Reichsstrasse (Berlin)
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| The Reichsstraße at the level of the Rüsternallee | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | West end |
| Created | Late 19th century |
| Hist. Names | Street 7a |
| Connecting roads |
Kaiserdamm (south-east), Spandauer Damm (north-west) |
| Cross streets | Lindenallee, Stormstraße, Kastanienallee, Leistikowstraße, Länderallee, Eschenallee, Hessenallee, Platanenallee, Marathonallee, Rüsternallee, Preußenallee, Ebereschenallee, Olympische Straße, Bolivarallee, Schaumburgallee, Altenburger Allee, Meiningenallee, Koburgallee, Westendallee |
| Places |
Theodor-Heuss-Platz , Steubenplatz, Brixplatz |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
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| Street length | 2140 meters |
The national highway is located in the Berlin district of Westend the district Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf . It is the main shopping street in Neu-Westend .
location
The Reichsstraße runs from Theodor-Heuss-Platz to Spandauer Damm , which it meets in the area of the former Spandauer Bock . It can be reached via the stations of the underground line 2 Theodor-Heuss-Platz and Neu-Westend and the bus line 104 travels through it to Brixplatz .
It should not be confused with the nearby Heerstraße , which in Berlin combines the Reichsstraßen, which have been designated since 1932, and today's Bundesstraßen 2 and 5 .
Steubenplatz
About the middle of Reichsstraße and the center of Neu-Westend is Steubenplatz, which is named after Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), a Prussian officer and later general in the American War of Independence . Preußenallee, Olympische Strasse, Bolivarallee and Ebereschenallee all flow into Steubenplatz. The equestrian statue The Winner, placed in the center of the square, is striking . The figure created in 1902 by Louis Tuaillon for Eduard Arnhold's private garden in Berlin-Wannsee was installed there in 1961.
The traditional pub Westend-Klause is located on Steubenplatz, where the writer Joachim Ringelnatz, who lived on Brixplatz - then Sachsenplatz - was a regular guest in the early 1930s. From 1939 to 1967, the Puck movie theater was located on the northeast side of the square , and its premises are now used by a supermarket. At the confluence of Bolivarallee with Steubenplatz, the three ladies from the grill food truck , only used for film purposes, stood for years .
history
Reichsstrasse has been named after December 8, 1906 and was previously Strasse 7a in the Westend development plan. The name refers to the proclamation of the Prussian King Wilhelm I as German Emperor on January 18, 1871, through which the German Empire was founded as a constitutional monarchical federal state. By 1918 it comprised 22 monarchical and three republican states as well as Alsace-Lorraine .
The street name has been preserved to this day, despite different political developments. In Neu-Westend, the district around Reichsstraße, many streets are named after the countries of the German Empire proclaimed in Versailles , such as the Preußen-, Hessen- and Württembergallee.
Others
In the southeastern part between Theodor-Heussplatz and Steubenplatz, Reichsstraße has a good commercial infrastructure for high living needs. The Namibian Embassy is located at Reichsstrasse 17 .
Web links
- Reichsstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- IG Reichsstraße , association of business people in the area around Reichsstraße
Individual evidence
- ↑ The winner at luise.de.
- ^ Stephan Brandt: Berlin-Westend. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-86680-458-6 , p. 57.
- ^ Movie Theater Puck. Private website with photo. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '58 .3 " N , 13 ° 15' 39.3" E