On 7 Jun 2005 at 16:33, Uwe-Karsten Krickhahn wrote:
> My 1945 map of Elbing does not show a Holländer Chaussee, but shows a
> Tannenberger Allee which I believe. is the same. Renamed after the
> battle of Tannenberg in 1914. At the end of the Chaussee/Allee is the
> Holländer Tor/Gate. The marshalling yard of the German Reichsbahn is
> located parallel to the Chaussee/Allee.
>
> A Chaussee is normally a road leading somewhere overland to a larger
> town in this case it is the old Reichsstraße 130 which
>
> leads to Preußisch Holland which would explain the name of Holländer
> Chaussee.
>
Just to agree with Uwe. I spent my early youth on
Tannenberger Allee. My parents owned #95 and #97 both
6 family residences. And yes, it used to be Holländer
Chaussee.
One of the most disappointing images from my return
trip to find my birthplace was the lack of the trees
which used to line the street. As a matter of fact
the entire street had been elevated so that the steps
which used to go up to the first floor, now went
down. Upon my inquiry as to my memory having gone
bad, I was told that the rubble of the city from the
destruction of its buildings was simply dumped over
the street and eventually paved over. One of our
houses was gone as was my dad's business where he
rented. The other was horribly cemented over the old
brick. They must have used very bad cement as it was
falling off and had been patched over many times.
As to Preussisch Holland - that's where my mom had
her best furniture stored in a farm house. It was
supposed to be safe from bombing there.
One of my favorite memories (sadly I don't have too
many) was watching the shadows of the trees play
along a high house wall as cars would come from far
away and their lights created a show for me.
Entertainment was simple back then. Once I was so
taken by this that I forgot all about the time and
got the dickens for it. That's why I remember it so
well. :-)
Fred
PS the railroad depot Uwe mentions was right across
the street from us. Another forbidden playground for
me where trouble came often.
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