List of streets in Oberhausen-Sterkrade-Mitte

The list of streets in Oberhausen-Sterkrade-Mitte describes the street system in the Oberhausen district of Sterkrade-Mitte ( Sterkrade district ) with the corresponding historical references.

overview

8,271 people live in Sterkrade-Mitte (as of December 31, 2012). Together with Königshardt, the Sterkrader Heide and part of Tackenberg, the district forms the postcode area 46145.

Starting in the north, the district is bounded clockwise as follows: Alsbach, Weseler Strasse and Holtener Strasse zu Alsfeld , Holtener Strasse, Freitaler Platz, Teutoburger Strasse and Elpenbach zu Tackenberg -West, Dinnendahlstrasse zu Klosterhardt , Westerwaldstrasse, Wanner Strasse and Ritterstrasse zu Osterfeld -Heide , public transport route Oberhausen to Buschhausen as well as the Oberhausen – Wesel line to the Black Heath .

There are 75 designated traffic areas in Sterkrade-Mitte, including eight squares. Eight of these streets are only partly in the district:
Weseler Straße and Postweg continue to Alsfeld, Holtener Straße partially forms the border to this district, such as Tackenberg-West, into which Dorstener Straße, Anhalter Straße and Dinnendahlstraße lead . Teutoburger Strasse continues in Klosterhardt, Westerwaldstrasse forms the border with Osterfeld-Heide.

Sterkrade-Mitte is crossed by the federal autobahn 516 , whose exit 2 "Oberhausen-Sterkrade" is in the district. The following state roads and district roads also run in Sterkrade-Mitte:

• Landesstraße 155: (coming from Alsfeld) - Weseler Straße - Holtener Straße - L621 / K15 - Holtener Straße - L287 - Freitaler Platz - L623 - Teutoburger Straße / Dreilinden - A516 - Teutoburger Straße - (continue in Klosterhardt)
• Landesstraße 287: (coming from the Schwarzen Heide) - Ostrampe - Friedrichstraße - Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring - Bahnhofstraße - end of the L155
• Landesstraße 287 in the opposite direction: L155 - Großer Markt - Brandenburger Straße - Ostrampe - (continue in the Schwarzen Heide)
• Landesstraße 623: (coming from Tackenberg) - L155 - Dorstener Straße - end of the A516
• District road 4: Start at the L 155 - Vestische Straße - (continue in Osterfeld-Heide)
• Kreisstraße 15: (coming from Alsfeld as L621) - L155 - Postweg - Steinbrinkstraße - course on the L287 - Steinbrinkstraße - (further in Osterfeld-Heide)

Some streets are part of themed groups. These include:

• Relationship to arable farming: Ackerfeldstrasse, Bodenstrasse, Grundstrasse
• Low mountain ranges and ridges (named since 1935): Baumberger Weg, Eifeler Straße, Odenwaldstraße, Teutoburger Straße, Westerwaldstraße
• Wanne-Eickel: Wanner Straße (also Eickelstraße in Osterfeld-Heide)
• Districts of Essen: Borbecker Straße (also former Dellwigstraße )

There are many streets with the following references distributed across Sterkrade:

• German Imperial House (named from 1910 to 1936): Augustastraße, Brandenburger Straße, Friedrichstraße, Potsdamer Straße, Wilhelmplatz, Wilhelmstraße (also planned but never built Viktoriastraße)
• Brandenburg: Brandenburger Strasse, Potsdamer Strasse (also former Havelstrasse and Spreestrasse )
• Marine (named from 1929 to 1937): Emdenstraße, Graf-Spee-Platz, Otto-Weddigen-Straße, Tirpitzstraße (also former Admiral-von-Hipper-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 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 is that of the street section within Sterkrade-Mitte, 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
Ackerfeldstrasse	400	Relation to agriculture		Like some streets in the area, Ackerfeldstrasse is named with reference to agricultural use before industrialization. Until 2016 there was a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses here. Ackerfeldstraße branches off to the west from Steinbrinkstraße and heads north. It used to be connected to the Kalkstrasse in the Schwarzen Heide, part of it was then called the Ozonstrasse .
Albrechtstrasse	280	Prince Albrecht of Prussia , 1837–1906, Field Marshal General and Duke of Braunschweig		Prince Albrecht was a master master of the Order of St. John and inaugurated the St. John Hospital in 1895 . This is why the former Mauerstraße was named after him in 1933, because it leads from Dorstener to Steinbrinkstraße, directly past the wall of the Johanniter Hospital.
Good hope	260	Gutehoffnungshütte , former mining company		The street An der Guten Hoffnung (as a cul-de-sac to Bahnhofstrasse on Martha-Schneider-Bürger-Platz) is in close proximity to the former Gutehoffnungshütte site. It leads past the Technical Town Hall and Reinhold-Krohn-Park to the New Apostolic Seniors' Center "Gute Hope".
Anhalter Strasse	30 in the district	Anhalt , formerly German country		Only a tiny piece of the Anhalter Straße, which is mostly in the Tackenberger area, between Teutoburger Straße and Dreilinden, belongs to Sterkrade-Mitte. Before the construction of the federal motorway 516, however, it ran to Dorstener Strasse. The southern continuation to Vestischen Straße is now assigned to Vestischen Straße.
Arnold-Rademacher-Platz	80 × 20	Arnold Rademacher, 1890–1970, trade unionist and city councilor		Rademacher was a railway unionist and city councilor from Oberhausen who was dismissed in 1933 and taken into protective custody several times under the National Socialists. From 1945 to 1955 he was head of the Sterkrade administrative office, and from 1958 to 1961 he was again a city councilor in Oberhausen. Arnold-Rademacher-Platz is located at the Sterkrad train station between Ostrampe, Friedrichstraße and Zur Post.
Augustastrasse	140	Augusta von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach , 1811–1890, German Empress	1910	Augustastraße is a small connection between Postweg and Tirpitzstraße, directly at the Sophie-Scholl-Gymnasium. At the time of planning, the Catholic cemetery on Postweg was still on this site. Two roads were to be built, a connection north of the cemetery, which was to be called Augustastraße, and one south of the cemetery, which was to be named Viktoriastraße after Augusta's successor. However, only Augustastraße was realized.
Bahnhofstrasse	900	Oberhausen-Sterkrade station	1934	Bahnhofstrasse runs from the train station, which opened in 1856, after which it was named, through Sterkrad's city center, the main shopping street of which it is, to the Sterkrade indoor swimming pool on Holtener Strasse. The small market and the technical town hall of Oberhausen are located here. The two shopping centers Hirsch-Center and Sterkrader Tor are located on the section between Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring and Holtener Straße. The Bahnhofstrasse used to be the most important east-west connection in Sterkrade and was named Hüttenstrasse after the Gutehoffnungshütte from 1782, through whose premises it led. A piece of it was already marked in 1727 on a map under the name Keute straadt (short street). It has been called Bahnhofstrasse since 1934; its northernmost section was separated from it in 1966 as Am Hallenbad .
Baumberger way	210	Baumberge , mountain range in the Münsterland		Baumberger Weg is a cul-de-sac to Vestischen Straße in the east of Sterkrade. Some streets in the area are named after low mountain ranges, which is probably why the Baumberger Weg bears his name.
Bodenstrasse	60	Relation to agriculture		Like some streets in the area, Bodenstrasse is named with reference to agricultural use before industrialization. It is a small cul-de-sac to Ackerfeldstrasse.
Borbecker Strasse	350	Borbeck , district of Essen		Borbecker Straße, which branches off to the west from Vestischen Straße and ends behind Hubertusstraße on federal motorway 516, was laid out with the parallel Eifeler Straße for the Gutehoffnungshütte settlement. It is named after today's Essen district, the former mayor's office Borbeck, to which the core of today's city of Oberhausen (the district of Alt-Oberhausen without its south) belonged until 1862 (or the east until 1915). Until 1936, the parallel Eifeler Strasse was also named Dellwigstrasse after a district of Essen that gave territories to the city of Oberhausen (today's Borbeck district ).
Brandenburger Strasse	350	Brandenburg , German state		Sterkrade, which belonged to the Duchy of Cleve until 1614, was part of Brandenburg-Prussia. The stations of the Brandenburg Post Lines were mostly connected to hostels, which were often called “Zum Brandenburger”, as was the case in Sterkrade. Brandenburger Strasse, which is part of the Sterkrader bypass road and runs from Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring to the Ostrampe, got its name from this hostel, which was later called “Brandenburger Hof”.
Christinestrasse	200	Christine , 1626–1689, Queen of Sweden		Christinestrasse is located in downtown Sterkrad between Bahnhofstrasse and Friedrichstrasse. The geographic center of Oberhausen is at number 23.
Dinnendahlstrasse	300	Franz Dinnendahl , 1775–1826, pioneer of the steam engine	1937	Franz Dinnendahl built the first steam engine for mining (Zeche Vollmond in Bochum-Langendreer). This was produced in cooperation with the Oberhausen industrial companies St.-Anthony-Hütte (in Osterfeld near Dinnendahlstrasse) and Gutehoffnungshütte (in Sterkrade). Dinnendahlstraße forms the border between the districts of Sterkrade and Osterfeld, only its southern section is part of Sterkrade-Mitte. Until 1937 it was called Teichstraße in the border area .
Dorstener Strasse	1100 in the district	Dorsten , city in the Münsterland		Dorstener Straße begins at Steinbrinkstraße / Bundesautobahn 516 and leads from Sterkrade via Osterfeld and Kirchhellen to Dorsten, but not always under this name. This is where the Sterkrade fire station and the Sterkrader Tor shopping center are located. During the Prussian period it was part of the Mülheim – Dorsten Provincial Road. To the south of Am Hallenbad it was called Münsterstrasse , and since 1936 the entire length of Dorstener Strasse.
Dreilinden	350	Dreilinden, old inn	1957	The former restaurant "Dreilinden" was named after three large linden trees in front of the building. Until 1957, Dreilinden Strasse was part of Teutoburger Strasse, to which it runs parallel between Dorstener and Vestischer Strasse.
Eichelkampstrasse	300	Eichelkamp, ​​former forest area		The Eichelkamp was a small wooded area with oaks , which was mentioned as the property of the Sterkrade monastery as early as the 13th century. Eichelkampstrasse is one of the oldest in Sterkrade and connects Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring with Holtener Strasse.
Eifeler Strasse	350	Eifel , low mountain range in North Rhine-Westphalia	1936	The Eifeler Straße, which is an extension of Albrechtstraße behind the federal autobahn 516 to Vestischen Straße, was laid out with the parallel Borbecker Straße for the Gutehoffnungshütte settlement. Like some streets in the area, it is named after a low mountain range. Until 1936 it was called Dellwigstrasse .
Elly-Heuss-Knapp-Strasse	450	Elly Heuss-Knapp , 1881–1952, wife of Theodor Heuss , German politician and founder of the maternal recovery organization		Elisabeth Eleonore Heuss-Knapp, wife of the first Federal President, founded the maternal recovery organization in 1950, in whose homes around 49,000 mothers take part in a measure every year. The street named after her is located in the "Elly-Heuss-Knapp-Stiftung" retirement facility, which was inaugurated in 1968, as a strait to Teutoburger Strasse.
Emdenstrasse	130	Emden , city in East Frisia	1933	Emdenstrasse is named after the East Frisian port city with which the Ruhr area is connected by the Dortmund-Ems Canal . Since the street was called Baustraße until 1933 and was consequently renamed during the Nazi era, there may be a reference to the Oberhausen naval comradeship, which used to meet in the “Deutsches Haus” restaurant on Emdenstraße, with the warship Emden and its predecessor ships as a connection (see also Otto-Weddigen-Strasse ).
Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring	900	Eugen zur Nieden, 1873–1937, Mayor of Sterkrade	1995	Dr. Eugen zur Nieden was mayor of the community from 1906 to 1915, and town of Sterkrade from 1913. The Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring was built in 1995 to achieve inner-city traffic calming. Together with Brandenburger Strasse, Ostrampe and Friedrichstrasse, it forms a roundabout around the city center, which has since consisted of small side streets and pedestrian zones. The Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring is the eastern half of the entire bypass road, starting as a continuation of Friedrichstraße behind Steinbrinkstraße and ending at Großer Markt, again on Steinbrinkstraße. The northern half of the ring was called Havelstraße until 1995 .
Financial street	170	formerly the seat of several financial institutions		Finanzstrasse is located in the inner city of Sterkrade, its name refers to several financial institutions that used to be here, including the Sparkasse Sterkrade, in whose building the Sterkrade district library is now located. Finanzstrasse connects Wilhelmstrasse and Steinbrinkstrasse and is a pedestrian zone between Ramge and Steinbrinkstrasse. The western part between Wilhelmstrasse and Ramgestrasse was not built until later, when the further north (so named) intermediate route between these two streets was built over by the Kolping House and the then Stadtsparkasse Sterkrade.
Finkenweg	190	Finches , genus of birds		Probably because of its proximity to the Sterkrade park, the Finkenweg was named after the species of bird. It forms a cul-de-sac to Wilhelmplatz at the Friedrich-Ebert-Realschule.
Freitaler Platz	110 × 30	Freital , Saxon industrial city and Oberhausen twin city		Freital in Saxony has been a twin town of Oberhausen since 1990. The two cities are linked by the importance of the steel industry. Accordingly, the place directly in front of the former ironworks Gutehoffnungshütte, between Bahnhofstrasse, Holtener, Dorstener and Teutoburger Strasse was called “Freitaler Platz”.
Friedrichstrasse	400	Friedrich III. , 1831–1888, German Emperor		Friedrich III. was the only son of Kaiser Wilhelm I, since 1866 Commander-in-Chief of the 2nd German Army and since 1870 Field Marshal. He died in 1888 after only 99 days of reign as Emperor of Germany. Friedrichstrasse, which is part of the Sterkrader Rings (see Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring ) from the east ramp to the Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring, is named after him.
gardenstreet	350	Street with lots of gardens		On the southern part of this street there used to be many gardens, both house gardens and allotment gardens of Sterkrader Bürger. However, these were built over by the Gutehoffnungshütte, so that only the northern part of the street is left, which is located in the inner city of Sterkrad, begins on Bahnhofstrasse and ends just behind Friedrichstrasse.
Gartnerstrasse	90	former nursery Tümmers	1934	Gärtnerstrasse leads from Sandbergstrasse to Vestischen Strasse. The Tümmers nursery used to be located here. Until 1934 it was called Hoffnungsstrasse .
Big market	30 × 30	Sterkrader Marktplatz, bigger than the small market	1904	The big market is the larger of the two old marketplaces in Sterkrade, that's why it bears his name. It is located at the crossroads Steinbrink- / Brandenburger Straße / Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring. The first school was founded here in 1687 and a market has been held here since 1870. In 1872 the first provost church was built, which was destroyed in 1945. In 1953 today's provost church of St. Clemens was built. Until 1904, the square was called the Alter Markt .
Grundstrasse	60	Relation to agriculture		The Grundstraße is named like some streets in the area with reference to the agricultural use before industrialization. It is a small connection between Ackerfeldstrasse and Steinbrinkstrasse.
Gymnasialstrasse	180	Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium	1945	Gymnasialstrasse connects Wilhelmstrasse and Steinbrinkstrasse, and the square next to it is also known as the “Gymnasialplatz”. To the north is the Oberhausen-Nord tax office, to the west is the eponymous Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium, which was founded in 1910. From 1934 to 1945 the street was called Schlageterplatz .
Hans-Robertz-Weg	150	Hans Robertz , 1925–2005, politician		The Hans-Robertz-Weg leads west along the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium to Parkstraße, as a path in the Volkspark.
Hildegardstrasse	250	Hildegard von Bingen , 1098–1179, abbess and saint	1935	Probably because of its proximity to the St. Clemens Catholic Hospital, the connecting road between Parkstrasse and Steinbrinkstrasse was named after St. Hildegard, from whom medical and scientific knowledge derive. Until 1935 the street was called Mariastraße .
Holtener Strasse	1000	Holten , district of Oberhausen		The Holtener Straße leads from Sterkrade (starts at Freitaler Platz as a continuation of Teutoburger Straße) together with its continuation Weseler Straße to Holten, the northwestern part of Oberhausen. As early as 1727 this street can be clearly seen on a map, although not under this name.
Holtkampstrasse	200	Holtkamp, ​​old Kotten		Holtkampstraße is located in downtown Sterkrad, between Wilhelmstraße and Ostrampe.
Hospitalstrasse	120	St. Josef Hospital		The small Hospitalstrasse begins directly opposite the St. Clemens Hospital on Robert-Koch-Strasse and connects it with Steinbrinkstrasse.
Hubertusstrasse	150	Hubertus Neifer, built the first house here		Hubertusstraße connects Borbecker and Wanner Straße to the east of Sterkrade.
In the Kreuzfeld	100	"Kreuzfeld", old hall name		The Kreuzfeld was one of the eight areas into which Sterkrade was divided according to a map taken in 1837 (under the direction of the geometer Tjaben). It reached from the Postweg in the north to Weierstrasse in the Black Heath and from the Sterkrader Wald in the north to the former "Marienbach" stream. In Kreuzfeld there is a small connection between Parkstrasse and Wilhelmstrasse.
Jahnstrasse	160	Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , 1778–1852, "gymnastics father"		As a continuation of Wanner Strasse, Jahnstrasse connects Dorstener with Johanniterstrasse.
Johanniterstrasse	180	Johanniter Hospital Oberhausen		Johanniterstraße is right next to the Johanniter Hospital, after which it is named. It was inaugurated in 1895 by Prince Albert of Prussia as the 47th hospital of the Order of St. John . The street leads from Steinbrink- to Dorstener Straße.
Kantstrasse	20th	Immanuel Kant , 1724–1804, German philosopher	1903	Kantstrasse is a tiny connection between Steinbrinkstrasse and Kleiner Markt in downtown Sterkrad. The Sterkrad girls' college was located here until 1957. Until 1903 the street was called Connection Street .
Kellenbergstrasse	450	"Kellenberg", formerly Bauernkotten		The Kellenbergkotten was on Dorstener Strasse. Parts of the Gutehoffnungshütte were later built on his fields (the “Kellenbergskamp”). The Kellenbergstraße, named after the Bauernkotten, is located in the eastern part of Sterkrade and leads in an arc parallel to the federal highway 516 from Borbecker Straße to Vestischen Straße.
Kleine Eichelkampstrasse	70	small side street of Eichelkampstraße		The Kleine Eichelkampstrasse is a connection between Eichelkampstrasse and Tirpitzstrasse.
Small market	20 × 20	Sterkrader Marktplatz, smaller than the Great Market	1904	The small market has been the center of the community since Sterkrade was founded. It is located in the city center between Kantstrasse, Bahnhofstrasse and Klosterstrasse. The market was held here until 1870, when it was moved to the Great Market. From 1255 to 1980 there was a mill on the Kleiner Markt that Mechthild von Holten had donated to the Sterkrade monastery. The Small Market has only had this name since 1904, before it was assigned to Hüttenstrasse , which is now Bahnhofstrasse.
Klosterstrasse	230	Sterkrade Monastery	1945	The Sterkrade monastery was founded in 1254 by Reginvidis von Hillen as a women's monastery. In 1255 Mechthild von Holten gave the monastery the right of patronage over the church in Sterkrade. Since 1271 it belonged to the Cistercian order . It was abolished in 1809. In 1898 Sisters of the Divine Providence moved into the old monastery. The last part of the monastery building had to be demolished in 1969. Two original coats of arms are hung in the Clemenskirche, the sisters moved into a new building. The order left this in 2012. In 2014 the monastery was revived for the second time, this time by the Medical Sisters of St. Joseph. The Klosterstrasse is located at the old monastery as a connection from the Großer Markt to the Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring, along the Clemenskirche and various buildings belonging to the church. Between 1937 and 1945 it was called Admiral-von-Hipper-Straße .
Kolpingstrasse	180	Adolph Kolping , 1813–1856, German priest and founder of the Kolping Society	1947	The "Kolping House" was named after Adolph Kolping. It was built in 1910 on what is now Neumarkt and then demolished in 1980. With reference to this, the former Yorkstrasse (before 1934 Kanalstrasse ) in downtown Sterkrad was called “Kolpingstrasse” in 1947. It leads from Brandenburger Strasse on Neumarkt to Wilhelmstrasse.
Martha-Schneider-Bürger-Platz	50 × 30	Martha Schneider-Bürger , 1903–2001, German engineer	2011	Martha Schneider-Bürger was born in Sterkrade in 1903 and in 1927 was the first woman to become a civil engineer in Germany. She was best known for her tables of steel profiles. The redesigned square between Bahnhofstrasse and Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring in front of the Technical Town Hall has been named after her since 2011.
Muldenstrasse	70	shallow hollow		This small cul-de-sac to Otto-Weddigen-Straße (formerly Thalstraße , because it is located in a flat valley) leads into a flat hollow and therefore bears its name.
Neumarkt	80 × 80	Sterkrader Marktplatz, younger than Großer Markt and Kleiner Markt	1939	The Neumarkt was built in 1939 because the large market had become too small for pig markets, circuses and the fair. It is at the intersection of Brandenburger Strasse / Kolpingstrasse / Ostrampe. Since it was the newest of the three marketplaces, the name was obvious. Since 1956 the Sterkrader weekly market took place on the Neumarkt, this moved back to the small and large market in 1996.
Odenwaldstrasse	350	Odenwald , low mountain range in southern Germany		Some streets in the area are named after low mountain ranges, such as the Odenwaldstraße, which in the east of Sterkrades leads in a knee-shape from the Stemmerstraße to the Westerwaldstraße and continues in Osterfeld-Heide as Hüttestraße.
Oskarstrasse	140 in the district	Oskar , male first name		Many streets in the area are named after their first names, including Oskarstrasse, which begins on Wilhelmstrasse and leads to Alsfeld, where it curves in a curve and ends at the Postweg.
East ramp	450	eastern ramp to the bridge over the railway line	1896	The east ramp is a ramp-like road laid out in 1896 to cross the Oberhausen – Arnhem railway line at Sterkrader Bahnhof. It leads from Neumarkt on Brandenburger Straße to Zilianplatz at the main train station, on Friedrichstraße. Its counterpart is the western ramp in the Black Heath. Between the two is the 50 m long Sterkrader Bahnhofsbrücke, which, however, is usually only referred to as L287 on maps.
Otto-Weddigen-Strasse	350	Otto Weddigen , 1882–1915, German naval officer	1936	Otto Weddigen was in command of the U9 and U29 submarines; with the latter he went under in 1915. At the suggestion of the Sterkrader Marineverein, the connection between Steinbrinkstrasse and Dorstener Strasse was named after Weddigen in 1936, at the time of National Socialism (see also Emdenstrasse ). It was previously called Thalstrasse .
Parkstrasse	400	Volkspark Sterkrade	1933	Parkstrasse runs parallel to Wilhelmstrasse from Volkspark to Neumarkt on Brandenburger Strasse. Until 1933 it was called Bergstrasse between Hildegardstrasse and Brandenburger Strasse .
Post	190 in the district	old mail	1933	As early as the 16th century, stagecoaches from Cologne, Brandenburg and later also Prussian stagecoaches drove on this road, which leads from the Rhineland to Wesel and Münster. The post route begins in Sterkrade on Steinbrinkstraße, at the Hagelkreuz, an old weather cross , to which a procession of the Catholic parishes leads every year to this day. The Postweg continues north-east through Alsfeld into the Sterkrader Heide, from where it continues as "Kirchhellener Straße" and leads to Kirchhellen. There it bears the name "Alter Postweg" again. In Sterkrade-Mitte, the Postweg was formerly called Friedhofstrasse (until 1933) after the Catholic cemetery on Postweg, on whose grounds the Sophie-Scholl-Gymnasium is now located.
Potsdamer Strasse	290	Potsdam , capital of Brandenburg	1934	Potsdam, with its Sanssouci Palace, was the royal seat of the Prussian kings and is a symbol of Prussian-German history. Potsdamer Strasse begins at Wilhelmplatz, which is named after the Prussian king and first German emperor Wilhelm, and leads west through the Sterkrade Volkspark, along the Friedrich-Ebert-Realschule, to Westhoffstrasse. Nowadays it is just a park path, not a real street. Until 1934 it was called Hanielstraße , previously it was called Schlachthofstraße .
Propst-Denkhoff-Weg	90	Theodor Denkhoff, 1904–1972, provost in Sterkrade		Theodor Denkhoff was provost at the Clemenskirche in Sterkrade and dean of Sterkrade-Osterfeld from 1954 until his death. From 1943 to 1945 he was imprisoned for resisting National Socialism . The path named after him leads in downtown Sterkrad from Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring to Klosterstraße, past the parish home and kindergarten of St. Clemens.
Ramgestrasse	220	Rudolf Ramge, 1894–1944, teacher and politician, resisted National Socialism	1946	Rudolf Ramge was a senior commercial teacher at the municipal vocational school, from 1918 to 1933 a city councilor of the SPD, a union member and a Freemason. In 1933 he was removed from school service because of his political attitudes, and in 1944 he was brought to Sachsenhausen concentration camp . Ramge has been lost ever since. The street in downtown Sterkrad that connects Brandenburger and Bahnhofstraße was originally called Grünstraße . From 1929 to 1936 it was called Zur-Nieden-Straße , since 1936 Immelmannstraße , after a fighter pilot from the First World War. This National Socialist designation was canceled in 1946 and the street was given its current name.
Ritterstrasse	230	Carl Ritter , 1779–1859, German geographer		The Ritterstrasse leads south from Wanner Strasse to Richard-Wagner-Allee, which already belongs to Osterfeld-Heide.
Robert-Koch-Strasse	400	Robert Koch , 1843–1910, German doctor and bacteriologist	1935	Robert-Koch-Strasse is named after the physician Koch in relation to the nearby St. Clemens Catholic Hospital. The street leads north from Brandenburger Straße to Gymnasialstraße. Until 1935 it was called Josefstrasse .
Sandbergstrasse	90	Fields of the farmer Sandberg		Hermann Höfken was a farm owner called "Sandberg" who owned the fields through which this road was laid. Sandbergstrasse connects Gärtnerstrasse and Eifeler Strasse.
Schlackenbergstrasse	150	former slag dump		Until around 1900, the Gutehoffnungshütte stored slag and foundry waste in the area of ​​this street. This material was used in Sterkrade for road construction. The Schlackenbergstraße is a small connection between Johanniter- and Otto-Weddigen-Straße.
Steinbrinkstrasse	2000	"Steenbrink", old cadastral name		Steinbrinkstraße takes its name from an old cadastral designation that describes a stony hill. The names "In den steenbrink", "Op den steenbrink" and "steen Brink" were already entered on a map from 1727. The primary school of the same name is named after this cadastral designation. Steinbrinkstraße crosses Sterkrade-Mitte in a north-south direction, it begins at Weseler Straße, leads through Sterkrad's city center and ends in the south at Dorstener Straße, behind which it continues as Sterkrader Straße in Osterfeld-Heide. Here you will find the Hagelkreuz (an old weather cross from 1802), the Sterkrad town hall from 1888, the Friedenskirche from 1852 and the Johanniterkrankenhaus from 1895. Steinbrinkstraße has always been part of the business center in Sterkrad's city center. Part of the street used to be called Kurz Strasse . Between Bahnhofstrasse and Holtener Strasse it was called Marktstrasse until 1936 .
Stemmerstrasse	240	leads to the Stemmersberg		The Stemmersberg is named after Hermann Stemmer, owner of the Freitagshof below the hill. Both the Stemmersberg settlement in Osterfeld and the Stemmerstrasse, which leads to this plateau, are named after it. The Stemmerstraße leads south from Teutoburger Straße to Westerwaldstraße, behind which it continues as Ziegelstraße in Osterfeld-Heide.
Teutoburger Strasse	1000 in the district	Teutoburg Forest , low mountain range in North Rhine-Westphalia	1936	Some streets in the area are named after low mountain ranges, including Teutoburger Straße, which leads eastwards from Freitaler Platz through Tackenberg to Klosterhardt. It was called Bottropstrasse until 1936 .
Tirpitzstrasse	400	Alfred von Tirpitz , 1849–1930, German Grand Admiral	1936	Tirpitz was a grand admiral of the imperial fleet who campaigned for unrestricted submarine warfare during World War I. From 1914 to 1928 he was also a member of the Reichstag. The former Alleestraße was named after him during the National Socialist era . It connects the Großer Markt with the Holtener Straße, but only has a pedestrian connection to the Großer Markt. Its section at the Sophie-Scholl-Gymnasium, between Kleiner Eichelkampstrasse and Augustastrasse, is also a pedestrian zone.
Tonderner Strasse	300	Tondern , former German city	1934	Tonderner Straße continues as a continuation of Gärtnerstraße behind Vestischen Straße to Teutoburger Straße. Until 1934 it was called Jacobistraße .
Turnerweg	80	Stadium and gym of the TC Sterkrade 69		Turnerweg leads from Parkstrasse to Volkspark, along the stadium and the gymnasium, which were built in 1927.
Vestic road	890 in the district and all street sections together	Vest Recklinghausen	1934	Vest Recklinghausen was the medieval judicial district of Recklinghausen, which was part of the secular domain of the Archbishops of Cologne. Osterfeld was one of them. The Vestische Straße begins at Dreilinden (there is only a footpath here) and leads to Osterfeld (and therefore into the former Vest), which is why it bears this name. A connection to Teutoburger Strasse is also assigned to it. Until 1934 it was called Osterfelder Straße .
Wanner Street	550	Wanne , district of Herne		In the east of Sterkrade-Mitte is Wanner Straße, in the immediate vicinity (in the west of Osterfeld-Heide) Eickelstraße, both of which are named after the former town of Wanne-Eickel . Wanner Strasse is an extension of Jahnstrasse behind the 516 federal motorway to Vestischen Strasse. Between Ritterstrasse and Vestischer Strasse it forms the border to Osterfeld-Heide. Until 1933, the eastern part from the knee road was named Coal Road .
Weseler Street	600 in the district	Wesel , city on the Lower Rhine	1937	Weseler Strasse leads from Sterkrade as an extension of Holtener Strasse in the direction of the Lower Rhine and is therefore named after the city of Wesel. She leaves Sterkrade in the direction of Alsfeld and Holten. In 1910 the section in Sterkrader Mitte was called Weselstraße . In 1937 Weselstrasse was merged with Emmerichstrasse in Alsfeld and Clever Strasse in Holten to form Weseler Strasse.
Westerwaldstrasse	720 in the district	Westerwald , low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate	1935	Some streets in the area are named after low mountain ranges, such as the Westerwaldstraße, which leads from the Vestischen Straße northeast to Osterfeld-Heide. It also forms the border to this district. Until 1935 it was called Knappenstrasse .
Wilhelmplatz	70 × 20	Wilhelm I , 1797–1888, first German Emperor	1936	Wilhelmplatz, named after the first German emperor, is located directly on Wilhelmstrasse, at the Sterkrade Volkspark. It was called Hindenburgplatz until 1936 .
Wilhelmstrasse	1300	Wilhelm I , 1797–1888, first German Emperor	1936	The Wilhelmstrasse, named after the first German emperor, leads south from Weseler Strasse and parallel to Steinbrinkstrasse to Bahnhofstrasse in downtown Sterkrad. It was called Hindenburgstrasse until 1936 . The Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium , the Volkspark Sterkrade and the St. Clemens Hospital are located here.
Zilianplatz	100 × 30	August Zilian, 1895–1944, resisted National Socialism	1947	August Zilian was a locksmith and trade unionist who tried to build an opposition to Hitler in Oberhausen. He was in protective custody in 1933 and excluded from job placement until 1937, after which he was called in for emergency work. He was arrested in 1943, sentenced to death in 1944 and executed in Dortmund. The square named after him is located directly at the Sterkrad train station between Ostrampe, Bahnhofstrasse and Arnold-Rademacher-Platz. Originally it was called Breitestrasse , then Graf-Spee-Platz until 1947 .
To the Gutehoffnungshütte	220	Gutehoffnungshütte , former Oberhausen mining company		Gutehoffnungshütte was a steel company from Oberhausen, whose main factory was in Sterkrade and which today has been merged into the MAN Turbo works in a reduced form. The street Zur Gutehoffnungshütte leads through the middle of the former industrial site of the hut between Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring and Dorstener Straße, on which the Sterkrader Tor shopping center has now been built.
To the post office	20th	Sterkrade post office		The small street Zur Post is located on Friedrichstrasse, directly at the former post office.

List of no longer existing streets

The list of no longer available streets shows some of the previous or deleted street names mentioned in the overview. It does not claim to be complete.

Surname	from	to	renamed to (current)	Derivation	Remarks
Admiral-von-Hipper-Strasse	1937	1945	→  Klosterstrasse	Franz von Hipper , 1863–1932, German admiral	Before 1937 the street was already called Klosterstraße.
Avenue street		1936	→  Tirpitzstrasse
old market		1904	→  Big market	old market place in Sterkrade
Construction road		1933	→  Emdenstrasse
Mountain road		1933	→  Parkstrasse		In 1933 Bergstrasse was merged with Parkstrasse north of Hildegardstrasse.
Bottropstrasse		1936	→  Teutoburger Strasse	leads towards Bottrop	In 1936 Bottropstrasse was merged with Osterfelder Breitestrasse to form Teutoburger Strasse.
Braustraße		1974	moved in	Meininghaus Brewery	The Braustraße was between old and new Vestischer Street, near Dreilinden.
Wide street		1929	→  Zilianplatz		After 1929 the street was initially called Graf-Spee-Platz .
Dellwigstrasse		1936	→  Eifeler Strasse	Dellwig , district of Essen
Friedhofstrasse		1933	→  Post	former catholic cemetery	In 1933, Friedhofstrasse was merged with Poststrasse , located in Alsfeld, to form Postweg.
Graf-Spee-Platz	1929	1947	→  Zilianplatz	Count Maximilian von Spee , 1861–1914, German admiral	Before 1929 the square was called Breitestrasse .
Grünstrasse		1929	→  Ramgestrasse		After 1929 the street was initially called Zur-Nieden-Straße , after 1936 it was initially called Immelmannstraße .
Hanielstrasse		1934	→  Potsdamer Strasse	Haniel , company and entrepreneurial family	Originally the street was called Schlachthofstraße .
Havelstrasse		1995	→  Eugen-zur-Nieden-Ring	Havel , river in northeast Germany	There was probably a connection to the neighboring Brandenburger Strasse . With the Spreestraße another street was named after a river near in northeastern Germany. Both streets were withdrawn in 1995 when the Sterkrad inner city ring was opened.
Hindenburgplatz		1936	→  Wilhelmplatz	Paul von Hindenburg , 1847–1934, German Field Marshal General and President
Hindenburgstrasse		1936	→  Wilhelmstrasse	Paul von Hindenburg , 1847–1934, German Field Marshal General and President
Hope Street		1950	→  Gärtnerstrasse	possibly reference to Gutehoffnungshütte	The western section of Hoffnungsstrasse , west of the federal autobahn 516, lay between Dorstener and Steinbrinkstrasse. It was drafted in 1950. The eastern section was renamed "Gärtnerstrasse" in 1934.
Huettenstrasse	after 1727	1934	→  Bahnhofstrasse	Gutehoffnungshütte , former mining company	After 1934, Hüttenstrasse was merged with Bahnhofstrasse to the west of Steinbrinkstrasse.
Immelmannstrasse	1936	1946	→  Ramgestrasse	Max Immelmann , 1890–1916, German fighter pilot in the First World War	Originally the street was called Grünstraße , since 1929 Zur-Nieden-Straße .
Jacobistrasse		1934	→  Tonderner Strasse	Hugo Jacobi , 1834–1917, industrialist from Osterfeld
Josefstrasse		1935	→  Robert-Koch-Strasse	Relation to the nearby St. Josef Hospital (today St. Clemens Hospital)
Canal Street		1934	→  Kolpingstrasse	Main canal Sterkrade	The channel road is located directly to the cased main channel Sterkrade (ehem. Marienbach). After 1934 it was initially called Yorkstrasse .
Knappenstrasse		1935	→  Westerwaldstrasse	Scarce , related to mining	The Knappenstraße was in the 1900-1910 built settlement for miners on the Stemmer Berg. Hence it was named with reference to mining.
Kohlestrasse		1933	→  Wanner Street		In 1933, Kohlestrasse was assigned to Wanner Strasse located to the west.
Short street			→  Steinbrinkstrasse	short street	The short street was between Sterkrader Mitte and Klosterstraße. Later this street was called Marktstraße together with the one that adjoined it to the north .
Kütze Straadt ( Short Street )		after 1727	→  Bahnhofstrasse		The name Kütze Straadt is entered on a map from 1727 for the section of today's Bahnhofstrasse, which is located in the former grounds of the Gutehoffnungshütte. Later the street between Steinbrinkstrasse and Dorstener Strasse was called Hüttenstrasse .
Mariastrasse		1935	→  Hildegardstrasse	Mary , mother of Jesus of Nazareth	In the immediate vicinity there was Josefstraße , today Robert-Koch-Straße, named after the Catholic St. Josef Hospital (today St. Clemens) .
Market street		1936	→  Steinbrinkstrasse	Sterkrader weekly market	Originally part of the market street was called short street . In 1936, Marktstrasse was assigned to Steinbrinkstrasse to the south.
Mauerstrasse		1933	→  Albrechtstrasse	Wall of the Johanniterkrankenhaus
Munsterstrasse		1936	→  Dorstener Strasse	Münster , city in Westphalia	In 1936 Münsterstrasse was merged with Dorstener Strasse to the north.
Osterfelder Strasse		1934	→  Vestische Straße	leads to Osterfeld
Ozone road			→  Ackerfeldstrasse	Ozone , reference to the nearby industry
Roentgenstrasse		after 1945	moved in		The X-road ran from the corner Hospital- / Robert-Koch-Straße to the corner Hildegard- / Steinbrinkstrasse.
Schlachthofstrasse			→  Potsdamer Strasse	formerly planned slaughterhouse	The street was later called Hanielstraße .
Schlageterplatz	1934	1945	→  Gymnasialstrasse	Albert Leo Schlageter , 1894–1923, martyr figure of the National Socialists (was shot in 1923 during the occupation of the Ruhr)	Before 1934 the street was already called Gymnasialstraße.
Spreestrasse		1995	moved in	Spree , river in northeast Germany	The Spreestraße ran between monastic and Bahnhofstrasse. Nearby, Havelstrasse was another street named after a river in northeast Germany. Both streets were dropped in 1995 when the Sterkrad inner city ring was built.
Teichstrasse		1937	→  Dinnendahlstrasse	former pond of the Elpenbach in the Bronkhorstfeld	In 1937, Teichstrasse was merged with Heinrichstrasse in Tackenberg to form Dinnendahlstrasse.
Thalstrasse		1936	→  Otto-Weddigen-Strasse	slight depression into which the road leads
Connecting road		1903	→  Kantstrasse	Connection between Kleiner Markt and Steinbrinkstrasse
Weselstrasse		1937	→  Weseler Strasse	Wesel , city on the Lower Rhine	In 1937 Weselstrasse was merged with the northern Emmerichstrasse and Clever Strasse to form Weseler Strasse.
York Street	1934	1945	→  Kolpingstrasse	Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg , 1759–1830, general during the Wars of Liberation	Before 1934 the street was called Kanalstrasse .
Zur-Nieden-Strasse	1929	1936	→  Ramgestrasse	Eugen zur Nieden, 1873–1937, Mayor of Sterkrade	Before 1929 the street was called Grünstraße , after 1936 it was called Immelmannstraße .
Intermediate way		1915	moved in	short connection between two roads	The intermediate route was between today's Ramge and Wilhelmstrasse, just north of Kolpingstrasse.

See also

• List of streets in Oberhausen
• List of streets in Oberhausen-Alsfeld
• List of streets in Oberhausen-Buschhausen
• List of streets in Oberhausen-Schwarze Heide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the source used is: Alfred and Ulrich Lindemann: 500 kilometers of Oberhausen street history . 1997
2. ↑ The population in Oberhausen on December 31, 2012. (PDF) Retrieved on July 20, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Tobias Fülbeck: Journey to the center of the city in Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung from April 13, 2011