Sedanstrasse (Hildesheim)
The Sedanstraße (popularly Sedan Avenue called) in Hildesheim is an avenue on the border between the districts of Neustadt and Oststadt .
Course and description
The avenue runs almost exactly in a north-south direction. It consists of an unpaved footpath that is flanked by two green strips of maple-leaved plane trees . There is a cobblestone pavement on each side . The western one runs along the front gardens of the houses. There is only a sidewalk on the east side of Sedanstrasse. The residential development on both sides of the street partly consists of Wilhelminian style villas. At the northern end of the avenue, near Goslarschen Strasse , is the base of a Kaiser Wilhelm monument . At the southern end of the Goschentor , the Julius Wolff fountain stood until it was removed as part of the clean-up work after the end of the Second World War . The metal statues of both monuments were melted down during the war. The avenue is divided into three parts by two intersecting streets. The leading out of the New Town Brunswick Street is at the crossroads where the Chamber of Crafts Hildesheim-Südniedersachsen has its headquarters, to Weißenburger road that Gosch road continues south into the Wörthstraße over.
Surname
The avenue was laid out in place of the defunct eastern fortification of the new town and was named in 1873 in memory of the Battle of Sedan .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hildesheim City Archives , accessed on August 19, 2013
Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 49.6 " N , 9 ° 57 ′ 35.5" E