Stralsund street names / J

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This is a directory of street names in the Hanseatic city of Stralsund .

The directory gives the name of the street and (in brackets) the district. An explanation (year of naming, reason) for the street name is given. Because of the large number of streets, the directory was divided according to the first letters of the street names. Under "General" you will find the introduction and explanations of the street names in general.

Example: The A manda-Weber-ring, see A .

  • Jacobichorstraße (old town / old town)
The Jacobi Choir road connects the Heilgeiststraße and Frankenstraße .
The street got its current name in 1869. The section between Heilgeiststraße and Papenstraße has been called Hinter Jacobi Chor since 1402 , as the street runs behind the choir of the Jakobikirche . The section between Papen- and Frankenstraße was known under the name of “ schkarne” (high German: ass notch ). The alley got this shady name because of its spatial narrowness, which evidently evoked associations. In 1624 this section was renamed Karrenstrasse , although there was no reason for this renaming except for the need of the local citizens not to live in an asshole. On the corner of Frankenstrasse, a stone figure that presents its bare bottom now reminds of the former name.
  • Jacobiturmstraße (old town / old town)
The Jacobiturmstraße was named, like many streets in the old town of Stralsund, after the churches at or to which they ran. This street was first mentioned in 1624 and got its name after the St. Jacobi Church .
Until 1869, only the section between Böttcherstrasse and Langenstrasse was named Jacobiturmstrasse.
Between Badenstraße and Heilgeiststraße the street was first called by the of 1277 detectable in Stralsund to 1362 family of Travemuende Travemuende road , later Battinmacherstraße by the resident Pantinenmachern . It was first mentioned under this name in 1457. Between 1509 and 1554 the section was then called Dregerstraße after the trade of the girders who carried the merchants' goods.
The section between Heilgeiststrasse and Böttcherstrasse was initially called gruttemakerstrate ( Grützmacherstrasse ) after the craftsmen who made grits from barley or oat , later until 1869 Siebmacherstrasse after the sieve makers .
The section between Langenstrasse and Frankenstrasse was called brede dwerstrate ( width cross street ) because of its width compared to the other cross streets. The name was later falsified more and more; Via Breite Zwerstraße (middle of the 17th century) it even became the Breiten Zwergstraße in 1680 . From 1755 it was again called Breite Querstraße.
  • Jakob-Kaiser-Strasse (Grünhufe / Grünthal-Viermorgen)
Named after the German politician and member of the Bundestag Jakob Kaiser . There is no direct connection to Stralsund.
  • Jaromarstraße (Tribseer / Tribseer settlement)
Named after the princes of Rügen Jaromar I († 1218) and Jaromar II († 1260)
  • Jodestrasse
Former street name, see Judenstraße
  • Johann-Oker-Weg (Knieper / Knieper North)
Named after Johann Oker , also Johan Oker († 1732). His grave is in the St. Nikolai Church in Stralsund.
  • Johannes-R.-Becher-Strasse
Former street name, see Rudolf-Virchow-Straße
  • Johannischorstraße (old town / bastion belt)
  • Josef-W.-Stalin-Strasse
Former street name, see Frankendamm
  • Judenstrasse (old town / old town)
The Judenstrasse was first mentioned in the early 15th century. This was a street that was probably predominantly Jewish ; The synagogue was very close by until the pogrom of 1938 . The Jews lived in Stralsund all over the city center; there was never a ghetto here. In 1934 the ruling National Socialists "invented" a Stralsund family named Jode and the street was renamed Jodestrasse . The "Pommersche Zeitung" of January 22, 1934 reported the renaming of Judenstrasse to Jodestrasse as justified, as it owes its name to an old Pomeranian bell foundry family named Jode; A Gherrrardus Jode was proven as early as 1302; the street would have become Judenstraße via the names Yodestraße (1403), Jodenstraße (1406), Jödenstraße (1628) and Jüdenstraße (1753) . In fact, the person to whom the Nazis referred was called Gherhardus Judeus ; Only in 1593 is there evidence of a Jode family in Stralsund.
This was the name of this street until the end of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) . On February 8, 1990, Jodestrasse was renamed Judenstrasse again.
  • Julius-Fučik-Strasse (Knieper / Knieper Nord)
The street in the composer's quarter was named after Julius Fučík .
  • Julius-Leber-Strasse (Grünhufe / Grünthal-Viermorgen)
Named after Julius Leber , a German Social Democrat and resistance fighter against the National Socialist regime. There is no direct connection to Stralsund.
Jungfernstieg, seen from the main train station
  • Jungfernstieg (Tribseer / Tribseer Vorstadt)
There are two explanations for the Jungfernstieg , west of the Knieperteich. The Brigittenkloster Mariakron (a double monastery with nuns and monks) was founded near today's Jungfernstieg in 1421 . Since the name Jungfruvenstieg is already documented a relatively short time later, namely in 1427, it is reasonable to assume that the name was given to the high number of nuns . In the course of the Reformation , the monastery was looted and later demolished for defense purposes. Now that it was deprived of its obvious namesake, the legend developed that waterermaids would live in the Knieperteich, who performed dances on the shore on warm summer nights ... A nice explanation, but one that belongs more to the realm of legends .