Oberbilker Market
| Oberbilker Market | |
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 Crossing Kölner / Werdener Strasse with Oberbilker Markt in the background |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Dusseldorf |
| District | Oberbilk |
| Confluent streets | Kölner Strasse , Werdener Strasse, Mindener Strasse, Kruppstrasse, Bogenstrasse, Eisenstrasse |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
| Space design | Metro station under the square |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | approx. 2,000 m² |
The Oberbilker Markt is a square in Düsseldorf , which is located south of the main train station in the Oberbilk district .
traffic
Oberbilker Markt is an important intersection in the southern inner city area between Kölner Strasse, which runs in north-south direction, and the B 8 (Werdener Strasse / Kruppstrasse), which runs in east-west direction .
Below the square is the Oberbilker Markt / Warschauer Straße underground station , where the U74, U77 and U79 lines of the Düsseldorf city railway run. The tram line 706 and the bus lines 732 and 736 of the Rheinbahn operate above ground .
history
Up until the middle of the 19th century, Oberbilk was dominated by rural areas. From 1870 urban roads were built as part of industrialization. The intersection of Kölner Strasse and Werderner Strasse or Kruppstrasse and the confluence of two other streets created a square between Kruppstrasse and Eisenstrasse. This was used as a market place since the turn of the century and was generally known as Oberbilker Markt. However, the name did not appear in the official address books of the city of Düsseldorf until 1955.
In 1919 there was heavy fighting on the Oberbilk market between the striking Spartakists , who had a stronghold in Oberbilk, and the Freikorps fighting them ( Spartacus uprising ). On April 12 and 13, 1919, the Freikorps Lichtschlag used artillery and mortars against the barricades on Oberbilker Markt, killing 39 insurgents and 11 members of the Freikorps. The majority fled in the direction of Eller and the government troops faced no further resistance.
On October 13, 1941, a British bomber was shot down and crashed into a block on Kruppstrasse and the corner of Oberbilker Markt, killing many residents.
On April 15, 1945, two days before the liberation by the Americans, the 72-year-old Jewish plumber Moritz Sommer, who for years was able to hide from the Nazis with the help of his landlord Heinrich Rondi and neighbors, fell into the hands of the army patrol Kaiser tortured and hung up at Oberbilker Markt. A memorial plaque for Moritz Sommer is attached to the police station on the square; in addition, a street between Auf'm Hennekamp and Redinghovenstraße was named after him.
There is a large-deep bunker under Oberbilker Markt, which served as an air raid shelter during the many air raids during World War II .
Future of the Oberbilker market
The Oberbilker Markt has lost much of its urban function over the past few decades. The adjacent Kölner Straße has also lost its importance as a shopping street and has become deserted, also in the course of the underground construction. The city hopes that the justice center, which opened on March 9, 2010 and consists of the district court and the regional court , on Werdener Strasse will counteract the desertification of the area. In October 2008 an exchange of ideas for the redesign of the square was held, taking into account the wishes of the citizens. On December 17, 2008, the planning office of District Representation 3 presented a first concept to beautify the square. After long discussions, the renovation could begin in summer 2014. The construction work is expected to be completed in May 2015. Pushkin Square is integrated into the renovation.
Individual evidence
- ^ Website city archive Düsseldorf: The Oberbilker market . Queryed on May 10, 2009
- ^ Hermann Kleinfeld: Dusseldorf's streets and their names . Grupello, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-928234-36-6 , p. 253.
- ^ Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf: street barricades of the Spartakists on Eller Strasse. Photo: Julius Söhn, 1919.
- ^ The New York Times of April 15, 1919: Sharp Fighting in German Cities (PDF)
- ↑ State Capital Düsseldorf: City Archives Düsseldorf, City History - The Oberbilker Market with historical photos
- ↑ State Capital Düsseldorf, District Administrative Office 3: Nineteen hundred and thirty- three to nineteen hundred and forty-five, Vol. 2., Moritz Sommer . Düsseldorf, 1986
- ↑ Information on baunetz.de
- ↑ "Oberbilker Markt: Conversion finished by May": Article from the Rheinische Post on January 9, 2015
Web links / sources
- City of Düsseldorf - City Archives
- Information on geschichtswerkstatt-duesseldorf.de
- Rethinking the city and city quarters ... using the example of Oberbilker Markt from Engel & Völkers Rheinland GmbH (PDF file; 2.22 MB)
Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 58 " N , 6 ° 48 ′ 11" E