Rheinstrasse (Wiesbaden)

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Rheinstrasse
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Street in Wiesbaden
Rheinstrasse
Basic data
place Wiesbaden
District Westend , middle
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport
Technical specifications
Street length 1,400 m
The course of Rheinstrasse around 1895: at the west end the recently completed Ringkirche (built in 1894), at the east end there are still the previous stations that were demolished in 1906 for the main train station . The museum (for the Ludwigsbahnhof ) was built in its place in 1915 and the Rhein-Main-Halle (for the Taunus and Rheinbahnhof ) in 1957 . The barracks west of Luisenplatz had to give way to the Hessian State Library in 1913

The Rheinstraße in the Hesse state capital Wiesbaden is a broad tree-lined inner city boulevard , which is bounded by historic buildings. The street, which has a median strip with several rows of plane trees , runs in an east-west direction and forms the southern boundary of the historic pentagon , the historic center of the city.

course

Wilhelmstrasse , which runs northwards, begins at its eastern end . This was extended to the south in 1910 (today: Friedrich-Ebert-Allee ). In the west, Rheinstrasse leads to the Ringkirche , in front of which the Wiesbadener Ringstrasse crosses Rheinstrasse. In about the middle of the street, the Luisenplatz with the Bonifatiuskirche joins the Rheinstraße to the north . To the east of Luisenplatz, Rheinstrasse crosses Bahnhofstrasse, which runs from Schlossplatz to the main train station , to the west of which begins Kirchgasse , Wiesbaden's pedestrian zone.

history

Rheinstrasse was laid out in 1828. At first it was named Adolphsstraße , but Duke Wilhelm had it renamed. Like Wilhelmstrasse, the 60-foot (18.50 m) wide street was initially to receive only one-sided development and thus serve as the southern boundary of the historic pentagon . Kirchgasse and Schwalbacher Straße were brought up to her and Luisenplatz was also opened after her. From around 1855 it was extended from Wilhelmstrasse to Mainzer Strasse, and in the 1880s it was extended to Frankfurter Strasse. In contrast to the original route, Rheinstrasse begins today on Frankfurter Strasse.

building

A large part of the buildings adjacent to Rheinstrasse consists of residential buildings from the late 19th century. However, there are also some outstanding individual structures. These include the ring church built in 1894 at the western head of the boulevard . The ring road laid out in the 1890s runs in front of it . Further west on the south side is the Werner von Siemens School, built in the High Renaissance style between 1876 and 1879. Instead of the former military buildings, the Hessian State Library was built on the north side in 1913 . The corner building of the Herzoglich-Nassauische Landescreditcasse , today's Nassauische Sparkasse opposite Luisenplatz , dates from 1863. 1914–1916 it was supplemented by a projecting component with arched arcades. The building facing Moritzstrasse, which reflects the first construction phase, was not added until 1982. On the north side, east of Luisenplatz, are the Grevsche Palais , which dates back to the time the street was built (1833; changed in 1936; house number 37), as well as the former main post office, which was built in neo-baroque style between 1904 and 1905 and is now the Hessian Ministry of Science and art houses. At the east end of Rheinstrasse there were three terminal stations until 1906: the Ludwigsbahnhof opened in 1879 , the terminus of the Ländchesbahn to Niedernhausen , the Taunusbahnhof , the terminus for the Taunus Railway built in 1840 , the line to Frankfurt am Main , and the Rheinbahnhof built in 1857 for the rights Rhine route along the Rhine to Oberlahnstein . All three stations were demolished in 1906 after the new main train station was built. The Wiesbaden Museum was built in place of the Ludwigsbahnhof in 1915 , and the Rhein-Main-Hallen in 1957 instead of the other two .

Picture gallery

  • Rheinstrasse, from west to east

  • The east facade of the Ringkirche with its twin tower

  • Historicist facades on the north side of Rheinstrasse that were built between 1879 and 1888

  • Facade details of the buildings between Ringstrasse and Wörthstrasse

  • The library building of the Wiesbaden State Library (built in 1913)

  • Rheinstrasse at night in the direction of the Ringkirche at the level of the State Library

  • The Luisenplatz with Bonifatiuskirche seen from the Rhine road

  • Headquarters of the Nassauische Sparkasse ; The part of the building on the left (corner of Adolfstrasse and Rheinstrasse)
    was built in 1863

  • Hessian Ministry for Science and Art (old main post office)

  • Taunusbahnhof (1840 to 1906), Rheinstrasse behind

  • Rheinstrasse 1. The atypical development results in the street being expanded around 1880. Only then is the house built around 1860 at the eastern beginning of Rheinstrasse.

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  1. ↑ Gottfried Kiesow : Architectural Guide Wiesbaden - The City of Historicism, German Foundation for Monument Protection, Bonn 2006, ISBN 3-936942-71-4 , p. 86 ff
  2. ^ Sigrid Russ : Cultural monuments in Hessen - Wiesbaden II - The villa areas, State Office for Monument Preservation, Wiesbaden 1988, ISBN 3-528-062-36-3 , p. 199
  3. ↑ ibid. P. 93 f