Eight corners (Potsdam)

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Eight corners on a watercolor by Carl Graeb , 1850

The Eight Corners were a building ensemble created in the years 1771–1774 by Georg Christian Unger in the Rococo style at the intersection of Schwertfegerstraße and Hohewegstraße (today: Friedrich-Ebert-Straße ) in Potsdam .

history

According to plans by Georg Christian Unger , an ensemble of four residential and commercial buildings in the Rococo style was built between 1771 and 1774 at the intersection of Schwertfegerstraße and Hohewegstraße (today: Friedrich-Ebert-Straße ) . The models for the Eight Corners located between the Old Market and the New Market , the name of which is derived from the design of the four two-cornered facades, were probably the Piazza Sant'Ignazio in Rome and the Quattro Canti in Palermo.

After the destruction in the Second World War and the demolition in the GDR era, only the north-western octagonal house remained. As part of the reconstruction of Potsdamer Mitte, the restoration of Schwertfegerstrasse and the closure of the vacant lots on Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse (formerly: Hohewegstrasse ) have been taking place since 2019 . The south-western octagonal house will be rebuilt true to the original as a musician's house, while the two eastern octagonal houses will have simplified facades.

  • View of the eight corners, behind the Nikolaikirche , before 1945

  • View from the eight corners to the Neuer Markt , before 1945

  • View from the Neuer Markt to the eight corners, before 1945

  • View of the eastern octagonal houses, before 1945

  • The only preserved octagonal house

  • View from the Nikolaikirche

  • Piazza Sant'Ignazio in Rome

  • Quattro Canti in Palermo

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Web links

Commons : Eight Corners  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 23 ′ 46 ″  N , 13 ° 3 ′ 31 ″  E