Geschwister-Scholl-Platz (Munich)
| Geschwister-Scholl-Platz | |
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 Fountain in front of the main university building |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Munich |
| District | Maxvorstadt |
| Confluent streets | Ludwigstrasse |
| Buildings | Ludwig Maximilians University |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic |
| Space design | Bowl fountain, floor monument " White Rose " |
The Geschwister-Scholl-Platz is the forecourt of the Ludwig Maximilians University west of Ludwigstrasse .
Its eastern counterpart on the other side of Ludwigstrasse is called Professor-Huber-Platz .
Memory of the White Rose
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The square was named after the siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl . The memorial for the “ White Rose ” is located in front of the main entrance to the university . It shows a stone replica of the leaflets. They are not randomly scattered over an area of approx. 15 m in length, but they form thematic groups. Directly in front of the main entrance is an ensemble of leaves dedicated to the convicts of the first trial , Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst .
A little further on is a small stone newspaper clipping from the Münchner Neuesten Nachrichten with an article about the death sentences. Across the street on the square with the fountain, the memorial continues with a group of documents reminiscent of Alexander Schmorell , then a memory of Willi Graf with a facsimile of his handwritten farewell letter. The fourth personal block is reminiscent of Hans Leipelt . The penultimate sheet shows the death sentence, which lies on the floor in three pieces. The newspaper report that the death sentences were carried out forms the keystone of the memorial.
Fountain
There are fountains on both squares . They were created between 1842 and 1844 according to plans by Friedrich von Gärtner . Since their role models are on St. Peter's Square in Rome, they are also called Roman fountains . They are octagonal in the base, each almost 10 meters in diameter and an 8.20 meter high well column. The water that is carried up is caught in a central bowl and then falls into the lower stone basin like a transparent curtain.
literature
- Otto Josef Bistritzki, Brunnen in München, Callwey, EA 1974, No. 13, p. 42
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Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 2.5 ″ N , 11 ° 34 ′ 50.9 ″ E