Frankfurter Tor
  Frankfurter Tor
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 Frankfurter Tor seen from the west |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Friedrichshain |
| Newly designed | 1957 |
| Confluent streets |
Karl-Marx-Allee , Petersburger Strasse , Frankfurter Allee , Warschauer Strasse |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrians , cyclists , road traffic , public transport |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | 170 m × 120 m |
The Frankfurter Tor is now a square in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain at the eastern end of Karl-Marx-Allee . Although the name suggests it, the square is not at the site of the former Frankfurt Gate of the Berlin customs wall , which was around 800 meters further west. The Frankfurter Tor subway station of the same name is located under the intersection .
location
The square is located at the intersection of Frankfurter Allee and Karl-Marx-Allee with Petersburger and Warschauer Strasse , which are part of the inner Wilhelminischer Ring . The federal highways B 1 / B 5 running on the same route cross here the B 96a . The original development was largely destroyed after the Battle of Berlin at the end of the Second World War. During the reconstruction, the development was not brought up to the busy intersection, so that the rectangular square was created.
history
The name goes back to the old Frankfurter Tor. This was located at the intersection of today's Karl-Marx-Allee with the excise wall , the course of which is shown by Palisadenstrasse and Friedenstrasse. It was built from 1716 and was initially made of wood, as the first excise wall consisted of palisades . The goal was from 1802 entirely of stone. When the wall was torn down in 1867, the gate was also removed, but a square with the same name as a memorial did not remain.
The location of the old city gate is hardly recognizable today, only the course of the streets gives an idea of the former location. The Weberwiese underground station on the U5 line is roughly at the same level as the former gate.
The square was given its name on November 8, 1957 as part of the redevelopment; previously it was an unnamed intersection. With the naming, the name of the city of Frankfurt (Oder) found its way back into an official designation after the entire street from Großer Frankfurter Strasse and Frankfurter Allee had been given the name Stalinallee in 1950 . The name is reflected in the architecture of the buildings on the west side of the square, which were arranged symmetrically and, due to their height, look like a city gate. These are two high-rise towers with a cupola, which were modeled on the Gontard domes on Gendarmenmarkt . The striking towers form the beginning of the architectural ensemble of Karl-Marx-Allee , which until 1961 represented the western part of Stalinallee . The entire area of the square is now a listed building .
The design for the development comes from the architect Hermann Henselmann , who emerged as the winner of a competition in 1953. When designing it, he was strongly oriented towards the Schinkel School , which left a lot of traces in Berlin and the surrounding area.
For the development, see also: Comments on the second construction phase on Stalinallee .
Web links
- Frankfurter Tor. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frankfurter Allee. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- ↑ Steffen Dobbert, David Hugendick: The new life of the Stalinallee. In: Die Zeit , September 2013
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '57 " N , 13 ° 27' 14.3" E