Ostenhellweg

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Ostenhellweg
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Street in Dortmund
Ostenhellweg
Town houses Zum Ritter and Herbrechtsches Haus on Ostenhellweg
Basic data
place Dortmund
District Downtown
Created 12th Century
Connecting roads Kaiserstraße (east), Westenhellweg (west)
Cross streets Brückstrasse , Kleppingstrasse, Ostwall, Willy-Brandt-Platz
Buildings Reinoldikirche, Marienkirche , Vehoff house
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User groups shopping street
Technical specifications
Street length 0.4 km

The Ostenhellweg is together with the Westenhellweg the central shopping street in the city ​​of Dortmund . The Ostenhellweg is based on the course of the old Hellweg trading route and marks its eastern course within the historic ramparts of the Hanseatic city of Dortmund.

The Ostenhellweg begins between the Reinoldikirche and the Herbrecht'schen Haus (with the jewelry store Wempe on the ground floor; built in 1906) at the intersection of Hellweg and Brückstraße . It then leads 400 meters to the east to the wall. The Ostenhellweg continues outside the Wallring in Kaiserstraße.

The retail trade on Ostenhellweg is characterized by smaller shops. Only Strauss Innovation and C&A have larger department stores here. The press building of the Westfälische Rundschau was also on the street.

The fluctuation of pedestrians on the shopping street is less high than on Westenhellweg.

Reinoldi Island

Until 1906 there was a row of houses between Ostenhellweg and Reinoldikirche, the so-called Reinoldiinsel. Its counterpart, the Friedhofsinsel, was located immediately north of the Reinoldikirche until 1929. To the east, the Reinoldiinsel extended to Vehoff-Haus (Ostenhellweg 5). It was only when they were demolished that today's square between Reinoldi and Marienkirche was created. The westernmost building on Reinoldiinsel on the corner of Brückstrasse was the medieval Richthaus, seat of the high blood court. It was demolished in 1875 together with its two narrow neighboring buildings and replaced by a commercial building.

  • Location of the Reinoldiinsel in today's cityscape. The Richthaus was at number 2 on Ostenhellweg.

  • The medieval Richthaus, demolished in 1875, head building of the Reinoldiinsel, in today's townscape. Reconstruction based on a template by Eberhard G. Neumann.

  • The eastern end of the Reinoldiinsel with Ostenhellweg in front and the Reinoldikirche in the background

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  • Pedestrian zone in 2015

  • Well-known row of houses at the beginning of Ostenhellweg

  • Movie casino from the 1950s

  • Historic C&A building on the corner of Stefanstraße built between 1928 and 1929 based on plans by Sepp Kaiser

  • The Ostenhellweg in 1904, still by tram

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 51.8 "  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 11.6"  E

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eberhard G. Neumann: The medieval court house in Dortmund . In: Historical Association for Dortmund and the County of Mark (Hrsg.): Contributions to the history of Dortmund and the County of Mark . tape 63 . Historical Association Dortmund, Dortmund 1966, p. 197 .