Hannah-Arendt-Platz (Hanover)

Hannah-Arendt-Platz, on the left the portal of the Leineschloss , on the right the Ministry of Social Affairs

Today's Hannah-Arendt-Platz opposite the Leineschloss in Hanover was built around 1953 as part of Leinstraße . On the square there is the castle fountain, the oldest preserved fountain in the city and also the Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs .

history

The old palace , which was destroyed by the air raids on Hanover during the Second World War, stood on the site of today's square until 1943 . The square was initially named after the first Prime Minister of Lower Saxony , Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf , and carried this name until April 2, 2015.

The new street sign with legend board was ceremoniously unveiled on April 2, 2015

In 2015 the square was renamed Hannah-Arendt-Platz . It is named after the Jewish political theorist and publicist Hannah Arendt , who emigrated from Germany in 1933 and whose house of birth is on Lindener Marktplatz 2 in Hanover. This was preceded by a discussion about renaming the square after Kopf's role in the expropriation of Jewish property in Upper Silesia during the Second World War became known. As an alternative to the renaming, the name Platz der Niedersachsen and the inclusion of the previous square in Leinstraße were also under discussion.

literature

• Klaus Mlynek , Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) A. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 364 f. (Keyword head, Hinrich Wilhelm).

Web links

Commons : Hannah-Arendt-Platz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article about renaming in NDR ( Memento from April 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Hannover.de on April 2, 2015: Hannah-Arendt-Platz officially inaugurated

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 14.7 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 2.2"  E