Poststrasse (Berlin)
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | center |
| Created | in the middle ages |
| Newly designed | 1984 |
| Hist. Names |
Am Mühlendamm (before 1655) , next to Nikolai-Kirchhofe (before 1655) , Am Fischmarkt (17th – 18th centuries) , Bollengasse (18th century to 1862) |
| Cross streets | Rathausstrasse, Am Nussbaum, Propststrasse, Am Mühlendamm |
| Buildings | see: Sights |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , restricted car traffic |
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| Street length | 250 meters |
The Post Road in central Berlin is a well-developed in the 17th century street in Old Berlin . As the most important street it crosses the Nikolaiviertel, which was rebuilt in 1987 . The buildings preserved or rebuilt here form a listed building ensemble.
history
The first streets in the current alignment were called Am Mühlendamm ( Middle Ages until 1655), Beside the Nikolai Kirchhofe (Middle Ages until 1655), Am Fischmarkt (17th - 18th centuries) and Bollengasse (18th century - 1862) - individual sections.
The street was given its current name in 1655 after the post office formerly located here. At this point, the entire post of the Berlin residents and the ruling court was processed until the introduction of the railroad - both entrances and exits. A post office and an extensive horse station were the most important features. In 1984 the previous Molkenstrasse was incorporated into Poststrasse.
Sights in Poststrasse
- (sorted by house number)
- In 1655 the post office was built in house number 1, which gave the street its name. Nothing is known about the whereabouts of this post office.
- The elector's valet Anton Freytag lived in building number 4, who often offered his elector Johann Sigismund asylum and in whose house the elector also died in 1619.
- The house (number 5) was already documented here in 1565: it was the first coin in Berlin, which moved to the mint tower at the castle in 1593 .
- At the end of the Mühlendamm is the Ephraim-Palais , which was rebuilt in 1987 and was initially built at Poststrasse 16 by Veitel Ephraim, the king's supreme mint.
- At 23 Poststrasse at the corner of Nikolaikirchplatz there is one of the few 18th century Berlin town houses that have remained in their original location. It is the residential and commercial building of the master needle maker Johann Christian Knoblauch, completed in 1761 , after whom the house was then named: Knoblauchhaus .
Numerous prominent Berliners have lived in this street in the past centuries: an upper chamberlain, a military leader, two chancellors, a secret secretary and Madame Du Titre (house no. 26), known as the Berlin original, is worth mentioning. The Alte Post wine bar has been handed down as a meeting place for the Young Hegelians . In the 21st century, the historic wine taverns in the Knoblauchhaus especially invite tourists to linger.
Web links
- Poststrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
Individual evidence
- ^ Westermann's plan of Berlin. Berlin-Mitte around 1932. Poststrasse in the lower middle of the picture ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
- ↑ Poststrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- ^ A b Horst Strasbourg: The Post Street. Berlin. History and stories . In: BZ am Abend , October 6, 1980, p. 3
- ↑ Martina Krüger: Stories from the Knoblauchhaus. Poststrasse 23: Wilhelm von Humboldt and Karl Friedrich Schinkel once frequented this place. In: Neues Deutschland , 10./11. April 1982
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '0.1 " N , 13 ° 24' 23.3" E