Fischerstraße in the Guben suburb / Frankfurt (Oder)

In the 15th century, in Fischerstrasse, one of the oldest and most beautiful streets in Frankfurt (Oder), craftsmen, day laborers and carters settled alongside fishermen. While there was a quarter of privileged fishermen in the north of the city, namely in the Lebus suburb, this was not the case in this settlement in the Guben suburb. Poor people lived in around a hundred small, thatched houses, and their homes were always under water at high tide.

Today, the development in the northern and southern parts is mainly dominated by buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. New buildings have been built in the gaps since 2000. The baroque, unfortunately empty and unrenovated country house at Fischerstrasse 6 stands out from the crowd. It was built in the last third of the 18th century, when the Guben suburb also developed into a "summer retreat" for many Frankfurt citizens. It is one of the few preserved baroque country houses in Brandenburg that were built in the immediate vicinity of the old town. In 1896, the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) built the tram depot that still exists today in its large garden, which extends to Bachgasse.

At the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Fischerstrasse was in a disastrous state. It was spared from demolition at the last minute and was lucky that committed Frankfurt residents campaigned to preserve the building structure instead. And with success: the entire street with its colorful houses is now a listed building - and with a little intuition you can see the most creative interpretations of this on a stroll around the site.