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The Petristegel was a street in the old town of Lübeck .
location
The approximately 20-meter-long Petristegel was in the western part of the old town island, in the Marien Quartier . It was a narrow alley that connected the Petrikirchhof with the lower Holstenstrasse .
history
When it was first mentioned in a document in 1290, the street was given the Latin name Platea furum (thieves' street ). This name is probably derived from the fact that the narrow side street was generally considered an escape route for thieves who wanted to escape quickly from the busy Holstenstrasse.
In 1360 there is the Low German version Devesstrate , in 1614 the High German version Diebessteg . From that point on the street is always a bar or Stegel referred to what the former Lübeck parlance stairs meant and took on the steep slope reference.
In 1794, the verbal horned spelling Depstegel is documented, from which the designation Tiefstegel emerges in 1798 as the misinterpretation progresses . In the 19th century, the completely new name Petristegel became common .
During the great bombing raid in March 1942 , the buildings on Holstenstrasse and the Petrikirchhof were completely destroyed at this point. During the reconstruction in the 1950s , the narrow connecting path was restored, but it is only a staircase that is not dedicated as an independent street . The entrances to the house on these stairs are counted towards Holstenstrasse.
literature
- W. Brehmer : The street names in the city of Lübeck and its suburbs. HG Rathgens, Lübeck 1889.
- Max Hoffmann: The streets of the city of Lübeck. In: Journal of the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology. Jg. 11, 1909, ISSN 0083-5609 , pp. 215-292 (also special print: 1909).