Stahlstrasse

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View of Stahlstrasse from the neighboring Segerothstrasse car park

The steel street is the red light district in the western district of the city of Essen .

Bordellstrasse has existed here since around 1900, at that time under the name Heilig-Geist-Strasse. It is considered to be one of the oldest brothel streets in Germany. It is a dead end street with a privacy screen. It is located northwest of the city ​​center , about 200 meters southwest of the University of Duisburg-Essen (built in 1972) and 300 meters northwest of the Limbecker Platz shopping center (built in 2008/2009).

In 1965, the magazine Der Spiegel gave an indication of 17 houses with a total workforce of sometimes over 200 prostitutes , including some from Italy, Holland and France. In 2013, 17 houses with around 100 to 120 women were specified.

The Bandidos have an influence here . According to the Essen police spokesman Ulrich Faßbender, the Bandidos had a monopoly among the rocker gangs in 2013 . In February 2012, some Bandidos were injured in a knife fight in Stahlstrasse.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Homepage of Stahlstraße ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on January 7, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.essen-stahlstrasse.de
  2. ↑ Der Spiegel from April 7, 1965: STAHLSTRASSE 47-60 ; accessed on January 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ DerWesten.de of March 8, 2013: In Essen, the Bandidos ask for face painting at the Fat Mexican City-Run Meeting ; accessed on January 7, 2014.

Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 41.2 ″  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 7.4 ″  E