Sonnenstrasse (Braunschweig)

Sonnenstrasse
Street in Braunschweig
The Sonnenstrasse, looking east with the Martinikirche in the background
Basic data
place	Braunschweig
District	Old town
Created	13th Century
Hist. Names	Hondoresstrate (1421), Sunnenstrate (1470)
Connecting roads	to the west: At the High Gate; to the east: At the Martinikirche
Cross streets	to the north: Hohetorwall, Echternstrasse , Güldenstrasse , Scharrnstrasse ; to the south: Wilhelmitorwall, Echternstrasse, Güldenstrasse
Buildings	Martini Church
use
User groups	Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport

The Sonnenstraße in the city ​​center of Braunschweig , which runs in a west-east direction, connects the street Am Hohen Tore to the west with the street An der Martinikirche, which continues to the east . The street, formerly characterized by half - timbered houses , lost its original character due to the destruction during the Second World War and subsequent redesigns.

history

The Sonnenstrasse, which ran in the soft image of the old town , was part of the old Reichsstrasse from Hildesheim to Magdeburg , which led west through the Hohe Tor into the city of Braunschweig and east to the Magnitor again. The following street description is documented for the year 1410: de strate, alze me to deme hoghedore geyt van sunte Mertene to , i.e. the street that leads from the High Gate to St. Martini. The name Hondoresstrate , i.e. Hohetorstraße, has been handed down for the year 1421. The name Sunnenstrate appears for the first time in 1470, with the historian Heinrich Meier deriving the street name from the councilor of the old town Cord Sunne. This can be proven as the owner of the house with the insurance number 733 between 1370 and 1394 . For the part to the west of Echternstraße, the street name Am hoch Tore was still valid in 1822 . Most of the half-timbered buildings on Sonnenstrasse were destroyed during the Second World War. The once narrow street was significantly widened in 1957/58 and opened to traffic on December 3, 1958. In the course of the road widening, the last two remaining half-timbered houses (Sonnenstrasse 10/11) were demolished.

Development

Historic buildings

St. Martini

→ Main article: Martini Church

The old town parish church of St. Martini is located at the eastern end of Sonnenstrasse. The foundation construction was started around 1190/95 based on the construction plan of the cathedral . The initially three-aisled Romanesque pillar basilica was rebuilt as a Gothic hall church between around 1250 and 1400. Around 1400 it was expanded with a choir polygon, and in 1434 the Annenkapelle attached to the south side was consecrated. After being destroyed during the Second World War, the Martinikirche was consecrated again in 1956, but initially only received small, "blunt" spikes for its two 60 m high towers. The exterior facade, which had been blackened due to the war, was restored between 1979 and 1987. The original pointed spiers were finally restored to the church on October 15, 1980.

Gasthaus Zum Wiener Hof (Sonnenstrasse 8)

In the stately three-story half-timbered building from 1641 was the restaurant Zum Wiener Hof on the corner of Sonnenstrasse and Echternstrasse . The threshold of the cantilevered second floor bore the following inscription:

EVERYTHING WE ARE VNDT HAVE

THE SIENDT LAVTER GIFTS OF GOD

ANNO 1641

Six round, painted glass panes from the house came into private ownership in 1912. Nothing is known about the further whereabouts. The glass panes each had a coat of arms and a label with the following names:

A HANS HOFFERDES 1641

B HANS VON SWALENBERG

C HEINRICH · SCHWARTKOP

D CLAVS WARNEKEN

E AVTOR GIBELS

F CHRISTIAN HELDT

The building was destroyed in World War II. On November 11, 1958, the newly built Hotel Wiener Hof was reopened at the old location.

House Prove (Sonnenstrasse 9)

The half-timbered house at Sonnenstrasse 9 was owned by the Prove family between 1613 and 1704. It was destroyed in World War II. The following inscription was on a sill beam of the courtyard building:

TO GOD'S BLESSING

IS EVERYTHING LOCATED

ANNO 1640

Half-timbered house (Sonnenstrasse 10)

The half-timbered house at Sonnenstrasse 10, which was badly damaged in the Second World War and demolished in the course of the road widening in 1957/58, bore the following inscription from around 1550 below a fan frieze:

OMNIPOTENS DOMINVS // [D] OMVVM FVNDAMINA [PONIT] //

· HVMANVS NIHIL EST ET SINE FRVG [E LABOR]

[HA (N) C IGITVR CLEMENS POSITO FVNDAMINE SERVES

CHRISTE SALVS POPVLI DVXQ (VE) CAPVTQ (VE) TVI]

The translation is:

Almighty God lays the foundation of houses. Human effort is meaningless and useless. After the foundation is laid, may you graciously keep this (house), Christ, salvation, leader and head of your people.

The three historic pieces of beams have been preserved and are, albeit in the wrong order, on the threshold of the first floor of Neue Straße 5.

Today's development

The "Elster Flea Market"

Gülden pharmacy

On January 15, 1972, the Gülden pharmacy was opened at Sonnenstrasse 12.

Bed house Dietz

The Heinrich Dietz bed house, founded in 1877, is located at Sonnenstrasse 13. The former half-timbered house with large shop windows was destroyed during the Second World War and replaced by a new building in the post-war period.

literature

• Norman-Mathias Pingel: Sonnenstrasse . In: Luitgard Camerer, Manfred RW Garzmann and Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon , Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 .
• Jürgen Hodemacher: Braunschweigs streets - their names and their stories, Volume 1: Innenstadt , Cremlingen 1995, ISBN 3-92706-011-9 .
• Heinrich Meier : The street names of the city of Braunschweig , Wolfenbüttel 1904.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sabine Wehking : DI 56, No. 906 †, in: Deutsche Insschriften Online
2. ↑ Sabine Wehking, DI 56, No. 907 † ?, in: Deutsche Insschriften Online
3. ↑ Sabine Wehking, DI 56, No. 896 †, in: Deutsche Insschriften Online
4. ↑ Sabine Wehking, DI 56, No. 458, in: Deutsche Insschriften Online

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 44.9 "  N , 10 ° 30 ′ 47.5"  E