German style street

Qingdao German style street is located in Guantao Road, Shibei District, Qingdao city. It starts from Tangyi road in the South and ends at Enxian road in the north. It intersects Shanghai Road, Ningbo Road and Guangdong Road vertically, with a total length of more than 1000 meters. Relying on the historical position of Guantao road in Qingdao and the existing excellent historical buildings, Shibei District of Qingdao City, in line with the principle of "accumulating history, rejuvenating, integrating functions and highlighting characteristics", highlights the integration of Chinese and foreign cultures, introduces German national culture, accumulates German characteristic industries, and creates a collection of film and television culture, finance and commerce, and special industries It is an exotic Street integrating color tourism, leisure and entertainment.

Germany and Qingdao have long-term friendly exchanges. Since the reform and opening up, Qingdao has established extensive ties with Germany in various fields, such as friendly city, economic and technological cooperation, and cultural resources exchange In particular, on November 15, 1995, German Prime Minister Kohl visited Qingdao, opening a new chapter of exchanges and cooperation between Germany and Qingdao. Over the past century, the exchanges and integration between Germany and Qingdao in the fields of architecture, culture and art have jointly shaped the unique urban style and cultural landscape of Qingdao. The dialogue and integration between Germany and Qingdao has become a thick history, forever engraved on the city base.

Guantao road was first built in 1899. Because it is close to Jiaotong customs, Houhai wharf and Dagang railway station, the German municipal authorities in Jiaotong planned it as a "foreign company zone", and many organizations in Qingdao from various countries set foot here first. At the beginning of the 20th century, Guantao Road, an extension of the north section of Zhongshan Road, was built as a "street of foreign firms". In the first decade of the 20th century, with the rapid development of import and export trade, many branches of foreign banks came here to set up. In the 1930s, Guantao road has become the financial and economic center of Qingdao, known as "Qingdao's Wall Street", affecting the economy of the whole East China region and the export and re export trade of coastal areas. According to historical records, there are more than 50 foreign firms on Guantao Road, most of which are branches of large companies in Germany, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Belgium and Portugal.

There are 25 historical buildings in Guantao Road, accounting for 71% of the total buildings. Among them, there are 14 German style and Japanese style historical excellent buildings, about 200000 square meters.

Address: Guantao Road, Shibei District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province

Longitude: 120.31920623779

Latitude: 36.075077056885

Tel: 0532-82888111