Simeonstrasse (Trier)

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Simeon Street
coat of arms
Street in Trier
Simeon Street
Basic data
place trier
District center
Cross streets Christophstrasse , Margarethengäßchen, Moselstrasse, Glockenstrasse , Stockstrasse, Judengasse
Places Porta-Nigra-Platz , main market
Buildings Karl Marx residence , Dreikönigenhaus , Zum Christophel house
Simeonstrasse, seen from the main market in the direction of Porta Nigra

The Simeonstraße is an inner-city street in the Rhineland-Palatinate city ​​of Trier . It leads from the Porta Nigra to the main market . It is the main shopping street in Trier's pedestrian zone . A short distance from Porta Nigra is not part of the pedestrian zone and is mainly used by public buses .

According to a study by Jones Lang LaSalle , Simeonstrasse is one of the busiest shopping streets in Germany. In 2015, it was in 24th place and in 1st place in the category of cities with 100,000 to 250,000 inhabitants.

history

The street is named after Simeon von Trier , who at the time hid in the Porta Nigra, whereupon it was rededicated into a church. It is thanks to this historical fact that the Porta Nigra, unlike the other city gates, has outlasted the centuries.

In the Middle Ages , on the west side of the street (bordered by Simeon-, Jakob- and Stockstraße), the Jewish quarter joined, recognizable by the Jewish gate and the Judengasse . The old Trier synagogue was also located at Simeonstrasse 41A. After the Jews were first expelled in 1418, other townspeople used the property. Two city boards inform passers-by about it.

Shopping and services

The tourist information office for the city of Trier is located in Simeonstraße, near the Porta Nigra.

There is also a savings bank , two department stores, a bookstore, several cafes and restaurants as well as designer and souvenir shops.

The branches of the department store chains Karstadt and Galeria Kaufhof stand out from the street scene with their modern, sober concrete facades. The Kaufhof branch opened in 1965 after the group had taken over the "(Porta) Hägin" department store four years earlier and began building in 1964. The department store Hägin opened its sales rooms in the parking garage on Margaretengässchen for the transition period before it finally closed with the opening of the department store. The Hägin department store came into the possession of the influential Trier businessman Adolf Hägin in 1935 through " Aryanization " of the former ERWEGE department store "Porta Frank und Schloß" - against the will of the Jewish owners, Kurt Frank and Hugo Schloß. In the same way, Hägin acquired another department store in Flensburg at the end of 1938. (There was a Hägin branch in Homburg until 1995, formerly Lachner department store, now Brinkmann department store). Since 1994, the top floor of the Kaufhof has housed a branch of the Saturn media chain.

The Karstadt branch officially opened in 1978 in the former Neckermann branch . Neckermann Trier opened in 1975, was taken over by Karstadt a year later, but continued under the old name until 1978. At the end of June 2020 it was announced that the Karstadt branch would be closed on October 31, 2020.

Historic and notable buildings in the street

There are several historical buildings on Simeonstrasse. A detailed compilation is given here . Particularly noteworthy is the medieval wine cellar below the Karstadt building from around 1200, which houses a restaurant and had to be integrated into the construction of the concrete building at the time. Some striking structures are briefly explained below.

House to Christophel

House to Christophel

The Zum Christophel house is at the beginning of Simeonstrasse. The name comes from a stucco relief statue of Saint Christopher on the formerly classical facade. The new building, which was built in 1895–97 according to plans by Eichhorn, later served as a hotel. The large - volume neo - Gothic sandstone building has two different facades: the facade facing Porta Nigra Square is symmetrical and richly structured with arcades on the ground floor and first floor, corner turrets, a dwarf and a crenellated wreath that conceals the approach of the steep hipped roof; the facade facing Simeonstrasse, on the other hand, is asymmetrical and simpler. Noteworthy are the figures on the Bel-Etage windows, representing the three estates of the 19th century: peasants, workers and citizens.

The building, with its richness of detail in Gothic elements, is one of the highest quality structures of its kind in Trier's old town. However, various defense elements were added and it has long been a hotel. The Christophstraße , which begins here, owes its name to this house. On the corner of Simeonstrasse / Christophstrasse there is a larger than life figure of Saint Christopher with the baby Jesus.

Karl Marx residential building

The Karl Marx residential building is located at Simeonstrasse 8 . One year after the birth of Karl Marx , the father moved from the Karl-Marx-Haus on Brückenstrasse to this building. The building is a baroque mansard roof from the 18th century, which is used as a row residential and commercial building.

Epiphany

Dreikönigenhaus, Simeonstrasse 19

Another striking building is the Dreikönigenhaus at Simeonstrasse 19, a former residential tower from 1230. It has been changed several times since it was built. For reasons of protection, the door was originally on the first floor, which can be seen in the facade.

Community house Simeonstrasse 53

The baroque town house was a building similar to the building at Krahnenstrasse 38 , but it was destroyed in the Second World War . However, it was made more eye-catching like this one. According to an unproven statement by Bunjes / Brandt, the house was one of the first buildings in Trierein to have a mansard roof. The building also stood out due to its wide construction with its rectangular windows. The windows are simply rectangular. From the floor plan position it can be deduced that the last portal on the left was originally on the right side. Around 1800 the building was rebuilt by the Trier court president and city councilor Johann Peter Job Hermes. Hermes had owned the building since 1790. Many typical baroque elements were found on the building.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JLL study on pedestrian frequencies - Kaufingerstrasse is at the top. In: boersenblatt.net. June 15, 2015, accessed September 15, 2015 .
  2. ^ A b Emil Zenz: Street names of the city of Trier: their sense and their meaning . Ed .: Culture Office of the City of Trier. 5th edition. Trier 2006, DNB  455807825 (1st edition 1961).
  3. ↑ Electronic map archive of the Collaborative Research Center 235 "Between Maas and Rhine" Prof. Dr. Franz Irsigler for the SFB 235, University of Trier Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 31, 2003 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 136.199.110.189
  4. ↑ Tourist information. Trier Tourismus und Marketing GmbH, accessed on September 8, 2015 (commercial website).
  5. ^ Simeonstrasse. (No longer available online.) Click around GmbH, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved September 8, 2015 (commercial website). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.einkaufserlebnis-trier.de
  6. ^ Shopping in the multi-storey car park , Rathaus-Zeitung, December 6, 2011; accessed on August 16, 2020
  7. ↑ Adölf Hägin and his "German" business , Trierischer Volksfreund , from June 17, 2014; accessed on August 16, 2020
  8. ^ "State Legalized Robbery" , December 16 , 2014; accessed on August 16, 2020
  9. ↑ Dr. Lickert. Competence pays off. City Gallery in Homburg / Saar (commercial website); accessed on August 17, 2020
  10. ^ Saarländische Kinos (entry "Homburg: Central-Kino") ; accessed on August 17, 2020
  11. ↑ We are: Brinkmann , Saarpfalz-Anzeiger , from September 7, 2011; accessed on August 17, 2020
  12. ↑ Saturn Trier is 25 years young , Lokalo.de (commercial website), from July 7, 2019; accessed on August 16, 2020
  13. ^ A quarter of a century in the Sim , Trierischer Volksfreund , from April 1, 2003; accessed on August 16, 2020
  14. ^ A black day for Karstadt Kaufhof in Trier. Karstadt branch in Trier closes , Trierischer Volksfreund , from June 19, 2020; accessed on August 16, 2020
  15. ↑ a b c Patrick Ostermann (arrangement): City of Trier. Old town. (=  Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 17.1 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2001, ISBN 3-88462-171-8 .
  16. ^ History. (No longer available online.) Historischer Keller Trier, archived from the original on August 15, 2015 ; Retrieved September 8, 2015 (commercial website). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.historischer-keller.de
  17. ↑ Entry on Zum Christophel house - Simeonstrasse facade (1) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region . Entry on Zum Christophel house - Simeonstrasse facade (2) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on September 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz, Dept. 587, 40 No. 52. Printed by Manfred Schöncke.
  19. ↑ Epiphany. Trier Tourismus und Marketing GmbH, accessed on September 8, 2015 (commercial website).
  20. ^ Michael Zimmermann: Classicism in Trier. The city and its bourgeois architecture between 1768 and 1848. WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 1997. ISBN 3-88476-280-X

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 30.8 "  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 34.6"  E