Sophienhof (Kiel)
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| Sophienhof at the main train station | ||
| Basic data | ||
| Location: | Kiel | |
| Opening: | March 3, 1988 | |
| Total area: | 38,000 m² | |
| Shops: | 120 | |
| Owner : | ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG | |
| Website: | www.sophienhof.de | |
| Transport links | ||
| Railway station: | Kiel Central Station | |
| Bus stop: | Kiel Central Station | |
| Omnibus : | all buses with the main station stop | |
| Parking spaces : | approx. 2,000 | |
The Sophienhof is a shopping center opened in Kiel in 1988 . The total area of the Sophienhof is almost 38,000 m². If you add the areas of the Quer-Passage directly connected to the Sophienhof, the Holstentörn and the Karstadt area, the result is a covered sales area of almost 70,000 m². Calculated in this way, this shopping area is the largest covered shopping center in northern Germany .
construction
Coming from Holstenstrasse , escalators at the end of Holstenplatz take you to the first floor of the Karstadt department store . Covered, you walk through the Holstentörn between Karstadt (formerly Hertie ) to the Sophienhof shopping center, from which the Quer-Passage shopping area branches off. Coming directly from the central bus stop, you enter the Sophienhof via its main entrance from the Sophienblatt (main station). The market hall with fruit and vegetable stalls is located in the entrance area. In the direction of the Herzog-Friedrich-Straße exit, there is a food court over two floors (a replica of a street with shops and small bars lined up casually and in a friendly atmosphere). In the food court there is a wide range of fish and ice cream, from Asian to Italian food and cafes . The total covered area is around 75,000 m². In addition to around 120 shops, the Sophienhof has numerous restaurants , doctors and pharmacies as well as a fitness studio . There are also various offices and 84 apartments in the Sophienhof complex. There are numerous retail chains in the Sophienhof itself , such as B. the entertainment electronics chain MediMax , numerous clothing chains such as H&M and numerous other shops for clothing and shoes, books, office supplies, accessories and jewelry. Numerous service providers can also be found in the Sophienhof.
Holsten trip
The Karstadt department store with the Holstentörn shopping arcade is located between Sophienhof and Holstenstrasse. The Holstentörn thus connects Karstadt with the Sophienhof and the Quer-Passage. There are around 20 shops in Holstentörn, mainly service companies.
Cross passage
The Quer-Passage (former name: Kleiner Herzog ) is also a shopping center; it is directly connected to the Sophienhof. Numerous spacious specialist shops are presented on 11,450 m² sales area, B. clothing stores, but also bookstores. In addition, events often take place in the Quer-Passage.
There is a direct connection to the Sophienhof and the Holstentörn or Karstadt via the entrance area of the Quer-Passage. Additional entrances allow access from Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse and Hopfenstrasse.
location
The Sophienhof is located in Sophienblatt 20 and is directly opposite Kiel Central Station . The central bus stops of the Kiel transport company are located between Sophienhof and the main train station . Also very close is the Kiel ZOB with the final stops of the overland lines of Autokraft and VKP as well as the landing stage for the ferry line (conveyor line F1) of the towing and ferry company Kiel . The Bollhörnkai and the Norwegenkai (ferry line Kiel-Oslo) are also in the immediate vicinity. The Sophienhof is therefore ideally connected to traffic. There are also numerous hotels near the train station and therefore near the Sophienhof as well as the CAP adventure center, which is parallel to the main train station .
history
Already in the middle of the 19th century during the time of the entire Danish state , the Kiel suburb gained increasing importance due to the construction of the Kiel-Altona railway line in 1844. But it was only after the construction of the new Kiel main train station on Sophienblatt in 1899 that the need arose to redesign the surroundings of the new train station and give the traffic axis between the old town and the station district (on the border between the districts of Kieler Vorstadt and Südfriedhof ) a metropolitan and representative format to give. From 1902, the former two-story apartment buildings west of the main train station were finally torn down and several large five-story commercial and residential buildings were built instead. On the corner of Herzog-Friedrich-Straße / Sophienblatt, for example, the Sophieneck was built in 1903, which was characterized by a mixture of Art Nouveau Gothic and German Renaissance . The first Sophienhof was also built in those years.
Although the center of Kiel was badly damaged by the bombings in World War II , the Sophieneck, Sophienhof and adjacent buildings were preserved. Nevertheless, as part of the restructuring of Kiel city center in line with the concept, the car- friendly city decided to demolish the existing buildings and build a shopping center in their place. To counter the impending demolition of the building complex to protest, it came in 1980 finally to the occupation of the first apartments in Sophienhof and adjacent buildings. Nevertheless, the demolition work continued and in July 1983 the Sophienhof was finally completely demolished. The current Sophienhof shopping center was inaugurated at the same location on March 3, 1988
Events
Regular and irregular events take place in the Sophienhof, from piano concerts and a Christmas market to party events such as “Kiel's longest night”, which is always held on the night of the time change on the last Saturday in October. Furthermore, the Sophienhof offers local associations and initiatives access to an audience.
Medical center
Directly in the Sophienhof, at the corner of Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse and the corner of Sophienblatt (Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse 21), there is a medical center where many specialists - from allergists to dentists - practice.
Trivia
On March 20, 2005, one of the 84 apartments in Sophienhof played a major role in the episode Shadow Wedding , the crime series Tatort , which played around Commissioner Borowski .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kiel Memorial Day. December 1980 - The Sophienhof is occupied. State capital Kiel, accessed on January 13, 2018 .
- ↑ The somewhat different political protest ( Memento from February 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 54 ° 19 ′ 1 ″ N , 10 ° 7 ′ 52 ″ E