Dernsches area
The Dern'sche site in Wiesbaden is an inner-city open space, the design of which has been discussed for more than a hundred years. The square is located on the south side of the New Town Hall and the Market Church . The Schlossplatz is only a few meters away on the other side of the town hall. The Dern'sche site is bounded by Friedrichstrasse in the south, De-Laspée-Strasse in the east and Marktstrasse in the west. In the north it borders next to the New Town Hall and the Market Church on the historic new market square with its market pillar and the market cellar below, in whose vault the city museum is now housed after a long period of vacancy.
Origin of name
The name is derived from Oberforstrat Dr. Carl-Reinhard Dern (born August 13, 1783 - October 15, 1863), who owned the adjacent Koppenstein farm . In 1868 this was acquired by the city and used as the town hall until it was demolished together with eight other old town houses in 1881 to make way for the new building of the new town hall. The site was officially named as Dern'sches Terrain in 2005 by the Wiesbaden-Mitte local council responsible for it .
layout
Probably because of this prominent and central location, there has been a lot of controversy about the design of the square. When the State Theater was rebuilt, the Dern'sche site was also considered as a location, but the decision was made to build the site on Wilhelmstrasse. On the side of Friedrichstrasse and De-Laspée-Strasse were originally residential buildings, the back of which bordered the square. The Wiesbaden city architect Felix Genzmer had already presented plans in 1900 to architecturally upgrade the Dern'sche site. But these were never realized.
After the Second World War , the site served as an unsightly parking lot for decades. There was also a gas station on the square. In the 1980s the perimeter development was then torn down and there were considerations for a redesign. The space should have an underground car park (“market”) and an attractive paving. The entire square up to the imaginary line from Marktstrasse to Karl-Glässing-Strasse was to be built on massively (7 floors), based on a design by the architect Schweger, in which the Wiesbaden music and art college was to be housed. In contrast, a citizens' initiative mobilized and there was the 1st referendum in Wiesbaden in 1993 , in which 85 percent of the population voted against the "Schweger-Bau". After the referendum and the unrealized development, the "Wiesbaden Art and Music School" moved into the vacant building on the corner of Schillerplatz and Friedrichstrasse. The underground car park and paving in the shape of a star were built anyway. The narrow perimeter development along Friedrichstrasse for a "House of Associations", which was planned after the lost referendum, has not been implemented to this day.
In the place of the planned development, a green area and two bus platforms for the numerous city bus routes that run west through the city center were created. The post-war building on the west side of the square was demolished and replaced by the Dern'schen Höfe. The Association of German Architects BDA in the land of Hesse awarded in 2013 for the architecture of courtyards Dern'schen the architecture prize " Excellent architecture in Hessen - Johann Wilhelm instructional sticker ".
In the middle of the square, a fountain for about 1 million euros was supposed to be built for several years, but it has not yet been built.
Marketplace
In order to be able to store the goods in an orderly manner, the market was relocated from today's Schlossplatz to the rear of the Marktkirche and New Town Hall in 1902 . Felix Genzmer built a large market cellar, in the vault of which the traders had their stores. Fish, cheese and live animals were not allowed to be stored here. Above were the market stalls, framed in a sandstone balustrade with wide stairs. The mighty market pillar in the middle of the market, adorned with putti and baroque ornaments, provided ventilation. The fountain monument in the base of the column adorns the large area leading to the cellar vault.
More recently, a side entrance was built to the west to use it as a market hall and later as an event room. Today the provisional city museum ("sam") is located in the cellar vault.
The Lumen restaurant was built on the northern edge of the market and now uses the remaining market area for outdoor dining.
The market square is also a street that runs east of the market cellar. The tourist information is located on the corner of Karl-Glässing-Straße. It is the former Hotel St. Petersburg, built in 1886 and equipped with central steam heating, light, telephone, as well as fresh water and thermal baths on every floor. Today the entrance to the municipal film theater Caligari is located in Marktplatz 8. Originally the entrance was on Wilhelmstrasse.
Regular events
Numerous events take place on the Dern'schen site. Among other things, it is also used as an expansion area for celebrations on the Schlossplatz, such as the Rheingau Wine Week , the city festival in September and sometimes the shooting star market . The weekly market takes place here every Wednesday and Saturday.
Web links
- Information about the Dern'schen area on the website of the Hessian state capital Wiesbaden
- Weekly market on the Dern'schen site
Individual evidence
- ^ Gottfried Kiesow : Architekturführer Wiesbaden , German Foundation for Monument Protection, Bonn 2006 ISBN 3-936942-71-4 , p. 58
- ↑ Image: Dern'sches site 1957 as a parking lot and gas station in the foreground The market square with the market pillar can be seen in the back left.
- ↑ Johann Wilhelm Lehr plaque awarded ( memento of the original dated August 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Association of German Architects BDA in the state of Hesse
- ↑ City Museum in Marktkeller
Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 52 ″ N , 8 ° 14 ′ 34 ″ E