Goetheplatz (Bremen)

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goetheplatz
Bremen coat of arms (middle) .svg
Place in Bremen
goetheplatz
Place with theater
Basic data
city Bremen
district Bremen-center
Created 1913
Newly designed around 1990
Confluent streets Am Wall , Contrescarpe , Ostertorsteinweg , St. Pauli Passage, Bleicherstr.
use
User groups Road traffic, tram , pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic
Space design Theater forecourt

The Goethe Square is a historical place in Bremen in the district center at today's cultural district in the so-called quarter . It bears the name of the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .

The streets on the square were u. a. named as Am Wall after the Bremer Wallanlagen , Contrescarpe after the embankment of the moat opposite the Wall, Ostertorsteinweg after the Ostertor ( East Gate ) in the former Bremen city fortifications , St. Pauli Passage after the Paulskloster and Bleicherstraße , as the bleaching took place here.

history

1641: Osterthor
2012: Platz, Wallanlage, Theater, Mozartstraße

With the construction of the Bremen city wall in 1238, the east (er) gate was also built. One path, later the Ostertorsteinweg , led west, past the Paulskloster (1050–1523) and the later settlement of craftsmen and traders in the suburbs in front of the Ostertore or St. Pauli suburb . In the 17th century it was expanded as Steinstrasse ( Stenstrade ). In 1802/04 the wall was softened and redesigned as a park-like wall system. A small guard house was built. The two gate buildings were built in 1825/1828 and now serve as exhibition rooms, and in 1826 the Ostertorzwinger was demolished. The Bremen art gallery was built by 1849 .

The theater at Goetheplatz was completed in 1913 and with it the square in front of it.

The square was last redesigned around 1990.
Today (2017) it is a lively lounge area with several shops, planted with mobile planters. In warmer times, tables and chairs are set up in the Café Theatro .

Buildings around the square

Kunsthalle Bremen
Easter gate guard Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Haus
Behind the tram, the Puls am Eck house
Horse fountain

Monuments, fountains

traffic

At the place with holding station out the tram lines 2 and 3 of the Bremer Straßenbahn in transport in Bremen over towards West ( Gröpelingen ) and East ( Sebaldsbrück or Weserwehr ).

The nearby parking garage Ostertor / Kulturmeile of BrePark is located directly on the Weser and can be reached via Osterdeich .

swell

Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 20.5 ″  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 57 ″  E