Oranienstrasse
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| View through Oranienstrasse from Heinrichplatz in east direction to Skalitzer Strasse | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Kreuzberg |
| Created | 1840s |
| Connecting roads |
Wiener Strasse (east) Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse (west) |
| Cross streets |
(Selection) Skalitzer Strasse, Manteuffelstrasse, Mariannenstrasse, Adalbertstrasse, Prinzenstrasse, Heinrich-Heine-Strasse, Alexandrinenstrasse, Alte Jakobstrasse, Lindenstrasse , Axel-Springer-Strasse |
| Places |
Heinrichplatz , Oranienplatz , Moritzplatz |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | 2080 meters |
The Oranienstraße is almost two kilometers long and one of the most famous streets of Berlin district in Kreuzberg in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg . It is named after the Dutch Princely House of Orange . The road is not to be confused with the district center located Oranienburgerstraße .
Description and traffic
At the eastern end, Oranienstrasse becomes Wiener Strasse , and at the western end, it becomes Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse (until July 30, 2008, Kochstrasse ). Oranienstrasse is the most important shopping street in " SO 36 ". One of the major thoroughfares for traffic is the neighboring Skalitzer road that runs along the elevated railway line of the subway - U1 runs. There are numerous restaurants, bars, pubs and clubs in Oranienstrasse (including the well-known SO36 club ); Together with the surrounding streets, it forms a popular destination for Berlin nightlife.
Among other things, Oranienstrasse is also known for the brush shop of the Berlin Facility for the Blind: The building was built at Oranienstrasse 26 as the 20th community school based on a design by Adolf Gerstenberg in 1863/1864 and has been used by the Municipal Facility for the Blind, founded in 1878, since 1902. The Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (New Society for Fine Arts) has its headquarters at Oranienstraße 25. The street gained public fame beyond the city limits through the street battles between the autonomists and the police, especially on May 1st . These riots took place in the section between Heinrichplatz , Adalbertstraße and Oranienplatz .
Oranienstrasse begins at the Görlitzer Bahnhof underground station , crosses Heinrichplatz and finally Oranienplatz, which also marks the border between Kreuzberg 36 and Kreuzberg 61 , named after the former mail delivery areas. The construction house and the Prinzessinnengärten are located on Moritzplatz , a mobile garden that was created on a former wasteland and is used for urban agriculture . This is followed by residential buildings, the Waldeck Park and, after the intersection with Alte Jakobstraße , the Bundesdruckerei on the north side and, opposite on the south side, the Berlin Senate Social Administration. At the intersection with Lindenstrasse , the northern end of which was renamed Axel-Springer-Strasse on April 10, 1996, Oranienstrasse ends and becomes Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse . There is the Axel Springer high-rise , the Berlin publishing house of Axel Springer AG .
An urban bus line runs through Oranienstrasse , and there is also a lot of delivery and through traffic. In particular for cyclists who do not have a cycle lane , the road has become a hot spot for accidents. In 2017, the police registered 76 moderate to severe accidents here. Now, however, a coherent traffic concept is to be created for the entire Luisenstadt area . In October 2017, the district office invited interested residents, associations and clubs as well as traffic planners to the first discussions. One of the associations involved advocates the establishment of a one-way street system .
Development
Architecturally, the street is divided into two areas: The section between Görlitzer Bahnhof (Skalitzer Straße) and Moritzplatz is almost entirely an old building from the Wilhelminian era . This affects the entire area of the surrounding streets. To the west of Moritzplatz are mainly new buildings from the post-war period , as this area was badly damaged in the Second World War .
The commercial building at Oranienstrasse 6 is part of a listed ensemble : in 1875 the master carpenter Robert Otto built a tenement house, followed by Georg Lewy , who was also responsible for the Butzke works , in 1898 , the construction of the commercial building. He sold the property on to Alfred Hendel, who later sold it on. Today, the facade of the front building in the New Objectivity style , a modernization from 1929, is particularly eye-catching. The Gewerbesiedlungs-Gesellschaft , which also operates other commercial courtyards at Oranienstrasse 10/11, 24 and 188, acquired the property in 1979 and renovated the buildings in various sections.
history
The traffic route was created at the same time as the expansion of the historic Berlin city center , because from the mid-19th century, due to the rapid industrialization of Berlin, there was a strong influx of workers, for whose families accommodations were built. He received his name on March 24, 1849.
At the end of the Second World War , when Berlin was bombed by the Allies, large parts of this area suffered destruction.
After the end of the war, apartments had to be built quickly, because now numerous refugees came to the city, but at the same time many Berliners were bombed out. The architects active in Berlin drew up a plan according to which residential buildings could be built at low cost. Some of the houses that were not completely destroyed could also be restored and have been under monument protection since the 1990s, such as the commercial building (house number 6) .
Personalities
At the beginning of Oranienstrasse, in house no. 6, Konrad Zuse , the inventor of the computer , worked between 1944 and 1945 . Here he developed the Z4 calculating machine , which was to be the first computer to be mass-produced. However, the last days of World War II prevented the completion of this ambitious project in Kreuzberg. Nevertheless, the back yard at Oranienstrasse 6 can be seen as one of the cradles of computer technology. Orionette AG , which was one of the most important Berlin companies for car and motorcycle construction in the 1920s, was located in the same complex at Industriehof 6 Oranienstrasse . The chief engineer was Engelbert Zaschka , who is also considered a helicopter pioneer.
In Oranienstraße founded Georg Wertheim , the department store Wertheim (no. 53/54). In No. 34 Julius Klausner founded the Leiser shoe store , and in No. 64 Paul Lincke founded the Apollo music publishing house . Carl Busse , Erwin Piscator and Waldeck Manasse also lived on this street.
The Long Book Night has been taking place regularly in the street since 1998 .
particularities
The hyper-local journalism website zoom-berlin.com on Oranienstrasse is the first of its kind to exclusively deal with a street. It received the European Newspaper Award in the 'Online' category.
The mural Astronaut Cosmonaut by the French street artist Victor Ash is on the fire wall of the house at Oranienstrasse 195 .
See also
literature
- Michael Blum : Oranienstrasse. Excavations. A verse chronicle. Klak Verlag, Berlin 2019 (history of a house)
Web links
- Oranienstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Oranienstrasse on zoom-berlin.com (Axel Springer Academy)
- Oranienstraße on www.oranien-strasse.de (Kotti e.V.)
- Oranienstraße - outsiders, front runners . In: Der Tagesspiegel , July 30, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Neumann: 76 accidents in hell . In: Berliner Zeitung , February 27, 2018, p. 11.
- ↑ Traffic concept Luisenstadt: One-way streets would be the least , accessed on February 28, 2018.
- ^ Architectural monument tenement house (1875); Industriehof monument (1898)
- ↑ GSG-Hof Oranienstrasse 6 ; accessed on July 21, 2015.
- ↑ Konrad Zuse in Oranienstraße ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on zoom-berlin.com
- ↑ Leiser - a startup from 1891 ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (with video: “The Leiser grandson tells”) on zoom-berlin.com
- ↑ Die Oranienstraße ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on zoom-berlin.com
- ↑ Axel Springer Academy wins online award - the jury's justification in full , November 18, 2012
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 12 ″ N , 13 ° 24 ′ 44 ″ E