Adenauerplatz (Berlin)
| Adenauerplatz | |
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 Memorial stone for Mete Ekşi |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Charlottenburg |
| Created | 1973 |
| Confluent streets |
Kurfürstendamm , Wilmersdorfer Strasse , Lewishamstrasse, Brandenburgische Strasse |
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| User groups | Pedestrians , cyclists , road traffic , public transport |
The Adenauerplatz is located in the west of Berlin local part Charlottenburg in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf . It is located at the intersection of Kurfürstendamm, which runs in an east-west direction, and Lewishamstrasse in north direction, which is named after the London district and Charlottenburg's twin town , and Brandenburgische Strasse in south direction.
The swiveling of north-south traffic from Wilmersdorfer Strasse to the newly created Lewishamstrasse, which runs across the historic street grid in a north-northeastern direction to the Charlottenburg train station , resulted in a small triangular square with an acute angle pointing to Kurfürstendamm and the 1973 was named after the former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer . In 1974 the square was redesigned to its present form in the course of the construction of a road tunnel. In 2005 a 1.85 meter high bronze statue of the namesake was unveiled by Angela Merkel on the north side of the square. It comes from the artist Helga Tiemann .
Due to the urban planning concept of the “ car-friendly city ” in the 1960s, which in some cases resulted in radical redesigns of grown residential areas, Adenauerplatz was a by-product of these plans.
The fountain sculpture Pillar in the Surf by Brigitte and Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff is located in the center of the square . Also on Adenauerplatz, a memorial stone commemorates Mete Ekşi , who died on November 13, 1991 of serious injuries sustained here in a violent confrontation between Berlin youths of different origins. At the corner of Kurfürstendamm 70 and Lewishamstrasse stands the narrowest office building in Berlin, the so-called " Towel House ". It was built from 1992 to 1994 by the architect Helmut Jahn .
The BVG underground station of the same name is located under the square . At the same time, a road tunnel in a north-south direction crosses Kurfürstendamm and Adenauerplatz. A large part of the through traffic from Brandenburgische / Lewishamstrasse is diverted from the square and the intersection with Kurfürstendamm.
Web links
- Adenauerplatz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Streets and squares: tunnel at Adenauerplatz
- ↑ Brief portrait of Adenauerplatz at berlin.de; accessed: September 13, 2009
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 1.5 ″ N , 13 ° 18 ′ 26.2 ″ E