Pümperstrasse
The Pümperstrasse in Rostock is a historic street in the historic center of the Hanseatic city . It connects the Great Waterway with the Beguinage in a north-south direction and bends slightly to the east. It is part of the former Rostock Mittelstadt .
In 1274 it was first mentioned as Oltmakenigenstraße , which means something like Altflickerstraße . From 1418 it was suddenly referred to as Pümperstrasse. The origin of the name is unclear, at least it is conceivable that there were water pumps in its course. Pümperstrasse was of medium importance within the social fabric of the Hanseatic Rostock. This is evident from the fact that their west side served as the back yard of their western parallel street, Steinstrasse . On the east side, on the other hand, there were gabled houses and stalls in equal parts, to which mostly cellars, the place of residence of the poorest citizens, were connected. In the 17th and 18th centuries, however, the north-east side was the residence of several noble families (a rarity in a town like Rostock).
The great fire of 1677 survived the Pümperstraße without damage, but it was completely destroyed in the bombing raids in late April 1,942th There are still large vacant lots in it today. The Pümperstraße is approved for road traffic in the south.
source
- Ernst Münch , Ralf Mulsow: The old Rostock and its streets. Redieck and Schade, Rostock 2006, ISBN 3-934116-57-4 .
Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′ 16 ″ N , 12 ° 8 ′ 31 ″ E