Slueterstrasse
The Slüterstraße in Rostock is a street in the north-east corner of the historic city center of the Hanseatic city . It is named after the Rostock reformer Joachim Slüter . The Slüterstraße is part of the former Rostock old town .
course
Slüterstraße is one of the streets that lead to Rostock's Old Market . In the west, the Wendenstraße branches off to the north . Then it runs parallel to the north aisle of the Petrikirche until it joins the street Am Strande , which is now a busy thoroughfare.
history
Slüterstraße belongs to the former old town of Rostock , i.e. the part of the city between today's Grubenstraße and the eastern city wall. First mentioned in 1294, Slüterstraße was originally called Vor dem Petritor , which stood at its eastern end. The Gothic Petritor was a brick city gate from the founding phase of the city (early 13th century). South of this street is the probably oldest Rostock church, St. Petri and its churchyard , which is why only the north side of Slüterstraße is built on. In accordance with its peripheral location in the northeastern corner of the city, it was only built on with simple stalls, the residents of which belonged to the middle and lower classes of the city population.
In 1862 they renamed the street in honor of Rostock reformer Joachim Slüter in Slüterstraße order and consecrated on the Petrikirchhof a neo-Gothic monument that Slüterdenkmal , one. Slüter was chaplain to St. Petri from 1521 until his death in 1532 and was largely responsible for the implementation of the Reformation in Rostock. In 1531 the city became "officially" Protestant.
In the nights of bombing at the end of April 1942, almost all the houses except for one on the north side were destroyed, Petrikirche and Petritor were only in ruins. While the exterior of the Petrikirche was laboriously restored, which was completed in 1994 with the addition of the Gothic spire, the Petritor was demolished in 1960 without further ado. Allegedly it was a traffic obstacle. Suitable, modest new buildings were built on Slueterstrasse itself.
Today, Slüterstraße and the area around the Petrikirche, with their calm and tranquility, are in stark contrast to the heavy traffic in the nearby street Am Strande . Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′ 28 ″ N , 12 ° 8 ′ 53 ″ E