Stralsund street names / W

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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 .

  • Wacholderweg (Grünhufe / Stadtkoppel)
Named after the native plant juniper .
  • Forest road
see Dr.-Wilhelm-Külz-Strasse .
  • Wallensteinstrasse (Knieper / Kniepervorstadt or Knieper Nord)
The street has existed since the middle of the 19th century and was first part of the street Nach dem Hainholze . In 1869 it was named after the imperial general Wallenstein , who set up camp here during his unsuccessful siege of Stralsund . The legend tells that a defender of Stralsund shot a wine glass out of his hand here, whereupon Wallenstein ordered the trigger. The current pavement dates back to 1912.
  • Wallstrasse
Former street name, see Frankenwall
  • Wamper Weg (South / Andershof)
Named after Wampen near Greifswald . Today Wampen is part of the municipality of Neuenkirchen in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district .
  • Wartislawstraße (Tribseer / Tribseer settlement)
Named after the name of the dukes of Pomerania-Wolgast , Wartislaw .
  • Waterway (old town / old town)
The waterway runs along the former city ​​wall to the lake side and was named in 1858. Before that, the street sections between the city gates were called water gates after the respective gate in the city wall. There were six water gates in Stralsund: Fähror , Semlower Tor , Badentor , Frankentor , Langentor and Heilgeisttor . The road sections were called because of its location outside the city walls Außerm Fährthor , Außerm Baden Thor etc. The waterway was next to the Ossenreyerstraße a very popular shopping street.
  • Way to the grove
former street name, see
Friedrich-Engels-Strasse
Wallensteinstrasse
  • Weidendamm (old town / bastion belt)
The Weidendamm was part of the Stralsund city fortifications on the land side and leads through the Frankenteich.
  • Pasture culture (Tribseer / Schrammsche Mühle)
  • Weißdornweg (South / Andershof)
Named after the hawthorn , a native tree . In this district the streets were mainly to occur here plants named.
  • Turning market
Former street name, see Badenstrasse
  • Werftstraße (Franken / Franken Mitte or Frankenvorstadt)
  • Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse (Langendorfer Berg / Langendorfer Berg)
Named after the German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens . There is no relation to Stralsund. The street is located in an industrial area in which almost all streets have been named after engineers and industrialists.
  • Wichmannsgang (old town / old town)
Named after the Stralsund businessman Johann Wichmann . He is considered to be the inventor of the Bismarck herring .
  • Wiesengrund (Tribseer / Tribseer Wiesen)
  • Wiesenstrasse (Grünhufe / Vogelsang)
  • Wilhelm-Brücke-Ring (Knieper / Knieper North)
Named after the Stralsund architecture and landscape painter Wilhelm Brücke .
  • Wilhelm-Pieck-Allee
Former street name, see Carl-Heydemann-Ring
  • Wismarer Ring (Grünhufe / Grünthal-Viermorgen)
Named after the city of Wismar . After the political and economic turnaround in the GDR, the residential area was mainly given the names of cities with which Stralsund was closely connected during the Hanseatic League .
  • Witzlawstraße (Tribseer / Tribseer settlement)
Named after the princely family of Slavic origin Witzlaw , also Wizlaw . The princes of Rügen exerted a decisive influence on the fortunes of the city of Stralsund .
Memorial plaque for W. Heinze
  • Wolfgang-Heinze-Strasse (Tribseer / Tribseer Vorstadt)
The street was laid out in the middle of the 19th century under the name Am Jungfernstieg , which was due to its proximity to Jungfernstieg . When the street names were reformed in 1869, it was given the name Tribseer Schulstraße because it was the primary school in the Tribseer suburb. This was torn down at the beginning of the 20th century and replaced by a new one that still exists today. A gymnasium was initially to be built on the neighboring property of the new school, which was inaugurated on October 21, 1915, but the tax office was built here instead . After the Second World War, the house then housed the SED district leadership. On January 25, 1952, the street was named in honor of the anti-fascist Wolfgang Heinze (1911–1945), who went to school in Stralsund.
  • Wolliner Strasse (Grünhufe / Grünthal-Viermorgen)
Named after the city of Wollin . After the political and economic turnaround in the GDR, the residential area was mainly given the names of cities with which Stralsund was closely connected during the Hanseatic League .
  • Wrangelstrasse (Knieper / Kniepervorstadt)
Named after the Swedish Governor General of Swedish Pomerania , Count Carl Gustav von Wrangel . Wrangel had the Wrangel Palace built in Stralsund from 1660 to 1665 , but it was destroyed in the night of the bombing of October 6, 1944. It was located on the corner of Heilgeiststrasse and Jacobiturmstrasse .
  • Wulflamufer (Franconia / Franconian suburb)
The street was named in 1926 after Stralsund's mayor and businessman Bertram Wulflam , who played a decisive role in determining the town's fate in the Middle Ages.
The road was laid out on December 5, 1922 as a fill meadow . The entire area had to be filled with rubble because of its swampy nature in order to win it as building land. In 1926 the name was changed to Wulflamufer . In 1959 the street was renamed Klaus-Störtebeker-Ufer . After 1990 it was renamed.
On the banks of the Frankenteich there is also a park in which the Lambert Steinwich Monument has stood since May 19, 1938 .