The Mönckebergstraße (locally also called Mö) is one of the main shopping streets in

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, Germany. Mönckebergstraße is located in

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, running some 800 m in east-west-direction between the

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at Steintorwall and the

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. It is named after Johann Georg Mönckeberg,

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in the 1890s and 1900s. On the south side, Mönckebergstraße passes the churches of St. Petri and St. Jacobi. Halfway in between, at Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz, Mönckebergstraße intersects with

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, another important shopping street. Notable attractions of this prominent four-way-fork-junction are the ''Mönckebergbrunnen'' (Mönckeberg-Fountain) and a former central building of

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, later had been a

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restaurant for many years, now a

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subsidiary inside a coffeehouse called ''

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Kulturcafé''. Many major retailers such as H&M,

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, Karstadt Sport,

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have a presence on Mönckebergstraße. Many of the department stores have been converted from former

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-houses. Some houses were demolished for the construction of Europa Passage in 2003. The shopping mall, which leads to the

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boulevard, opened in 2006. Hamburg Mönckebergstraße Kreuzung Bergstraße.jpg, Grellhaus (left) at the intersection with Bergstraße Mönckebergstraße, Hamburg.jpg, Barkhof (left) opposite Levantehaus (right) Hamburg Hauptbahnhof 2009 317.JPG, Klöpperhaus (left) at the intersection with Lange Mühren

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