List of streets in Selm

The list of streets in Selm lists all street names in the municipality of the city of Selm , Unna district , North Rhine-Westphalia , and gives an explanation of the origin of the name.

Districts

Selm consists of the following districts and their farmers:

Altenbork , farmers, belongs to Bork
Bycatch , belonged to the municipality of Selm before 1975
Bork
Cappenberg , belonged to the municipality of Bork before 1975
Hassel , belongs to Bork
Netteberge , farmers, belongs to Cappenberg
Ondrup , farmers, belongs to Selm
Selm
Ternsche , farmers, belongs to Selm
Westerfelde , farmers, belongs to Selm

Post Code

The zip code, which is valid for the entire city, is 59379. It applies to mail and parcel deliveries.

Telephone prefixes

Selm and Bork have the telephone code 02592.
Cappenberg has the Lüner area code 02306. In Netteberge the area code 02592 applies.

Street lists

If necessary, membership of a peasantry is also listed under the city districts section .

A.

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Field ring	Selm
Adenauerplatz	Bork	Konrad Adenauer , German Chancellor	until 1936 official seat ; until 1945 Horst-Wessel-Platz ; until 1974 (?) office
Ahornstrasse	Bycatch	Maples , genus of plants
Acacia path	Bycatch	Acacia , genus of plants
Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse	Bycatch	Albert Schweitzer , German-French doctor and pacifist
Allensteiner Strasse	Selm	Olsztyn , town in Warmia-Masuria , Poland
Alstedder Strasse	Altenbork	Road to Alstedde	K 19
Old church square	Selm
Old colliery railway	Bycatch
At the old court	Bork
At the old pond	Bork
At the fishing camp	Hassel
At the Balkenbach	Cappenberg
At the Brauereiknapp	Cappenberg		L 810
On the Buddenberg	Bycatch	Buddenberg, location of the former Hermann colliery
At the cemetery	Selm
At the Haferkamp	Bork
At Hüttenbach	Bycatch
At the Kapellenknapp	Hassel
At the Klockenberg	Selm
At the Kohuesholz	Cappenberg
At Kreuzkamp	Bycatch
At the Krummen Kamp	Selm
At the lion gate	Cappenberg	Lion , cat type	Lion Gate to Cappenberg Castle
At the pastor's bush	Bork		until 1945 Hermann-Göring-Straße
At the Schnippenbach	Nice mountains
At the Lakeshore	Ternsche	Ternscher lake shore
At the Steinfeld	Cappenberg
At the bull stool	Cappenberg
At Lake Ternscher	Ternsche	Ternscher See , artificial lake
At the wall	Selm
At the water tower	Cappenberg
At the edge of the meadow	Selm
At the hay meadows	Bycatch
On the bleach	Hassel
At the Hassel Chapel	Hassel
On the long hedge	Bycatch
Anne Frank Ring	Bycatch	Anne Frank , Jewish German girl who fell victim to the Holocaust
Anne Frank Street	Bycatch
Annegarnstrasse	Selm	Josef Annegarn , theologian and professor
At the goose market	Cappenberg
On the tap	Hassel
At the sawing site	Cappenberg
On the Schlackkamp	Selm
On the south field	Hassel
On the spelled	Nice mountains	Spelled , cereal
On the mind	Selm	Geest , a landscape that is higher and drier than its surroundings	K 6
At the height	Selm
On the eyrie	Selm
In the paddock	Hassel
On the Sagkuhl	Selm
On the gorge	Bork
On the spinning track	Bork

B.

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Bachstrasse	Bycatch
Badestrasse	Selm
Bahnhofstrasse	Bork		K 8 from 44, 51
Baltimora	Cappenberg	based on the American city of Baltimore
Bassenwinkel	Bork
Beethovenweg	Selm	Ludwig van Beethoven , German composer
Bycatcher way	Bycatch	Road in bycatch	leads to the bycatch station; Change of page of the even house numbers at 54A / 56
Mountain road	Bycatch
Berlin street	Bycatch	Berlin , capital of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bernhard-Holtmann-Strasse	Bycatch
Bernhard-Sroka-Weg	Bycatch
Binnhove	Bork
Birkenstrasse	Bycatch	Birch trees , genus of plants
Bischof-Vieter-Strasse	Cappenberg	Heinrich Vieter , Catholic bishop
Bismarckstrasse	Bycatch	Otto von Bismarck , German Chancellor
Flower Street	Selm
Bockmühlenweg	Bycatch
Borker Landweg	Altenbork	Rural road in Bork	until 1974 Sandforter Weg ; K 7
Borker Strasse	Cappenberg	Road to Bork	K 11
Botzlarstrasse	Bycatch	Botzlar Castle , Wasserburg	from 1936 to 1945 Knickmannstrasse
Breede	Bycatch
wide street	Bycatch		from 1936 to 1945 Franz-Seldte-Strasse ; 1-109, 2-102
wide street	Selm		113-159, 104-150
Brentanostrasse	Bork	Clemens Brentano , German writer
Breslauer Strasse	Selm	Wroclaw , city in Lower Silesia , Poland
Brink	Selm	Brink , special type of settlement
Brueckenstrasse	Bycatch		until 1974 Mühlenstrasse
Buchenstrasse	Bycatch	Beech , genus of plants
Buchenwaldstrasse	Bycatch	Beech , genus of plants
Buddenbergstrasse	Bycatch	Buddenberg, location of the former Hermann colliery
Botzlar Castle	Bycatch	Botzlar Castle , Wasserburg
Buschkamp	Cappenberg
Buxfort	Ondrup

C.

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Cappenberger Dam	Cappenberg	elevated street (dam) in Cappenberg	L 810

D.

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Dahler wood	Altenbork	House Dahl	K 2
Dahlia path	Selm	Dahlias , genus of plants
Danteweg	Bork	Dante Alighieri , Italian poet and philosopher
Danziger Strasse	Selm	Gdansk , city in Pomerania , Poland
De Mutt	Bork
Didon Street	Bork	Christian Didon, teacher and local researcher in Bork
Diesel way	Bork	Rudolf Diesel , German engineer
Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Weg	Bork	Dietrich Bonhoeffer , German theologian
Village street	Cappenberg
Dornenkamp	Selm	Thorn , stinging structure on a plant
Dreischfeld	Cappenberg		K 19
Dreischkamp	Selm
Throttle path	Bycatch	Thrushes , bird family
Droste-Hülshoff-Strasse	Bork	Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , German writer
Thin bench	Bycatch

E.

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Egenkamp	Selm
Eichendorffstrasse	Bycatch	Joseph von Eichendorff , German writer
Oak Street	Bycatch	Oak , genus of plants
Elbinger Strasse	Selm	Elblag , city in Warmia-Masuria , Poland
Elsa-Brandström-Strasse	Bycatch	Elsa Brändström , Swedish philanthropist	original customary notation Brandström
Emanuelstrasse	Bycatch
Emtingsweg	Cappenberg
Erich-Klausener-Weg	Bork	Erich Klausener , representative of political Catholicism
Erlenstrasse	Bycatch	Alder , genus of plants
Ernst-Kraft-Strasse	Bycatch	Ernst Kraft, German politician, Mayor of Selm
Eschenstrasse	Bycatch	Ash , genus of plants

F.

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Ferry Camp	Bycatch
Fasanenweg	Bork	Pheasant , species of bird
Field garden	Hassel
Field stairs	Hassel
Fine woman	Bycatch
Fontanestrasse	Bycatch	Theodor Fontane , German writer
Freiherr-vom-Stein-Strasse	Cappenberg	Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , Prussian statesman and reformer	to 27, 38 L 810 , then K 19
Funnenkampstrasse	Selm
Funnemannstrasse	Bycatch

G

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
gardenstreet	Bork
Ghost Street	Bycatch	Geest , a landscape that is higher and drier than its surroundings
Gerhart Hauptmann Ring	Bycatch	Gerhart Hauptmann , German writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Strasse	Bycatch
Gerta-Overbeck-Weg	Cappenberg	Gerta Overbeck , German painter
Goethestrasse	Bycatch	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet
Countess-Kielmannsegge-Strasse	Cappenberg	Daughter of Freiherr vom Stein
Graf-von-Stauffenberg-Weg	Bork	Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg , German officer
Grenzweg	Selm
Green way	Bycatch		1-31, 2-62A
Green way	Selm		45-69, 84-110
Gutenbergstrasse	Bork	Johannes Gutenberg , inventor of modern letterpress	K 8

H

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Hagenplatz	Bycatch
Hagenstrasse	Bycatch
Hans-Böckler-Weg	Bork	Hans Böckler , German politician and trade unionist
Harkortstrasse	Bork	Friedrich Harkort , German entrepreneur and politician
Main road	Bork
House Mountains Road	Bork	Road to the mountains house	2-32, 61
	Selm		5-31
	Nice mountains		42-48
Haydnweg	Selm	Joseph Haydn , Austrian composer
Hebbelweg	Bork	Friedrich Hebbel , German writer
Hegelstrasse	Bycatch	Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , German philosopher
Heidestrasse	Bork	Heath , landscape type
Heinrich-Böll-Weg	Bycatch	Heinrich Böll , German writer
Heinrich-Heine-Strasse	Bycatch	Heinrich Heine , German poet and writer
Heinrich-von-Kleist-Strasse	Bycatch	Heinrich von Kleist , German poet and publicist
Herderweg	Bork	Johann Gottfried Herder , German poet
Hermann-Löns-Weg	Bycatch	Hermann Löns , German homeland poet
Hermannstrasse	Bycatch	Colliery Hermann
Herschkamp	Bork
Deer meadow	Cappenberg	Deer , mammal family
Hölderlinweg	Bork	Friedrich Hölderlin , German poet
Hölterweg	Nice mountains
Horstheide	Bork
Hill path	Ternsche
Humboldtstrasse	Bork	Alexander von Humboldt , German naturalist
Hüttenbachweg	Bycatch

I.

Street name	district	Derivation
In Blomenkamp	Selm
In the Bram	Altenbork	Bram , genus of plants (gorse)
In the bromine	Selm
In the Dahler Feld	Altenbork
In the green ground	Selm
In the green corner	Bycatch
Immenbrock	Cappenberg
In the town	Selm
In Sundern	Bork
In their own	Selm
In the fights	Selm
Industriestrasse	Bycatch
Irisweg	Selm	Iris , genus of plants (irises)

J

Street name	district	Derivation
Jakob-Kaiser-Strasse	Bycatch	Jakob Kaiser , German politician
Josef Lüffe Park	Bycatch	Pharmacist in Selm, art collector
Josef-Mersmann-Weg	Bork
Josefstrasse	Bycatch

K

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Kantstrasse	Bycatch	Immanuel Kant , German philosopher
Kardinal-von-Galen-Strasse	Bork	Clemens August Graf von Galen , German cardinal
Kastanienstraße	Bycatch	Chestnuts , genus of plants
Käthe-Kollwitz-Weg	Bycatch	Käthe Kollwitz , German graphic artist, painter and sculptor
Kettelerstrasse	Bork	Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler , German bishop (workers' bishop)
Pine road	Bycatch	Pine , genus of plants
Kirchpatt	Cappenberg
church Square	Bork
Kleine Hagenstrasse	Bycatch
Knappenweg	Bycatch
Kochstrasse	Bycatch
Köhlerstrasse	Cappenberg
Kolberger Strasse	Selm	Kolberg , city in West Pomerania , Poland
Kolpingstrasse	Bork	Adolph Kolping , German priest
Koenigsberger Strasse	Selm	Koenigsberg , city in Kaliningrad Oblast , Russia
Königskamp	Bycatch
Körnerstrasse	Bycatch	Theodor Körner , German writer
Kottendieck	Bycatch
County road	Bycatch	District road , road in the sponsorship of a district (road class)	2-152, 1-139; ; until 1974 Borker Straße from 87, 144
County road	Bork		198-302, 141-271; to 236, 237A; until 1974 at Selmer Strasse
Kreutzkampswiese	Cappenberg
Küferstrasse	Cappenberg
Kurt-Schumacher-Strasse	Bycatch	Kurt Schumacher , German politician
Short street	Bycatch
Küstriner Strasse	Selm	Küstrin , town in Lebus , Poland

L.

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Loading street	Selm
Landsbergstrasse	Bycatch
Long field	Selm
Long street	Bycatch
Lerchenweg	Bycatch	Larks , bird family
Lessingstrasse	Bycatch	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , German poet
Lindenstrasse	Bycatch	Linden , genus of plants
Lippestrasse	Bork	Lippe , river on the border Selms (Bork)
Lortzingstrasse	Selm	Albert Lortzing , German composer
Louis-Berger-Weg	Bork
Ludgerikirchplatz	Selm
Ludgeristraße	Selm		until 33, 38C until 1974 Bahnhofstraße , from 35, 40 until 1933 Dorfstraße , until 1945 Adolf-Hitler-Straße ; K 6
Lüdinghausener Strasse	Selm	Road to Lüdinghausen	2-22, 3-21; K 2
Lüdinghausener Strasse	Ternsche	Road to Lüdinghausen	60-84, 63-75; L 835
Luisenstrasse	Hassel		1-45A, 2-42
	Nice mountains		83
	Selm		93-121, 100-110
Lünener Strasse	Bork	Road to Lünen	2-34, 3; from 30
	Hassel		33-223, 42-222;
	Cappenberg		300;
Lutherweg	Bycatch	Martin Luther , German theologian

M.

Street name	district	Derivation
Madelstrasse	Selm
Mane Street	Westerfelde
Mälzerstrasse	Cappenberg
Marie Curie Way	Bycatch	Marie Curie , Polish-French physicist, chemist and Nobel Prize winner
Marienburger Strasse	Bork	Marienburg , city in Pomerania , Poland
Markland	Selm
Marketplace	Bycatch
Martin-Niemöller-Strasse	Bork	Martin Niemöller , German theologian
Titmouse	Bycatch	Titmouse , bird family
Memeler Strasse	Selm	Memel , city in Lithuania
Mergelkamp	Selm	Marl , sedimentary rock
Mozartstrasse	Selm	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Austrian composer
Mühlenweg	Hassel
Munsterlandstrasse	Selm	Münsterland , Westphalian region

N

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Nelly Sachs Way	Bycatch	Nelly Sachs , writer and Nobel Prize winner
Nepomukweg	Bork	Johannes Nepomuk , saint
Niceberger Strasse	Hassel	Road to Netteberge	38-70, 41-99; K 8
Niceberger Strasse	Nice mountains	Road to Netteberge	150-290, 115-297; K 8
New Nordkirchener Strasse	Ternsche	Road to Nordkirchen	K 2
New Werner Street	Bycatch	Road to Werne	L 507
Nienkamp	Bycatch
Nikolaus-Groß-Weg	Bork	Nikolaus Groß , German Christian trade unionist
Nordkirchener Strasse	Selm	Road to Nordkirchen	1-31, 2-38; K 18 from 13, 14
Nordkirchener Strasse	Ternsche	Road to Nordkirchen	60-100, 61; Page change of even and odd house numbers at 100; K 18

O

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Oberhof	Selm
Olfener Strasse	Selm	Road to Olfen	1-49, 2-44; ; until 1974 Bahnhofstrasse
Olfener Strasse	Ternsche	Road to Olfen	76-156, 97-169A;
Ondruper way	Ondrup	Road through Ondrup	1-13, 4
Ondruper way	Westerfelde	Road through Ondrup	19-31
East wall	Bork
Otto-Hahn-Strasse	Bork	Otto Hahn , German chemist and Nobel Prize winner
Overbergweg	Bycatch	Bernhard Heinrich Overberg , Catholic theologian and educator

P

Street name	district	Derivation
Pedagogue Path	Bycatch
Poplar Path	Bycatch	Poplars , genus of plants
Park path	Bycatch
Pastoratengasse	Selm
Paul-Schneider-Weg	Hassel	Paul Schneider , Protestant pastor
Paulswiese	Bork
Pestalozziweg	Bycatch	Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi , Swiss educator
Puettstrasse	Hassel	Pütt , name for a mine

R.

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Raiffeisenstrasse	Bycatch	Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen , German social reformer
Rough bush	Bork		old spelling retained
Rektoratsweg	Selm
Reuterweg	Bork	Ernst Reuter , German politician
Rieves Kamp	Selm
Rilkeweg	Bork	Rainer Maria Rilke , German-speaking poet
Röhrweg	Ternsche
Roman road	Selm	Römerstraße , street at the time of the Roman Empire	1-19, 4-26; K 2 ; until 1974 Vinnumer Weg
Roman road	Bycatch	Römerstraße , street at the time of the Roman Empire	36-130, 29-103; K 2 ; until 1974 Vinnumer Weg
Röttgersbank	Bycatch
Rosenstrasse	Cappenberg	Roses , genus of plants

S.

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Sandforter way	Bycatch	Road to Sandfort Castle
Sand road	Cappenberg		1, 8
Sand road	Nice mountains		60-100A
Sarnsbank	Bycatch
Shaft street	Bycatch	Shaft , vertical pit construction (mining)
Schäpershof	Bycatch
Schiller Street	Bycatch	Friedrich Schiller , German poet
Schlossberg	Cappenberg	Mountain on which the Cappenberg Castle stands	old spelling retained; K 19
Cappenberg Castle	Cappenberg	Cappenberg Castle	old spelling retained
Schluchtgasse	Bork
Schmerlingstrasse	Bycatch	Joseph von Schmerling , Austrian general
Schönauer Strasse	Bork
Schorfheide	Bork	Schorfheide, collective term for a larger forest area
Schulstrasse	Bycatch	Street at the former Luther school
Schulze-Weischer-Weg	Selm
Schützenweg	Bycatch
Seilandstrasse	Selm
Selma-Lagerlöf-Weg	Bycatch	Selma Lagerlöf , Swedish writer
Selmer Heath	Bycatch	Heath , landscape type
Sophie-Scholl-Weg	Bork	Sophie Scholl , German resistance fighter
Steigerstrasse	Bycatch	Steiger , supervisor in mining
Steinstrasse	Bycatch
Stephanusweg	Bork	Stephen , saint
Stettiner Strasse	Selm	Szczecin , city in West Pomerania , Poland
Steverweg		Stever , right tributary of the lip
St. Gottfried Street	Cappenberg	Gottfried von Cappenberg , Westphalian count, saint
Stifterstrasse	Bork	Adalbert Stifter , Austrian writer
Stormstrasse	Bork	Theodor Storm , German writer
Beach path	Ternsche
Südkirchener Strasse	Selm	Road to Südkirchen	1-67, 2-60; K 6 from 28, 41
	Ondrup		70-124, 71-121 K 6
	Westerfelde		130, 139-145; K 6
South wall	Bork		L 809
Summer tight	Hassel
Sundernburg	Selm
Synagogue Walk	Bork	Synagogue , teaching house of a Jewish community

T

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Valley road	Bycatch
Tannenweg	Bork
Teichstrasse	Bycatch
Ternsche	Ternsche	Ternsche , a farming community in Selm
Tilsiter Strasse	Selm	Tilsit , city in Kaliningrad Oblast , Russia
Tischlerstrasse	Cappenberg
Pottery Street	Cappenberg
Tüllinghofer Strasse	Ternsche	Road to the Lüdinghausen farmers' association Tüllinghoff	K 25

U

Street name	district	Derivation
Ubbenhagen	Cappenberg	Übbenhagen, old farmers' name for Cappenberg
Overwater road	Cappenberg
Uhlandstrasse	Bycatch	Ludwig Uhland , German poet
Ulmenstrasse	Bycatch	Elms , genus of plants

V

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Vinnumer Strasse	Altenbork	Road to Vinnum	K 8
Vosskuhle	Hassel

W.

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Wagenfeldstrasse	Bork	Karl Wagenfeld , German writer
Wagnerstrasse	Selm	Richard Wagner , German composer
Waldenburger Strasse	Selm	Waldenburg , town in Lower Silesia , Poland
Forest path	Bycatch
Waltroper Strasse	Bork	Road to Waltrop	2–106, 3–117 L 809 from 71, 96
Waltroper Strasse	Altenbork	Road to Waltrop	129-173, 140-142
Wassermannskamp	Selm
Weidenstrasse	Bycatch	Willows , genus of plants
Weiherstrasse	Bork
Werner Street	Selm	Road to Werne	1-53A, 2-36
	Bycatch		60-124, 71-151 L 507
	Nice mountains		140-200, 175-213 L 507
Westerfelde	Westerfelde	Westerfelde, name of a peasantry
Wibbeltstrasse	Bork	Augustin Wibbelt , Westphalian dialect poet
Wienacker	Bork
Meadow road	Bork	Meadow , an area used for farming for the cultivation of fodder
Wilhelm-Kellermann-Weg	Bork	Wilhelm Kellermann , German Romanist
Wilhelm-Liebetrau-Weg	Bycatch	former mayor of Selm
Willy-Brandt-Platz	Bycatch	Willy Brandt , German Chancellor and Nobel Prize Winner
Woerenberg	Ondrup
Woot	Hassel

Z

Street name	district	Derivation	Remarks
Colliery Hermann Wall	Bycatch	Colliery Hermann	K 44
Ten way	Bycatch
To the birch tree	Cappenberg	Birch trees , genus of plants
To the Nierfeld	Bork
To the Schulzenhof	Selm
To Sundern	Bork		from 1936 to 1945 Adolf-Hitler-Strasse
To the route picture	Hassel
To the old windmill	Selm
To the Disselbrede	Westerfelde
To the sand pit	Nice mountains
To the forge	Cappenberg