Streets of Benrath (Dusseldorf)

1. Am Buchholzer Busch (Am Buchholzer Busch, in Russian - “At the beech bushes”). It is located between Hildener Straße (Hildener Strasse, in Russian - Hilden Street) and Güstrower Straße (Güstrower Strasse, in Russian - Gustrow Street). The name was approved on January 30, 1952 ^[1] . The street is named after the beech forest that grew here in the Middle Ages . Objects and Attractions: Itter River.

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2. Am Grünhof (Am Grün-hof, in Russian - “At the green estate”). New dead end lane with access to Hilden Street (Hildenerstrasse, Hildenerstraße). Appeared on a map of Benrath in the 90s of the XX century during the complex residential development of an empty green corner, hence the name of the lane. Length 348 m. Objects and Attractions: small enterprise "Northern Wood" ^[2] .

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3. Am Mönchgraben (Am Mönch-graben, in Russian - “At the monastic moat”). It is located between Paulsmühlenstraße (Paulsmühlen Strasse, in Russian - Pavel Mill Street) and Forststraße (Forst Strasse, in Russian - Lesnaya Street. It was named September 16, 1971. ^{[3] It} was previously called a small stream, flowing on the site of a modern street Objects and Landmarks: Catholic Kindergarten ^{[4] [5]} , religious monument “ Stone Cross ”.

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4. Am Pritschauhof (Am Pritschau-hof, in Russian - "At the manor of the bunk"). The street stretches from Friedhofstraße (Friedhofstrasse, in Russian - "Cemetery Street") to the north-west. Named June 25, 1964 ^[6] . It crosses the territory of the former Pritschauhof manor. The name of the street indicates that the military barracks used to be located on the estate site). Length - 79 meters. The coating is asphalt. There is lighting ^[7] . Near the street (northeast of it) is the geographical (geometric) center of Benrath.

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5. Am Schönenkamp (Am Schönen Camp, in Russian - “At the beautiful field”). Significant in length street. It extends from Deutzer Straße (Deutscher Strasse, in Russian - Doytsa street (Cologne district) in the Hassels administrative region via Benrath to the border with the city of Hilden . Before the merger of Benrath with Düsseldorf in 1929, it was called Eller Street ( Eller Strasse, Ellerstraße) a ^[8] . The name is associated with the name of the manor house located here earlier. The street was originally shorter. The first extension took place on September 17, 1964 , and the second (until Hülsen Strasse, Hülsenstraße in Hilden) - August 29, 1980 years .

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6. Am Wald (Am Wald, in Russian - "At the Forest"). It stretches from Paulsmühlen Strasse to Lesnoy Street (Forst Strasse, Forststraße) and even a little further. Initially, indeed, Benrath Forest was located next to it, but in connection with the construction of the parallel street “At the Monastic's Ditch” and the autobahn “A 59” lost contact with it. It was named in 1929 ^[9] , before that it was called Forest Street (Wald-Strasse, Waldstraße).

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7. Am Wasserturm (Am Wasser-turm, in Russian - "At the water tower"). It stretches from "Im Diepental" (Im Dipental) to "Benrather Schloßufer" (Benrater Schlossufer). Named November 13, 1957 . In 1902 it was built, and in 1957 the water tower near the Rhine was destroyed, behind the Benrath Palace Park. For a long time she was one of the architectural symbols of Benrath.

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8. An der Dankeskirche (An der Dankes-Kirche, in Russian - "At the Thanksgiving Church"). It is located between Weststraße (West Strasse, in Russian - "West Street") and Calvinstraße (Calvin Strasse, in Russian, Calvin Street). Named in 1930, in the address book since 1933. A part of the Evangelical Thanksgiving Church , built in 1914 - 1915 according to the plans of Professor Pützer and engineer Lionel Wehner, goes out onto the street.

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9. Ansbacher Straße ( Ansbach Street ). It is located between the streets Marbacher Straße (Marbacher Strasse, in Russian - Marbach Street) and Wimpfener Straße (Wimpfener Strasse, in Russian - Wimpfen Street). Named December 1, 1937 . Ansbach on der Rezat (Ansbach an der Rezat) - a city in Central Franconia , was since 1363 the capital of the imperial principality of Ansbach , controlled by representatives of the Hohenzollern house. In 1791-1806 belonged to Prussia .

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10. Augsburger Straße . ( Augsburg street). It is located between the streets Marbacher Straße (Marbacher Strasse, in Russian - Marbach Street) and Wimpfener Straße (Wimpfener Strasse, in Russian - Wimpfen Street). Named August 16, 1935 . Augsburg, which arose in 47 as a Roman fortress, in the Middle Ages became a free imperial city and the capital of the Swabian region . The Catholic diocesan center of Augsburg is located here.

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11. Balckestraße (Balke Strasse, in Russian - Balke street). It is located between Steichauer street (Steinhauer Strasse, Steinhauerstraße) and Paul Mill street (Paulsmühlen Strasse, Paulsmühlenstraße). Named in 1929 after the accession of Benrath to Dusseldorf. Until that time, it was called Louise Street (Luisen Strasse, Luisenstraße). The street is named after the industrialist N. Balcke, who, in 1874, founded the pipe production Balcke & Co. in Benrath together with Hermann Flender. In 1899, it was transformed into the company Balcke, Tellering & Co. Later, this joint-stock company became a part of the industrial association Rheinischen Stahlwerke of Duisburg . Subsequently, production in Benrath was liquidated.

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12. Bamberger Straße (Bamberger Strasse, in Russian - Bamberg street). Located between Bayreuther Straße (Bayreuter Strasse, or in Russian - Bayreuth Street) and Süllenstraße (Süllen Strasse, in Russian - Zyulenskaya Street (local toponym). Named November 16, 1934, until that time it was called Nuremberg Street. Bamberg - The administrative center (district center) in Upper Franconia on the Regnitz River.The center of the Catholic diocese (since 1007 ) with a historic cathedral, consecrated in 1237 .

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13. Bayreuther Straße (Bayreuter Strasse, in Russian - Bayreuth street). It is located between the streets of Bamberger Straße (Bamberger Strasse, or in Russian - Bamberg street and Forststraße (Forst-Strasse, or in Russian - Lesnaya street). The name of the new street was adopted on August 21, 1931, and it was expanded on November 16, 1934 ^[10] The street is named after the city of Bayreuth - the capital of Upper Franconia ( Bavaria ), which is famous in Europe for the annual holding of Wagner music festivals .

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• Benrather marktplatz
• Benrather rathausstraße
• Benrather schloßallee
• Benrather Schloßufer,
• Benrodesrtaße
• Bonner straße,
• Börchemstraße
• Brockenstraße,
• Brucknerstraße
• Büngerstraße,
• Buscherhofstraße.

• Cäcilienstraße . Cecilia Street (Cecilien Strasse) is located between Görres Street (Görresstrasse) and Börchem Street (Börchemstraße). The street is named after the holy martyr Cecilia , the patroness of the eponymous Catholic church in Benrath, who was executed in Rome in 232 . Saint Cecilia is also the patroness of musicians.

26. Calvinstraße or Calvin Strasse, in Russian - Calvin Street), - one of the old streets of Benrath. It was named in 1929 after the famous evangelical preacher Jean Calvin (1509-1564), a French theologian, church reformer, founder of Calvinism . The name of the street occurred after the accession of Benrath to Dusseldorf ^[11] . Along the street are Benrath's main evangelical institutions - Thanksgiving Church, Joachim Neander House Nursing Home and 2 kindergartens. The attraction of the street is the legally protected old linden alley (plantations of European linden tree (Tilia x vulgaris), planted in 1928 and registered in the cadastre of alleys of the North Rhine of Westphalia under the number AL-D-0089.

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• Photos of the linden alley AL-D-0089 on Wikimedia Commons .

• Capitostraße
• Chopinstraße.

• Demagstraße.

• Einsiedelstraße

31. Erich-Müller-Straße or Erich-Müller-Strasse, in Russian - Erich Müller street) - one of the old streets of Benrath. Named in 1929 after the local chemist Erich Müller, after Benrath joined Düsseldorf. Prior to this, it was called Palace Street (Schloßstraße) ^[12] . Formed from two sections: the closest to Benrath Palace is located between Benrath Castle Alley and West Strasse. From Weststrasse you need to go around the Evangelical Church of Thanksgiving and its second section continues from Weststrasse to Munich-Strasse, which rests against a dead end without connection. Erich Miller (1858–1925) was a commercial adviser and was one of the founders of a chemical enterprise ^[13] , specializing in the production of natural tanning and dyeing substances for the shoe and leather industries. Erich Müller was also an activist and member of the local evangelical church. Thanks to his donations, it became possible to build ^{[14] the} modern Thanksgiving Church (Dankeskirche) in Benrath. The landmark of the street is the legally protected old alley of the robinia pseudoacacia , registered in the cadastre of alleys of the North Rhine of Westphalia under the number AL-D-0087.

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• Photos of the robinia alley AL-D-0087 on Wikimedia Commons .

• Erlanger Straße.

• Flenderstraße
• Flotowstraße
• Forststraße
• Frankfurter straße
• Friedhofstraße ( Friedhofstrasse , or Cemetery Street). It starts from Hauptstraße (Haupt-Strasse, or Main Street) and, meandering, stretches past the Catholic cemetery belonging to the church of St. Cecilia , to the pedestrian crossing under the railroad track at Benrath station . Until 1893, it was called Kirchhofstraße (Kirchhofstrasse, or Church Compound Street). Until 1909, house numbers were referred to as three-digit numbers from 210 to 300, later the numbering changed to normal and houses were located on the street from 1 to 11 (without number 6), then 15, 17, 19, 25, 27 (the last number belonged to Pritschauhof street ), then the numbers 29, 29a, 31, 33, 37, 39 and 41. Currently, there are only the following building numbers: odd - 1-9, 13-27, 35, 37, 37a; even - 12-22. The former building number 11 is now occupied by a small private garage, and before the pogrom of 1938, the Benrath Synagogue was located here. This is evidenced by a memorial plaque embedded in the road surface. Street photos here . Street on the city map here , here , here and here .

• Gluckstraße
• Görresstraße.

• Händelstraße
• Harry-piel-platz
• Hasselsstraße
• Hauptstraße
• Haydnstraße
• Heinrich-schütz-straße
• Heubesstraße
• Hildener straße

48. Hospitalstraße or Hospital Strasse, in Russian - Hospital Street), is one of the old streets of Benrath. Named in 1929 after the accession of Benrath to Dusseldorf. Until that time, it was called Erikastraße. It was named so because the first hospital of Benrath was built on this street in 1892 . On the plan of 1909, the new modern name referred only to the section between Benrather Schloßallee Castle Alley and Benrodestraße Street ^[15] . In 1975, after the intersection of a high-speed road (the modern road for cars, Münchener Straße), its long northern section (now in the territory of the Reisholz administrative district) was renamed Karl-Hohmann-Straße ^{[16] A} highlight of the street is the legally protected old plane-tree alley , registered in the cadastre of alleys of the North Rhine of Westphalia under the number AL-D-0048.

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• Photos of the plane-tree alley AL-D-0048 on Wikimedia Commons .

• Hoxbachstraße
• Humperdinckstraße.

• Im diepental.

• Jagenbergstraße
• Johannes-Hesse-Straße.

• Kaiser-friedrich-straße
• Kallenbachstraße
• Kappeler straße
• Karl-Hohmann-Straße
• Kleinstraße
• Koblenzer straße
• Kolhagenstraße.

• Leitenstorfferstraße
• Ludolfstraße.

• Marbacher straße
• Marschnerstraße
• Melanchthonstraße
• Meliesallee
• Münchener Straße (Munich Strasse or Munich Street) is one of the longest and fastest streets in Düsseldorf. This is a high-speed road for cars with separate oncoming lanes along the autobahn , but with a speed limit of up to 100 km / h, and sometimes less, with traffic intersections and photo-controlling radars. Within Benrath, there is only the southernmost section of the road, between Paul-Thomas-Straße (Paul-Thomas-Strasse or Paul-Thomas street) in the northwest and Hildener Straße (Hildener Strasse or Hilden street) in the south. There are three interchanges in Benrath on Munich Strasse: on Paul-Thomas-Strasse, Cecilien-Strasse and Hildener Strasse. There is a crossing bridge to Kappeler Strasse and a pedestrian-bicycle crossing to Hospital Strasse. Between Paulsmühlen Strasse and Hildener Strasse, the road represents a two-lane overpass with powerful supports, raised above the roofs of Benrath houses and equipped with noise-proof concrete fencing. Under the flyover within g. Benrath Station has a car park with a bicycle parking area and Benrath Central Bus Station, where tourist buses can stop. Car parking is also available under the road bridge at the intersection with Cecilien-Strasse. Between Friedhof Strasse and Cecilien Strasse on the southwestern side of Munich Strasse (along it) there is a pedestrian- bicycle path with direct access to Harry Piel Square. Until 1929, the Benrath section of the modern expressway (built after 1987 ) was called Talstraße (Tal Strasse or Dolinnaya Street). The renaming is connected with the memory of Elector Karl Theodor , the builder of the new Benrath palace , who moved to Munich in 1777 in connection with obtaining the post of Elector of Bavaria . See photos here . Watch the video of the street here . See a street map here .

• Neuenkampstraße
• Nördlinger straße
• Nürnberger Straße.

• Paulistraße
• Paulsmühlenstraße
• Paul-Thomas-Straße
• Pfitznerstraße
• Pigageallee.

• Regerstraße
• Rheinstahlstraße
• Richard-Strauss-Platz

• Schimmelpfennigstraße
• Schloßparkstraße
• Schöne Aussicht ("Schöne Auszicht", or "Beautiful View"). The street stretches between the Benrater Schloßallee and the Benrodestraße. Named November 1, 1941 . Prior to this, it was called Am Böhnenklepper. Earlier, on the opposite bank of the Rhine, there was a peasant house called Zur schönen Aussicht (“To a beautiful view”).
• Schwarzer weg
• Silcherstraße
• Sistenichstraße
• Sophienstraße ( Sofienstrasse, 2 (Dusseldorf) )
• Spohrstraße
• Steinhauerstraße
• Steinkribbenstraße
• Südallee
• Süllenstraße.

• Teichstraße
• Telemannstraße
• Telleringstraße.

• Urdenbacher Allee.

• Weststraße
• Wilhelm-Kienzl-Straße, Wilhelm-Rüther-Straße
• Wimpfener Straße.

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