List of street renaming in Cottbus

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The list of street renaming in Cottbus contains an overview of renaming of streets and squares in Cottbus . There were many renaming in the times of the GDR and the Soviet occupation zone between 1945 and 1989, during which many streets were given names of people who were close to communism or socialism . Most of these streets were renamed again after German reunification . Sometimes they got their old names back, sometimes they got completely new names. In addition, streets that did not exist before 1945 were also renamed.

Renaming before 1945

The table was created from various sources and does not claim to be complete.

Street name after renaming named after Street name before renaming named after Year of renaming
Deffkestrasse Gustav Deffke - firefighter who died in action (1879-1923) Nordstrasse 1 Late 1930s
Dreifertstrasse Hugo Dreifert Gymnasialstrasse 1925
Ottilienstraße Ottilie Ruff, wife of a council member and art gardener (1823–1889) Cross street 1889
Thiemstrasse Carl Thiem Feldstrasse 1914
Vetschauer Strasse Vetschau Grossenhainer Strasse 2 Grossenhain 1893
Werner Street Paul Werner Grünstrasse 1914

1 Only the part east of Sielower Strasse up to the Sandow fire station has been renamed. The rest of the street kept the name Nordstraße.
2 Only the part west of Feldstrasse (today's Thiemstrasse) was renamed. The remaining part later disappeared during renovation work.

Renaming between 1945 and 1985

The table was created from various sources and does not claim to be complete.

Street name after renaming named after Street name before renaming named after Year of renaming
August-Bebel-Strasse August Bebel Bismarckstrasse Otto von Bismarck 1946
Bodestrasse Wilhelm Bode Spichernstrasse Battle of Spichern 1946
Breitscheidplatz Rudolf Breitscheid Koenigsplatz 1946
Franz-Mehring-Strasse Franz Mehring Pücklerstrasse Hermann von Pückler-Muskau 1950
Liberty Street freedom Schützenstrasse 1946
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Strasse Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Turnstrasse do gymnastics 1950
Jacques Duclos Square Jacques Duclos Place of peace peace 1976
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse Karl Liebknecht Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse 1946
Karl-Marx-Strasse Karl Marx Hindenburgstrasse Paul von Hindenburg after 1945
Louis Braille Street Louis Braille Leopoldstrasse Leopold Korn - magistrate 1946
Ludwig-Leichhardt-Allee Ludwig Leichhardt Kastanienallee chestnut 1963
Place of peace peace Diepowplatz Henriette von Diepow - restaurateur 1950
Pushkin Promenade Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin promenade 1949
Singerstrasse Paul Singer Roonstrasse Albrecht von Roon 1946
City promenade Stalin promenade Joseph Stalin 1962
Virchowstrasse Rudolf Virchow Louisenstrasse / Luisenstrasse Auguste Luise Wilhelmine Hubert - wife of a councilor after 1945

Renaming after 1986

The table was created on the basis of a city map from 1986 and a city map from the period after 2011.

Street name after renaming named after Street name before renaming named after Year of renaming
Adolph-Kolping-Strasse Adolph Kolping Wilhelm-Külz-Strasse 1 Wilhelm Külz
Bodelschwinghstrasse Friedrich von Bodelschwingh Otto-Grotewohl-Strasse Otto Grotewohl
Brandenburger Platz Brandenburg Thalmann Square Ernst Thalmann
Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Strasse Carl Maria von Weber Klement-Gottwald-Strasse Klement Gottwald
Curt-Möbius-Strasse Curt Möbius - City Treasurer and Mayor of Cottbus (1895–1945) Otto-Grotewohl-Strasse Otto Grotewohl 1993
Dresdener Strasse Dresden Street of Youth 2 youth
Elisabeth-Wolf-Strasse Elisabeth Wolf - painter and honorary citizen of Cottbus (1873–1964) Rudolf-Rothkegel-Strasse Rudolf Rothkegel - KPD politician and mayor of Forst (Lausitz) (1889–1964)
Ernst-Barlach-Strasse Ernst Barlach Hans-Loch-Strasse Hans Loch
Ernst-Bloch-Strasse Ernst Bloch Hermann-Duncker-Strasse Hermann Duncker
Ewald-Müller-Strasse Ewald Müller Johannes-Dieckmann-Strasse Johannes Dieckmann
Fährgasse Ferry service across the Spree Otto-Thiele-Strasse Otto Thiele - KPD politician and victim of the Kapp Putsch from Guben († 1920)
Friedlieb-Runge-Strasse Friedlieb Runge Theodor-Neubauer-Strasse Theodor Neubauer
Gelsenkirchener Allee Gelsenkirchen - twin town of Cottbus since 1995 Leninallee Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Georg-Schlesinger-Strasse Georg Schlesinger Michael-Bey-Strasse Michael Bey 1993
Goyatzer Street Goyatz , part of the community Schwielochsee Kurt-Pavel-Strasse Kurt Pavel - communist and concentration camp prisoner (1896–1939) 1991
Gustav-Herrmann-Strasse Gustav Herrmann - secondary and university professor and head of the Branitz Municipal Museum (1897–1988) Heinrich-Rau-Strasse Heinrich Rau 1993
Hainstrasse Former oak grove on the road Heinrich-Mosler-Strasse Heinrich Mosler
Heinrich-Albrecht-Strasse Heinrich Albrecht Michael-Bey-Strasse Michael Bey 1993
Hermann-Hammerschmidt-Strasse Hermann Hammerschmidt Edgar-André-Strasse Etkar André 1993
Hermann-Löns-Strasse 3 Hermann Loens Paul-Hornick-Strasse Paul Hornick
Hermannstrasse Hermann Groch, landowner from Sandow Bruno-Dickhoff-Strasse Bruno Dickhoff 1991
Johannes-Brahms-Strasse Johannes Brahms Grete-Walter-Strasse Grete Walter
Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee Konrad Wachsmann Theodor-Neubauer-Strasse Theodor Neubauer
Lausitzer Strasse Lausitz Jannaschkestrasse 6 Willy Jannasch
Lindenplatz Linden trees Heinrich-Mosler-Strasse Heinrich Mosler
Lucas-Cranach-Strasse Lucas Cranach the Elder Philipp-Müller-Strasse Philipp Mueller
Max-Grünebaum-Strasse Max Grünebaum - textile manufacturer and honorary citizen of Cottbus (1851–1925) Franz-Blümke-Strasse Franz Blümke , worker and victim of the Kapp Putsch from Guben († 1920) 1993
Muskauer Strasse Bad Muskau Artur-Becker-Strasse Artur Becker
Ottilienstraße Ottilie Ruff, wife of a council member and art gardener (1823–1889) Wilhelm-Pieck-Strasse Wilhelm Pieck
Peitzer Strasse Peitz Arthur-Wölk-Strasse Arthur Wölk - politician (KPD / SED) (1900–1969)
Philipp-Melanchton-Strasse Philipp Melanchton Otto-Nuschke-Strasse Otto Nuschke
German Unity Square German reunification Karl-Marx-Strasse 4 Karl Marx 2011
Saarbrücker Strasse Saarbrücken - twin town of Cottbus since 1987 Street of German-Soviet Friendship German-Soviet friendship
Saarstrasse Ferdinand of Saar Wilhelm-Zierenberg-Strasse Wilhelm Zierenberg
Sanzebergstrasse Sanzeberg - Elevation in the nearby Käthe-Kollwitz-Park Georg-Dix-Strasse Georg Dix 1991
Schopenhauerstrasse Arthur Schopenhauer Komsomol Street Komsomol
Siemens Halske ring Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske Theodor-Neubauer-Strasse Theodor Neubauer
Tranitzer Strasse Tranitz Ernst-Kamieth-Strasse Ernst Kamieth
University Square Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg Karl-Marx-Platz Karl Marx
Universitätsstrasse Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg Yuri-Gagarin-Strasse 5 Yuri Gagarin 2008
Walther-Pauer-Strasse Walther Pauer Karl-Jannack-Strasse Karl Jannack
Webschulallee Weaving school - listed building in the street Helmut-Just-Allee Helmut Just
Wilhelm-Riedel-Strasse Wilhelm Riedel Otto-Thiele-Strasse Otto Thiele - KPD politician and victim of the Kapp Putsch from Guben († 1920) 1993
Wilhelmstrasse Wilhelm Gattel - building contractor who built the road Oskar-Hoffmann-Strasse Oskar Hoffmann 1993
Willy-Brandt-Strasse Willy Brandt Heinrich-Rau-Strasse Heinrich Rau
Willy-Jannasch-Strasse Willy Jannasch Merzdorfer Strasse Merzdorf

1 Only the section between Bahnhofstrasse and Taubenstrasse was renamed. The rest of the street kept the name Wilhelm Külz '.
2 Only the section between Othilienstraße and Ringstraße was renamed. The rest of the street kept the name Straße der Jugend.
3 Only the section between Thiemstrasse and Dresdener Strasse was previously called Paul-Hornick-Strasse. The remainder of today's Hermann-Löns-Straße already had this name.
4 Only the space between the main building of the BTU and the IKMZ was renamed. The rest of the Karl-Marx-Strasse kept its name.
5 Only the section between Karl-Marx-Strasse and Papitzer Strasse was renamed. The rest of the street kept the name of Yuri Gagarin.
6 The spelling of the street named after Willy Jannasch was incorrect.

literature

  • Helmut Donner: Cottbus street names explained . Euroverlag, Cottbus 1999.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustav Deffke. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . November 24, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai See Donner 1999.
  3. ↑ a b Großenhainer Straße is history. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . July 31, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Cottbus: Monument protection meets modernity. In: Märkischer Bote. July 14, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b piece of old Sandow changes: Platz des Friedens in Cottbus. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . August 15, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b Historical view under a new name. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . January 23, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum : Cottbus, Lieberoser Straße 12. In: German Digital Library . Retrieved October 21, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Cottbuser Strasse Acquaintances: Sandower Hauptstrasse - Cottbus district with an eventful history. In: Märkischer Bote. August 26, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Promenade at Spremberger Tor. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . May 15, 2017, accessed January 7, 2019 .
  10. ↑ City map Cottbus . VEB Tourist Verlag, Berlin / Leipzig 1986.
  11. ↑ City map Cottbus Chóśebuz . Cities-Verlag, Fellbach, 3rd edition.
  12. ^ Lore Koal - A life for Cottbus art. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . April 24, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
  13. ^ Memories of Elisabeth Wolf. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . December 13, 2004, accessed August 17, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Rudolf Rothkegel fought against the need. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . December 10, 2009. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
  15. ^ A b Dieter Dreetz, Klaus Gessner, Heinz Sperling: Armed fighting in Germany 1918–1923. Military Publishing House of the German Democratic Republic, 1988, pp. 150–151
  16. ↑ a b c between Neißebrücke and Ostfriedhof. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . January 27, 2007, accessed August 17, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Cottbus - twin town since 1995. In: gelsenkirchen.de. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
  18. ↑ a b Georg Schlesinger. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . February 27, 2010, accessed August 17, 2017 .
  19. ↑ a b Memory of Kurt Pavel. In: Cottbuser Herzblatt. April 2009, p. 9 , archived from the original on February 2, 2017 ; accessed on August 17, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Gustav Hermann. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . November 1, 2007, accessed November 4, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Bruno Dickhoff. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . October 27, 2005, accessed October 5, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Portrait of Max Grünebaum. In: websites of the Max Grünebaum Foundation. Retrieved February 4, 2018 .
  23. ↑ Wolf, Arthur. In: Biographical databases of the Federal Foundation for the processing of the SED dictatorship . Retrieved April 2, 2018 .
  24. ↑ Cottbus now has a place for German unity. In: Websites of the City of Cottbus. June 15, 2011, accessed February 4, 2018 .
  25. ^ Twin town Cottbus (Brandenburg). In: Website of the City of Saarbrücken. Retrieved February 4, 2018 .
  26. ↑ Georg Dix. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . January 17, 2007, accessed October 5, 2017 .
  27. ↑ 49th meeting of the city council. In: Websites of the City of Cottbus. June 25, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
  28. ↑ BRAND NEW web school. In: Websites of the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg . Retrieved February 4, 2018 .