The aim of the Association is to preserve, protect, and maintain avenues in Germany and to restore old avenues after they were destroyed in many places in recent years by road development and safety projects.[4] The Association says the Route connects "the East with West and North to South [and] is a symbol of German unity and common effort of the people of the old and new federal states for the protection of nature."[5]
Cobblestones still serve as pavement on many avenues in the former East German areas. An spokesman for the Route says the average speed is about 70 km/h (43 mph).[6]
Fall 1990 – ADAC, in its Motorworld magazine, issued an appeal to "Save the Avenues" of the former East Germany.
Summer 1992 – Foundation established for "German Avenue Route" as a tourist facility and ideal connection between the old and new federal German states.
2 October 1993 – Opening of the second part between Rheinberg / Brandenburg and Wittenberg / Saxony-Anhalt (168 kilometres (104 mi))
29 September 1994 – Opening of the 3rd section between Wittenberg / Saxony-Anhalt and Goslar / Lower Saxony (249 kilometres (155 mi))
13 June 1995 – Opening of the 4th section between Goslar / Lower Saxony and Dresden and Plauen / Saxony (680 kilometres (420 mi))
26 June 1996—Opening of the 5th leg between Duderstadt / Plauen and Fulda (Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Thuringia, Hesse, 820 kilometres (510 mi))
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Alleenstraße (Hrsg.): Deutsche Alleenstraße – von Rügen bis zum Bodensee. WKP-Verlag, Freilassing 2001 (2nd ed.)
Baedeker Allianz: Reiseführer Deutschland. Ein As im Ärmel. Verlag Mair-Dumont. November 2009. p. 131f. ISBN978-3-8297-1186-9
Thomas Billhardt, Günther Bellmann: Die Deutsche Alleenstraße. Zwischen Rügen und Rheinsberg. Ullstein, Berlin 1996. ISBN3-550-06904-9
Thomas Billhardt, Günther Bellmann: Die Deutsche Alleenstraße. Zwischen Rheinsberg und Wittenberg. Ullstein, Munich 2003 (5th ed.). ISBN3-550-06887-5
Ulf Böttcher, Wolfgang Hoffmann: Die deutsche Alleenstrasse – von der Insel Rügen bis zum Fläming. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 1995. ISBN3-354-00857-1
References
^"Deutsche Alleenstraße". (Original German:) Die Route von der Insel Rügen an der Ostsee bis zur Insel Reichenau im Bodensee umfasst rund 2.900 Straßenkilometer, fast alle eingerahmt von alten und wieder nachwachsenden Alleebäumen. (English translation:) The route, from the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea to the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, covers around 2,900 kilometers of roadway, almost all framed by old and renewable trees.
^Christopher Cottrell (14 October 2011). "Dangerous Lanes: German State Aims to Curb Tree Deaths". Der Spiegel. Known for its majestically tree-lined boulevards, Brandenburg leaves its motorists little room for error. And now, with the number of tree-related deaths on the rise, the state Infrastructure Ministry called earlier this week for speed limits on the Brandenburg's most dangerous roads to be reduced to 70 kilometers per hour (43 mph). "In 2010, 192 people died on our streets – 78 of whom were killed by trees," said Brandenburg's infrastructure minister, Jörg Vogelsänger.
^"Alleenschutz (English: Avenue Protection)". (German)...das Ost mit West und Nord mit Süd verbindet... Die Deutsche Alleenstraße – Symbol der Deutschen Einheit und gemeinsamer Beitrag der Menschen in den alten und neuen Bundesländern zum Schutz der Natur