Stuttgarter Platz
| Stuttgarter Platz Stutti |
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 Stuttgarter Platz on the corner of Windscheidstrasse |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Charlottenburg |
| Created | 1892 |
| Confluent streets |
Rönnestrasse Leonhardtstrasse , Windscheidstrasse , Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse , Wilmersdorfer Strasse |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrians , cyclists , road traffic , public transport |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | 543 × 44 meters |
The Stuttgarter Platz ( popularly : Stutti ) is a square in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg .
Location and development
Stuttgarter Platz is located in the immediate vicinity of the Charlottenburg train station , which divides the square into a north and a south half. In an east-west direction, the square extends from Wilmersdorfer Strasse to Windscheidstrasse , interrupted by Lewishamstrasse since the 1960s . Rönnestrasse and Leonhardtstrasse in the north-west and Krumme Strasse in the north-east branch off from Stuttgarter Platz ; in the south, the square is bounded by Gervinusstrasse . Often, however, only the part to the north of the railway line is perceived as Stuttgarter Platz .
history
Origin until 1900
The square, which was already provided for in the general development plan of 1858, was named in 1892. After the Charlottenburg train station, which was planned by Ernst Dircksen, went into operation in 1882 and the former Black Trench, an open sewer ditch, and the completion of the underground sewer system in 1889, the development expanded towards the south and west. The station was used to connect the then independent city of Charlottenburg and the Charlottenburg Palace . In the years 1893/1894, the representative residential buildings on the west side of the square near Windscheidstrasse were built. The belated development of the area around the train station was due to the difficulties that the sewage ditch created with its large amounts of rain and industrial water that came from Schöneberg and Wilmersdorf . In 1892 the northern and southern station forecourt was given its name "Stuttgarter Platz". In 1895, green spaces were created, which were embellished in 1904 with large palm trees and flower beds. The poet Christian Morgenstern lived in house no. 4 in 1899/1900 , a memorial plaque reminds of this.
Destruction and reconstruction - 1945 to 1980
After the Second World War , on the initiative of Gustav Severin, the bus station for long-distance buses to West Germany was located in the northeastern area and made the place popular as Stutti . The severe war damage to the peripheral buildings was replaced by new buildings. After the war, the bus station, which was located here, developed into a stronghold of the black market . The snack stand operator Herta Heuwer sold the currywurst she had invented in September 1949 in the direct vicinity of Stuttgarter Platz . A memorial plaque unveiled on June 29, 2003 on the house at Kantstrasse 101 and the corner of Kaiser-Friedrich-Strasse reminds of this .
After the Berlin blockade , which the Soviet occupying power had imposed on the supply routes of West Berlin from June 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949 , the first inter- zone buses resumed their journeys from here to Hanover .
In the 1960s, Kommune I made the square known beyond Berlin, and in the 1970s the first citizens' initiatives emerged here .
1980 to the present
The Stuttgarter Platz is a lively square with different characters: while in the north-western area there are more upscale restaurants and cafés as well as a children's playground with green area, in the north-eastern area with the former red light district , simple shops and hotels have predominated. Since June 1999 a citizens' initiative has been fighting to maintain the quality of the neighborhood .
The green corridor south of the railway was redesigned in 2008. As a replacement measure for felled trees in the course of the expansion of the rapid transit connection between Berlin and Hanover , various garden areas were created for the residents as well as a playground and lawn for sunbathing. In 2011 this green corridor was named Margarete-und-Arthur-Eloesser-Park .
In 2010 and 2011, a public green area and new path connections were also created on the areas north of the railway, as a substitute measure to compensate for interventions in nature and landscape in the construction project "Complete renovation of the S-Bahn Berlin S3 / S7 including the relocation of the S- Charlottenburg station ”.
traffic
Stuttgarter Platz is located at Berlin-Charlottenburg train station (lines RE1, RE7, RB10, RB14, S5, S7, S75 and S9) and at Wilmersdorfer Straße underground station ( line U7 ). Bus lines 109, 309 and N7 stop there . The S-Bahn station was moved in 2006 to shorten the transfer route in the direction of the Wilmersdorfer Straße U-Bahn station.
Movies
- Hotte in paradise . Feature film, Germany, 2002, 118 min., Director: Dominik Graf .
- The Stuttgarter Platz. Documentary, Germany, 2008, 43:30 min., Script and director: Felix Oehler, production: rbb , series: Berliner Ecken und Kante, first broadcast: October 20, 2008 in rbb, summary of Berlin corners and edges - Der Stuttgarter Platz at the ARD .
- Charlotte degree. A Russian enclave in Berlin. Documentary, Germany, 2010, 42:20 min., Script and direction: Ralph Quinke, production: Spiegel TV , first broadcast: February 8, 2010 on Sat.1 , synopsis from Spiegel TV and online video from ZDF . Portrait of a 24-hour Russian supermarket at Charlottenburg train station and its customers, including Henryk Broder .
Web links
- Stuttgarter Platz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Stuttgarter Platz in the district lexicon at berlin.de
- My village, the Stutti. In: Der Tagesspiegel , February 25, 2012
Individual evidence
- ^ TU media information on the death of G. Severin
- ↑ Germany 1945–1949. Information on political education (issue 259), Bonn 2005
- ↑ Lexicon: Margarete-and-Arthur-Eloesser-Park. District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, accessed on January 31, 2012 .
- ^ Urban planning: Stuttgarter Platz. (No longer available online.) Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, archived from the original on April 21, 2013 ; accessed on January 31, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 18.7 ″ N , 13 ° 18 ′ 7.9 ″ E