Mönckebergstraße

The Mönckebergstraße shortened, also known as Mo, is one of the main shopping streets in Hamburg and, together with Spitalerstrasse that tapers to a point on the Mönckebergstraße, the main access to the center of Hamburg. The EU urban road was opened to traffic on 26 October 1909 and is named after the mayor Johann Georg Moenckeberg ( 1839-1908 ), who was, from 1897 Chairman of the Rehabilitation Commission.

According to research by Jones Lang LaSalle in 2013 Mönckebergstrasse stands with 9,855 pedestrians per hour in order of following the busiest shopping streets in Germany in seventh place.

Redevelopment and City Education

After the cholera epidemic of 1892, the Hamburg Senate decided under Mayor Moenckeberg to demolish the Gängeviertel in the Eastern Old Town and to make generous new. The curve corresponds to the 1901 proposed route of the subway between the town hall and market Hauptbahnhof Süd whose tunnel was built from 1906 to 1912 in an open design. The road was built 30 meters wide and was until 1978 a heavily used tram route. Its course is slightly "S " shaped, the total length is 800 m.

Today the Mönckebergstraße is largely closed to motorized traffic, the road is used as bus and taxi route. For the heavy pedestrian traffic, the sidewalks were greatly broadened in the 1980s, the road is only two-lane.

As part of the City education as a result of the growing importance of trade under the Customs port of Hamburg was a growing demand for office space in modern office buildings. In previous Gängeviertel dominated smaller businesses and especially homes of workers. Besides the need for a modern transport links to the center satisfied especially the newly constructed commercial buildings, almost all designed without homes, the needs of the early 20th century office spaces.

There was also a main goal of all parties to beautify Hamburg's cityscape its size and economic power accordingly. With the appointment of city building director Fritz Schumacher in 1909, the city also took effect on the external appearance and was avowedly curb the creative sprawl. The relevant building regulations were included in the contracts of sale of the newly parceled plots. The large-scale purchase and office buildings should offer variety in the image of the road through their multiform facades with its wealth of architectural sculpture. The richly decorated facades introduced the arts together again and formed works of art. The design of individual houses was coordinated. The Hamburg Baupflegegesetz was adopted in connection with the planning activities, an art commission was set up to ensure the holistic effect.

For redevelopment area also included the development of the north side of the stone road. It was here 1921-1924 the headquarters of the Karstadt Group ( Architect: Philip Schaefer) in the neoclassical style with a sandstone facade with columns, the building now houses a tax office.

After 1920, the renovation was continued southward to the Kontorhausviertel.

The buildings

As prime examples of three brick buildings Fritz Högers apply.

Dished House

The dished House ( 1913) ( Mönckebergstraße 3, today: Kaufhof ), named after the builder Adolf dished, owner of the wool trade house Wilhelm dished to which recall the sculptures of sheep of the sculptor August Gaul and already incurred for whose company the old dished house Rödingsmarkt was. Competition 1911 Hoeger had won with a strong baroque- draft, which was strongly detoxifies under the influence of Schumacher in the sequence, so that finally a strong schematizing pillar facade was realized. Kaufhof acquired the house in 1965 with the intention to construct a new building on the property after demolition. This intention met with fierce resistance by the public. The facade remains preserved in essential parts after coring, the original interior, in particular the entrance hall and the boardrooms of the owner, have gone 1967/1968 lost.

Rappolthaus

The Rappolthaus (1912 ) ( Mönckebergstraße 11 between Jacobi Church and Monkebergstrasse ).

Grell house

The Grell House (former preacher House ) on the corner of Mountain Road opposite St. Peter's Church was also built in 1911 by Hoger.

But it dominate facades with stone cladding.

Levantehaus

The Levantehaus ( Mönckebergstraße 7, Architects: Franz Bach and Carl Bensel ) is clad in Moenckebergstraße with limestone, at the Bugenhagenstraße is the sober exterior architecture of clinkers.

At the suggestion Schumacher towards the confluence of the Spitalerstraße was not built in full. It originated in 1914 as the urban accent a small space and a schmuckbau with Doric columns, in which the public Bücherhalle was housed. In front is a small monument with fountain commemorating Moenckeberg. After his conversion, a Starbucks and a cultural point of Kulturbehörde have moved ..

The small square Barkhof was initially also named for the designed of Raabe & Wöhlecke metro stop, which means Mönckebergstraße today. Strikingly, the narrow facades of Barkhofs ( Mönckebergstraße 12, 1909/1910, Architect: Franz Bach), the original high roofs were lost at a redesign of the roof zone 1961.

The house Seeburg ( Spitalerstraße 16, Architect: Franz Bach), located to Lilienstraße. This opens also the view of the former Gertrude Cemetery, which is a small park today.

The former HEW Customer Center (now Vattenfall ) with a small shopping arcade to the Gerhart- Hauptmann-Platz was built in 1967-1969 to designs by the Office Garden & Kahl.

Another break in the road is the Gerhart- Hauptmann-Platz (formerly Age horse market, and the southern part is now called Ida- Ehre-Platz ). Here, the eye contact with the Thalia Theatre, and the Inner Alster lake is possible.

In 1912 Rudolph Karstadt AG opened one of its largest stores here. The original design is by Bensel, it was rebuilt after the war in a very simplified form.

An architectural specimen was next to St. Peter's Church with the Hulbehaus ( Mönckebergstraße 21), which took over the style of the Dutch Renaissance playful; its architect was Henry Grell.

The house Domhof ( Mönckebergstraße 18 ) against St. Peter's Church was designed in 1911 by Albert Franz Bach and changed several times in the sequence.

The former silk house Brandt ( Mönckebergstraße 27 ) was designed by Henry Grell

( Architects Rambatz & Jollasse, 1912 Mönckebergstraße 29, 31) built over the cross road Knochenhauer Twiete To obtain the closed impression of the town hall market, has been awarded the Versmannhaus.

Presence

1991-1994 redesign of public space has been made. The legal framework of the architects Patschan, Winking, and Trix Haussmann should halt the decline by the formation of the new town shopping arcades attractiveness Moenckebergstraße stop. The proliferation of neon signs has been contained, the shop window again adapted the original facades; the road was concentrated and banned private traffic from the road.

Today, the department stores and numerous branches of various retail chains characterize the streetscape.

• The Galeria Kaufhof dished House
• Karstadt Mönckebergstraße (1953 greatly simplified by Ernst Kreytenberg rebuilt )
• Karstadt Sport House
• And the technical department store Saturn (architects Fischer and Bassewitz, 1967-1969; on this property was destroyed in the war, the Hamburg Museum of Natural History ),

In each case, a very large building complexes built on the land, so that there are only 31 house numbers. Two smaller shopping arcades, the Landesbank gallery and the Levantehaus were integrated into the buildings and offer retail space for other retail stores.

A 5 -star hotel is located directly on Moenckebergstraße Levantehaus The Park Hyatt Hamburg.

Passage Kino

The Passage Theatre is the oldest theater in Hamburg and one of the oldest continuously operated movie theater in Germany. The Passage Light Games was built in 1912 in the courtyard of the house, the Hanseatic Kontor at Moenckebergstraße 17 and inaugurated in 1913 with the epic film Richard Wagner. It was with 1000 seats, the first major Hamburg cinema and leading premier theater. 1925, it was completely renovated in 1929 and equipped for sound films. 1945, it was seized by the British in 1951 and renovated again. 1964 was created by separating the upper tier, a second hall, and in 1980 another small screening room in an adjoining room. Operated since 1988 by the Cinemax Group, are in the foyer with its bar, marble staircase and fountains, as well as in the great hall, still preserved features from the early days up to the 1950s. As a special feature, it also has a fold- out wheeled and canvas for widescreen movies. The cinema is, after several closures, one of the few cinemas in the city center, with an average of 150,000 visitors a year. Due to a significant rent increase, the cinema was closed for economic reasons after the last performance on November 11, 2009.

On 25 May 2010 the Passage Kino was reopened, operator is Heinz Lochmann, who has five other cinemas in Baden- Württemberg. The conversion of the cinema was for 1.7 million euros.

Subway station

Metro Station Mönckebergstraße with its two side platforms was taken in 1912 with the opening of the ring line in operation. Former name was Barkhof.