Last week’s historical photo showed a characteristic section of Hindenburgstrasse.
Von Lucas Hackenberg
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For the last riddle: Some things have changed in one of the most well-known streets in Remscheid’s city centre, but Hindenburgstraße is clearly visible in the pictures today as it was then. So it was easy for many Remscheid residents to identify the centrally located connecting street between Alleestraße and Stadtpark. There is no lack of personal memories of this place.
At the time the picture was taken, there were still rails for the “Lektrische” on Hindenburgstrasse.
© Roland Keusch
Though these are mostly related to the buildings or the traffic on the street, it is also thoughts of people that come to mind for readers. So did Hans Walter Becker with a lawyer, an experience that he is certainly not alone with: “The lawyer who divorced me in my first life lives in Hindenburgstrasse,” he reveals.
Remembers several former residents of Hindenburgstrasse Heinz-Juergen Schmitz. He names the land and fodder dealer Robert Röhrig, the butcher Wilhelm Huckenbeck and the former teacher and stamp dealer Richard Schmidt as real “guys” who helped shape the image of the street at the time. Schmitz also mentions the namesake Paul von Hindenburg, who was born in 1847 and held the office of Reich President from 1925 until his death in 1934.
Not everything has remained the same by a long shot, but Hindenburgstraße is still lively and popular today.
© Roland Keusch
In particular, Hindenburgstraße provides indulgence when thoughts wander towards culinary delights and events. The Pizzeria Glockenstuhl is still a real anchor point for many Remscheid residents. Jurgen Koppka made many a trip here, which was rounded off with an ice cream: “Further up on the right-hand side, just before the Wilhelmstrasse/Hindenburgstrasse crossing, was the Grüterich ice cream parlour. After visiting the belfry, dessert was eaten,” says Koppka. Dieter Prill knows how to add what is still possible today when it comes to dessert: “If there is still room for dessert, the ice cream parlor Piccolo is a good idea,” he says. It is also very possible that some police officers use the short distance from the headquarters on the adjacent Quimperplatz to stop off at the Glockenstuhl and Piccolo.
Remscheid used to take the tram to the fair
The fair in the city park will also remain unforgotten, which used to be much larger than it is today: “The first stands of the dealers began at the location of the photographer at the fair. It was the biggest folk festival in the Bergisches Land,” he says Peter Kramer. He still remembers the march of the Schützenbrüder well.
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Until 1969, the people of Remscheid also got to the fair by tram. How Helmut Schucht Correctly noted, the tracks were laid for this purpose at the beginning of the 20th century. The Remscheider also remembers the way to the fair Roland Benscheidwho already owned a moped at the time and had to pay attention to the height differences in the road: “The rails to be crossed were higher than the pavement and could therefore lead to dangerous falls of the two-wheelers,” recalls Benscheid.
The correct answers also included: Jörg Wagner, Thorsten Wolff, Heinz-Peter Riedemann,
Ulrike Schul, Rainer Pschibilinski, Dirk Lauer, Thorsten Hertz and Holger Bitzer.
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