Uraniastrasse
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| Uraniastrasse with the observatory | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Zurich |
| Urban district | Old Town (District 1) |
| Created | 1905 |
| Hist. Names | Stadthausstrasse project planning 1905 |
| Connecting roads | Sihlstrasse, Rudolf-Brun-Bridge |
| Cross streets | Löwenstrasse, Nüschelerstrasse, Steinmühlegasse, St. Annagasse, Hornergasse, Gerbergasse, Seidengasse, Lintheschergasse, Bahnhofstrasse , Bahnhofquai |
| Places | Sihlporte , Steinmühleplatz, Werdmühleplatz |
| Numbering system | ascending from the Rudolf-Brun-Bridge |
| Buildings | Observatory , office buildings I - IV |
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| User groups | Road traffic, tram at times, partially |
| Technical specifications | |
| Street length | approx. 650 m |
The Uraniastrasse is a 650 m long road in Zurich . Its first part was built shortly after the turn of the century as part of the renovation of the old town in the historicism style, the western part was completed in the 1930s.
course
The Uraniastrasse leads from the Rudolf-Brun-Brücke to the Sihlporte , the location of a former city gate . From the intersection with the Bahnhofquai on the Limmat, it penetrates the northern foothills of the Lindenhof range of hills . Then it meets the course of the filled-in Sihl Canal , which it follows against the former direction of flow. The Uraniastrasse crosses the Bahnhofstrasse and runs through an area that lies outside the historic core city. In this area it runs a little north of Sihlstrasse, which connected the Rennwegtor at the old city fortifications with the Sihlporte, the city gate through the newer jumps . The traffic axis of the Uraniastrasse continues beyond the Limmat in the Mühlegasse , which leads to the Seilergraben .
history
In the second half of the 19th century, Zurich grew significantly beyond the historical core city . In 1893, Aussersihl and other suburbs were also incorporated. The fortifications of the city had been demolished 60 years earlier. The construction of the train station , the filling in of the frogs' pit and the construction of Bahnhofstrasse created new centers outside the old town.
From 1893, under the direction of the city architect Gustav Gull , a new transverse axis was laid from Aussersihl through the old town to the Seilergraben. For this purpose, a section of the Sihl Canal was drained and covered with a roof between 1901 and 1902. In the years 1904 to 1905 the Oetenbach hill , also called Sihlbühl hill , was demolished to such an extent that the road could be led up to the Limmat at the level of the covered Sihl Canal.
The Steinmühleplatz – Limmatquai section was opened to traffic in 1905. The remaining part of the road up to the Sihlporte was used after the Sihl Canal was filled in, but it was not expanded to its current width until the 1930s.
The Urania Bridge, which has only been known as the Rudolf Brun Bridge since 1951, was opened in 1913. The upper Mühlesteg, the predecessor of the bridge, had already been converted into a driveway in the 1870s. From the beginning until the 1980s, tram tracks were also laid on the bridge and Uraniastrasse up to Bahnhofstrasse. The tram line leading from Limmatquai through the first part of Uraniastrasse was discontinued earlier.
In the area of the former Oetenbach Abbey , Gull built several new buildings.
Development
Administrative center
The city's central administration was also to be built on the new transverse axis , whereby the traffic would have been led through the main administration building with a transit hall. In 1902, the city council decided to build the central administration on the site of the former Werdmühle and the Oetenbach monastery , although only part of Gull's design was implemented due to the outbreak of the First World War. The overpass of Lindenhofstrasse, designed by Gull and built in 1913, served as a connection between the office buildings III and IV.
Project of a central administration by Gustav Gull
Urania observatory
The observatory was designed by Gustav Gull. The building has a 48 m high octagonal tower and is one of the city's first concrete structures. The telescope came from Carl Zeiss . The tower was nearly demolished in 1936 due to a loss of operation.
Modissa house
Modissa house at the intersection with Bahnhofstrasse
The Modissa house is on the corner of Bahnhofstrasse and Uraniastrasse and bears the house number Bahnhofstrasse 74. It was built according to plans by Werner Gantenbein on the site of the former Silberhof house and opened in 1975. Together with the Bally House at Bahnhofstrasse 66 and the Omega House at Bahnhofstrasse 64, it is one of the three distinctive buildings on Bahnhofstrasse that replaced buildings in the style of historicism after the Second World War . The house has a characteristic bronze-clad facade with almost frameless windows. Despite controversy during construction, the building is now under homeland security.
Manor department store
Brann department store , now Manor , at the intersection with Bahnhofstrasse
The Manor department store is on the corner of Bahnhofstrasse and Uraniastrasse opposite the Modissa house. It bears house numbers 75–79 on Bahnhofstrasse. The building was erected from 1920 to 1912 according to plans by the architects Pflegehard und Häfeli on behalf of Julius Brann. The pillar facade is typical of the department store architecture in the cities of Paris and Berlin at the time. Today the department store belongs to Manor AG .
Jelmoli department store
Jelmoli around 1940. The glass palace is in the upper right corner, in front the striking building with a tower from the 1930s
The Jelmoli department store is between Seidengasse and Horngasse. The company was founded in 1849 and built one of the first department stores in Zurich in 1899 at Seidengasse 1. The steel frame building , known as the Glass Palace , was expanded in the 1930s by Pflegehard and Haefeli to create a block perimeter along the streets Seidengasse, Sihlstrasse, Horngasse and Uraniastrasse. In front of the striking corner building with tower on the corner of Uraniastrasse-Horngasse, Steinmühleplatz was created through the demolition of old properties.
Schmid- und Handelshof commercial buildings
A business center was built near Sihlporte in the 1930s and is dominated by three buildings: the Sihlporte commercial building, the Schmidhof and the Handelshof. The Uraniastrasse leads between Schmidhof and Handelshof.
Schmidhof
The Schmidhof was commissioned by the cotton merchant Alwin Schmid and designed by the architect Karl Knell-Brunner . Construction began in 1928/1929 and was completed in 1931. The building is completely enclosed by streets and has two inner courtyards.
Handelshof
The Handelshof is opposite the Schmidhof. The residential and commercial building was built by the Handelshof cooperative in place of the stone mill. Construction began in the same years as the Schmidhof. As a novelty, the building had an underground car park for the tenants' cars. The facade is dominated by horizontal strips of wall and rows of windows, which are not interrupted even at the rounded corners.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Cornelia Bauer, Hanspeter Rebsamen, Jan Capol: Zurich . In: Inventory of recent Swiss architecture (INSA), 1850–1920: Cities . No. 10 , 1992, Zurich, p. 206 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-10931 .
- ↑ The Rudolf-Brun-Bridge. In: Gang dur Alt-Züri. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ The upper mill bridge. In: Gang dur Alt-Züri. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Werner Huber: Open stores . In: raised ground floor . No. 6–7 , 2015 ( heimatschutz.ch [PDF]).
- ↑ Jürg Rohrer: Modissa under monument protection . In: Tages-Anzeiger . May 21, 2014, ISSN 1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch ).
- ↑ The new stone mill in Zurich . In: Illustrated Swiss craft newspaper . No. 26 , p. 302 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '28.4 " N , 8 ° 32' 20.5" E ; CH1903: 683106 / 247661