	Before 1918 the square was called Neumarkt .
Hindenburgstrasse	1918	1947	→  Ebertplatz	Paul von Hindenburg , 1847–1934, German field marshal and politician	Before 1918 the street was called Wilhelmstrasse .
Elevated road	1897	1937	→  Virchowstrasse		Before 1897 the street was part of Bergstraße , after 1937 it was called Albert-Frese-Straße .
Hope Street		1934	→  Tannenbergstrasse		The street was originally called Dortmunder Straße . In 1934 it was merged with Niederstrasse to form Tannenbergstrasse .
Industriestrasse		1933	→  Friedrich-List-Strasse		After 1933 the street was initially called Ludwig-Knickmann-Straße .
Karlstrasse		1934	→  Martin-Luther-Strasse
Kurzestrasse		1963	→  Roncallistraße	It is a short connecting road.
Ludwig-Knickmann-Strasse	1933	1945	→  Friedrich-List-Strasse	Ludwig Knickmann was the brother of the Oberhausen SA group leader Knickmann. He was shot during the occupation of the Rhineland .	Before 1933 the street was called Industriestrasse .
Neumarkt		1918	→  Ebertplatz	The Neumarkt was originally planned as a counterweight to the Altmarkt and thus as the second center of the young city of Oberhausen.	After 1918 the square was initially called Hindenburgplatz .
Niederstrasse	1880	1934	→  Tannenbergstrasse		Before 1880 the street was called Wasserstraße and in 1934 it was merged with Hoffnungsstraße to form Tannenbergstraße .
North street		1935	→  Schenkendorfstrasse	The street was in front of the incorporation of Sterkrade and Osterfeld in the north of the Oberhausen mayor.
Richthofenstrasse	1934	1947	→  Liebknechtstrasse	Manfred von Richthofen , 1892–1918, “The Red Baron”, German fighter pilot in the First World War	Before 1934 the street was called Feldstrasse .
Theater square	after 1914	2006	→  Will-Quadflieg-Platz	The square was in front of the Oberhausen Theater .
Waterway		1880	→  Tannenbergstrasse	The Concordia Lake was a lake created by subsidence, which gave rise to the name of the street. It was drained in 1880.	After 1880 the street was initially called Niederstraße .
Wilhelmstrasse		1918	→  Ebertstrasse	Wilhelm I , 1797–1888, first Emperor of the German Empire	After 1918 the street was initially called Hindenburgstraße .
Zechenstrasse		1934	→  Danziger Strasse	The street was on the colliery railway of the colliery Roland .

Other locations in the Marienviertel

• Grillopark: The Grillopark was created in 1887 by Wilhelm Grillo on a gravel pit and was therefore named after him. It is located directly in front of the Oberhausen town hall between Freiherr-vom-Stein-, Grillo- and Schwartzstraße and has been redesigned several times, most recently in 2000.
• Berliner Park: The Bahnhofspark is located directly at Oberhausen Central Station , between Schwartz-, Tannenberg- and Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße. It is characterized by many hedges and a large population of trees.
• Königshütter Park: The Königshütter Park was originally a private park and is located directly at the Villa Concordia . It was redesigned in 1970.

See also

• List of streets in Oberhausen
• List of streets in downtown Oberhausen
• List of streets in Oberhausen-Knappenviertel
• List of streets in Oberhausen-Lirich-Süd

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the source used is: Alfred & Ulrich Lindemann: 500 Kilometer Oberhausener Strassegeschichte , 1997
2. ↑ Open Street Map. Retrieved September 8, 2015 . 
3. ^ OGM: Grillopark. Retrieved September 8, 2015 . 
4. ^ OGM: The station park. Retrieved September 8, 2015 . 
5. ^ City of Oberhausen: Königshütter Park. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 28, 2015 ; accessed on September 8, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.