Schadowstrasse (Düsseldorf)
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| Shopping mile east of Berliner Allee | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Dusseldorf |
| District | Pempelfort , city center |
| Connecting roads | Königsallee (Theodor-Körner-Straße), Am Wehrhahn |
| Cross streets | Blumenstrasse , Schadowplatz, Jan-Wellem-Platz , Berliner Allee , Wagnerstrasse, Bleichstrasse, Liesegangstrasse, Tonhallenstrasse, Jakobistrasse |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
| Road design | Pedestrian zone to Jan-Wellem Platz, from there the tram runs in the middle of the street |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | 670 m |
The Schadowstraße , before 1850 Flinger Steinweg , a shopping street in Dusseldorf , one of the busiest in Germany . It was named in 1851 after the painter Wilhelm von Schadow , who founded the Düsseldorf School of Painting from 1826 through his teaching activities as director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy .
location
Schadowstrasse runs from west to east in the northern part of Düsseldorf's Stadtmitte district . It begins at the northern Königsallee , at the corner of Blumenstrasse, becomes a pedestrian zone after 30 meters , touches Schadowplatz at the southern end, led under the Hochstrasse Tausendfüßler , which was demolished in 2013, leaves Jan-Wellem-Platz to the north and comes to the busy north-facing one Lane of the Düsseldorfer Süd-Nord-Fahrt Berliner Allee . To the north there is a view of the Dreischeibenhaus and the theater on Gustaf-Gründgens- Platz. Schadowstraße now runs dead straight again with car and tram traffic to the intersection with Jacobistraße and Tonhallenstraße. It continues to the east, but is now called Am Wehrhahn .
history
Schadowstrasse was built on a former cart that connected Düsseldorf with Gerresheim . It led through the area of the former Flinger Forest on today's Grafenberger Allee, which continues today over the "Am Wehrhahn" into the Schadowstraße. In the 17th century, Elector Jan Wellem had the path paved in order to create a permanent, permanently navigable connection (Flinger Steinweg). A number of horse drinks and inns were created along this route. It was built as an arterial road into the Bergisches Land via the “Kälbermarkt”, today's Schadowplatz, the “Flinger Steinweg” and the “Elberfelder Chaussee” (today's Grafenberger Allee) to Elberfeld . At the height of today's Kö-Bogen , cows and pigs roared at the beginning. It was Düsseldorf's cattle market, later reduced to the “calf market”, and beyond that there was only free, undeveloped land.
The Düsseldorf architect Rudolf Wiegmann designed the house for Wilhelm von Schadow in 1836 , which he built for him in 1838 on Schadowstrasse. This house later became the property of the painter Andreas Achenbach . As a successor building, the Schadow-Arkaden is now located in Schadowstrasse . In 1851 , the American painter Emanuel Leutze set up a large studio on Schadowstrasse , in which the painting Washington Crossing the Delaware was created. From 1889 to 1892 the Alte Tonhalle was built at the intersection with Tonhallenstrasse . In 1899 the Tietz department store at Schadowstrasse 43/45 was built according to plans by the architect Fritz Hofmeister , which at the time was considered to be “the largest of its kind in Düsseldorf”. In addition, there were variety shows and cinemas in the street at this time.
During the Second World War , the buildings along the street were largely destroyed by air raids , and then rebuilt as a shopping street in the post-war period. In 1951/1952 the remains of the Tonhalle were demolished, and the Schadowhaus had to give way in 1953. Schadowstrasse rose to become one of the most important shopping streets in Germany in the 1950s . With Karstadt , built on the site of the old Tonhalle, and the Kaufhof , which was built directly across the street on Am Wehrhahn, where the Koch am Werhahn department store had previously been demolished, two of the four large department store chains in the old Federal Republic had set up large branches there. Since the 1970s, especially in the run-up to Christmas, many visitors from the Netherlands have been coming to Düsseldorf on Schadowstrasse to shop. In the course of the 1980s, the sidewalks in the eastern part of Schadowstrasse were significantly enlarged and redesigned at the expense of the third and fourth lanes. In 2001, at the end of the pedestrian zone, across from the millipede, the new Peek & Cloppenburg Weltstadthaus, one of the city's largest clothing department stores, opened. The architect was the American Richard Meier .
Since the 1990s there has been a decrease in pedestrian traffic on Schadowstrasse. Research by real estate agent Kemper's / Jones Lang LaSalle found that the average number of pedestrians on a Saturday fell from 17,865 an hour in 2001 to 7,965 in 2011. At the same time, the number of visitors on other shopping streets, such as Flinger Strasse , increased. Today there is a pedestrian zone in the western part of Schadowstrasse with entrances to the Schadow-Arkaden , which are located in the area of Schadowstrasse, Blumenstrasse, Martin-Luther-Platz and Berliner Allee. The proposal was made from various quarters to design the eastern part of Schadowstrasse as a pedestrian zone. However, this has so far been rejected by the city leaders.
Schadowstrasse is currently changing, and numerous houses from the post-war period are being replaced by new buildings. As part of the second construction phase of the Kö-Bogen , the street will continue to change its face. A working group consisting of politics, retail, administration and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been formed to develop a procedure for redesigning Schadowstrasse. Since September 2015, a participation process has been taking place with the involvement of the public on the specific design of the shopping street (city dialogue on the reorganization of Schadowstrasse) . The second round of dialogue will be accompanied by the four Düsseldorf artists Manuel Franke, Armin Hartenstein, Andrea Knobloch and Thomas Stricker .
Transport infrastructure
Most of Schadowstraße (Wehrhahn to Berliner Allee) is accessible by car. The two large department stores have parking garages, and there are many other parking garages in the catchment area. The tram lines 701, 705, 706 and 707 cross Schadowstraße. The U71, U72, U73 and U83 tram lines run underground on Schadowstrasse in the Wehrhahn tunnel . They serve the Schadowstraße underground station , which was built from May 2008 to February 2016. The trams 701, 705 and 706 stop above ground at the Schadowstraße underground station.
Infrastructure
Schadowstraße contains a large number of shops and department stores, travel agencies etc. In addition to two large full-range department stores at the Tonhallenstraße intersection, clothing and shoe stores are predominant. Daily and periodic needs are completely covered, long-term needs largely, but there is little catering available. The degree of chain store is very high at 90%.
Schadowstrasse Festival
The two-day Schadowstrasse Festival held annually in late summer is one of the larger events in the state capital. In addition to sales stands, music of different styles, cabaret, etc. are shown on several stages. The annual Christmas market is spread over almost the entire course of the street and continues with interruptions into the old town. In front of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus there is an ice rink that can be used free of charge at about the same time as the Christmas market.
Web links
- Website of the CityRing Düsseldorf - interest group for the shops on Schadowstrasse
- Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf: Schadowstrasse with historical photos
Individual evidence
- ↑ No. 2353: Change of name of the previous "Steinweg", to "Schadow-Straße" in Düsseldorf , in the official gazette for the administrative district of Düsseldorf, year 1851, No. 98, p. 794
- ↑ Köbogen, wrongly planned even then
- ↑ Historical map of the lower Königsallee, with calf market
- ↑ Sabine Morgen: The broadcast of the Düsseldorf school to America in the 19th century. Düsseldorf paintings in America and American painters in Düsseldorf . Göttingen Contributions to Art History, Volume 2, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7675-3059-1 , p. 410 f.
- ^ City history: The Schadowstrasse
- ↑ Peek & Cloppenburg branches. Retrieved July 2, 2020 .
- ^ WZ: Schadowstrasse: Dealers want a pedestrian zone
- ↑ The 25 most visited shopping miles in Germany by Jones Lang LaSalle, April 2011 ( 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.
- ↑ Rheinischer retail and service association: information | We act No. 03 of June 16, 2011
- ^ NRZ Düsseldorf: Second round of discussion on the redesign of Schadowstrasse, accessed on November 12, 2016
- ↑ City Dialogue on the Reorganization of Schadowstrasse, City of Düsseldorf, accessed on November 12, 2016
- ^ WZ: Art Ideas for Schadowstrasse, accessed on November 12, 2016
- ^ City of Düsseldorf: Parking garage flyer
- ^ City Profil Düsseldorf from Kemper's Immobilien GmbH, page 10f.
- ↑ Monotonous shopping worlds - Article in the newspaper DIE WELT (from February 17, 2007)
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 34 " N , 6 ° 46 ′ 55" E