The name Holzraum (literally "timber yard") was introduced in 1903 for the street that came into being only after the demolition of the city ramparts. It refers back to the Young Town's (Jungstadt) timber yard beyond the ditch that occupies the undeveloped side of the street.

In 1402, this piece of land was granted to the Old Town (Altstadt) for the establishment of a Holzraum — a storage yard for firewood and building timber. It was separated from the Young Town's timber yard by a ditch that simultaneously formed the boundary between Old Town and Young Town territory, running from the Collegiate Church of All Angels (Stift zu Aller Engel) to the Vistula. The Young Town's timber yard originally occupied the site of the later Schichau Shipyard.

Around 1630, the Old Town's brewers and bakers acquired the Young Town's timber yard in addition to their own, and the name Holzraum then passed to the former Old Town ditch. In 1822, the state treasury (Fiskus) acquired the former Young Town timber yard for the construction of the Lünette Ziethen, a military fortification.

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