List of streets in Waltrop
The list of streets lists all street names in the area of the town of Waltrop and gives an explanation of the origin of the name.
Street list
Street name | meaning | Remarks |
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Ackerweg | ||
Adalbert-Stifter-Strasse | named after Adalbert Stifter , writer, painter and educator | |
Adamsstrasse | ||
Acacia path | named after the genus acacia | |
Allensteiner Strasse | named after the place Olsztyn (German: Allenstein), Poland | |
Altenbredde | ||
Altenbruchstrasse | named after a former quarry nearby | |
Old ditch | ||
At the old cemetery | The street lies at the former cemetery of the town center of Waltrop. | |
On the mountainside | ||
At the Böckenberg | formerly Schlagetersiedlung | |
On the Felling | ||
At the Funkenbusch | ||
At the elevator | The road leads past the old Henrichenburg ship lift . | |
At Herdicksbach | The Herdicksbach is a right tributary of the Emscher , which runs here. | is located on the former site of the Ickern colliery |
At the Hirschkamp | ||
At the Koppelkamp | ||
At the Moselbach | formerly Hindenburgstrasse | The market square, city park and city hall are located here. |
At the mill pond | The Hirschkampstadion sports complex is located here. | |
On the processional way | ||
On Rapensweg | ||
At the city Hall | Street behind the town hall of Waltrop (seen from the main entrance) | |
At the Schwarzbach | The Schwarzbach is a left tributary of the Lippe , which runs here. | |
At the city garden | The road leads to the city park (Moselbachpark). | |
At the Steinacker | ||
At the mare pond | A bunker from the Second World War is here. | |
At the Veiinghof | ||
At the grove | A bunker from the Second World War is here. | |
Amselweg | named after the bird species blackbird | |
On Haardstrasse | ||
At the source | ||
At the coal mine railway | The street is on the former railway line that led to the Waltrop colliery . | |
Anchor way | The street is in the housing estate, which was formerly inhabited by workers from the ship lift. | |
Arenbergstrasse | ||
Asternweg | named after the genus asters | |
On the Heiken | ||
On the Kirchberg | ||
On the heath | ||
On the Ronnenheide | The Leveringhäuser Teich nature reserve is located here . | |
Augustin-Wibbelt-Weg | named after Augustin Wibbelt , Roman Catholic clergyman , Westphalian dialect poet and writer | |
Bachweg | named after Johann Sebastian Bach , German composer | |
Bahnhofstrasse | The road leads to the now disused Waltrop train station . | |
Barbarastrasse | named after the patron saint of miners, Saint Barbara of Nicomedia | |
Beethovenstrasse | named after Ludwig von Beethoven , German composer | |
Begonienstrasse | named after the plant genus Begonia | |
Mountain road | ||
Berlin street | named after the federal capital of Germany Berlin | Landesstrasse 511 (L 511) |
Birkenstrasse | named after the genus birch | |
Bismarckstrasse | named after Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen (short: Otto von Bismarck ), former Prime Minister of Prussia , Federal Chancellor of the North German Confederation and first Reich Chancellor of the German Empire | |
Bissenkamp | named after the rush plant | |
Bonhoefferweg | named after Dietrich Bonhoeffer , Lutheran theologian and resistance activist against National Socialism | |
Boat route | The street is in the housing estate, which was formerly inhabited by workers from the ship lift. | |
Borker Strasse | The road leads to Bork , a district of the city of Selm . | State road 809 (L 809) |
Böttcherstrasse | named after the profession of Böttcher | |
Brambauerstrasse | The road leads to Brambauer , a district of the city of Lünen . | Landesstrasse 511 (L 511) |
Brahmsweg | named after Johannes Brahms , German composer | |
Brentanoweg | Named after Clemens Brentano , German romantic writer . | |
Breslauer Strasse | named after the city of Wrocław (German: Breslau) | |
Brockenscheidter Strasse | The street leads to the Brockenscheidt district in Waltrop . | with the comprehensive school; District Road 34 (K 34) |
Buchenstrasse | named after the beech species | |
Büscherstrasse | named after the farm of the farmer Büscher in Brambauer | District Road 34 (K 34) |
Chamissoweg | named after Adelbert von Chamisso , Franco-Prussian naturalist and poet | |
Chemnitzer Strasse | named after the city of Chemnitz , Saxony | |
Dahlia path | named after the genus dahlia | |
Danziger Strasse | named after the city of Gdańsk (German: Danzig) | |
Delbrückstrasse | named after Clemens von Delbrück , German politician ( DNVP ) | |
The Teipe | ||
Dorfmüllerstrasse | named after Heinrich Dorfmüller , vicar from Waltrop | |
Dortmunder Strasse | The road leads in the direction of Dortmund . | Part of the Dortmunder Straße is in the pedestrian zone of the Waltrop center. Part of Dortmunder Strasse belongs to Landesstrasse 511 (L 511). |
Dresdener Strasse | named after the city of Dresden , capital of Saxony | |
Dringenburgstrasse | here was the Dringenburg estate | |
Drosselgasse | named after the bird species thrush | |
Droste-Hülshoff-Strasse | named after Anna Elisabeth Franzisca Adolphina Wilhelmina Ludovica Freiin von Droste zu Hülshoff (short: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff ), writer and composer | |
Düsterbeck | ||
Leech sea | ||
Oak Street | named after the oak genus | |
Elbinger Strasse | named after the city of Elbingen , Rhineland-Palatinate | |
Elisenstrasse | named after the female first name Elise (see Elisabeth , Ilse ) | |
Emanuel-Geibel-Weg | named after Emanuel Geibel , German poet | |
Erlenweg | named after the alder species | |
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Weg | named after Ernst Moritz Arndt , German writer, historian and freedom fighter | |
Ernst Wiechert Way | named after Ernst Wiechert , German-speaking writer | |
Feldstrasse | ||
Finkengasse | named after the finch species | |
Hallway | ||
Franzstrasse | named after the male first name Franz | District road 14 (K 14) |
Friedhofstrasse | The road leads past the municipal cemetery. | The stadium at the North Sports Center is here, home to Teutonia SuS Waltrop . |
Friedrich-Rückert-Strasse | named after Friedrich Rückert , German poet and translator | |
Fritz-Reuter-Weg | named after Fritz Reuter , German poet and writer | |
gardenstreet | ||
Gas street | named after a hard coal gas works built in 1904 | |
Gellertweg | named after Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , German poet and moral philosopher of the Enlightenment | |
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Path | named after Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann , German writer and playwright | |
Giesbertstrasse | ||
Goethestrasse | named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet and lyric poet | |
Gottfried-Keller-Weg | named after Gottfried Keller , Swiss poet | |
Graeffstrasse | named after Leo Gräff , German engineer and entrepreneur, former general director of Hibernia AG | |
Great Spirit Road | The Waltrop fire department is based here. | |
Big fight | ||
Green way | ||
Hafenstrasse | ||
Hail road | Pedestrian zone in the center of Waltrop | |
Handel way | named after Georg Friedrich Händel , German-British composer | |
Hans-Böckler-Strasse | named after Hans Böckler , German politician and first chairman of the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) | |
Haydnweg | named after Franz Joseph Haydn , German composer | |
Lever path | named after Friedrich Hebbel , German lyric poet and playwright | |
Hebeckenkamp | ||
Heidebusch | ||
Heinrich-Ferkinghoff-Strasse | named after the former mayor Waltrops Heinrich Ferkinghoff (in office: 1953–1964, CDU) | |
Heinrich-Heine-Weg | named after Christian Johann Heinrich Heine , German poet, writer and journalist | |
Herderstrasse | named after Johann Gottfried Herder , German poet, translator and theologian | |
Hermann-Löns-Strasse | named after Hermann Löns , German writer and journalist | |
Hermannstrasse | named after the male first name Hermann | |
Hiberniastrasse | named after Hibernia AG , a former mining company | is located on the former site of the Waltrop colliery |
Hilberstrasse | ||
Elevated road | until 1945 Adolf-Hitler-Strasse | |
High field | ||
Hölderlinweg | named after Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin , German poet | |
Huestrasse | named after Otto Hue , German trade unionist and politician ( SPD ) | |
Husemannstrasse | named after Friedrich Ernst Husemann , German politician (SPD) and trade unionist | |
Ickerner Heide | ||
Ickerner Strasse | The road leads in the direction of Ickern , part of the city of Castrop-Rauxel . | partly Landesstraße 645 (L 645), partly Kreisstraße 14 (K 14) |
In the Abdinghof | former Schulte-Abdinghof farm, today Bittner | often the lowest temperature measured in winter in North Rhine-Westphalia |
In the break | ||
In the depot | The street is in the housing estate, which was formerly inhabited by workers from the ship lift. | |
In Dicken Dören | ||
In the noble bush | ||
In the Eickel | ||
In Alder | ||
Basically | ||
In the hillside | ||
In the Hedick | ||
In the Iländ | ||
In the Knäppen | District Road 12 (K 12) | |
In the Löhken | ||
In the tube | ||
In the Sauerfeld | ||
In Siepen | ||
In Sundern | ||
In the struggle | Industrial area, u. a. Waltroper waste disposal center located | |
Imbuschstrasse | named after Heinrich Imbusch , German trade unionist and politician ( center ) | |
In the floodplain | ||
In the build | ||
In the Loerheide | ||
In the peat heather | ||
Industriestrasse | ||
Insterburger Weg | named after the East Prussian town of Insterburg (today: Tschernjachowsk) | |
Isbruchstrasse | Pedestrian zone in the center of Waltrop | |
Jochen-Münzner-Strasse | named after the former mayor Waltrops Hans-Joachim Münzner (in office: 1975–1999, SPD), honorary citizen of the city of Waltrop | |
Josef-Bomert-Strasse | named after Franz Josef Bomert , athlete and sports official from Waltrop, u. a. Managing director of the DJK-Sportverband -Diözesanverband Münster | |
Kaiserstrasse | ||
Kapellenweg | leads to the Laurentius Chapel in the Leveringhausen peasantry | |
Canal Street | leads on dates-Hamm channel along | |
Kanonenstrasse | ||
Kastanienstraße | named after the chestnut genus | |
Käthe-Engelhaupt-Strasse | named after Käthe Engelhaupt , former AWO chairwoman, honorary citizen of the city of Waltrop | |
Kettelerstrasse | named after Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler , Catholic bishop (workers' bishop ) | |
Pine path | named after the genus of pine | |
Pebble road | ||
church Square | leads to St. Peter's Church around | |
Kirchstrasse | ||
Kleistweg | named after Heinrich von Kleist , German poet | |
Knappenstrasse | named after the earlier name for a miner who has completed his apprenticeship | |
Kolpingstrasse | named after Adolph Kolping , German Catholic priest | |
Koenigsberger Strasse | named after the former Prussian capital Königsberg , now Kaliningrad , Russia | |
Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse | named after Konrad Adenauer , first German Federal Chancellor ( CDU ) | |
Kreuzstrasse | ||
Crooked way | ||
Krusenhof | ||
Küferstrasse | named after the job of the cooper | |
Kukelke | derived from "small source" | |
Kurt-Schumacher-Strasse | named after Kurt Schumacher (actually Ernst Carl Schumacher ), German politician (SPD) | |
Land sales | named after the term land sales from the mining language | is located on the former site of the Waltrop colliery |
Lauenburger Strasse | named after the city of Lębork (German: Lauenburg), Poland | |
Clay road | ||
Leipziger Street | named after the city of Leipzig , Saxony | |
Leppelmann's field | named after the Leppelmann family, u. a. Gertrud Leppelmann, founder of the Laurentiuskapelle, Karl Leppelmann (bailiff) | |
Lerchenweg | named after the species of bird lark | |
Lerschstrasse | named after Heinrich Lersch , German labor poet and boiler maker | |
Lessingstrasse | named after Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , German poet | |
Letterhausstrasse | named after Bernhard Letterhaus , German resistance fighter of the Nazi era and Christian trade union leader | |
Leveringhauser Strasse | Street runs in the direction of the Waltrop sub-district Leveringhausen | Landesstrasse 609 (L 609) |
Liegnitzer Strasse | named after Legnica (German: Liegnitz), Poland | |
Lily path | named after the genus of lily plants | |
Lindenstrasse | named after the linden tree | |
Lohburger Strasse | ||
Lohbuschstrasse | ||
Loeringhofstrasse | District road 14 (K 14) | |
Lortzingstrasse | named after the composer Albert Lortzing | |
Lünener Strasse | The road leads to the city of Lünen . | District Road 1 (K 1) |
Margaretenstrasse | named after the female first name Margarete | |
Marienburger Strasse | named after the city of Malbork (German: Marienburg), Poland | |
Marienstrasse | named after Saint Mary of Nazareth , mother of Jesus | |
Markfelder Weg | ||
Martin-Niemöller-Strasse | named after Emil Gustav Friedrich Martin Niemöller , German Protestant theologian | |
Titmouse | named after the bird genus titmouse | |
Memelweg | named after Klaipėda (German: Memel), Lithuania | |
Mengeder Street | Street leads to the Mengede district of Dortmund | Landesstrasse 609 (L 609) |
Messingfeldstrasse | ||
Mittelkamp | ||
Möllerstrasse | named after Theodor von Möller , German politician NLP ; Prussian Minister of Commerce (1901–1905) | |
Mörikeweg | named after Eduard Friedrich Mörike , German poet, narrator and translator | |
Mozartstrasse | named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , composer of the Viennese classical music | |
Mühlenstrasse | leads to the former location of a mill | |
Munsterstrasse | named after the city of Münster , | The town hall of Waltrop is located here; State road 609 (L 609). |
After yours | ||
Nightingale Path | named after the nightingale bird genus | |
New way | ||
Nicolaus-Lenau-Weg | named after Nikolaus Lenau , Austrian writer | |
North hill | ||
North ring | ||
Upper lip | The former farmers Lippe is popularly made up of the upper lip and lower lip . This is the peasantry term for upper lip . | |
Oberlipper Street | The Lippe peasantry is popularly made up of an upper lip and a lower lip . This road leads through Oberlippe . | District Road 12 (K 12) |
Oberwieser stairs | ||
Orffweg | named after Carl Orff , German composer | |
Ostring | A bunker from the Second World War is here. | |
Ottostrasse | named after the male given name Otto | |
Pestalozzistrasse | named after Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi , Swiss educator | |
Plauener Strasse | named after the city of Plauen , Saxony | |
Provincial Road | formerly Julius-Schreck-Strasse ; half of this state road 511 (L 511) belongs to Waltrop, the other half is located in the city of Datteln . The stretch of street belonging to Waltrop includes the houses on the southern side of the street. At the entrance to the town from Waltrop there are two place-name signs. The left one in the direction of travel points to Waltrop, the right one to Datteln. The Provincial Road only continues in the Datteln area. | |
Cross passage | named after the term Querschlag from the mining language | is located on the former site of the Waltrop colliery |
Recklinghauser Strasse | This road leads to the city of Recklinghausen . | Landesstrasse 511 (L 511) |
Ricarda-Huch-Weg | named after Ricarda Octavia Huch , German writer, poet, philosopher and historian | |
Reference section | named after the term straightening line from the mining language | is located on the former site of the Waltrop colliery |
Rilkeweg | named after Rainer Maria Rilke , German-speaking poet | |
Riphausstrasse | The street leads along the old Riphaushof, the former farm of the Riphaus family; formerly Bernhard-Althoff-Straße | The local history museum and the Waltrop all-weather pool are located here. |
Rosenstrasse | named after the genus of roses | |
Roaster Street | There used to be grids on the ground on this street with the purpose of preventing pigs from crossing them. | Pedestrian zone in the center of Waltrop |
Rottstrasse | ||
Sand road | ||
Schenkendorfweg | named after Max von Schenkendorf , German writer | |
Schiller Street | named after Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller , German poet, philosopher and historian | |
Schmiedeweg | named after the professional art of forging | |
Schörlinger Strasse | ||
Schubertweg | named after Franz Peter Schubert , Austrian composer | |
Schultenstrasse | ||
Schützenstrasse | named after the customs of the shooting clubs , of which there are four in Waltrop | |
Black way | ||
Summer way | ||
Starengasse | named after the star species | |
Stegerwaldstrasse | named after Adam Stegerwald , politician ( center , CSU ) | |
Steinstrasse | named after Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein , Prussian civil servant and statesman | |
Stettiner Strasse | named after the city of Szczecin , the former capital of the Pomeranian province, now in Poland | |
Stormstrasse | named after Theodor Storm , German writer and poet | |
Stratmann's way | ||
Surenkamp | ||
Sydowstrasse | named after Reinhold von Sydow | The disused Waltrop colliery (shafts 1 and 2) is here. |
Taeglichsbeckstrasse | named after Otto Taeglichsbeck , German mining captain and director of the Royal Upper Mining Office in Dortmund; campaigned for work safety and the improvement of the living conditions of the miners | |
Tannenweg | named after the genus of fir | |
Tenbuschstrasse | ||
Theodor-Heuss-Strasse | named after Theodor Heuss , journalist, political scientist and politician (including FDP ); first Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany | The Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium is located here . |
Tilsiter Strasse | named after the city of Sovetsk , Russia (German: Tilsit) | |
Tinkhöfe | ||
Tinkhofstrasse | ||
Riverside path | The street is in the housing estate, which was formerly inhabited by workers from the ship lift. | |
Uhlandweg | named after Johann Ludwig Uhland , German poet, literary scholar, lawyer and politician | |
Ulmenweg | named after the genus elm | |
bottom lip | The Lippe peasantry is popularly made up of an upper lip and a lower lip . This is the peasantry term for lower lip . | |
Unterlipper Street | The Lippe peasantry is popularly made up of an upper lip and a lower lip . This road leads through Unterlippe . | Shaft 3 of the former Waltrop colliery is located on this district road 12 (K 12). |
Velsenstrasse | named after Gustav von Velsen , German chief miner | |
Verdistrasse | named after Giuseppe Verdi , Italian composer | |
Viktorstrasse | named after the male given name Viktor | Shafts 3 and 4 of the former Ickern colliery are on this state road 645 (L 645). |
Forest path | Here is the Waldstadion , the former home ground of VfB Waltrop . | |
Weberstrasse | named after the professional art of weaving | |
Wilhelm-Busch-Weg | named after Wilhelm Busch , German poet and draftsman | |
Wilhelm-Hauff-Weg | named after Wilhelm Hauff , German writer | |
Wilhelm-Raabe-Strasse | named after Wilhelm Carl Raabe , German writer | |
Wilhelmstrasse | named after the male first name Wilhelm | Landesstrasse 609 (L609) |
Zeisigweg | named after the genus of siskin | |
Ziegeleistraße | named after a former brickworks nearby | The Waltrop municipal secondary school is here. |
Zillestrasse | named after the socially critical painter Heinrich Zille | |
To the wood | ||
To the new elevator | The street is at the new Henrichenburg ship lift. | |
To the shaft | Here is shaft III of the former Ickern colliery . | is located on the former site of the Ickern colliery |
To the valley | ||
To the Birk | ||
To the Pannhütt | This is where the Waltrop colliery was manufacturing special shovels , so-called Pann , which are specially made for mining. | |
To the wall hedge | ||
To the Black Kuhle | According to the legend of the Black Hollow, which is said to have occurred here |
literature
- Michael Braun, Reinhard Jäkel, Christian Merl, Thomas Schild: Waltroper Streets - A piece of city history. Braun and Brunswick, Waltrop 2004 ISBN 3-936083-05-3