Friesenplatz

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Friesenplatz with Gerling Ring-Karree

As a square, Cologne's Friesenplatz is part of the Cologne Rings , which - modeled on the Parisian boulevards - follow the course of the city ​​wall .

history

All explanations of the street names Friesenplatz, Friesenstrasse, Friesengasse and Friesenwall assume that the Frisian cloth and fish traders in particular had a high share of long-distance trade with Cologne in the early and high Middle Ages. In 1165 the Friesenstraße was called “platea Frisorum”, in 1291 it was called “Vrisingasse”. The Friesentor was also called “porta Frisea” in 1244, “porta Frisonum” in 1248 and “Vreysenportze” in German in 1359. In Arnold Mercator's Cologne cityscape from 1570 , Friesenstrasse and -tor are already called “Vriesen straiß und pforts”. Ferdinand Franz Wallraf translated Friesenplatz literally as the “place des frisons” after the “ Itinéraire de Cologne ”, which came into force on January 1, 1813 , during the French era . The name Friesian is possibly based on a German-Dutch Friesian colony that was located here in the Middle Ages .

The square was created after the medieval city wall including the Friesentor, first mentioned in 1244, had been razed in 1882 . The gate was strengthened in 1816, but this could not stop the later demolition. At the time the rings were laid out, Friesenplatz was given a 1,630 m² garden area; here, at Friesenplatz No. 27, was the building of the Kölnischer Kunstverein, completed in 1922 by Ludwig Paffendorf , with a gabled portico . It received its current name in the city council meeting on May 25, 1882.

Already after the demolition of the city wall, the Friesenviertel , named after Friesenplatz, developed to the east , but it received a dodgy reputation as a red light district , especially after the Second World War . It was along Friesenstrasse, where the Cologne Varieté “ Groß-Köln ” stood until it was destroyed in the war in May 1942. It emerged in 1912 from the brewery “Cölner Bürgerbräu Josef Waßmann” founded in 1896. The architect Wilhelm Riphahn , who shaped the city of Cologne, built the Sartory halls here, which was completed on November 11, 1948 . The Friesenviertel belonged to the territory of Cologne's half-world greats like Dummse Tünn and Schäfers Nas . The headquarters of the Gerling insurance group, a complex of office buildings and a Gerling high-rise, designed by Arno Breker and inaugurated on January 25, 1953, was also located on Gereonstrasse in the Friesenviertel . Hans Gerling played a key role in the redevelopment of the Friesenviertel from July 1971.

present

Since it was built, Friesenplatz has been the beginning of Venloer Strasse, which leads to the northwest . The trendy Belgian Quarter also joins here. Friesenstrasse, the main axis of the Friesenviertel with the Sartory halls and Magnusstrasse , also leads to Friesenplatz . Between Rudolfplatz and Friesenplatz, the Hohenzollernring is part of the Kölnerringen, the most popular promenade on the Ringboulevard.

The Friesenplatz belonged to the first section of the Cologne subway , opened on October 11, 1968. Thanks to this subway station, Friesenplatz , Friesenplatz is now a lively traffic junction with shops and restaurants. Across from Friesenplatz, the Gerling Ring-Karree, inaugurated in October 2001 and designed by Norman Foster , was built between the Hohenzollernring and the Friesenwall from 1999 . In the immediate vicinity of Friesenplatz is one of the oldest German cinemas still in operation, Rex Am Ring , which opened on May 20, 1928 .

Local transport

The subway station Friesenplatz is located under Friesenplatz and is served by tram lines 3, 4, 5, 12 and 15.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Helmut Signon, all roads led through Cologne , 2006, p 176
  2. ^ Adam Wrede, Neuer Kölnischer Sprachschatz , Volume I, 1984, p. 251
  3. Eberhard Gothein / Georg Neuhaus, The city of Cöln in the first century under Prussian rule 1815 to 1915 , 1916, p. 231
  4. ^ Ulrich S. Soénius (Ed.), Jürgen Wilhelm (Ed.): Kölner Personen-Lexikon. Greven, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-7743-0400-0 , p. 461.
  5. Peter Koch, History of the Insurance Industry in Germany , 2012, p. 364
  6. Peter Fuchs (ed.), Chronik zur Geschichte der Stadt Köln , Volume 2, 1991, p. 308
  7. Peter Fuchs (Ed.), Chronik zur Geschichte der Stadt Köln , Volume 2, 1991, p. 305

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Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '26.1 "  N , 6 ° 56' 23.9"  E