Froebelplatz
| Froebelplatz | |
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.JPG) View over the square in northeast direction |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Prenzlauer Berg |
| Created | 1935 |
| Newly designed | 2018/2019 |
| Confluent streets |
Prenzlauer Allee (west) , Fröbelstrasse (north) , Diesterwegstrasse (east) |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrians , cyclists |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | 11,700 m², according to another source 8,500 m² |
The Froebel Square is a square in Berlin 's Pankow district , the district of Prenzlauer Berg . It is touched by the streets Prenzlauer Allee , Fröbelstraße and Diesterwegstraße, in the south a residential complex adjoins the entire length. It has existed as a square since 1935 and was renamed Fröbelplatz in 1982 when the adjacent street was renamed.
History and description
The green area was created in 1935 on the basis of the general open space plan drawn up by Alfred Koeppen (1877–1933) and Martin Wagner and just decided (1929) as the Nordmarkplatz and named after the Nordmark .
At the beginning of the 1940s, the district administration had received the order to build a bunker on Nordmarkplatz , for which a deep excavation was dug. By the end of the war, however, the protective system was not completed and then served as a garbage pit.
When the Red Army finally reached the Prenzlauer Berg district in April 1945, some units of the troops set up their quarters in their panje wagons on the north market square . They later occupied buildings of the former homeless shelter on the site north of Froebelstrasse.
On the occasion of Friedrich Froebel's 200th birthday , the square was renamed on April 22, 1982, and Nordmarkstrasse was also given this name.
The square occupies an area of 180 m × 65 m (11,700 square meters) and borders on the south of the site of the former Prenzlauer Berg hospital , which is largely used by the Pankow district office. It consists of a pure green area, the lawn and (presumably) flower areas of which have been raised slightly. The preparation of the square after the Second World War was carried out with the significant participation of the district gardening director Reinhold Lingner from the East Berlin magistrate.
The lawn is bordered by a 50 centimeter high wall made of medium-sized bricked field stones. There is a gravel path around it, each about three meters wide, on which there were originally benches in several places, still recognizable by the cutouts in the path delimitation and partly by remains of concrete. The road plates were later removed. To access the lawn, there were two staircases in the north and south areas, each with two steps, made of granite slabs, and level access paths at the corners of the square. The stairs have been preserved, but lead to nowhere, as dense bushes close off the lawn. Two footpaths lead diagonally across the square, but apparently they were not laid out like that, but rather emerged from beaten paths.
On the east side of Froebelplatz there is a ball playground, next to it some table tennis tables and a newly designed playground with a slide, climbing frames and wooden figures, made by Rolf Schade in 1994.
The entire place is surrounded by numerous deciduous trees, and trees are now also growing on the lawn. With the reference to culture trails , the district office particularly highlights a stone soft elephant .
As a decorative element and with reference to the namesake of the square, the sculpture Debutante was set up for Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel by the artist Michael Klein on the west side of the lawn. The bronze figure on a granite pedestal is surrounded by the play elements cube, ball and cylinder, also made of bronze, which belonged to the repertoire of Froebel's pedagogy.
Something lost is roughly in the center on the northern gravel a round bird bath from granite on the raised lawn.
In the years 2018 to 2019 the square was redesigned: 833,000 euros were spent, of which 759,000 euros came from the urban redevelopment east funding program . The action had become necessary because a number of citizens' initiatives had campaigned for the improvement of the green environment. Sixty severely damaged trees were felled and replaced by new plantings. Play and sport facilities, resting points and barrier-free access were created. The Froebel monument was moved to a new location at the southwest entrance of the square on Prenzlauer Allee.
Web links
- Froebelplatz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
Individual evidence
- ↑ square area with the tool of Google Earth measured
- ↑ a b Redesign and upgrading of Fröbelplatz. March 2020, accessed June 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the development of open spaces in Berlin. Senate Environmental Administration, accessed June 3, 2020 .
- ↑ a b East Berlin green development 1948–1990 on stadtentwicklung.berlin.de; Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ↑ a b eyewitness reports. (PDF) pp. 77 and 84; Retrieved October 29, 2016.
- ↑ On the occasion of Friedrich Fröbel's 200th birthday, Nordmarkstrasse and Nordmarkplatz in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district received their [new] names on Wednesday. In: Neues Deutschland , April 22, 1982, p. 8: Fröbelplatz and -straße in Prenzlauer Berg , June 3, 2020.
- ↑ Information board on cultural routes at the entrance to the Prenzlauer Berg Citizens' Registration Office in Fröbelstrasse, seen and photographed on October 28, 2016.
- ↑ Information panel on cultural routes at the Prenzlauer Allee entrance to the district office, seen and photographed on October 28, 2016; with year and title of the sculpture.
Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '24 " N , 13 ° 25' 35" E