List of streets and squares in Weißwasser

The list of names of streets and squares in Weißwasser lists all streets and squares within the municipality of Weißwasser / Oberlausitz with a brief explanation.

The entries contain information on the street name and description including photos, data on length and geographical location. In particular, references to special features and sights on the street or the square are given.

The current streets and squares are followed by street names that have been changed and streets that no longer exist due to urban redevelopment.

Prefabricated building area Heinrich-Hertz-Straße in Weißwasser

S 126 / Heinrich-Heine-Straße at the entrance to the town

General

Streets and squares in the area of ​​the Weißwasser district are listed. This extends over more than the pure urban area.

The most important street in Weißwasser is Bundesstraße 156 . This main traffic artery comes from the village of Boxberg and the Boxberg power station in the south in a wide arc past the Nochten open-cast mine through the Upper Lusatian heath and pond area with the Upper Lusatian heath and pond landscape to Weißwasser. As Bautzener Strasse, it cuts straight through the southern prefabricated building area of ​​the city and climbs slightly to the highest point of the city, the area around the water tower and the swimming pool. At this point it intersects the state road 126 coming from the east , here as Heinrich-Heine-Straße, which connects the B 156 with the federal road 115 just outside the city . From there it continues as the main street in a straight line past the city's Catholic church down to the city center of Weißwasser, where the S 126, here as Berliner Straße, initially branches off in a westerly direction. After crossing the Cottbus – Görlitz railway line , the main road is called Muskauer Straße from here on. The street still leads straight ahead out of the city center, past the Protestant church, slightly uphill to the Turnerheim and shortly afterwards leaves the city limits in a north-easterly direction to Krauschwitz .

The street was named after the neighboring cities of Bautzen and Bad Muskau .

The second important road traffic artery is the already mentioned S 126. After the junction from the B 156 as Berliner Straße , this runs almost as a transverse axis to it in a north-westerly direction. It changes name several times, from Berliner Straße to Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße , until it finally leaves the city as Halbendorfer Weg .

Other streets bear the names of neighboring places in the direction of which they lead. These include Görlitzer Straße , Weißkeißeler Weg , Kromlauer Weg , Spremberger Straße , Forster Straße , Boxberger Straße , Rothenburger Straße and Gablenzer Weg .

Roads related to local conditions are the Drachenbergweg in the direction of Bad Muskau, near the Drachenberge; the Hagweg , the south leads to Hagberg at the open pit edge of the city, Jahn Damm , Jahn Street and Pond Street at Jahn pond Waldseeweg direction Waldsee north of White Water, the Brown Teichweg and On Brown Teichgraben with riverside path in Braunsteich proximity and Neuteichweg on Neuteich.

The Qualisch (also -Ost and -Nord ) and Hermannsdorfer Straße denote urban areas, the Strugaweg refers to the Struga , a small mostly piped brook under the city, the Meschina on a parcel, names like Kirchstraße , Am Tierpark , etc. a. certain circumstances. Nordweg , Oststraße and Südstraße are in the same direction from the city center.

A number of streets in a clearly defined eastern part of the city bear the names of poets and writers, such as Puschkinstraße , Gutenbergstraße , Lessingstraße , Schillerstraße , Goethestraße , Uhlandstraße , Lutherstraße and Paul-Keller-Weg , which are a residential area of Form single and smaller multi-family houses and include the prefabricated buildings on Humboldtstraße , and Bertolt-Brecht-Straße and Hanns-Eisler-Straße , on which there are 4- and 5-storey prefabricated buildings. They are connected by Eichendorffweg and Heinrich-Heine-Straße , which are mixed buildings.

Other streets bear the names of personalities who are closely related to the work in the city. These include the residential area of Prof.-Wagenfeld-Ring , Joseph-Schweigstrasse and Dr.-Altmann-Strasse .

The group of streets that have the names of people associated with the proletarian and anti-fascist attitude include Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse , Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse , Werner-Seelenbinder-Strasse , Geschwister-Scholl -Strasse Straße , August-Bebel-Straße and Karl-Marx-Straße . Other streets that got their names during the GDR were renamed or re-named, such as Ernst-Thälmann-Strasse , Dimitroffstrasse and Hans-Beimler-Strasse .

After the fall of the Wall, the redesign of a shopping and service area resulted in the Sorauer Platz , the name of which expresses the partnership between Weißwasser and the Polish city of Żary (German and until 1945 Sorau ).

Across the city there are streets with the names of scientists, such as Heinrich-Hertz-Strasse , Robert-Koch-Strasse and Jacobistrasse, and reformist educators such as Friedrich-Fröbel-Strasse or Pestalozzistrasse and Jahnstrasse or -damm .

A large part of the GDR-typical names such as Street of the DSF , Street of the Young Pioneers , Street of Youth , Street of Liberation , Square of the Red Army have been renamed, renamed or given earlier names, only Street of Peace and Street of Unity remained untouched.

The Knappenweg , the Grubenstrasse , the Grube-Hermann-Strasse , the Glückaufstrasse and the Kraftwerkerstrasse are also related to the regional characteristic of an energy and mining town. The affiliation to the Sorbian settlement area is marked by the Wendensteg .

Other street names such as Waldstraße , Sandstraße , Hohe Straße , Wiesensteg indicate indeterminate local conditions.

Legend

The following table provides an overview of the streets and squares available in the city as well as some related information. In detail these are:

• Name : Current name of the street or the square (in Sorbian if such a name is shown on a street sign or city map) as well as a coordinate link to the approximate center of the street. Note ¹ refers to other earlier street names .
• Length / dimensions : length of the street or dimensions of the square in meters.
• Name origin : Derivation of the name if known.
• Year of naming : Time at which the street was given its current name.
• Notes : Description of the location in the city and special features.
• Image : Image of the street or an adjacent object.

Street directory

Name sorbian	Length (in meters)	Origin of name	Year of designation	Remarks	image
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Ackerstrasse location	120 m	After the field that used to be here.	?	In the residential area at the old village .	Image wanted
Ährenweg location	210 m	After the ears of wheat .	?	It's in the old village .	Image wanted
Albert-Schweitzer-Ring location	480 m	After Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), German theologian, philosopher and doctor.	?	The ring-shaped square of 5- and 9-storey prefabricated buildings is located in the south of the city in the residential area Am Wasserturm . Part of the ring with 11-storey high-rise buildings was completely demolished in 2007. Their floor space is now part of the newly created Sorauer Platz .	Image wanted
Alexanderstrasse location	80 m	unknown	?	A short connecting road in the residential area to the unit .	Image wanted
At the Anger location	200 m	After the former anger of the old village.	?	In the old village .	Image wanted
At the Braunsteich location	1,500 m	After the brown pond .	?	A junction from Braunsteichweg, where you will find the KIEZ am Braunsteich on the street.	Image wanted
At the Braunsteichgraben location	700 m	After the brown pond ditch .	?	This path leads from the Waldhaus initially paved, from the Braunsteichweg as an unpaved forest road for a total of 3 km to Krauschwitz, where it meets the B 115 near the adventure world .	Image wanted
Location at the village fountain	80 m	For a village well in the old village ?	?	A short dead-end street on August-Bebel-Strasse in the old village .	Image wanted
At the amusement park Pri parku wočerstwjenja location	430 m	After the location at the amusement park .	?	On the southern outskirts of the city there are some cube houses at the leisure park . The park offers games and sports facilities.	Image wanted
At the glassmaker's fountain	30 m	After the location at the Glasmacherbrunnen.	2010	The square denotes the roundabout in front of the station, which was rebuilt as part of the renovation of the station forecourt. The glassmaker's fountain is in the center of the roundabout.
At the Schulacker location	590 m	unknown	?	A ring road on Neuteichweg.	Image wanted
At the hop blossom location	90 m	After the hop blossom , a pub.	?	The only resident on this short connecting road is the Hopfenblüte restaurant .	Image wanted
At the Philippine location	930 m	unknown	?	On the north-western outskirts on the road to Halbendorf .	Image wanted
At the racetrack location	1,150 m	After the racetrack , the way to the castle meadow , formerly part of the former hunting lodge .	?	A housing estate on the far western outskirts of the city.	Image wanted
At the brickyard location	820 m	At a former brick factory?	?	A settlement around the Ziegeleiteich .	Image wanted
Auensiedlung location	470 m	After a floodplain .	?	Housing estate on Halbendorfer Weg in the direction of Halbendorf and Runde .	Image wanted
August Bebel Street Augusta Bebelowa dróha Location	890 m	After August Bebel (1840–1913), social democratic German politician.	?	This street is the former village street of Ur-Weißwasser. Today it connects the southern urban area with the old village . In addition to a car dealership, it is home to School 1 , today's 1st elementary school, the first school in Weißwasser.	Image wanted
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Railway station street Dwórnišćowa dróha location	250 m	After the train station.	?	It runs from the train station to Muskauer Strasse. The former and also the new bus station was located on her.
Bear Street location	140 m	unknown	?	A small street on Neuteichweg, opposite the former Bärenhütte glassworks .	Image wanted
Bautzener Straße Budyska dróha location	4,850 m	After the city of Bautzen .	?	It runs its full length as the B 156 from the city center south about 1900 m to the exit in the direction of Bautzen.
Berliner Straße Berlinska dróha location	1,730 m	After the city of Berlin .	?	Main axis (S 126) from the city center to the old village .
Bergstrasse location	170 m	unknown	?	A small street in a housing estate.	Image wanted
Bertolt-Brecht-Strasse location	680 m	After Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), German playwright and poet.	?	A prefabricated building district in the Am Puck urban area .	Image wanted
Birkenweg Brězowy PUC location	180 m	After the birch .	?	A small, well hidden street in the area between Jahn- and Neuteich.	Image wanted
Boulevard location	731 m	After boulevard .	?	Street parallel to Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse and Bautzener Strasse	Image wanted
Boxberger Street Hamorska dróha location	670 m	After the place Boxberg .	?	The street in the south residential area runs largely parallel to Bautzener Strasse. Some apartment blocks on this street were also demolished. It continues from Bautzener Strasse in the direction of the opencast mine. This was the former B 156 before it was demolished.	Image wanted
Braunsteichweg location	920 m	After the brown pond .	?	It runs from Muskauer Straße in the direction of Braunsteich, but ends shortly before in the surrounding forest.	Image wanted
Brentanoweg location	380 m	After Clemens Brentano (1778–1842), German writer of the Heidelberg Romanticism .	?	On the eastern edge of the poets' quarter.	Image wanted
Bridge path location	1,350 m	After the bridge over the Braunsteich.	?	Extension of the street of the unit to the brown pond. As a bridge it leads over it and as an unpaved path to the Braunsteichweg.
Brunnenstrasse location	870 m	unknown	?	It leads from Muskauer Straße through the northeastern prefabricated building area of ​​the city, then in an arch past the former 2nd POS "Bruno-Bürgel" (last 2nd secondary school ).	Image wanted
Bruno-Bürgel-Strasse location	370 m	After Bruno Bürgel (1875–1948), German writer and publicist on astronomical topics.	?	The current 4th Friedrich Froboeß primary school , which used to be the lower level section of the 4th POS , is located on this small street .	Image wanted
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Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Strasse Carla Friedricha Gaußowa dróha location	280 m	After Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777–1855), German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist and physicist.	?	A short cul-de-sac on Berliner Strasse, at the end of which is the land registry.	Image wanted
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Damaschkestrasse location	890 m	After Adolf Damaschke (1865–1935), German educator and leader of the land reform movement.	?	It runs close to Neuteichweg to the Forster railway line .	Image wanted
Dominium location	260 m	See Dominium .	?	Belongs to the residential area at the old village .	Image wanted
Drachenbergweg location	410 m	To the Drachenberge between Bad Muskau and Weißwasser .	?	On the northern outskirts in the direction of Bad Muskau. The road branches off from the B 156 Muskauer Strasse.	Image wanted
Dr.-Altmann-Strasse 1 location	140 m	After Hermann Altmann (1873–1940), a Jewish doctor in town, a victim of National Socialism.	?	A street in the center of town where the police station and the town hall are located.	Image wanted
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Eichendorffweg location	250 m	After Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857), German poet and writer of the German Romantic era.	?	It is to the east in the poets' quarter.	Image wanted
Oak ground location	380 m	After an area with oak trees .	?	Settlement on the western outskirts.	Image wanted
Eisenbahnstrasse location	280 m	After the nearby railway line.	?	A connecting road between Jahnstraße and Forster Straße. The Seventh-day Adventist Church rests on her .	Image wanted
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Feldstrasse location	920 m	unnamed	?	Located in the old village and ends in a cul-de-sac in a garden near the railway line towards Cottbus.	Image wanted
Forster street Baršćanska dróha location	1,320 m	Named after the small town of Forst (Lausitz) in Brandenburg.	?	It runs from the station along the former railway line to Forst .	Image wanted
Forest path location	700 m	See forest .	?	Extension of Schweigstrasse from the new building area to the cemetery. It was attached around 1977.	Image wanted
Friedrich-Bodelschwingh-Strasse 1 Ms. Bodelschwinghowa dróha Lage	200 m	After Friedrich von Bodelschwingh the elder and / and Friedrich von Bodelschwingh the younger .	?	City center, between the market square and the train station.	Image wanted
Friedrich-Fröbel-Strasse Friedricha Fröbelowa dróha location	310 m	After Friedrich Fröbel (1782-1852), German educator, creator of the word kindergarten .	?	Between Jahnstraße on Jahnteich and Forster Straße on the Forster railway line.	Image wanted
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Gablenzer Weg Jabłońčanski puć location	1,400 m	After the neighboring town of Gablenz .	?	The road runs from Damaschkestrasse over the Forster railway line to the forest railway, which is a bit winding towards the village of Gablenz, which the path does not reach because it is interrupted by a pit hole.	Image wanted
Gartenstrasse location	160 m	unknown	?	It is located in the residential area of ​​the former VEB unit , between 5-storey prefabricated buildings on the one hand and older workers' residential buildings on the other.	Image wanted
Gelsdorfstrasse	? m	After Wilhelm Gelsdorf (1838–1908), glassmaker and industrialist	?	short junction of Jahnstraße	Image wanted
George-Beck-Strasse location	690 m	After George Beck .	?	It is located in the south of the city on the back of the cemetery grounds. After demolition of the petrol station, which was built after the fall of the Wall, and the prefabricated buildings that actually belonged to Geschwister-Scholl-Straße and only stood there for a few years, it is without any buildings.	Image wanted
Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse location	540 m	After the siblings Hans (1918–1943) and Sophie Scholl (1921–1943), who were executed for resisting National Socialism.	?	The road was completed a few years before the fall of the Wall on the southern outskirts of Weißwasser. On both sides there were 5-storey apartment blocks in prefabricated construction. On the one hand it is even meandering. There were at least 108 entrances, of which not a single one is standing. The blocks were the first to be demolished. The former 12th POS (most recently 7th elementary school "Johann Warko") was also demolished.
Glückaufstrasse location	300 m	After the miners' greeting .	?	It is located in the residential area Am Wasserturm . There are 5-storey prefabricated buildings on part of the street. At the other end, half of the Blauer Engel skyscraper counts .
Goethestrasse location	320 m	After Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German poet and researcher.	?	It is located in the city's poets' quarter.
Görlitzer Straße Zhorjelska dróha location	870 m	To the city of Görlitz .	?	It runs from the city center, Bautzener Straße, parallel to the railway line in the direction of Görlitz.	Image wanted
Graf-von-Stauffenberg-Straße 1 location	305 m	After Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), officer, assassin of July 20, 1944 on Adolf Hitler .		The street is in the middle of the new development area south . The former 10th POS " Erich Kanitz " (last 4th middle school) was located next to it, which, like the directly adjacent former 11th POS " Werner Lamberz " (last 5th middle school), was vacant due to the population decline and was ultimately demolished. In 2013, all apartment blocks were also empty and will be dismantled, the no longer needed residential area street, which runs parallel to Bautzner Straße, is also to be dismantled and the soil sealing is to be lifted.
Grillparzerstraße location	80 m	After Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), Austrian writer, playwright and national poet.	?	This very short cul-de-sac is in the poets' quarter. It branches off from Heinrich-Heine-Strasse towards the rear of the ice rink and the former shopping center at Puck .	Image wanted
Grube-Hermann-Strasse location	470 m	After the Hermann mine , a lignite mine opened by Hermann Graf von Arnim in 1868 , which is now an industrial ruin on the outskirts.	?	The cul-de-sac branches off from Muskauer Strasse (B 156) on the north-eastern outskirts of the city and leads to the former mining site on the forest railway line.	Image wanted
Grubenstrasse location	160 m	After a former coal mine there.	?	A short street between Jahnstrasse and Damaschkestrasse, parallel to the former railway line to Forst and the Forster Strasse on the other side.	Image wanted
Green way location	370 m	unknown	?	The path is on the southwestern outskirts. It begins as an unpaved footpath, to the south past the cemetery and in its extension you come across August-Bebel-Strasse past a former sewage treatment station for the southern part of the city on a path to the former hunting lodge .	Image wanted
Grünstrasse location	640 m	unknown	?	It is located on a large, undeveloped green area in the city.	Image wanted
Gutenbergstrasse Gutenbergowa dróha location	700 m	After Johannes Gutenberg (approx. 1400–1468), inventor of European letterpress printing with movable metal letters.	?	It runs from the city center on Bautzener Strasse to the Dichterviertel to the east. In the upper, downtown part, it is one of the worst streets in the city.	Image wanted
Freight road Tworowa dróha location	380 m	The name is derived from the city's former freight yard.	?	A dead end street in the city center on the Görlitz-Cottbus railway line, which is on the left in the picture on the side of the tracks opposite the station.
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Halbendorfer Weg Brězowski puć location	? m	After the village of Halbendorf .	?	The road (S 126) is the arterial road in north-westerly direction to the B 156. It runs from the western level crossing as an extension of Käthe-Kollwitz- or Berliner Straße, which comes from the city center, past smaller car dealerships, a hardware store, the sewage treatment plant, some houses and a garden in the direction of the town of Spremberg .	Image wanted
Hagweg also Haikweg location	? m	unknown	?	The path is outside the city. It begins in today's industrial area east of the city and meanders, crossing the Süßmuthlinie (S 157) and the B 156 through the forest in the direction of Nochten to the south to the edge of the open pit.	Image wanted
Hanns-Eisler-Straße Hannsa Eislerowa dróha location	? m	After Hanns Eisler (1898–1962) Austrian-German composer and author of music theory and political writings; Author of the national anthem of the GDR .	?	Alongside Bertolt-Brecht-Strasse, the street is one of the residential areas on the Puck. There are only 5-storey new prefabricated buildings from the 1970s. On the side facing away from the city there is some forest and allotment gardens.	Image wanted
Hechtgraben location	? m	unknown	?	A small street with single-family houses between the two north routes.	Image wanted
Hegelpromenade 1 location	? m	After Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), German philosopher and most important representative of German idealism.	?	In the urban area on the boulevard . On one side of the street there are new building blocks, on the other side there are a few villas, which nowadays contain a number of medical practices due to the proximity to the hospital. The Volkssolidarität senior citizens' home is also a prefabricated building .	Image wanted
Heideweg location	? m	After the heather .	?	The path is on the green eastern edge of the city. It branches off from Rothenburger Straße and ends at a forest path that leads to the eastern level crossing on the S 126.	Image wanted
Heinrich-Heine-Strasse location	? m	After Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), German poet and journalist.	?	The S 126 bears this name from the intersection with the Süßmuthlinie (S 157) a few hundred meters before entering the town. From there it continues to the intersection with Bautzener Straße (B 156) at the highest point in the city by the water tower. The former 6th POS "Hans Beimler" (last 5th elementary school), which had already been demolished and of which only the gym is still standing, was located near the town entrance .
Heinrich-Hertz-Straße Heinricha Hertzowa dróha location	? m	After Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894), German physicist.	?	The street belongs to the residential area Am Wasserturm . It consists entirely of 5-storey prefabricated buildings. The former 8th POS "Juri Gagarin" , which last served as the "Friedrich Ludwig Jahn" primary school until 2010, is located next to it . It forms a square with Kraftwerkerstrasse and Glückaufstrasse on the one hand and Juri-Gagarin-Strasse on the other.
Heinz-Hamann-Strasse location	? m	After Heinz Hamann .	?	The street is a branch of Geschwister-Scholl-Straße at the former 12th POS . It is completely demolished.	Image wanted
Hermann-Moritz-Jacobi-Straße Hermanna Moritza Jacobiowa dróha location	? m	After Moritz Hermann von Jacobi ? (1801–1874), German-Russian physicist and engineer.	?	Extension of Prof.-Wagenfeld-Ring from Bautzener Straße to the roundabout on Sachsendamm, where the axis continues straight ahead as George-Beck-Straße. There is no residential address at Jacobistraße because the adjacent apartment blocks each belong to different streets (Boxberger Straße, Heinrich-Hertz-Straße and Albert-Schweitzer-Ring).	Image wanted
Hermannstrasse location	? m	Unknown, probably after Hermann von Pückler-Muskau or Traugott Hermann von Arnim-Muskau .	?	The street begins in the residential area on the boulevard , where it runs from Karl-Liebknecht-Straße past the hospital, a kindergarten and the Landau grammar school through a housing estate. From the forest path intersection, it leads unsurfaced between garden plots and cemetery forest to August-Bebel-Straße, from where it leads again to the Hermannstraße settlement .	Image wanted
Hermannsdorfer Strasse location	? m	After the place Hermannsdorf , a former village that was incorporated into Weißwasser in 1903 and forms the eastern part of the city.	?	-	Image wanted
High street location	? m	unknown	?	-	Image wanted
High forest location	? m	Location on the edge of the forest.	?	This short street is on the eastern outskirts. Some traders are on her side.	Image wanted
Humboldtstrasse Humboldtowa dróha location	? m	After Alexander von Humboldt and / or Wilhelm von Humboldt .	?	Residential area of ​​apartment blocks.	Image wanted
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In the Meschina location	? m	unknown	1?	Street in the district of Hermannsdorf on the eastern outskirts.	Image wanted
Industriestrasse east location	? m	Industrial and commercial area	?	Industrial and commercial area east of Weißwasser on S 126 and S 157.	Image wanted
Industriestrasse West location	? m	Industrial and commercial area	?	Industrial and commercial area east of Weißwasser on S 126 and S 157.	Image wanted
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Yahndamm location	? m	After Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778–1852), German nationalist and gymnastics father.	?	Located between the Jahnteich and the small Jahnteich.
Jahnstraße Jahnowa dróha location	? m	Also after Friedrich Ludwig Jahn.	?	The street runs from the roundabout Straße des Friedens (near the main street Muskauer Straße) past the Jahnteich, makes a left bend, crosses the level crossings of the routes to Forst (closed) and Cottbus and ends in Berliner Straße.	Image wanted
Johannastrasse location	? m	unknown	?	One of the smaller streets in the city.	Image wanted
Yuri Gagarin Street location	? m	After Juri Gagarin (1934–1968), Soviet cosmonaut, first person in space.	?	The road lies between the cemetery and the residential area at the water tower and leads from the forest path to the roundabout at Kaufland. At this end is the former 8th POS. "Juri Gagarin" , last 6th elementary school and the New Apostolic Church in Weißwasser. It is partially affected by the demolition, and the number of floors in blocks of flats has been reduced.	Image wanted
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Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße 1 Dróha Käthy Kollwitz Location	? m	After Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), German artist and socialist.	?	In the old village .	Image wanted
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße Karla Liebknechtowa dróha location	? m	After Karl Liebknecht (1871-1919), German socialist, anti-militarist, member of the Reichstag and co-founder of the KPD.	?	In the city center, between the boulevard pedestrian zone , the hospital, Saschowawiese and the water tower .	Image wanted
Karl-Marx-Strasse 1 Karla Marxowa dróha location	380 m	After Karl Marx (1818–1883), philosopher, social theorist, political journalist, theorist of socialism and communism.	?	It leads from the unit on the market square and past the town hall to Bautzener Straße.	Image wanted
Kastanienallee location	? m	After an earlier stand of chestnuts .	?	In the old village .	Image wanted
Pine path location	? m	After the adjacent pine forests .	?	The dirt road faces gardens and a garage complex. It is a dead end on both sides.	Image wanted
Kirchstrasse location	140 m	After the adjoining Protestant church.	?	The street leads from two directions structurally separated from each other to the church and circles it directly at the building.	Image wanted
Knappenweg location	? m	In honor of the miners, ie "miners" .	?	-	Image wanted
Kornweg location	? m	After the grain .	?	It's in the old village .	Image wanted
Cross street Křižna dróha location	? m	unknown	?	-	Image wanted
Kromlauer Weg Kromolanski puć location	? m	After the neighboring town of Kromlau .	?	The path branches off to the north from the north-west axis of Halbendorfer Weg. It leads past several lakes directly to the neighboring town of Kromlau, but is closed to normal motor traffic after leaving the town. From there it runs right next to the Muskau forest railway line . This connection is one of the longest in the city.	Image wanted
Crooked street location	? m	After an S-curve in the middle of the street.	?	It is located in the old village, near the Cottbus-Görlitz railway line.	Image wanted
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Lusatian street Łužiska dróha location	? m	After the Lausitz .	?	A side street of Berliner Straße, near the old village .	Image wanted
Lessing Street Lessingowa dróha location	? m	After Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), playwright, poet and theoretician of the German Enlightenment.	?	Located on the edge of the Dichterviertel, this short street begins on the main traffic axis Bautzener Straße.	Image wanted
Lönshof location	? m	After Hermann Löns (1866-1914), German journalist and writer, heath poet.	?	Located on the edge of the poets' quarter, it is perhaps the shortest street in town.
Luisenstrasse location	? m	unknown	?	Between Marktplatz and Brunnenstrasse, it is at the back of a primary school.	Image wanted
Lutherstrasse Lutherowa dróha Lage	? m	After Martin Luther (1483–1546), monk, theologian, originator and teacher of the Reformation.	?	As a connection from the southern part of the city and the S 126 (coming from the B 156 and B 115) to the city center, it is one of the most important streets in the city. The former 5th POS "Wilhelm Pieck" is located next to it , a Russian school that was expanded into a municipal high school after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which was closed as the number of pupils fell. The Weißwasser middle school moved into the building, which was still being expanded.	Image wanted
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Marktplatz 1 location	? m	Of course, markets and other events have been held here for decades.	?	It is the central square in front of the town hall. This was renamed several times in the 20th century. In the GDR it was called the Red Army Square , previously Adolf-Hitler-Platz or Wilhelmsplatz . The only resident is the town hall.
Martin-Schulz-Strasse location	? m	After one of the founders of organized ice hockey in Weißwasser.	2012/13	The street was created with the redesign of the area of ​​the demolished, old ice rink.	Image wanted
Mittelstrasse 1 Srjedźna dróha location	? m	After the location between the Protestant church and the train station (?)	?	It is in the city center.	Image wanted
Mühlenstrasse location	? m	After an earlier mill?	?	Like August-Bebel-Straße and Bautzener Straße, the street leads from the higher-lying southern part of the city down to the western bypass of the S 126, Berliner Straße.	Image wanted
Muskauer Straße Mužakowska dróha location	? m	After the city of Bad Muskau .	?	It is part of the main street in Weißwasser. It leads in a north-south direction from the city center in the direction of the neighboring towns of Krauschwitz and Bad Muskau .
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Neuteichweg location	? m	After the adjacent Neuteich.	?	Extension of Teichstraße to Kromlauer Weg. The residential area on Neuteich and the former Bärenhütte glassworks are located next to it .	Image wanted
Nordweg location	? m	According to the northern location in the city.	?	Nordweg is the name of several dead ends that branch off from Teichstraße at Jahnteich north towards Qualisch and Waldseen.	Image wanted
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Oststrasse location	? m	Location east of the city center.	?	A short residential street on the unit , directly adjacent to the unit street .	Image wanted
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Paul-Keller-Weg location	? m	After Paul Keller (1873–1932), German writer and publicist.	?	The short dead end is in the poets' quarter. At its end was the back of the former 6th POS "Hans Beimler" , which was torn down and opened up a view of Heine-Strasse.	Image wanted
Pestalozzistraße location	? m	After Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827), Swiss educator, philanthropist , school and social reformer, philosopher and politician.	?	The street is at the western end of the Jahnteich . It offers access to this and the Weißwasser zoo .	Image wanted
Prof. Wagenfeld Ring Prof. Wagenfeldowy wobkruh location	? m	After Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900–1990), German product designer, Bauhaus student and pioneer of industrial design.	?	The largest new development area in the city lies between the grounds of the Weißwasser ice stadium , where the Lusatian foxes play, and the amusement park . Although some of the apartment blocks in the middle of the residential area have been removed, it is currently not at risk of demolition in its entirety. In the direction of the amusement park was the former 7th POS (lastly 3rd middle school).	Image wanted
Pushkin Street Pushkinowa dróha location	? m	After Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), Russian national poet and founder of modern Russian literature.	?	The street is in the city center, in the poets' quarter. Residents are businesses and also residential buildings.	Image wanted
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Qualical location	? m	unknown	?	An area on the northern outskirts towards forest lakes, divided into several street names, east and north.	Image wanted
Qualisch-Nord location	? m	unknown	?	An area on the northern outskirts of the city towards forest lakes, spread over several streets with the same name.	Image wanted
Qualisch-Ost location	? m	unknown	?	An area on the northern outskirts of the city towards forest lakes, spread over several streets with the same name.	Image wanted
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Racecourse location	? m	Access path to the hunting lodge .	?	It is located west of the city, between the old village and the former hunting lodge.
Richard-Wagner-Straße Richarda Wagnerowa dróha location	? m	After Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer, playwright, writer, theater director and conductor.	?	Residential area, single-family houses	Image wanted
Robert Koch Street Roberta Kochowa dróha location	? m	After Robert Koch (1843–1910), German physician and microbiologist.	?	Residential area in the eastern part of the city.	Image wanted
Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse location	? m	After Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), Polish-German socialist of the labor movement, Marxist theorist and anti-militarist, co-founder of the KPD.	?	The street is the entrance for apartment blocks in the prefabricated building style, which are terraced along the boulevard . Like the parallel Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, it connects the residential area Am Wasserturm with the city center.	Image wanted
Rothenburger Strasse location	? m	After the place Rothenburg / Oberlausitz .	?	Residential area, single-family houses	Image wanted
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Sachsendamm 1 location	420 m	After the Free State of Saxony , which the Hoyerswerda and Weißwasser districts joined after referendums after the fall of the Berlin Wall.	?	South axis from the roundabout at the former 8th POS to Werner-Seelenbinder-Straße.
Sandy road location	190 m	unknown	?	Between the hospital and the cemetery.	Image wanted
Schäferweg location	300 m	For a shepherd or the shepherd ?	?	In the settlement at the old village.	Image wanted
Schillerowa dróha location	? m	After Friedrich Schiller .	?	Housing estate between Bautzener Straße and Hermannsdorf.
Blacksmith Street Kowarska dróha location	120 m	After a former forge?	?	In the city center, between Muskauer Strasse and the market with the town hall.	Image wanted
School street Šulska dróha location	620 m	After the adjoining very old 2nd elementary school "Friedrich Froboeß" .	?	Near the town hall. Before 1990 the school housed the lower grades of the 4th POS .	Image wanted
Schulze-Delitzsch-Straße location	? m	After Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch .	?	It is located near the Jahnteich and leads from the former military district command , most recently part of the district office , unpaved to the green northern outskirts of Weißwasser.
Schwanenweg location	230 m	After the swans on the Weißwasseraner ponds. The name was not given until around 2000.	?	The narrow cul-de-sac branches off to the north from Teichstraße, which is adjacent to the zoo.	Image wanted
Schweigstrasse 1 location	? m	Joseph Schweig was the founder of several glassworks in Weißwasser and thus ensured the city's industrial boom. He is therefore an honorary citizen of the city and was also a co-founder of the German Democratic Party .	?	It runs from the swimming pool, which is opposite the former Magnet department store, called Kaufpunkt , over the roundabout to Waldstrasse and there it merges into the forest path . There are apartment blocks on both sides. At the other end there is an earlier bus turning loop.
Schweineluschke location	? m	unknown	?	This rather unknown path leads from the forest near the Waldhaus to Krauschwitz on the Carolinenweg.	Image wanted
Difficult mountain location	750 m	Named after the heavy mountain in the south of the city.	?	The street leads from the outlying part of Boxberger Straße past the site of the former Minol petrol station to a garage complex.	Image wanted
Sorauer Platz location	? m	After the town of Żary , the former German Sorau. The cities maintain a city partnership.	?	The pedestrian zone in the former shopping and service center at the water tower was and is being created through structural redesign.	Image wanted
Spremberger Street Grodkowska dróha location	? m	After the city of Spremberg .	?	The road lies along the railway line to Cottbus (via Spremberg), opposite Krummen Strasse .	Image wanted
Unit 1 street location	750 m	After the former glass piston factory unit , which belonged to Osram until the expropriation in 1945 and is now called Telux .	?	It leads along the continuous outer wall of the company premises over the disused railway line to a forest settlement near the Braunsteich. (Length including settlement).	Image wanted
Straße der Glasmacher 1 location	330 m	In honor of the glassmakers in the city's factories.	?	Runs from the unit past the market square and the town hall.	Image wanted
Street of youth Dróha młodźiny location	? m	After the German youth, i. S. d. FDJ .	?	In the south residential area , also affected by the demolition. The former 11th POS " Werner Lamberz " is located next to it, which like the directly adjacent former 10th POS " Erich Kanitz " was demolished due to the population decline.
Strasse der Kraftwerker location	? m	In honor of the power plants of the GDR, especially those who work in the nearby Boxberg power plant .	?	This street, which is very short in itself, is the location of the only remaining high-rise building in Weißwasser, which divides into Kraftwerkerstraße and Glückaufstraße. It is located in the new residential area Am Wasserturm .
Street of Peace 1 location	? m	After the peace . Expresses the longing of the Germans for the Second World War .	?	It is located in the city center near the train station. The former 4th POS "Paul Wilhelmi" was located on her , into which the city library moved after the fall of the Wall. On February 13, 1959, the former Schweigstrasse was renamed on the occasion of the anniversary of the bombing in Dresden .	Image wanted
Strugaweg location	? m	After the Struga river , which rises in white water and is channeled and piped and flows under the city.	?	Near the Struga, between Kromlauer Weg and the brickworks.	Image wanted
Južna dróha south street location	? m	According to the southern location in the city and the southern district .	?	Earlier were on the road several bungalow-like slab that served as commercial and service facilities, and the only AWH -called workers' hostel , which was demolished.
Süßmuthlinie location	? m	After Richard Sussmuth .	?	This state road 157 is a connecting road created after the fall of the Wall, which connects the S 126 and thus the B 115 (from Bad Muskau and Weißkeißel) with the B 156 (to Boxberg and Bautzen) via the industrial area east of the city , which has a large one behind the city Avoids the opencast mine, connects.	Image wanted
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Tannenweg location	? m	unknown	?	-	Image wanted
Teichstrasse 1 location	? m	After the Jahnteich.	?	One of the longer inner-city streets. From Muskauer Strasse to the west.	Image wanted
Thomas-Jung-Strasse location	? m	According to Thomas Jung , a 19-year-old firefighter from Gablenz who was killed in a traffic accident on May 29 in the disaster forest fire in 1992.	?	Extension of the Prof.-Wagenfeld-Ring on the southern outskirts of the city between several new development areas for the emergency services of the DRK , fire brigade and disaster control . Some traders are on her side. The street was part of Wilhelm-Pieck-Straße until it was named. The memorial used to stand on the road to Nochten , which had to give way to the opencast mine .	Image wanted
Tiergarten Street Zwěrjencowa dróha location	? m	After the zoo.	?	The district road branches off in the old village in a westerly direction to Trebendorf , where it also bears this name.	Image wanted
Tiergartenweg also Pionierweg Lage	? m	After the zoo. Pionierweg comes from the adjacent former pioneer camp "Philipp Müller" , now KIEZ Am Braunsteich .	?	An unpaved path outside the city in the wooded area behind the Braunsteich, parallel to the Am Braunsteichgraben path .	Image wanted
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Uhlandstrasse location	? m	After Johann Ludwig Uhland .	?	Residential area in the city's poets' quarter near the center. At the end of it towards Gutenbergstrasse, it is in just as historic a condition as this one.
Uferweg location	? m	Location on the banks of the Braunsteich.	?	This unpaved path on the west bank of the Braunsteich, from the Brückenweg to Waldhausstraße, is mainly used by those seeking relaxation.	Image wanted
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Vorwerkstrasse location	600 m	After an earlier Vorwerk by Weißwasser.	?	A settlement in the old village. It is partly a one-way street.	Image wanted
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Waldhausstrasse 1 location	1,670 m	Named after the forest house. (Length to the forest house).	?	The Waldhausstraße leads from the Muskauer Straße past the Waldhaus am Braunsteich to the Braunsteichweg. Former Kanitzstrasse	Image wanted
Waldseeweg location	3,140 m	After the forest lake, which borders on Weißwasser in the north.	?	The path leads from the B 156 in a loop around the forest lake.	Image wanted
Waldstrasse location	200 m	After the forest .	?	-	Image wanted
Weißkeißeler Weg Wuskidźanski puć location	1,900 m	To the neighboring town of Weißkeißel .	?	The path leads from the urban area of ​​Hermannsdorf further east through allotments and forest along the Cottbus – Görlitz railway line to the S 126 and the easternmost Weißwasseran level crossing.	Image wanted
Wendensteg location	360 m	After the Wende , here synonymous with Sorbs .	?	Located in the old village .	Image wanted
Werner Seelenbinder Street Wernera Seelenbinderowa dróha Lage	? m	After Werner Seelenbinder .	?	Prefabricated buildings in the south residential area. Mostly affected by the demolition, including high-rise buildings.	Image wanted
Wiesensteg location	? m	unknown	?	-	Image wanted
Meadow path Łučny puć location	? m	unknown	?	-	Image wanted
Wolfgangstrasse location	660 m	After Johann Wolfgang Goethe ; like the Paul and Helmut streets, the former Goethestrasse received a first name.	?	It leads from the residential area at the unit to the Braunsteichweg.	Image wanted
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Fence line location	1,800 m	unknown	?	It is the unpaved extension of August-Bebel-Straße to the south, first past the former 12th POS to the Minol garage complex planned for demolition and then straight ahead to the edge of the open-cast mine, which formerly confluence with Boxberger Straße (old B 156 ) already devoured.	Image wanted
Ziegelstrasse location	200 m	After a former brick factory?	?	The road leading from the Berlin Road at Landau - school and the Brothers Grimm -Förderschule over the hospital grounds.	Image wanted
Zimmerstrasse location	210 m	unknown	?	In the housing estate between the western Jahnteich and the Forster railway line.	Image wanted
To the burrow location	? m	After the popular name of the ice rink.	2012/13	The street was created with the redesign of the area of ​​the demolished, old ice rink.	Image wanted

Former names of streets and squares

• Adolf-Hitler- Strasse , today Bautzener- and Muskauer Strasse
• Albrecht-von-Roon- Strasse, from 1945 Käthe-Kollwitz- Strasse
• Arnimpromenade, today's area of Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße or Hegelpromenade
• Artur-Becker- Strasse, after 1991 Sachsendamm
• Bismarckstrasse (around 1908), previously Henriette-Strasse, after 1945 Ernst-Thälmann-Strasse , now Strasse der Glasmacher
• Dietrich-Eckart -Strasse , today Heinrich-Heine-Strasse
• Dimitroffstrasse, formerly (Kaiser-) Friedrich-Strasse, after 1990 Dr.-Altmann-Strasse
• Eichbergsiedlung
• Erzbergerstrasse
• Ernst-Thälmann-Straße, previously Bismarckstraße, after 1990 Straße der Glasmacher
• Friedrich-Engels-Strasse, today Brunnenstrasse
• Friedrichstrasse, after 1945 Dimitroffstrasse, today Dr.-Altmann-Strasse
• (former) Gelsdorfstraße (not today's ), today Eisenbahnstraße
• Hans-Beimler-Strasse, today Graf-von-Stauffenberg-Strasse (dismantled)
• Hauptstrasse, from March 1937 Berliner Strasse , from May 8, 1951 Strasse der Befreiung
• Helmutstrasse, after Helmut von Moltke , today Robert-Koch-Strasse
• Henriette-Straße, formerly Neue Straße, later Bismarckstraße, after 1945 Ernst-Thälmann-Straße , after 1990 Straße der Glasmacher
• Heinz-Hamann-Strasse, today Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse
• Josephstraße (after Joseph Schweig ), Osramstraße (from 1938 or March 1937), today Straße der Einheit (section at the glassworks) or Karl-Marx-Straße (section at the market)
• Kanitzstrasse, formerly Siegfriedstrasse, after 1990 Waldhausstrasse
• Karlstrasse, since 1950 Bodelschwinghstrasse
• Klempnerstrasse, later Schulstrasse , 1949 (or later) Strasse der Junge Pioniere , after 1990 Schulstrasse again
• Leninring, today Albert Schweitzer Ring
• Lorenz-Zaleski- Strasse, since 1990 Teichstrasse
• Margaretenstrasse, today Friedrich-Froebel-Strasse
• Marktstrasse, today Karl-Marx-Strasse
• Moltkestrasse, today August-Bebel-Strasse
• Neue Straße, later Henriette-Straße, later Bismarckstraße, after 1945 Ernst-Thälmann-Straße , after 1990 Straße der Glasmacher
• Osramstraße, today Straße der Einheit
• Otto-Nuschke-Straße, since 1991 Mittelstraße again
• Paul-Klinke-Platz, today the sports field at "Turnerheim"
• Paulstrasse, after Paul von Hindenburg , today Richard-Wagner-Strasse
• Red Army Square, until September 11, 1945 Hitlerplatz, before 1933 (?) Wilhelmsplatz, after 1990 market square again
• Friendship place, also coal (n) stau (b) place , located between Teichstrasse and Strasse des Friedens
• Qualischweg, after 1938 Teichstrasse , after 1945 Lorenz-Zaleski- Strasse, since 1990 Teichstrasse again
• Richard-Stahr-Strasse, today Luisenstrasse
• Schützenstraße, today Puschkinstraße , (here foundation of the shooting club and its shooting range)
• (Former) Schweigstrasse (not today's one ), (from 1938 or 1935 until the end of the war Richard-Selinger-Strasse ), from February 13, 1951 Strasse des Friedens
• Siegfriedstrasse, later Kanitzstrasse, after 1990 Waldhausstrasse
• (old) Spremberger Strasse, from March 1937 Tiergartenstrasse
• Straße der Befreiung, until March 1937 Hauptstraße, before May 8, 1951 and after 1990 Berliner Straße
• Street of DSF , after 1990 Schweigstrasse
• Young Pioneers Street , formerly Klempnerstrasse , today Schulstrasse
• Street of Solidarity, today Tiergartenstrasse
• Wilhelm-Pieck-Straße, today Professor-Wagenfeld-Ring
• Wilhelmsplatz, after the seizure of power Adolf-Hitler-Platz, from September 11th 1945 the Red Army Square, after 1990 the market square again
• Wilhelmstrasse, today Karl-Marx-Strasse

Former streets

• The Prinzenweg led from Bad Muskau in the village to the former customs house (today "Gaststätte Habermann") on a section of the Straße des Friedens that was converted into a footpath in 2010 via today's roundabout on the corner of Jahnstraße to the then non-existent train station near today's Boulevard / Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse to Hermannstrasse, which leads into the racecourse.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Briquette factory "Grube Hermann" Weißwasser on www.ostkohle.de
2. ↑ Digital historical place directory of Saxony.
3. ↑ ^{a b} The Weißwasseraner fan mile is to be called "Zum Fuchsbau". In: Lausitzer Rundschau. October 4, 2012, accessed June 5, 2015 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Lutz Stucka : Monuments in and around Weißwasser. August Bebel memorial. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . July 5, 2003, accessed January 13, 2012 . 
5. ^ Lutz Stucka: The new fire department depot . In: Lausitzer Rundschau. June 10, 2006, accessed January 13, 2012 . 
6. ↑ A forest fire terrifies people. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. May 22, 2007, accessed January 13, 2012 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} A witness to the history of Weißwasser. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. July 24, 2012, accessed May 24, 2015 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Lutz Stucka: The blackest chapter of the city. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. May 5, 2005, accessed January 13, 2012 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Lutz Stucka: The building boom and its effects. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. July 16, 2005, accessed January 13, 2012 . 
10. ↑ Lutz Stucka: Replace blown pears perfectly. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. April 17, 2004, accessed February 4, 2012 . 
11. ↑ Lutz Stucka: Names changed, so did the owners. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. August 21, 2004, accessed February 4, 2012 . 
12. ↑ Lutz Stucka: When Otto Rummert's collar burst. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. August 29, 2003, accessed January 13, 2012 . 
13. ↑ Lutz Stucka: City boss in hard times. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. March 15, 2003, accessed January 13, 2012 . 
14. ^ Lutz Stucka: Jahn monument - the first in Silesia. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. August 29, 2005, accessed February 4, 2012 . 
15. ^ Lutz Stucka: The street with the 6 names . In: Stadtblatt Weißwasser . No. 01 , 2015, p. 10-13 .

Web links

• City map Weißwasser City map of Weißwasser, City Publishing House
• Photos of streets and squares in Weißwasser. Retrieved July 25, 2011 . 

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