Ulrichsplatz (Bremen)

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Ulrichsplatz
Bremen coat of arms (middle) .svg
Place in Bremen
Ulrichsplatz
1900: Ostertorsteinweg and Ulrichsplatz; House No. 13, second from the right, oldest building in the district
Basic data
city Bremen
district Bremen-Mitte , Ostertor
Created 17th century
Newly designed 2007
Confluent streets Ostertorsteinweg , Wulwesstraße, Landweg, Hohenpfad
use
User groups Road traffic, tram pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic

The Ulrichsplatz is a small, historic, triangular square in Bremen in the district center , the district Ostertor . Since 2002 it bears the name of the lawyer, journalist, publisher and writer Karl Heinrich Ulrichs , pioneer for the legal equality of homosexuals .

The streets Ostertorsteinweg meet at Ulrichsplatz, the first stone street that led to the Ostertor (eastern gate) of the Bremen city fortifications , Wulwesstraße, after the family name Wolf (mentioned in a document in 1721), Landweg, as an old country road and Hohenpfad, as an old dam path to the Contrescarpe and to the Easter gate.

history

With the construction of the city wall in 1238, the Ostertor and a path that led east past the Paulskloster (1050–1523) and the later settlement of craftsmen and traders in the suburbs in front of the Ostertore or St. Pauli suburb . In the 17th century it was expanded as Steinstrasse ( Stenstrade ). At the confluence of Ostertorsteinweg / Wulwesstraße / Hohenpfad a triangular open area was created, also recognizable in the building plan from 1879. The square was only named in 2002. In the so-called quarter it developed into a popular meeting place with many shops and restaurants as well as the Ostertor organic market . In 2014, an unsightly kiosk was removed.

Buildings at the square

Residential houses Ostertorsteinweg 73–75
Residential houses at Ostertorsteinweg 86–90A
Residential house Ostertorsteinweg 90
  • Ostertorsteinweg No. 13: The oldest single-story house on the street with a molded facade; today housewares business.
  • Ostertorsteinweg No. 27: 4-gesch. Corner house with a trattoria.
  • Ostertorsteinweg No. 29: 3-gesch. Commercial building from around 1910 with a round gable, formerly a cinema , now a penny market.
  • Ostertorsteinweg No. 31/33: 4-tiered Residential building with the Engel wine café .
  • Residential houses Ostertorsteinweg 73/75 ; under monument conservation
    • Ostertorsteinweg No. 73: 3-gesch. Historicizing residential and commercial building in the neo-renaissance style from around 1890
    • Ostertorsteinweg No. 74/75: 3-tiered historicizing (neo-renaissance) residential and commercial building Dunkel from 1871
  • Residential houses at Ostertorsteinweg 86 to 90 ; under monument conservation
    • Ostertorsteinweg No. 86: 4-gesch. historicizing residential and commercial building from around 1880
    • Ostertorsteinweg No. 87: 4-gesch. Historicizing residential and commercial building by Georg Ahlers from 1904/05 based on plans by Hans Lassen
    • Ostertorsteinweg No. 88/89: 4-tiered Residential and commercial building from 1904/05 based on plans by Hans Lassen in reform style
    • Ostertorsteinweg No. 90: 4-gesch. Residential and commercial building from around 1905 in reform style

Art objects

traffic

Tram in the quarter after 1900

In 1879, the Great Bremen Horse Railroad was the first line from Walle through Faulenstrasse , Obernstrasse and Ostertorsteinweg to Hastedter Heerstrasse. The Ringbahn was added in 1881. In 1900 the Bremen tram was electrified. In 1908 the line numbers 1 to 8 were introduced. The tram lines 2 ( Gröpelingen - Sebaldsbrück ) and 3 (Gröpelingen - Weserwehr ) have since passed the square in local traffic in Bremen .

The Bremer Straßenbahn-AG set up the new stop Wulwesstraße / Ulrichsplatz at Ulrichsplatz in 2002.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weser-Kurier from January 26, 2014: Kiosk on Ulrichsplatz rotted .
  2. ↑ Bildzeitung from November 21, 2014: Gammel-Bude is now gone!

Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 21.8 ″  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 13 ″  E