Bismarckplatz (Berlin)

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Bismarckplatz
Coat of arms of Berlin.svg
Place in Berlin
Bismarckplatz
Bismarckplatz with a kiosk in the background
Basic data
place Berlin
District Berlin-Grunewald
Created 1880
Hist. Names Joachimplatz
Confluent streets Hubertusallee ,
Bismarckallee ,
Caspar-Theyß-Straße ,
Schinkelstraße
Buildings Branch of the Federal Environment Agency
use
User groups Pedestrians, public transport
Space design Hexagon square, statue of Bismarck, division of the square by Hubertusallee, pavilion

The Bismarck place is a place in the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in the district of Berlin-Grunewald .

history

Bismarckplatz was created when the Grunewald villa colony was founded in 1880 as part of the establishment of Hubertusallee with seven road junctions as Joachimplatz with lawns and groups of different trees. Originally a fountain was planned, but this was never realized. The first name as Joachimplatz was intended as a dedication to the Berlin composer and violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim (1831–1907). In 1897 the Bismarck monument was erected in the eastern part. On January 24, 1898, before Otto von Bismarck's death , the square was renamed Bismarckplatz in memory of his services in the establishment of the Grunewald colony in 1903, a waiting hall in the area of ​​Bismarckplatz was combined with a lavatory, shed and later an additional newspaper kiosk Erected by building officer Carl Lange. It is the oldest surviving building and is now a listed building.

The building used today by the Federal Environment Agency was built in 1935–1937 as an office building for the Reich leadership of the Reich Labor Service by Kurt Heinrich Tischer. The Telegraf newspaper was located in the building until 1972 . The building is a listed monument.

Bismarck Monument

Bismarck Monument

The 2.6 meter high Bismarck monument was created in 1897 by the sculptor Max Klein based on the fontane statue he erected in the zoo. In contrast to many other statues, Bismarck is shown here civilly with a slouch hat and stick and with his great dane sitting on his hind legs. The inscription “To Prince Otto von Bismarck - The Grateful Colony of Grunewald” is affixed to the base. The bronze figure was melted down during World War II. A replica was set up by Harald Haacke on the initiative of the Wilmersdorf Heimatverein in 1996 on the granite plinth that had been preserved in the same place. It was unveiled on June 2, 1996 by the chairwoman of the Heimatverein, Anita Cölle-Lück, the Governing Mayor Eberhard Diepgen , District Mayor Michael Wrasmann and Ferdinand Fürst von Bismarck .

Web links

Commons : Bismarckplatz (Berlin-Grunewald)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Topography Wilmersdorf / Grunewald . Berlin 1993, p. 94 f .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bismarckplatz. In: berlin.de. August 9, 2007, accessed April 19, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Bismarckplatz waiting hall
  3. ↑ Federal Environment Agency
  4. ^ Bismarck, bronze sculpture by Max Klein. July 24, 2018, accessed April 18, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Speech by Wilmersdorfer District Mayor Michael Wrasmann. September 25, 2014, accessed April 18, 2020 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 31 ″  N , 13 ° 17 ′ 6.6 ″  E