Wahmstrasse
The Wahmstraße (1259 Lat. Platea aurigarum ) in the Locust neighborhood is an important east-west connection of Lübeck Old Town and part of the World Heritage protected area monument.
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Wahmstraße, which was still called “platea aurigarum” in 1259 and was only given its current name in 1852 after many changes, begins as an extension of Holstenstraße at Kohlmarkt at the level of Breite Straße and Sandstraße . In the upper part between the Breite Straße and the Königstraße , it is extraordinarily wide due to the urban planning of the reconstruction after the Second World War and almost similar to a space for Lübeck standards and is one of the most prominent Lübeck retail locations.
The lower Wahmstrasse to its extension, the Krähenstrasse , leads as an east-west axis of the public transport on the Rehderbrücke in the ramparts over the Elbe-Lübeck Canal and the Moltkestrasse to the east out of the city center. This part was badly affected by the bombing in March 1942 , only in the lower part towards the Krähenstrasse , which created the possibility of relocating Krähenstrasse so that it has since been a direct extension of Wahmstrasse.
In the course of the new construction of a shopping center on the site of the former Haerder department store, the upper Wahmstraße was narrowed by a superstructure when it was completed in 2008 and its original street width was brought closer again.
In 1897 the trading company A. Behn & Sohn moved into the new building complex 43–45 . This store, managed in the third generation by Senator Georg Arnold Behn , was the largest store in its branch in the area and in all parts of northern Germany . The company had already made a name for itself, especially in the Elbe region , but also in western and southern parts of Germany . The name of the building complex, "New Roastery", still refers to it today.
The house with number 37 also receives special mention through Lübeck's history. After the Wahmstraße was connected to the wooden water network of that time by the brewing water art around 1400 , the prerequisites for the settlement of the brewery industry were created. Hinricus Eddeler converted the house into a brewery in 1403. After a large fire, the brewer Baltzer Lütken had it rebuilt in 1557 and the house brand still visible today with his initials and 24 terracottas from the workshop of council brick master Statius von Düren were attached to the facade . After this renovation, the house is one of the largest breweries built in Lübeck. He uses the house "för dat Bruwerck von dem Witte-Bier". During this time there were at least 18 brewing houses and 3 malt houses in Wahmstraße. In 1788 it is described in a sales advertisement as follows: “ A large house, going down on the left, rebuilt a few years ago, with a large hall, kitchen, hall, 5 large floors, 3 of which are in firewalls, with running artificial water in front of the door, large room , Stone courtyard and garden, the malt and honey boiling justice. “The large brewing parlor was used by the last brewer, Carl Joh. Heinrich Westfehling, who lived here until 1907 to brew brown beer. It is also thanks to him that the modeller Adolf Fasel was able to make a model of the house (with a view of the brewery hall) on a scale of 1:20, which is still part of the St. Annen Museum's holdings today . In the freely accessible entrance still large parts of the ornate staircase and with are cherubs carved tree house preserved.
Listed building
Under conservation are the building of the lower Wahmstraße 28, 34, 46 (passage, see Lübeck passages and yards ), 54-62, 70, 74-86 straight ( Birgittenhof ) and 29-37, 49-55, 69-77.
Corridors and courtyards
Walk from Wahmstraße or go from the following Lübeck corridors and courtyards (according to house numbers):
- 37: Hansehof
- 46: passage
- 49: Bruskov's court
- 59: Neunbuden Gang (missing)
- 65: Kramer's gang (missing)
- 75: von Höveln Gang
- 76–86: Brigittenstift
Picture gallery
Headquarters of the Brigittenhof in Lübeck (1907)
View into the upper Wahmstrasse (1992)
See also
literature
- Wolfgang Frontzek : Houses and courtyards in Lübeck. The urban brewing industry and its buildings from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. Volume 7. Wachholtz Verlag, Hamburg / Kiel 2005, ISBN 978-3-529-01327-0
- Vaterstädtische Blätter, 1907, pages 74-75 Archives of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Web links
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 53 ° 51 ′ 54 ″ N , 10 ° 41 ′ 19.5 ″ E