Rothenburgstrasse (Berlin)
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| View into Rothenburgstrasse from Zimmermannstrasse |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Steglitz |
| Created | May 8, 1877 |
| Cross streets |
Zimmermannstrasse , Muthesiusstrasse , Herrfurthstrasse , Grunewaldstrasse , Schmidt-Ott-Strasse , Wrangelstrasse , Braillestrasse , Waetzoldtstrasse , Am Fichtenberg |
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Johann-August-Zeune-School for the blind and vocational school Dr. Silex , Matthäuskirche , Fichtenberg-Oberschule , Steglitz tax office |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic |
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| Street length | 950 meters |
The Rothenburgstraße is a street in the Berlin district of Steglitz . It begins at Zimmermannstrasse , then runs in a south-westerly direction parallel to Schloßstrasse and ends at Strasse Am Fichtenberg , not far from the Botanical Garden .
Namesake
Friedrich Ernst von Rothenburg was honored with the street name . Rothenburg supported the work with blind people and was friends with Johann August Zeune , the director of the Prussian Royal Institute for the Blind . In a will, Rothenburg decreed that his fortune of around 80,000 thalers went to Zeune in favor of the institution for the blind. The street got its name on May 8, 1877, when the asylum for the blind celebrated the inauguration of the main building, two auxiliary buildings, the porter's house and the rope house.
Development
Originally, the land around Rothenburgstrasse belonged to the Steglitz community from around 1800. With the parceling of the site, which was completed in 1878, plots of land were created along Rothenburgstrasse, some of which can be described as parks. Although the street is in the immediate vicinity of Schloßstraße , it has nevertheless developed into a quiet residential area.
Starting in the northeast on Zimmermannstrasse, there are mainly houses from the Wilhelminian era on both sides of Rothenburgstrasse to Grunewaldstrasse . These are characterized by rich decorative elements on the house facade or above the entrance portal.
The pillars of the balconies on the houses at Rothenburgstrasse 6/7 leave an unusual impression, as these brick pillars are stronger at the top than at the bottom.
If you follow Rothenburgstraße coming from Steglitz, after crossing Grunewaldstraße, the character of the buildings changes: on both sides of the street you will find low buildings with gardens and areas that serve the general public. In particular, the south-western corner plot of Rothenburgstrasse and the corner of Grunewaldstrasse is used as a public green area and children's playground in front of the Schwartz Villa .
At the south-western end of the street, where Rothenburgstraße joins the street “Am Fichtenberg ”, there are mainly Wilhelminian-style buildings on the southern side.
Attractions
There are several listed buildings along Rothenburgstrasse.
Teaching garden of the TU Berlin
At Rothenburgstraße 12 there is a villa built by Paul Baumgarten in 1909. The land around Rothenburgstrasse originally belonged to the Steglitz community. After the parceling in 1878, Rothenburgstrasse 12 went to the banker Henoch, whose wife commissioned the villa construction. The spacious open space was designed by Lenné student Gustav Meyer . In 1922 the property went to Deutsche Erdöl-AG and from 1925 to its general manager Middendorf. After its expropriation by the National Socialists in 1934, the area was used by the SS . After the end of the Second World War , the property was in American use. In 1950 the property was handed over to the State of Berlin, which has now left it to the TU Berlin for use.
Since then, the villa has been used as part of the research and teaching garden of the Institute for Ecology at the TU Berlin. The teaching garden serves as an open-air laboratory and supports plant science courses. This concerns the subject areas of ecosystem science / plant ecology , bioclimatology and biodiversity dynamics . In the educational garden, which is designated as a garden monument , the most important trees, shrubs and shrubs are provided with writing boards.
Building of the Prussian Royal Institute for the Blind
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The Johann August Zeune School for the Blind and Vocational School Dr. Silex , commonly known as JAZ .
Her predecessor, who on October 13, 1806 based on an order from Friedrich Wilhelm III. Founded Prussian-Royal Facility for the Blind , initially had its seat in the Gipsgasse in Berlin-Mitte , from 1838 in the former Plamann educational institution . It was the first German school for the blind, and after Paris (1784) and Vienna (1804) the third in Europe . Its founder and director was Johann August Zeune . In 1874 the institution for the blind acquired the 1.75 hectare property in Rothenburgstrasse and had a school and administration building built on it by the architect Stüve, in collaboration with Jacobsthal and Giersberg .
The museum for the blind, which was founded in 1891 and is unique in Germany, is located in an adjacent building. After several interruptions, it has been located here again since 1983 and offers blind and sighted people exhibits “to touch”.
On the outer wall of the blind museum recalls a Berlin memorial plaque to Betty Hirsch (1873-1957). As a former student of the school for the blind, she founded in 1914 together here with the ophthalmologist Paul Silex the War School for the Blind Dr. Flint . During the time of National Socialism , Betty Hirsch had to give up the school administration and leave Germany because of her Jewish origins. The work that was started at that time is carried out in the current Johann-August-Zeune-Schule for the blind and vocational school Dr. Silex support center for vision continued.
Furthermore, Oskar Picht (1871–1945), who became known as the inventor of the braille steno machine , worked and lived on the school premises, and from 1920 to 1933 he was director of the institute for the blind.
The school for the blind celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2006. As a support center for seeing , according to the school director at the time, it should be the “central contact point for all blind and visually impaired people in Berlin”.
The Blindenhilfswerk Berlin e.V. is located at Rothenburgstrasse 15 . V. , which was founded in 1886 as an association to promote the economic independence of the blind . The workshop for the blind enables blind people to work productively, primarily in the areas of furniture and basket weaving as well as broom and brush binding . The residential building with club room and hall is furnished according to the special needs of blind people.
Steglitz tax office
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The building at Rothenburgstrasse 16/17 was originally built as a tax administration building (tax office) with official apartments in 1911 according to plans by the architect Hans Heinrich Müller . The architect lived in one of the apartments during his time as municipal builder in Steglitz until this office was abolished with the introduction of the Greater Berlin Act in 1920. In the meantime, the administrative building was used by the Teltow district's assessment committee. After a renovation, the Rothenburg elementary school has been housed in it since May 5, 2013 , while the Steglitz tax office has moved into a new office building diagonally opposite on Schloßstraße , which is accessible via the property at Rothenburgstraße 22. The entrance arch of the old tax office is decorated with a mosaic with the Prussian eagle and the inscription “Kgl. Income Tax Assessment Commission ". The special assessment commission responsible under the Prussian Income Tax Act of 1891 was located here , the members of which were appointed by the government on the one hand and elected by the municipal representatives on the other. Such an income tax assessment commission was chaired by the district administrator or a commissioner appointed by the government.
Auguste Victoria Lyceum
Next door, at Rothenburgstrasse 18, is the building of the Auguste Victoria Lyceum , a secondary school for girls in Steglitz, also built by Müller in 1911/1912 . After the building was erected, the girls' school moved here from its location on Plantagenstrasse, which it had been using since 1904. Via the names Kaiserin-Auguste-Viktoria- Lyzeum , Auguste-Viktoria-Schule , Steglitzer Oberschule for girls , the 4th secondary school, scientific branch and, since 1956, the Fichtenberg school were established here . In 2004, its successor, the current Fichtenberg Oberschule (grammar school), could refer to a 100-year history. The building was used until May 5, 2013 by the Rothenburg elementary school, which moved in as the 4th elementary school on October 21, 1953 and was named that way in 1957. The facade is adorned by a bay window with the inscription "Lyzeum I und Studienanstalt" . The fact that the Fichtenberg School has had a branch on the premises of the School for the Blind for the integration of visually impaired young people into grammar school classes arose from its close proximity to the institution for the blind .
Zeunepromenade and St. Matthew's parish
Across from Braillestrasse, named after the inventor of Braille, Louis Braille , begins the Zeunepromenade, which was named in 1906 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Royal Institute for the Blind, of which Zeune was director for 40 years. This lane , which has been paved since 2003 , leads steeply upwards to Lepsiusstraße and is popular for sledding in winter. The Zeunepromenade then continues over the 68 meter high Fichtenberg in the direction of the Botanical Garden and on to Grunewaldstrasse .
At Rothenburgstraße 31a-33 there are listed outbuildings of the Steglitz St. Matthew Church, which was inaugurated here in 1880 . These include the 1897 built rectory with apartments for both pastor of the church and the sexton in the Rothenburgstraße 32. In addition, the were here confirmation hall and the sacristy built. Next door at Rothenburgstrasse 33 is a villa built by Robert Poseck in 1903 .
Transport links
Rothenburgstrasse has no direct public transport stops . However, it is located as a western parallel street to Schloßstraße directly on today's Bundesstraße 1 , the former Reichsstraße 1 , which led from Aachen to Königsberg and which was the first paved street in the 18th century as a connection from the Berlin city palace to the summer residence, the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam ( Chaussee ) had been expanded.
The establishment of a suburban railway station along the Berlin-Potsdamer Railway , today 's Rathaus Steglitz S-Bahn station , made the street accessible by the S-Bahn . A connection to the underground network has existed since September 30, 1974 through the terminus of the U9 line not far from the Rathaus Steglitz S-Bahn station.
Bus routes can also be reached quickly through Grunewaldstrasse, which crosses Rothenburgstrasse and thanks to the nearby bus station in the Steglitzer roundabout .
literature
- Werner Schmidt: Bibliography of the blind being . - Berlin-Steglitz, Rothenburgstrasse 14 • State Institute for the Blind; 1920-1935, vols. 1-3
- Hainer Weißpflug: A riddle about Rothenburg? In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 2, 1999, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 11–13 ( luise-berlin.de - Who was Friedrich Ernst Freiherr von Rothenburg?).
Web links
- Rothenburgstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Entries in the Berlin State Monument List:
- to the residential building at Rothenburgstrasse 12
- to the Royal Institute for the Blind in Steglitz
- to the school and administration building of the Royal Asylum for the Blind
- to the former Ministry of Finance
- to the Auguste Victoria Lyceum
- to Robert Poseck's villa
- to the research and teaching garden of the TU Berlin
- to Ev. Matthew Church
- Johann August Zeune School for the Blind - Homepage of the School for the Blind
Individual evidence
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^ Rittmeister Friedrich Ernst von Rothenburg (born January 20, 1766 in Berlin; † December 1, 1833 there), erroneously referred to as baron in numerous publications, had earned services to the Prussian state, for which he earned income as dean of Kolberg , as canon of the Stifts to Our Lady of Halberstadt and had received an officer's pension. He had no offspring other than an illegitimate son. Since he was friends with Johann August Zeune, he bequeathed his accumulated fortune to the school for the blind.
Hainer Weißpflug: A riddle about Rothenburg? In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 2, 1999, ISSN 0944-5560 , p. 11-13 ( luise-berlin.de ). - ^ History of the Johann August Zeune School
- ↑ To the Rothenburgstrasse location ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The gypsum alley was built in 1699 and bore her name in terms of the scale in this gypsum distillery. In 1824 it was renamed Gipsstrasse .
- ↑ David August Rudolf Stüve (born June 18, 1828 in Osnabrück; † December 31, 1896 ibid.)
- ↑ glass-portal.privat.t-online.de ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 17, 2017.
- ↑ From the history of the Museum of the Blind ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Article of the German Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired in Study and Work e. V. ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Integration as a goal: The oldest school for the blind in Germany . Goethe-Institut Kyoto, July 2006
- ^ Association for the history of Berlin about Hans Heinrich Müller
- ↑ Museum guide of the Federal Finance Academy ( memento of the original from January 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Historical outline of the primary school
- ↑ History of the Fichtenberg-Oberschule ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chronicle of the Matthäuskirchgemeinde ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '23.4 " N , 13 ° 18' 58.3" E