List of streets and squares in Bad Hersfeld
This list of streets and squares in Bad Hersfeld shows the meanings and circumstances of the naming. Of the street names, this list only contains those whose meanings are not banal and does not claim to be exhaustive. It contains an explanation of the traffic infrastructure with the connected federal motorways and federal highways and relates to the city of Bad Hersfeld .
The inner city has 205 streets, alleys and squares on a built-up area of around 550 hectares. Another 247 streets are in the districts.
Currently valid street names are given in bold , names that are no longer valid after renaming or building over are given in italics .
Origin of names
Street names in Bad Hersfeld are, like those in other cities, a mixture of names
- to places inside and outside of Bad Hersfeld,
- to formerly German cities and landscapes, mostly in the east,
- according to old field names,
- according to personalities related to Bad Hersfeld or of national / international importance,
- according to historically guaranteed and legendary people,
- for plants and animals,
- according to regions, mountains and waters.
Worth mentioning are "name nests" such as
- the Hohe Luft district with many streets named after old clothier trades,
- the Johannesberg district with streets largely named after trees and bushes,
- the Eichhof district with street names after Eastern European regions and cities that belonged to Germany until 1945.
Signs
The older signs from the 1950s and 1960s have white lettering on a blue background and are still made of enamel . Some of these signs are still in the Fraktur font . Then signs with black letters on a white background were used. Without exception, they are written in a sans serif antiqua and are still widely used in the city today. The newer signs again have the white and blue color scheme with a sans serif antiqua.
Spelling of street names
As a rule, Bad Hersfeld adheres to the guidelines for the spelling of street names published by Duden-Verlag. The most important rules are:
- The first word of a street name is capitalized, e.g. B. Von-Harnack-Strasse , above the village .
- Street names are written together, consisting of a noun (or a name) and a basic word typical of street names such as B. Street , Gasse , Weg , Platz exist: Bahnhofstraße , Gerwigstraße , Hindenburgplatz .
- If the first component is an adjective, it is only written together if the adjective is unflexed, e.g. B. in Neumarkt , Hohlweg . If it is bent, it is written separately: Alte Straße , Vorderer Steingraben .
- Separate spelling also applies to adjectival derivatives of place and country names: Gothaer Straße , Frankfurter Straße , Brandenburger Straße . But be careful: The ending -er is not always a derivative, sometimes it is part of the defining word! For example at Brüdergasse (to Brothers ), at Lutherstrasse (to the surname Luther ) or at Seilerweg (to the old profession of rope maker ). Since this is nothing more than a combination of name and basic word, it must be written together!
- The hyphen is used when the definition of the basic word consists of several words. So Simon-Haune-Straße , Heinrich-von-Stephan-Straße , L'Hay-les-Roses-Platz .
Streets and squares
City ring, entry and exit roads
The city ring leads, in large parts over the area of the former city moat and the outer city wall (Zwingermauer), around the 40 hectare old town. The city ring is formed by the eight streets Bismarckstraße, Hainstraße, Eichhofstraße, Nachtigallenstraße, Simon-Haune-Straße, Meisebacher Straße, Dippelstraße, Reichsstraße and Bismarckstraße, starting from the axis Breitenstraße and Frankfurter Straße clockwise.
The 2.6 kilometer long city ring directs the traffic around the old town and leads to the entry and exit roads . This is in the southwest of the old town, the 2.1 km long Frankfurter Strasse (see also under Broad Street), in the city part of the national road 27 and a little further south to the motorway exit "Bad Hersfeld" on the A 4 leads. Following clockwise, the 690-meter-long Berliner Straße branches off the city ring and leads to Bundesstraße 62 . Meisebacher Straße (Landstraße 3159), which leads to Kirchheim , continues on the northwest side of the old town . In the north of the old town, the Wehneberger Straße branches off from the city ring and leads to the Bundesstraße 324 (Homberger Straße), which leads to the A 7 motorway exit “Bad Hersfeld West” . Finally, in the northeast, the 2.1-kilometer Friedloser Strasse (Landstrasse 3159) branches off from the city ring, which meets Bundesstrasse 27 in Zellersgrund.
The Dippel Street is located on the northern edge of the old town (length: approximately 560 meters): The street was named after the merchant Georg August Christian Traugott Dippel (* February 11, 1806, † 15 September 1869) named. Dippel was born in Hoheneiche . He attended school in Hersfeld and learned the trade of a businessman in Münden . For a long time he worked as a traveler for a silk goods shop in Barmen and traveled all over Europe. As a pensioner, he moved back to Hersfeld and lived here secluded and thrifty until his death. He donated his fortune, which he increased primarily through speculation in securities, to the city of Hersfeld. The AT Dippel Foundation was constituted on November 3rd, 1869 and was supposed to look after the poor. At this point in time, the foundation had over 77,000 thalers, most of which were invested in railway shares.
There is a half-timbered mill on Dippelstraße, which the city has been restoring since 2007 and converting it into a multi-generation house. The wall mill was built in the first half of the 18th century and was first mentioned in 1747. Conversions took place in 1806, 1841, 1913 and 1940 and 1941, respectively. In 1860 it belonged to the Rehn yarn factory and in 1892 it was used for the tannery. Your name depends on the respective owners during this period. So it was first called Bolendermühle and from around 1900 it was named after the last miller, Rössingsmühle. Only since the renovation in 2007 has the mill been called Dippelmühle after the street name. However, this is not correct from a historical point of view, as Dippel never owned this mill.
The Hainstraße is located on the southern edge of the old town (length: about 485 meters): The street was built on the site of the outer city wall (Zwingermauer). The slope between the city wall and the moat was overgrown with hedges and bushes, which made it difficult for attackers to get to the wall. As a result, there were field names such as "Hinter'm Hain " or "Hinter dem Hain". When the moat was filled in here between the Johannesthor and the Petertor in 1839, the street that was named after the field names was created. The same thing happened with the nearby Hainchenweg , which got its name from the corridor "Hinter dem Hainchen".
The Simon-Haune Street is located on the western edge of the old town (length: approximately 270 meters): Reminiscent of the knight Simon of Haune from the dynasty of Haune headquartered in Burghaun . He belonged to the Sternerbund and attacked the city together with other Sterneren and troops of the abbot on Vitalisnacht in 1378. However, Simon von Haune thwarted the success of this attack by sending a feud letter to the city the day before, warning the citizens. The road begins at the exit of a deeply cut erosion channel that runs down from the Tagberg here. It used to be called Finstertal and the field name between the exit of the channel and the city fortifications was called “Im Finstertal”. Part of this corridor is now part of the Leonhard Müller facility.
From this gully, which is difficult to see from the city, the Sterner attacked. Streets in the vicinity also recall this event from 1378 with their names. These are Sternerstraße, Vitalisstraße, Gerwigstraße and Brückenmüllerstraße. Today the erosion channel is called "Alps".
Places
There are eight places in the city. The Kirchplatz, L'Hay-les-Roses-Platz, Linggplatz, Marktplatz, Mährisch-Schönberg / Šumperk-Platz, Neumarkt, Schillerplatz and Theodor-Heuss-Platz (until 2007 Hindenburgplatz ).
The oldest and largest square is the approximately 1.3 hectare market square , on which there has been a parking lot since the 1950s. There is no documentary or archaeological evidence of the size of this square, which is atypical for the region. This is explained today by the fact that there could have been a Franconian royal court here in the early Middle Ages (analogous to the city of Fulda ). Then the monastery was built on the western side and the emerging market settlement on the eastern side of this "Curtis". Another explanation arises from the fact that the settlement arose some distance from the monastery and the space in between formed the cathedral freedom . The third explanation goes back to the 9th century, when the empire built more forts due to the Hungarian invasions . This can also be documented for the Hersfeld Monastery when the monastery fortifications were expanded. In the course of this, a refuge castle could have been built on the present site, in which the local population could find protection. In the year 936 in the "Miraculi Sank Wigberti" there was a report of a castle building at a place where men and women had access. This means that the castle must have stood outside the monastery district and therefore outside the enclosure . This means that the market settlement that developed in the 11th century could have aligned itself with this refuge. The essentially Gothic buildings (rebuilt in the Renaissance style), for example the former mint of the imperial abbey in the northeast of the market square, but also the houses of ministeriales in the western area of the square (rebuilt in the classic style), could become the first stone houses in of the market settlement.
The oldest known name for this place is flatness . This name is derived from the Old High German word "almeinde", which means something like common property . Through various intermediate stages, for example the dialect words "Emnet" and "Ebnet", the name flatness came up, which has no relation with the word level.
In the 17th century, parts of the market were relocated to flatness because the Neumarkt was too small. The current name of the square comes from this time. The weekly market has been taking place on Linggplatz since September 20, 1810.
Until 1838, the city's water reservoir was on the southwestern part of the square. It was fed by the "wild water". From here the water taps, the so-called “Kumpf”, were supplied with water in the city. They were around for a long time, for example on the market square and in the Breite Straße. The pond was vaulted in 1838. In the 1950s these vaults were finally torn down and filled in. This reservoir also served as an extinguishing water pond, so there was also the syringe house right next to the Hauptwache until the 20th century. The Konrad Duden Library is on this site today. Next to it was the town's brewery, which was also served from this pond. Today the street “Am Markt” leads around the square, the south-western area was previously called Hinter dem Weier .
The Lullus Festival takes place on the square every year and the Lullus fire is also lit in the area of the square that is closest to the town church. This area was previously called Vor dem Kirchthor . It is a passage to the church square that was probably built over early on and only leaves an arched passage to the church open. It is believed that the city's old court square was also located here. The city had had lower jurisdiction since the 13th century .
The 5600 m² Linggplatz adjoins the market square to the south and is only separated from it by the so-called "island". The "island" forms a group of houses, the north-western front of which faces the market square, and the opposite side faces Linggplatz. The square has been named after the Baden Lieutenant General Johann Baptist Lingg von Linggenfeld since 1857 . His monument is on the western side of the square, near the entrance to the monastery district. It is believed that the abbey's old court square was located here. A double cross, right next to the Linggdenkmal, which, according to old copper engravings, stood here as early as the 16th century, was probably a boundary sign of the abbey and indicated that the abbey's immunity area began at this point .
Pedestrian zone
The pedestrian zone in the old town of Bad Hersfeld is about one kilometer long and runs right through the city. From west to east these are the streets or squares Im Stift, Linggplatz, Johannesstraße, Weinstraße, Enge Gasse, Unter den Hütten, Kirchplatz, Am Treppchen, Breitenstraße (upper part), Klausstraße, Klaustor, Badestube and Löhrgasse.
The street Am Treppchen is located in the center of the old town, right by the town hall: This street takes its name from a small staircase that leads from here to the slightly higher church square and the town church . The street has the shape of a square and is now about 400 m². The square was the oldest market square in the city and expanded even further south in the Middle Ages. The street name "Unter den Hütten" ( Schirne are mentioned here in 1384) still bears witness to this. After the city was expanded in the 13th century, the market was relocated to Neumarkt. The water tapping point (Kumpf) on the market square was converted into a fountain in 1830, with a statue of the city's founder Lullus in the middle .
The Breitenstraße begins at the Klausstraße and ends at the city ring with the Bismarckstraße. Frankfurter Strasse follows in a straight line (length: about 310 meters): Before the city was expanded in the 13th century, this street was outside the city. Here, in front of the city walls, the trade route passed through the short Hessen , which, coming from Frankfurt, crossed the Haune and the Fulda over two stone bridges . The annual markets also took place here. When the new city walls included the Breite Strasse in the urban area, the width of the street was kept in order to guarantee access to the old market square in front of the town hall and the monastery as a kind of main street (Wagenstrasse). The wide street was secured to the outside by the Peterstor. The gate took its name from the Petersberg Propstei, which was accessible via the two bridges mentioned above. The street was formerly called Die Preiten-Gaßse
Intersections
The intersection between Vlämenweg, Homberger Straße and Wehneberger Straße was called Am heiligen Kreuz until the early 20th century
The intersection between the B 27 and the B 62 has established itself as the Lomokreuzung . From 1958 the federal road 27 was relocated out of the inner city area, thus creating this intersection, not far from the Bad Hersfeld autobahn junction on the A4. Here the mineral oil company LOMO (Lorenz Mohr GmbH & Co. KG) relocated its petrol station with a truck stop and large petrol station for trucks.
More streets in the old town
The Brink street is located on the southwestern edge of the medieval town and leads in a straight line from Neumarkt to Johannesstraße (length: about 150 meters): Brink used to be an elevated grass ranger in a damp or swampy environment. The term probably comes from the Middle Dutch language and came to the city through the Flemings who immigrated here in the 12th century . Not long after that, the city was expanded and the Brink was built on the edge of the city. The street used to be called Neu-Markt or Am neue Markt (the extension of Neumarkt, which used to be called “Auf dem neue Markt”). At the end of the Neumarkt this street led to a square called Am Bringg (today about 1000 m² in size), from where today's street name is derived.
The street Am Perfort in the northwest of the old town and leads as a cul-de-sac from Burggasse to the city wall. (Length: about 55 meters): There is a former watchtower in the city wall. The watchtower at this point served to secure the city's water supply. Here the “wild water” led under the city wall into the city. When the tower fell into disrepair, another half-timbered floor was added to it. You can still see the tower in the city wall today. The name Perfort comes from the Middle High German word "bergfrede" or "bergfrid" (see also: Bergfried ). These names developed over "Berfert" to the name as it is guaranteed in the street name.
The road Antonigasse located in the southeast of the old town. It branches off from Breitenstrasse and meets the ice field. (Length: about 55 meters): The street was mentioned in 1659 as Töngesgasse and in 1697 as Döngesgasse . It is therefore believed that it was named after Saint Anthony . The city church was consecrated to Saints Antonius and Vitus and were therefore the patron saints of the city (see also under “Am Frauenberg”).
The Benno Shields Street is north of the old town. It begins on Klausstrasse and leads north out of the old town, where Dippelstrasse (Bundesstrasse 324) crosses. A little further north, the road ends at Vlämenweg. (Length: about 410 meters): Before 1935 the street was called Stammengasse and ended at the city wall until the 19th century. The street name comes from the manufacturer Benno Schilde . He founded his workshop in Stammengasse, which he later expanded into a “Benno Schilde - Maschinenfabrik und Apparatebauanstalt, Hersfeld” factory in front of the city wall (see Schilde AG ). The factory's production and office buildings are still located on Benno-Schilde-Straße. Today they are protected as an industrial monument.
The Burggasse begins at the western end of Lingg square and leads in an arc along the monastery wall and parallel to the city wall to the west corner of the town square (length: approximately 200 meters): The name probably comes from the time of Burgenbaues in the 9th century ( for more information see under marketplace). Another reason for this naming could be the proximity to the monastery or the city wall. Here the monastery wall meets the city wall, where the "Big Tower" stood. These fortifications could have had a castle-like character, especially after the Sterner raid on the city in this area . Then there was an additional Zwingermauer (the so-called City Zwinger) behind the monastery, parallel to the monastery wall, which extended from the thick tower to the former west gate of the monastery district. The street used to lead from the market square to the thick tower and the city wall. This is how an earlier name Im Leur-Loch can later also be explained Hinteres Lierloch . This term comes from the Liere, which can be translated as bag or hunting bag . In street names, this is an often used term for dead ends.
The hemp sack is located in the center of the old town, not far from the town hall. The street leads from the “Engen Gasse” or “Unter den Hütten”, which meet here, to Neumarkt. (Length: about 110 meters): This street used to lead from the Weinstrasse as a dead end to the southern side of the first city wall. After the city was expanded in the 13th century, the street was no longer a dead end, but the name still held up. The street used to be called Auf dem Hanftsack . In the street, the hemp stalks are processed into thread and other textile products.
The Ransen is a small alley in the center of the old town, near the city church. (Length: about 50 meters): Ransen is a name for a dead end street that occurs mainly in the usage of the Upper German dialects . The alley probably ended at the first city wall, which was torn down after the city was expanded in the 13th century. It used to be called Am Ransen .
The Rennhöfchen is located in the northern old town by the city wall, not far from the former women's gate (length: about 115 meters): The name is reminiscent of the artisanal production of cloth. The towels were stretched on towel drying frames to dry. This process was also used to "blue" the cloth with woad or indigo. The frames were often placed outside the city walls, disorganized on the ramparts of the city moats. From the High Middle Ages, “frame yards” were created for this, which were fenced off and also had a sentry box. Such a courtyard (land with a frame) is still shown on maps in front of the Frauentor in 1847/49. Today the area belongs to a large extent to the Leonhard Müller plant. The cloth makers' guild house used to be located in the Rennhöfchen.
The Rittergasse begins on Klausstrasse and leads to the street “An der Obergeis” in the north of the old town. The Klaustor used to stand nearby. (Length: about 95 meters): There were probably stone chambers of knightly lords here who lived in the city as ministerials of the abbey. One of these kemenaten is still largely unchanged in the rear building at Klausstrasse 34. The building is dated to the 11th or 12th century, making it the oldest secular building in the city.
The Rosengasse is located in the south of the old town and leads back to the Neumarkt in a U-shape. (Length: about 170 meters): In this area of the city, just behind the southern city wall, people from the lower social classes lived. This is why the Franciscan monastery was also found here in the Middle Ages (on the site of today's Konrad Duden School or the old monastery school). The executioners, flayers and whores, for example, lived here. Since it was inconceivable to name the alley after one of these "dishonest" professions, it was renamed after a beautiful flower to hide the disreputable area. There were similar reasons for naming the Rosmaringasse, which is only a little further to the east.
The Uffhäuser street located in the northwest of the old town and leads from the square to the tit Straße. (Length: about 190 meters): The street used to be not much longer than the parallel street “Am Perfort” and, like this, ended at the city wall. It was called the Vorderes Lierloch , later the name Die Oefhäuser-Gaßse became common. In the 19th century, the city wall was broken through and a so-called Chausseetor was built. The pillars of this gate are still in "Im Stift", near the festival canteen.
The Wallengasse begins at the beginning of the Weinstrasse and leads to the Neumarkt (length: about 170 meters): The origin of the street name can no longer be determined with certainty. One explanation results from the proximity to Webergasse (a parallel street). So the street name could have come from the walkers who could have had their workshops here. The walkers felted the raw fabric by moistening it with water, soap and urine and treading it in vats. The kicking was later taken over by a hammer mill operated by water power. Therefore, from this time on the walkers were mainly found along the Geisbach . Some of the fulling mills remained in operation on the Geisbach until the beginning of the 20th century.
Another explanation is the naming after a patrician or patrician family from the 14th century. Dominus Lodewicus Wade had his house on Neumark, at the corner of Wallengasse. It is also possible to name it after the lords of Wallenstein, who were feudal men and ministerials of the Hersfeld abbey. If one follows this assumption, the town house of the barons could have been here.
The Webergasse begins on Linggplatz and leads to the Neumarkt (length: approximately 170 meters): Up industrialization began, there were many small mills in the old town. Linen and wool weavers in particular worked on handlooms well into the 19th century. Since there were probably several of these weaving mills in the street, the name was transferred to the street.
Streets in the rest of the city center
The street Am Frauenberg is, as the name suggests, on the northern slope of the Frauenberg, and leads from the Meisebacher Straße into the valley of the Geisbach . (Length: about 1365 meters): The front part of the street used to be called Im Bock or Im Poock . This name is derived from the Middle High German word for bow. The name probably describes the arch that one had to walk from the Frauentor to get to the Alte Kirchweg and thus into the high Middle Ages to the parish church on the Frauenberg outside the city. .
Further back, up to Lohmühlenweg, the street race was called Fezies . The corridor between the street “Am Frauenberg” and the street “Alter Kirchweg” running up the slope was called Am Fezies until it was completely overbuilt in the 20th century . The settlement "Wetziges" or "Fetziges" existed here until the 15th century, which was first mentioned in 1343 when the Hersfeld citizens received permission from the abbot to build a grinding mill here "zu dem Vitziges". It is believed that the suburban settlement that developed was named after Saint Vitus . The city church was consecrated to Saints Antonius and Vitus and were thus also the patron saints of the city (see also under "Antoniengasse"). There were also many lands on the Frauenberg, “benefivii sti. Viti ”, which belonged to the town church.
The street Alter Kirchweg lies on the Frauenberg, and branches off on the eastern slope of this mountain from the street "Am Frauenberg". (Length: about 580 meters): The road begins near the Frauentores and led to the first parish church “Our Lady” from Hersfeld, which was built around 800 above the monastery. Until the city church was finished in the 13th century, the citizens of the city made pilgrimages to the mountain to worship.
The August Gottlieb road located south of the city, it combines the Wehneberger road with the Benno Shields Road (length: approximately 190 meters): The blind four years August Gottlieb (* 1844, † 1903) was a master rope and gifted inventor . In 1863 he founded the rope factory in today's Seilerweg and steadily expanded it into a large company. Cords, ropes, twine, ropes, ropes and similar products were made there. Since the area became too small, the jute spinning mill was established in 1902 as a department of the "AG Seilerwarenfabrik August Gottlieb" in Landeckerstraße. A memorial stone for August Gottlieb is on Schillerplatz, at the Klausturm.
The Conrad Mel Street is located on the northern outskirts, at the top of Wehneberges. (Length: about 150 meters): It is reminiscent of the theologian, school inspector and director of the old monastery school. Conrad Mel donated the orphanage in Hersfeld in 1707.
The Fritz-Rechberg Street is located in the west of the city, it branches off from the city's ring road, the Simon Haune Street, and leads on the northern lower slopes of the day the mountain in the Meisebachtal into (length: 1,130 meters): It is reminiscent of Fritz Rechenberg , the manufacturer who built the largest full cloth factory (that is how they were called factories that carried out all manufacturing steps from the raw material to the finished cloth) in the city. The factory was located south of the old town, between Berliner Straße, Hainstraße, Hubertusweg and Hainchenweg on an area of around 8.5 hectares. After the factory was closed in the 1960s, the factory site became an industrial park called Rechberggelände. The former office and administration building of the factory still stands today on Hainstrasse. The Rechberg family's villa is also on Hainstrasse. Fritz Rechberg built the first houses for employees in today's Fritz-Rechberg-Straße.
The Louis-Demme Street is a small side road that branches off from the Goethestrasse. It is located on the southern slope of the Wehneberg (length: about 75 meters): Louis Demme (* May 2, 1845 in Hersfeld (in house Hanfsack 586 near Pfeiffergasse); † September 9, 1898 there) was in the city's service from 1866 and from 1873 city secretary. At the same time, the city archive sorted and thus founded the city archive, which is named after him today. He was also the author of the three-volume work "News and Documents on the Chronicle of Hersfeld", which is a standard work on the history of Hersfeld to this day. The fourth volume (which runs from 1819 to 1894) was not printed until 2006.
The Ludwig-Braun-Strasse is located on the southeast slope of the mountain days (length: approximately 622 meters): Ludwig Braun (* 1883 - † 1958) was a textile manufacturer and the company led by the third generation. He built the second full cloth factory in Hersfeld (next to Fritz Braun). He expanded the factory on Landeckerstraße, the "Association" (an amalgamation of several no weaving mills and other textile trades in the city that processed the cloth there industrially). In this cloth factory, fabrics for men's and women's outerwear as well as for government employees were manufactured. The listed buildings of the former spinning mill and weaving mill still stand from this factory. Further to the west are the buildings of the former administration, the finishing and the machine house. On the other side of the railway line is the villa of the Braun family in Reichsstraße.
The Michael Schnabrich Street is located on the northeastern slope of the mountain days (length: approximately 550 meters): It is reminiscent of the SPD politician Michael Schnabrich . He was a city councilor in Hersfeld and later a district councilor in the Hersfeld district. From 1924 to 1932 he sat for the constituency of Hersfeld-Hünfeld-Rotenburg in the Reichstag. He died as a result of abuse in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
The Münscherstraße is located on the southern slope of the Wehneberg (length: about 415 meters): It is reminiscent of Dr. Wilhelm Münscher (* 1795; † 1872) was the high school director in Hersfeld from 1832 to 1867. In 1857, he was granted honorary citizenship.
The Robert Heil Street is located in the southeast of the city center and connects the Bismarckstraße and Hainchenweg each other (length: approximately 140 meters): Robert Heil was a master baker, who was born in Hersfeld. He emigrated to Berlin and was allowed to use the title of "Royal Prussian Court Baker of His Majesty the Emperor" there since 1910. He donated the Robert-Heil-Turm on the Tageberg to his hometown. The observation tower was part of the green area on the Kleinshöhe, which was built on the Tagberg at the turn of the century. The tower was completely renovated in 2007.
The Vlämenweg is north of the old town, on the slope of the Wehneberg (length: about 465 meters): The street probably got its name when Flemings immigrated in the 13th century and settled in front of the Frauentor. This little fortified suburb probably existed until the Thirty Years War. The Flemings brought the highly developed cloth production with them from their homeland. They probably set up their drying frames on the southern slopes of the Frauenberg and Wehneberg (see also “Rennhöfchen”). The field names were called Flehmen and Hinter'm Flehmen until the development in the 20th century .
The Wilhelm-Wever-Strasse is located in the northeast of the city center (length: approximately 185 meters): William Wever was the son of the company founder Adolph Wever ( "Ad Wever AG."). In 1867 he moved his textile manufacture from Breitenbach to Hersfeld. In 1872 he built a factory building on the corner of Bahnhofsstraße and today's Wilhelm-Wever-Straße. His son Wilhelm expanded this factory between 1900 and 1909. Among other things, the company produced linen items such as down bodies, ducklings, jacquard drills and upholstery fabrics. Most recently, the company worked as a supplier to the automotive industry until it lost its only customer in 2006. The company ceases operations in the same year.
literature
- Hessian city atlas Bad Hersfeld. , Hessian State Office for History of Regional Studies, Marburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-87707-649-1 .
- Dieter Handtke: Hersfeld street names. , Buchhandlung Oertel, Bad Hersfeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-939464-22-8 .
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- Hessian town atlas Bad Hersfeld with land register plan 1730 (copy from 1845) and land register map 1847/1849
- Bad Hersfeld 1: 125 00, city map with cycling and hiking map. Kartographische Kommunale Verlagsgesellschaft, Nordhausen 2006, ISBN 3-937929-22-3 .
- Helmut Ohl: Mayor of Germany. Verlag Bock & Kübler, Schöneiche bei Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-86155-027-X (in the book: ISBN 3-86155-027-1 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g cadastral map 1847/1849
- ↑ a b c d e f g Cadastral plan 1730
- ↑ Handtke, Hersfeld street names, pages 23 and 24