Europaplatz (Karlsruhe)
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 View of Europaplatz and the Postgalerie (2006) |
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| place | Karlsruhe |
| District | Downtown West |
| Hist. Names | Lorettoplatz, main post office square |
| Confluent streets | Kaiserstrasse, Karlstrasse, Douglasstrasse |
| Buildings | Karlsruhe main post office building |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , public transport |
The Europe Place is one of the belebtesten places in the Karlsruhe city center .
Europaplatz has had its name since 1979, before it was called Hauptpostplatz and before that it was called Lorettoplatz . From 1925 to 2010 the Leibgrenadierdenkmal in memory of the Baden body grenadiers was located on the square . Europaplatz is flanked by the Karlsruhe main post office building, which was built in 1900 in a neo-baroque style and which now houses the Postgalerie shopping center . On the opposite side, the former Schneider department store (later Breuninger ) and a cinema dominate. From Europaplatz, the Karlsruhe pedestrian zone stretches east along Kaiserstraßeacross the market square to Kronenplatz .
Europaplatz is a large tram junction of the KVV , where the tram lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and the tram lines S1 / S11, S2, S5 and S52 meet.
At the beginning of 2010, construction work began on the combination solution .
Schneider department store 1961
Europaplatz 2011 with construction site for underground tram routing and stop (combined solution )
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 35.6 ″ N , 8 ° 23 ′ 39.4 ″ E
