Fürstenplatz (Berlin)
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| place | Berlin |
| District | West end |
| Created | 1907 |
| Newly designed | 1949 |
| Confluent streets | Württembergallee, Länderallee and Bayernallee |
| Buildings | Heinz Berggruen High School |
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| User groups | Pedestrian, bicycle |
| Space design | Lawn compartments, small stone wall, greenery around the edges, soccer field and playground |
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| Square area | 8,762 m² |
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The Prince Course is a place in Berlin-Westend in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf , close to the Heinz-Berggruen-Gymnasium and the Theodor-Heuss-Platz . The naming refers to the title prince . The streets in the area are named after the countries of the German Empire , which was proclaimed on January 18, 1871 .
history
The square was laid out in 1907 as a lawn with groups of trees. On April 24, 1908, he was named after the title of Prince . The name was first listed in the address book in 1908. In 1949, Walter Hilzheimer redesigned it with a separate soccer field.
description
The Fürstenplatz, designed as a block space, is characterized by its large lawn. The middle turf compartment is accentuated by a stone wall in the middle. Several connecting paths with seating are divided into the lawns. The characterizing lawn area is framed inwards by greenery on the outer gravel paths and shielded from the street surfaces from the outside. At the south-western end of the block area there is a playground that was added in 1949 with an adjacent soccer field. The playground consists of a play combination with slides and climbing opportunities on a laid-out sand area under the existing deciduous trees. There are also two table tennis tables to the side between the gravel path that separates the lawn from the playground and the soccer field.
Commemoration
On Fürstenplatz, on the south-western facade of the house starting from Fürstenplatz, a plaque commemorates the actress Carola Neher .
| Dating | image | inscription | annotation |
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| December 7, 2017 |
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“We actresses are only on stage in
our element - we only stumble in life. " She lived in this house until she emigrated CAROLA NEHER November 3, 1900 - June 26, 1942 The actress became famous in 1929 as "Polly" in Bertolt Brecht's "Threepenny Opera" and as a style icon of its time. Because she was close to the KPD, she left Germany in 1933. In 1937, in exile in Moscow, she was in a show trial Sentenced to ten years in prison. She died in the GULag. |
The board is attached to the facade on the left in a stainless steel frame.
State Secretary for Culture Torsten Wöhlert gave a welcoming address. The laudation was given by Erdmut Wizisla, head of the Bertolt Brecht Archive at the Berlin Academy of the Arts. The address was printed in the Active Museum's Membership Newsletter No. 78 (January 2018). |
See also
Web links
- Speech for the unveiling of the memorial plaque. (PDF; 1.7 MB) Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
- Fürstenplatz. In: berlin.de - The official capital city portal. District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, accessed on July 15, 2020 .
- Fürstenplatz playground. In: berlin.de - The official capital city portal. District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, accessed on July 15, 2020 .
- Fürstenplatz. In: Kauperts - street guides through Berlin. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Fürstenplatz. September 25, 2014, accessed July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ kaupertmedia: Fürstenplatz 1-3 in Berlin - KAUPERTS. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Fürstenplatz playground. October 9, 2014, accessed July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ a b memorial plaques in Berlin - memorial plaque advertisement. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Memorial plaques in Berlin - Memorial plaque advertisement. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Invitation to the unveiling of the memorial plaque. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 41.6 ″ N , 13 ° 15 ′ 52.9 ″ E