Wenzel-Hollar-Strasse (Düren)

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Wenceslas Hollar Street
coat of arms
Street in Düren
Basic data
place Düren
District Downtown
Connecting roads Pletzergasse, Jesuitengasse
Numbering system Orientation numbering
use
User groups Pedestrians, cyclists, motorists

The Wenzel Hollar Road in the district town Düren ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a city road . It is located within the old Düren city fortifications .

location

The street connects the Pletzergasse with the Jesuitengasse . There are several three-story apartment buildings built after the Second World War on the approximately 70-meter-long street .

Origin of name

The city map by Wenceslaus Hollar

The street was named after the Bohemian draftsman and engraver Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677), who drew the first complete plan of the city of Düren in 1634 by a city council resolution of September 30, 1952 .

literature

  • Josef Geuenich: The Düren street names , Düren 1965, published by the city of Düren and the Düren history association

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Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 6.5 ″  N , 6 ° 29 ′ 9 ″  E