Gottschedstrasse
Gottschedstrasse with the memorial to the Leipzig synagogue on the right (2009) | |
Interactive map of Gottschedstrasse | |
| Former name | Poniatowskistrasse (part of today's Gottschedstrasse until 1933) |
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| Length | 650 m (2,130 ft) |
| Location | Leipzig-Mitte, Leipzig, Germany |
| Postal code | 04109 |
| West end | Elsterstrasse |
| Major junctions | Thomasiusstrasse, Käthe-Kollwitz-Strasse, Bosestrasse, Zentralstrasse |
| East end | Dittrichring |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1867 |
Gottschedstrasse is a residential street in Leipzig, Germany, in the so-called theater district (in German language: Schauspielviertel) of the Innere Westvorstadt (inner west Vorstadt). It extends over a length of around 650 m (2,132.5 ft) in an east–west direction from the Inner City Ring Road at the level of St. Thomas Church to the Poniatowski monument at Elstermühlgraben. It is named after the writer, literary and theater theorist Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700–1766). It is primarily known as a pub and nightlife area.