Werth (Wuppertal)

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Concordia Society House opposite the Barmen Town Hall
The Johannes-Rau-Platz in front of the town hall
Bismarck Monument Geschwister-Scholl-Platz
“The valley of the Wupper”, Johannes-Rau-Platz
Werther fountain at the east end of the Werth
The Werth as Werthiger Straße on a map from 1761

The Werth is the central shopping street in the pedestrian zone in the Barmen district of the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​of Wuppertal .

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The Werth begins at the Alter Markt in the Barmer pedestrian zone. From there it extends about 650 meters in an easterly direction and ends at the Höhne ( Bundesstrasse 7 ). There is a station of the Wuppertal suspension railway on both the western end of the Alter Markt and the eastern end of the Werther Bridge on the other side of federal road 7 . In the street there are small shops for clothing, books and goods of all kinds, restaurants, branches of banks and larger department stores .

Am Werth three places are: the Old Market, the Town Hall square in front of the Wuppertal town hall , the honor of the late President and Wuppertal mayor Johannes Rau 2006 Johannes Rau square was renamed, and the Geschwister-Scholl-Platz .

Some of the preserved classicist buildings on the street are listed buildings . The town hall, the Barmer Hall of Fame and the Concordia society house are particularly noteworthy .

Etymology and history

The name Werder describes an inland island as a geographical term. It reflects the location of a court of Barmen in the Beyenburg district , first mentioned in a document in 1466 , which was located between the Wupper and the Barmer Mühlengraben .

The Werther Hof belonged to the court association of the Oberhof Wichlinghausen in Oberbarmen and had been an allod of the Count von der Mark since 1384 . Territorial was the area around value from 1324 to 1420 in Brandenburg parish and Gogericht District Schwelm and then went to the bergische Office Beyenburg about where it is part of the peasantry Barmen was. Since the Werther Hof was still undivided around 1466, its tax burden was comparatively high at 67.5 schillings to the ducal camera administration in Beyenburg and five schillings as tenth . In 1641 the size of the estate is given as 42 acres .

The noble families Werth and De Weerth from Barmer came from this estate.

In modern times, the village of Gemarke at the western end of the courtyard developed as the center of the future city of Barmen. From the central market square Gemarkes, today's Alter Markt, the Werth led as Werthiger Straße to Hofschaft Werth and from there on to Schwelm . Already in the 18th century the street in the area of ​​the old market was built on on both sides. With the rapid growth into a large city in the middle of the 19th century, the town center expanded along the entire street , now known as Werther Strasse. From the end of the 19th century until the second half of the 20th century, a tram ran across the street, which was eventually rededicated to a pedestrian zone. Since then it has been considered one of the first pedestrian zones in Germany.

Since January 1, 2013, Werth has had the property location community Barmen-Werth (ISG Barmen-Werth), which is financially supported by more than 90% of property owners. This means that almost one million euros is available for five years. The main tasks of the ISG are to beautify the location, improve marketing and organize regular events. As a first project, Paul Decker was appointed "City Caretaker" by the Striekspöen dialect group and now looks after the concerns of visitors to Werth on at least three days a week.

In September 2013 the five-day science festival Highlights of Physics took place in the area around Johannes-Rau-Platz under the motto "From Big Bang to Space". It was organized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research , the German Physical Society and the Bergische Universität Wuppertal . In addition to the well-known science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar , a student competition with 500 participants from eleven federal states also attracted more than 30,000 visitors to the event.

Monuments and works of art in public space

In front of the west wing of the town hall, the bronze relief "The Wupper Valley" by Bert Gerresheim has been on the Werth since 1981 . A Bismarck monument at the transition to Geschwister-Scholl-Platz and the Werther Brunnen at the eastern end of the street.

Since 1987 the Werth has been part of the Wuppertal Astropath , which is 10.7 kilometers in length and represents the solar system to scale. The Werther Brunnen as the sun is the starting point of the path that ends in Vohwinkel.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Decker becomes the city caretaker for the value of May 27, 2013, accessed on May 28, 2013
  2. ↑ Science festival “From Big Bang to Space” thrilled more than 30,000 visitors , from September 23, 2013, accessed on October 13, 2013

Coordinates: 51 ° 16 '18.3 "  N , 7 ° 12' 6.2"  E