Helvetiaplatz (Bern)
| Helvetiaplatz | |
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 View of the Helvetiaplatz |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Bern |
| District | Kirchenfeld |
| Created | 1882 |
| Buildings |
Historical Museum Alpine Museum Schulwarte Kunsthalle |
| use | |
| User groups |
Pedestrians Cyclists Motorists Bernmobil ( ÖV ) RBS Bern – Worb ( ÖV ) |
| Space design | World Telegraph Monument |
The Helvetia Square is a square in Bern Kirchenfeld district near the Kirchenfeldbrücke . The World Telegraph Monument has stood here since the winter of 1921/22 .
location
Helvetiaplatz is at the southern end of the Kirchenfeldbrücke . The following streets radiate out from it: Marienstrasse in the east, Thunstrasse in the southeast and Bernastrasse in the southwest. In the north-west and north-east, the Feldeggweg and thresholdmattstrasse branch off.
history
The planning of the square began as early as 1881; which at that time was created in a round shape a year later. In 1884 a circular avenue was planted at Helvetiaplatz and a lawn was created. In 1889 a ditch was filled in the northeast corner of the square and then planted. When the Federal Song Festival took place south of the History Museum in 1899 , the roundabout was planted again. In addition, a drinking fountain was set up in the southeast corner of the square. The round of flowers in the middle of the square was replaced by the World Telegraph Monument in the winter of 1921/22. In 1930/31 a new staircase was built, which connected Helvetiaplatz with threshold mattstrasse.
In the middle of the 20th century, Helvetiaplatz was planned as a gateway to large streets into the city. However, after the electorate rejected the construction of a motorway across the city and motorized road traffic was kept more and more away from the city center, the traffic areas now seem oversized. From 2023, this is to be remedied through structural measures such as traffic calming and greening .
Surrounding buildings and plaza design
The buildings of the Historisches Museum Bern , the Kunsthalle Bern , the media library of the PHBern (formerly 'Schulwarte') and the Swiss Alpine Museum (both in the same building) as well as a church building and reading room of Christian Science are located on Helvetiaplatz . The World Telegraph Monument dominates the square through its design, location and dimensions.
The main entrance of the historical museum
The art gallery
The Alpine Museum
The world telegraph monument
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Noah Fend: Ursula Wyss wants Tempo 20 at Helvetiaplatz. In: derbund.ch . May 1, 2019, accessed May 12, 2019 .
swell
- Berchtold Weber: Streets and their names. Using the example of the city of Bern. Stämpfli, Bern 1990, ISBN 3-7272-9850-2 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 56 ′ 38 " N , 7 ° 26 ′ 56" E ; CH1903: 600781 / 199200