Waller Street

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Waller Street
coat of arms
Street in Bremen
Waller Street
Meadows in the blockland
Basic data
city Bremen
district Blockland , Walle Groepelingen
Created 13th Century
Cross streets Waller Heerstraße , Baltrumer Str., Alte Waller Str., Almatastr., An der Linthe, Pappelweg , Wiesenweg, Schlickwiesenweg, Mittelwischweg, Fahrwiesendamm, Hemsdamm, Oberkampsgraben, Leestkämpen, Wummensiede
use
User groups Cars, bikes and pedestrians
Road design two lane road
Technical specifications
Street length 7200 meters
Eastern part of the machine fleet , view from the bridge Waller Straße to the Kleine Wümme
Wümme in the blockland
Blockland with two stands

The Waller Street is a historical street in Bremen . It is located in the districts of Walle , Gröpelingen and - mainly - the district of Blockland . It leads in a south-north direction from Waller Heerstraße to Wummensiede with the bridge over the Kleine Wümme. It is the longest street in Bremen.

The cross streets and connecting streets were mostly named after field names and natural features and the like. a. as Waller Heerstraße After the district, Baltrumer Straße, Alte Waller Straße, which leads to the old village of Walle, Almatastraße from 1907 after the Almatastift, an inheritance from D. Riesmann and his mother Almata, An der Linthe (corridor), Pappelweg after the tree , Wiesenweg, Schlickwiesenweg, Mittelwischweg, Fahrwiesendamm, Hemsdamm, Oberkampsgraben, Leestkämpen and Wummensiede after a place and dike name (1257 Wemme , 1374 Wumzide ); otherwise see the link to the streets.

history

The blockland is characterized by the flat marshland in the Wümmeniederung . The long road led as a dirt road in the 12th / 13th centuries. Century from Walle through damp meadows partly next to the Kleine Wümme to Wummensiede . From 1113 onwards the cultivation of the blockland and the so-called Hollerland took place by Dutchmen on behalf of the Archbishop of Bremen . The construction of ditches, dikes and sluices now determined the appearance of this marshland . The still existing Dammsiel was built in the Wümmedeich at the confluence of the Kleine Wümme in the Große Wümme, near the village of Damme. It was first mentioned in 1299.

Apart from school buses, no public transport stops in the blockland.

Buildings and facilities

There are mostly a few one to two-story houses, cottages and outbuildings on the street . She runs from Walle

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Monument database of the LfD Bremen
  2. Monument database of the LfD Bremen
  3. Monument database of the LfD Bremen

Coordinates: 53 ° 7 ′ 54.9 ″  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 19 ″  E