Weberstrasse (Riga)

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Weberstrasse, view from the west

The Weber Road ( Latvian Audēju iela ) is a street in the Latvian capital Riga .

It is located in Riga's Old Town and leads from the junction with the sinners road ( Grecinieku iela ) and the Marstallstraße ( Marstalu iela ) to the east. After a short distance the Scharrenstrasse ( Skārņu iela ) joins from the north . In the further course in a northeastern direction Weberstrasse crosses Schmiedestrasse ( Kalēju iela ) and Wallstrasse ( Vaļņu iela ) until it finally meets Aspasia Boulevard ( Aspazijas bulvāris ) after a total of about 250 meters .

The street was first mentioned in a document from 1392. With the demolition of the Riga city fortifications , the road was extended to the east in the direction of the city ​​canal .

The buildings Weberstrasse 5 and 6 as well as the building complex Weberstrasse 7, 9, 11 are listed in the Latvian register of monuments.

Web links

Commons : Weberstraße  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vecrīga. Audēju iela, 193- on www.zudusilatvija.lv (Latvian)
  2. ↑ Vecrīgas ielu catalogs: A - J on www.citariga.lv (Latvian)
  3. ↑ Entries on Weberstrasse in the Latvian List of Monuments (Latvian)

Coordinates: 56 ° 56 ′ 50.1 ″  N , 24 ° 6 ′ 45.7 ″  E