List of renamed streets and squares in Greiz
This list contains (still incomplete) renamed streets and squares in the Thuringian city of Greiz . Most of the name changes took place in four waves of renaming:
- during the Third Reich 1933 to 1937.
- immediately after the end of the Second World War in May / June 1945.
- Late 1945 to mid-1950s
- after the political change in 1990/91
There were of course individual changes at other times.
Renaming in suburbs before or due to the incorporation is not included.
Renamed streets and squares
The streets are sorted by their current or last name. Blocks of the same color indicate different names of a street. Former names are also indented.
Surname | Name valid from | Remarks |
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Adelheidstrasse | 1881 | |
Adelheidsteig | ||
At the Liberty Bridge | 1945 | no longer existent after the houses were demolished in 1968 |
At the Heinrichsbrücke | May 13, 1872 | |
Theater alley | ||
August-Bebel-Strasse | December 1945 | |
Idastrasse | ||
Bahnhofstrasse | May / June 1945 | |
Horst-Wessel-Strasse | 1933 | together with cross street |
Bahnhofstrasse | 1881 | previously part of the cross street |
Birch field | after 1948 | |
Georg-Brösel-Strasse | ||
Brueckenstrasse | May 23, 1901 | |
Brückengasse and Mühlgasse | formerly two streets | |
Bruno-Bergner-Strasse | September 17, 1945 | |
Heinrichstrasse | December 1863 | |
Burgstrasse | before 1850 | |
Burggasse | after 1802 | |
Kirchgasse | ||
Carolinenstrasse | 1991 | |
Ernst-Thalmann-Strasse | between 1945 and 1948 | |
Carolinenstrasse | around 1850 | |
Dr.-Rathenau-Platz | between 1945 and 1948 | |
Regentenplatz | 1904 | created by relocating the Gräßlitz ; before part of the Rechtsstrasse |
Dr.-Scheube-Strasse | September 17, 1945 | |
Herminenstrasse | 1933 | |
Schulstrasse | ||
Elsterplatz | May / June 1945 | |
Skagerrakplatz | May 31, 1934 | |
Elsterplatz | ||
Franz-Feustel-Strasse | between 1945 and 1948 | |
Richard-Wagner-Strasse | 1933 | |
Franz-Feustel-Strasse | February 1930 | |
Friedhofstrasse | May / June 1945 | |
Franz-Seldte-Strasse | 1933 | |
Friedhofstrasse | Feb 23, 1872 | |
Am Thiergarten and Am Friedhof | 1863 or 1850 | Since 1825, the cemetery has been called Gottesackergasse |
Friedrich-Naumann-Strasse | 1945/46 | |
Wilhelmstrasse | June 1885 | |
Fritz-Ebert-Strasse | between 1945 and 1948 | |
Georg-Schleber-Strasse | 1900 | |
Garden path | 1863 | |
Blumengasse | ||
Cooperative Street | Nov 3, 1945 | |
Oskar-Schleicher-Strasse | 1934 | |
Vogtlandstrasse | 1933 | |
Cooperative Street | May 1925 | |
Georg-Herwegh-Strasse | 1945 | |
Roonstrasse | after 1905 | previously part of the street Eichberg |
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Strasse | 1991 | |
Wilhelm-Pieck-Strasse | originated in the 1970s | |
Judgment Street | between 1945 and 1948 | Richtstrasse was extended to August-Bebel-Strasse by renaming the lower part of Reichenbacher Strasse |
Richtstrasse and Reichenbacher Strasse | May / June 1945 | |
Langemarckstrasse and Reichenbacher Strasse | 1933 | |
Richtstrasse and Reichenbacher Strasse | 1881 | Because of the new Bahnhofstrasse in Neustadt: Schuhmarkt and part of Bahnhofstrasse up to Papiermühlenweg were renamed Richtstrasse (from 1904, Richtstrasse began at today's Dr.-Rathenau-Platz), part of Bahnhofstrasse from Papiermühlenweg was renamed Reichenbacher Strasse |
Shoe market and Bahnhofstrasse | Dec. 21, 1867 | The section from Papiermühlenweg to what will later be the Greiz Aubachtal station was created; received the name Bahnhofstrasse together with Neuer Gasse |
Shoe market and Neue Gasse / Neue Strasse | at least 1848 | Neue Gasse: from today's Dr.-Rathenau-Platz to Papiermühlenweg Schuhmarkt: from Marstallstrasse to Neue Gasse |
Gottfried-Keller-Strasse | 1991 | |
Klement-Gottwald-Strasse | originated in the 1970s | |
Gotthold-Roth-Strasse | March 24, 1966 | |
Mittelstrasse | May / June 1945 | |
Wilhelm-Frick-Strasse | 1933 | |
Mittelstrasse | ||
Heinrich-Fritz-Strasse | April 1935 | |
West Street | ||
Heinrich Mann Ring | 1991 | |
Georgi Dimitrov Ring | originated in the 1970s | |
Irchwitzer Strasse | after 1900 | |
Irchwitz path | ||
Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Strasse | Late 1945 | |
Gasparinenstrasse | 1871 | |
Karl-Liebknecht-Platz | September 1945 | removed during the construction of the old town bypass in the early 1990s, but still used as the address for two buildings |
Memorial place | May / June 1945 | |
Adolf Hitler Square | 1933 | |
Memorial place | 1863 | |
church Square | ||
School place | today there is a school place in Pohlitz | |
Kurt-Tucholsky-Strasse | 1991 | |
Otto-Grotewohl-Strasse | originated in the 1970s | |
Lindenstrasse | May / June 1945 | |
Saarlandstrasse | 1933 | |
Lindenstrasse | ||
Marienstrasse | 1991 | |
Friedrich-Engels-Strasse | between 1945 and 1948 | |
Marienstrasse | Dec. 21, 1867 | |
Teichgasse | a parallel street bears this name today | |
Market street | before 1802 | until 1903 also included part of today's Thomasstrasse |
Reichenbacher Gasse | ||
Marstallstrasse | 1991 | |
Street of the DSF | between 1948 and 1955 | |
Marstallstrasse | ||
Mitschurinweg | ||
Schönsichtweg | between 1945 and 1948 | |
Felix-Günther-Strasse | 1908 | |
Mollbergstrasse | June 23, 1925 | |
Rosengasse | at least 1848 | |
At the gutter | at least 1726 | |
Nahmmacherstrasse | 2004 | |
Cross street | May / June 1945 | |
Horst-Wessel-Strasse | 1933 | together with Bahnhofstrasse |
Cross street | Dec. 19, 1863 | until 1881 also comprised today's Bahnhofstrasse |
Upper Silberstrasse | 1863 | |
Silberstrasse | together with Unterer Silberstrasse | |
Otto-Meier-Strasse | 1946 | |
Moschwitzer Strasse | ||
Paul-Kiss-Strasse | 1950 | |
von-der-Trenck-Straße | 1933 | |
Freedom | 1929 | |
Plauensche Strasse | July 20, 1950 | merged with Plauenscher Strasse in Dölau and Sachswitz and Elsterberger Strasse in Rothenthal; Since January 1, 2013, there is again an Elsterberger Straße through the incorporation of Hohndorf |
Friedrich-Arnold-Strasse | May 15, 1914 | after the incorporation of Dölau (with Rothenthal) there was again an Elsterberger Straße from 1922 |
Elsterberger Strasse | ||
Pohlitzplatz | May / June 1945 | |
Herbert-Norkus-Platz | 1933 | |
Heinrichsplatz | ||
Poststrasse | May / June 1945 | |
Schlageterstrasse | 1933 | |
Poststrasse | February 1881 | |
Prof.-Dr.-Friedrich-Schneider-Strasse | Oct 14, 1967 | |
Logenstrasse | May / June 1945 | |
Dietrich-Eckart-Strasse | 1934 | |
Logenstrasse | 1898 | |
Pushkin Square | 1948 | |
Ernst-Arnold-Platz | Nov. 30, 1904 | |
Neumarkt and Topfmarkt | previously two, until 1903 separated by the Gräßlitz | |
Rilkestrasse | May / June 1945 | |
Sudetenweg | after 1937 | |
Rilkestrasse | ||
Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse | between 1945 and 1948 | |
Elsterstrasse | May / June 1945 | |
Admiral-Scheer-Strasse | May 31, 1934 | |
Elsterstrasse | ||
Rudolf-Breitscheid-Strasse | between 1945 and 1948 | |
Bismarckstrasse | around 1936 | |
East Street | ||
Schlossbergstrasse | after 1889 | |
Schlossberggasse | ||
Freedom settlement | May / June 1945 | |
"Braune Scholle" settlement | ||
Stavenhagenstrasse | Nov 14, 1962 | |
Augasse | ||
Theodor-Fontane-Platz | 1991 | |
Julius Fučík Square | originated in the 1970s | |
Theodor-Storm-Strasse | 1991 | |
Walter-Kopp-Strasse | originated in the 1980s | |
Thomasstrasse | 1991 | |
May 1st Street | 1961 | |
Stalin Street | 1949 | |
Thomasstrasse | 1923 | |
At the Gräßlitz | around 1800 | until 1903 partly to Marktstrasse |
Fleischergäßchen | ||
Lower Silberstrasse | 1863 | |
Silberstrasse | together with Oberer Silberstrasse | |
von-Westernhagen-Platz | 1991 | |
Karl-Marx-Platz | 1945 | |
Marienplatz | May / June 1945 | |
Place of the SA | June 29, 1937 | |
Marienplatz | September 1874 | |
Forest road | May / June 1945 | |
Wilhelm-Gustloff-Strasse | 1936 | |
Forest road | ||
Weberstrasse | 1901 | |
Webergasse | at least 1824 |
Renaming in chronological order
Before 1900
- around 1800: Fleischergäßchen → An der Gräßlitz
- before 1802: Reichenbacher Gasse → Marktstrasse
- after 1802: Kirchgasse → Burggasse
- before 1848: On the Rinne → Rosengasse
- before 1850: Burggasse → Burgstrasse
- 1850: Gottesackergasse → Am Friedhof
- 1863: Blumengasse → Gartenweg
- 1863: Silberstraße → Obere Silberstraße + Untere Silberstraße
- December 21, 1867: Neue Gasse → Bahnhofstrasse
- December 21, 1867: Teichgasse → Marienstraße
- February 23, 1872: Am Thiergarten + Am Friedhof → Friedhofstrasse
- May 13, 1872: Theatergäßchen → At the Heinrichsbrücke
- 1881: Adelheidsteig → Adelheidstraße
- 1881: Bahnhofstrasse (partially) → Reichenbacher Strasse
- 1881: Bahnhofstrasse (partially) + shoe market →gerichtstrasse
- 1881: Querstraße → Querstraße + Bahnhofstraße
- after 1889: Schlossberggasse → Schlossbergstrasse
1900 to 1932
- May 23, 1901: Brückengasse + Mühlgasse → Brückenstrasse
- 1901: Webergasse → Weberstrasse
- after 1900: Irchwitzer Weg → Irchwitzer Straße
- 1904: Richtstrasse (partly) → Regentenplatz
- November 30, 1904: Neumarkt + Topfmarkt → Ernst-Arnold-Platz
- May 15, 1914: Elsterberger Strasse → Friedrich-Arnold-Strasse
- 1923: On Gräßlitz → Thomasstrasse
- June 23, 1925: Rosengasse → Mollbergstrasse
- Church Square → School Square
1933 to early 1945
- 1933: On the Freedom → von-der-Trenck-Straße
- 1933: Monument Square → Adolf-Hitler-Platz
- 1933: Franz-Feustel-Strasse → Richard-Wagner-Strasse
- 1933: Friedhofstrasse → Franz-Seldte-Strasse
- 1933: Genossenschaftsstrasse → Vogtlandstrasse
- 1933: Richtstrasse → Langemarckstrasse
- 1933: Heinrichsplatz → Herbert-Norkus-Platz
- 1933: Lindenstrasse → Saarlandstrasse
- 1933: Mittelstrasse → Wilhelm-Frick-Strasse
- 1933: Poststrasse → Schlageterstrasse
- 1933: Querstraße + Bahnhofstraße → Horst-Wessel-Straße
- 1933: Schulstrasse → Herminenstrasse
- May 31, 1934: Elsterplatz → Skagerrakplatz
- May 31, 1934: Elsterstrasse → Admiral-Scheer-Strasse
- 1934: Logenstrasse → Dietrich-Eckart-Strasse
- 1934: Vogtlandstrasse → Oskar-Schleicher-Strasse
- April 1935: Weststrasse → Heinrich-Fritz-Strasse
- around 1936: Oststrasse → Bismarckstrasse
- 1936: Waldstrasse → Wilhelm-Gustloff-Strasse
- June 29, 1937: Marienplatz → Platz der SA
- after 1937: Rilkestrasse → Sudetenweg
May / June 1945
- Admiral-Scheer-Strasse → Elsterstrasse
- Adolf-Hitler-Platz → Monument Square
- Dietrich-Eckart-Strasse → Logenstrasse
- Franz-Seldte-Strasse → Friedhofstrasse
- Herbert-Norkus-Platz → Pohlitzplatz
- Horst-Wessel-Straße → Querstraße + Bahnhofstraße
- Langemarckstrasse → Rechtsstrasse
- SA → Marienplatz square
- Saarlandstrasse → Lindenstrasse
- Schlageterstrasse → Poststrasse
- Settlement "Braune Scholle" → Siedlung Freiheit
- Skagerrakplatz → Elsterplatz
- Sudetenweg → Rilkestrasse
- Wilhelm-Frick-Strasse → Mittelstrasse
- Wilhelm-Gustloff-Strasse → Waldstrasse
Late 1945 to 1955
- 1945: At the Heinrichsbrücke → At the Freiheitsbrücke
- 1945: Marienplatz → Karl-Marx-Platz
- 1945: Roonstrasse → Georg-Herwegh-Strasse
- September 1945: Monument Square → Karl-Liebknecht-Platz
- September 17, 1945: Heinrichstrasse → Bruno-Bergner-Strasse
- September 17, 1945: Herminenstrasse → Dr.-Scheube-Strasse
- November 3, 1945: Oskar-Schleicher-Strasse → Genossenschaftsstrasse
- December 1945: Idastraße → August-Bebel-Straße
- End of 1945: Gasparinenstrasse → Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Strasse
- 1945/46: Wilhelmstrasse → Friedrich-Naumann-Strasse
- 1946: Moschwitzer Strasse → Otto-Meier-Strasse
- before 1948: Bismarckstrasse → Rudolf-Breitscheid-Strasse
- before 1948: Carolinenstrasse → Ernst-Thälmann-Strasse
- before 1948: Elsterstrasse → Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse
- before 1948: Felix-Günther-Straße → Schönsichtweg
- before 1948: Georg-Schleber-Strasse → Fritz-Ebert-Strasse
- before 1948: Richtstrasse + Reichenbacher Strasse (partially) → Rechtsstrasse
- before 1948: Marienstraße → Friedrich-Engels-Straße
- before 1948: Regentenplatz → Dr.-Rathenau-Platz
- before 1948: Richard-Wagner-Strasse → Franz-Feustel-Strasse
- 1948: Ernst-Arnold-Platz → Puschkinplatz
- after 1948: Georg-Brösel-Straße → Birkenacker
- after 1948: Marstallstrasse → Strasse der DSF
- 1949: Thomasstrasse → Stalinstrasse
- July 20, 1950: Plauensche Strasse + Elsterberger Strasse + Friedrich-Arnold-Strasse → Plauensche Strasse
- 1950: von-der-Trenck-Straße → Paul-Kiß-Straße
1956 to 1989
- Schönsichtweg → Mitschurinweg
- 1961: Stalinstrasse → Strasse des 1. Mai
- November 14, 1962: Augasse → Stavenhagenstrasse
- March 24, 1966: Mittelstrasse → Gotthold-Roth-Strasse
- October 14, 1967: Logenstrasse → Prof.-Dr.-Friedrich-Schneider-Strasse
Early 1991
- Ernst-Thälmann-Strasse → Carolinenstrasse
- Friedrich-Engels-Strasse → Marienstrasse
- Karl-Marx-Platz → von-Westernhagen-Platz
- DSF street → Marstallstraße
- Strasse des 1. Mai → Thomasstrasse
Mid 1991
- Georgi-Dimitroff-Ring → Heinrich-Mann-Ring
- Julius Fučík Square → Theodor Fontane Square
- Klement-Gottwald-Strasse → Gottfried-Keller-Strasse
- Otto-Grotewohl-Strasse → Kurt-Tucholsky-Strasse
- Walter-Kopp-Strasse → Theodor-Storm-Strasse
- Wilhelm-Pieck-Strasse → Gerhart-Hauptmann-Strasse
Since 1992
- 2004: Cross street → Nahmmacherstraße
literature
- Volkmar Schneider: Greizer Heimatkalender, issues 1996–2015 . Ernst Tischendorf, Greiz.
- Population register of the city of Greiz . Thüringer Volksverlag, Greiz 1948.
- Gerd Elmar König: Greizer encounters . tape 2 . Buchverlag König, Greiz 2009, ISBN 978-3-939856-24-5 , Chapter 10 - Appendix: Old names in Greiz, p. 410 ff .
Web links
- Population register of the city and the district of Greiz 1937
- Population register of the city of Greiz 1948
Individual evidence
- ^ Greiz Gründerzeit: Haus Brösel, Carolinenstraße 27. Accessed on October 26, 2014 .
- ↑ Holger Drosdeck, Wieland Kellner: The Greiz – Neumark branch line . Photo & Verlag Jacobi, Fraureuth OT Römersgrün 2005, ISBN 3-937228-02-0 , chapter 5. The interim railway Greiz unt Bf – Greiz ob Bf, p. 19 .
- ^ Famous Greizer,> Nahmmacher, Elly-Viola. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 4, 2014 ; accessed on October 22, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Contradiction to possible renaming of the street in Obergrochlitz. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung. July 4, 2010, accessed October 24, 2014 .
- ↑ The Nazi problem is not far away. ( Memento from October 22nd, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) Deutscher Freidenkerverband Thüringen eV - Press review October 22nd, 2014.