Europaplatz (Braunschweig)

Volkswagen Hall, Europaplatz 1

The Europaplatz is a square in the city center of Braunschweig .

Europaplatz is part of the new City-Ring and is located to the west of the old station between the city center and the western ring area. The Kalenwall , the Gieseler , the Gieselerwall , the Theodor-Heuss-Straße, the Holzhof and the Konrad-Adenauer-Straße branch off from the square . The area of ​​the square used to be largely part of the site of the old station.

The Europaplatz was created during the implementation of a new traffic concept for the u. a. the construction of the new streets Konrad-Adenauer-Straße and Theodor-Heuss-Straße on the former station area, the implementation of the new City-Ring and the new tram route to the west of the city included.

Europaplatz and the new tram route to Weststadt were opened together on April 26, 1979 a. a. in the presence of the British Consul General Kenneth Thom, the French Consul General Jean Thiebault and the Lord Mayor Gerhard Glogowski . The square was named Europaplatz at the suggestion of the Association Europa-Union Braunschweig.

The Volkswagen hall was built on Europaplatz between 1999 and 2000 . The multi-purpose hall is so far the only building with the address Europaplatz.

On November 18, 2003, a tram on line 3 derailed at Europaplatz and the front part of the articulated train fell from the tram bridge from a height of four meters into the western flood ditch. A truck wheel nut in the rail is suspected to be the cause.

Until the EU expansion in 2004, 16 masts with the flags of the 15 member states of the European Union and the European flag stood on a green area on Europaplatz . The flagpoles were later expanded to 25.

The name on the street signs of Europaplatz is printed in extraordinary bold.

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1. ↑ ^{a b} City Chronicle of Braunschweig
2. ↑ Newsclick.de ; May 5, 2003

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 28.7 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 5.1 ″  E