Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz (Berlin)
| Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz | |
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 Protestant Church of the Good Shepherd in the square |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Friedenau |
| Created | around 1879 |
| Confluent streets |
Bundesallee , Goßlerstrasse , Wiesbadener Strasse , Wilhelmshöher Strasse , Görresstrasse , Sarrazinstrasse , Niedstrasse , Schmargendorfer Strasse , Schmiljanstrasse |
| Buildings | Church of the Good Shepherd |
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| User groups | Pedestrians , cyclists , cars |
| Space design |
J. A. W. von Carstenn , Johannes Otzen |
The Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz is located in the district of Friedenau of Berlin district of Tempelhof-Schöneberg . It is named after the German Emperor Friedrich III. who, as the Prussian Crown Prince, had the first name Friedrich Wilhelm at the time the place was named. The square forms the topographical center of Carstenn's geometric street figure , the “ Carstenn figure ”, and thus the center of Friedenau, around which the symmetrical street network of the district extends. The main traffic axis in north-south direction is the Bundesallee , which was called Kaiserstraße from 1874 to 1888 and then Kaiserallee until 1950 .
history
The square was built around 1870 according to plans by Johann Anton Wilhelm von Carstenn and Johannes Otzen as an extension of the former Kaiserstraße . In 1887 it was landscaped. The Protestant Church of the Good Shepherd by the architect Karl Doflein , inaugurated in neo-Gothic style by the German Empress Auguste Viktoria on the occasion of Martin Luther's 410th birthday on November 10, 1893, is clearly visible as a landmark . The foundation stone was laid on October 22, 1891.
In 1945 efforts were made to rename Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz into Engelsplatz , which, however, was not carried out by the Berlin magistrate at the time . By the end of the 1960s, traffic including the tram running there flowed around the square on both sides. In connection with the construction of the U9 line of the Berlin subway and the construction of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz subway station , which went into operation in 1971, the square was redesigned so that the Bundesallee has been facing it on the eastern side ever since Schmiljanstraße is touched in order to be able to absorb the through traffic, which has meanwhile become heavier. As a result, the originally symmetrical Anger shape of the square has been lost.
location
The following streets lead to the square:
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On the corner of Schmargendorfer Straße is the striking - consisting of three parts - building ensemble Die Burg , part of which is used by a sports club and the other two are used for child and youth care in the district.
Web links
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- News from the parish of the Good Shepherd
- Homepage of the youth and children's center Die Burg
- Homepage of the initiative Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz eV
- Homepage of the night café Zum Guten Shepherd
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ' N , 13 ° 20' E