Henriettenplatz (Berlin)

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Henriettenplatz
Coat of arms of Berlin.svg
Place in Berlin
Henriettenplatz
Henriettenplatz north side, 2011
Basic data
place Berlin
District Halensee
Created 1892
Newly designed 1960, 1987
Confluent streets
Ringbahnstrasse ,
Georg-Wilhelm-Strasse ,
Kurfürstendamm ,
Westfälische Strasse ,
Seesener Strasse
Buildings Halensee station
use
User groups Pedestrians , cyclists , road traffic

The Henriettenplatz is a place in the Berlin district of Halensee the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf at the western end of the Kurfuerstendamm . The Ringbahnstraße , Georg-Wilhelm-Straße , Westfälische Straße and Seesener Straße flow north, east and west, the square is separated into a north and south part by the Kurfürstendamm, which runs west of the square over the Kurfürstendammbrücke . Due to the nearby Halensee train station , it is an important transfer point to the bus lines M19, M29, 104 and X10.

history

Map of Berlin-Halensee , 1893

The square was created when the Kurfürstendamm was built as a connection to the Grunewald colony that was created in 1889 . With the opening of the steam tram to Halensee on May 5, 1886, a connection was established to the Halensee station on the Ringbahn-Trasse , which had been converted from 1884 onwards , so that further conditions arose for the development of the Kurfürstendamm and the Grunewald colony. It was formed from the converging streets Ringbahnstraße, Georg-Wilhelm-Straße, Kurfürstendamm, Westfälische Straße and Seesener Straße. The square was named on January 8, 1892 after the wife of the Great Elector , Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau .

In the period that followed, the square developed into an important transfer point between the S-Bahn , bus (lines 1, M6, M2) and trams (lines 76, 176, 91).

During the Second World War , the buildings north and south of Henriettenplatz were destroyed, others were badly damaged, including the station building.

post war period

With the demolition and rebuilding of the Kurfürstendammbrücke at the end of the 1950s, the redesign of Henriettenplatz went hand in hand. The streets that previously flowed radially into the square were now oriented towards the Kurfürstendamm, which now led a little more south than before, straight across the square and over the Kurfürstendamm bridge. The Seesener Strasse was led around the high-rise building and led to the Westfälische Strasse. The resulting space was used as a parking lot. The Ringbahnstrasse and Georg-Wilhelm-Strasse were bundled and led to the Kurfürstendamm in front of House 115. In 1958, the Senate ordered the damaged reception building to be demolished; instead, a new pavilion-style building was built in 1960. VdeR was the client .

New buildings then closed the existing vacant lots:

  • 1952–1954 the six-storey semi-detached house Kurfürstendamm 114/115 was built as part of the reconstruction program, partly on the foundation walls of the war-torn apartment buildings at this point. The apartments were initially very modestly furnished and some only had a kitchenette and oven heating. Central heating was only provided for the shops on the ground floor. The building is one of the first to be rebuilt on Kurfürstendamm.
  • 1955–1956 the striking residential and commercial building at Westfälische Strasse 49 at the corner of Seesener Strasse 30 was built according to plans by Helmut Ollk and Gert von Schöppenthau. The upper floor of the porch consists of a large hall with a wide window front, in which the Keller dance school had its seat for many years, which could also be seen from the outside at the dance events in the brightly lit hall. Another long-term tenant was the Eis-Henning ice cream parlor around the basement, which also included the outdoor spaces in front of the building.
  • 1958–1960 an eight-storey residential and commercial building was built on the plot of Kurfürstendamm 116 instead of the destroyed four- story residential building by Heinz Hoffmann from the Schwebes and Schloszberger office. For many years there was a branch of the Berliner Sparkasse here , which has only been a self-service branch since 2015.
  • The adjoining eight-storey apartment house at Kurfürstendamm 117 was built in 1967/1968 by the architect Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach as a replacement for a destroyed four-storey neo-renaissance building by the innkeeper A. Müller. It was the mirror image of House 118.
  • The building at Henriettenplatz 118 was built between 1956 and 1957 according to plans by the architects Zimmer / Haase and Werner Gabler. It borders on the Ringbahn route. The popular jazz bar Joe's Schnapshaus was located here .

The station building, unused since 1980, served as an exhibition space for the Opel Hesse company from 1985.

Redesign in 1987

For the 750th anniversary of Berlin , the entire Henriettenplatz was redesigned as part of an urban planning competition. Dutch companies donated a memorial stele with a relief of Luise Henriette and the Great Elector , which was erected on the north side. The monument to the namesake of the square contains the following inscription:

Memorial stele for Luise Henriette
Halensee Henriettenplatz memorial stele-003.jpg
1627-1667

Louise Henriette
Princess
of Orange Nassau
1620–1688
Friedrich Wilhelm
Margrave of Brandenburg
The great Elector
Verehel. 1646 Den Haag
Donated by
Dutch
companies
in Berlin

1988

The end and beginning of the Kurfürstendamm are marked by the two obelisks that Heinz Mack designed for the 750th anniversary of the city in 1987 for the Europa Center and Henriettenplatz. Both monuments have the same dimensions, they are 35 meters high on a base area of ​​two meters square and end with a beveled tip. The light pillar on Tauentzienstrasse changes color and appearance under computer control, depending on the time of day and light intensity, the gold-colored obelisk in Halensee reflects the different environmental influences in its uniform surface.

Northern part

The northern and southern parts of the square were no longer used by traffic, but redesigned as green spaces, which are now overgrown with handsome plane trees. The wide confluence of Georg-Wilhelm-Strasse and Ringbahnstrasse with Kurfürstendamm was reduced in size and relocated around 30 meters to the west, so that a large open area was created, which was bordered with plane trees . Several benches and the tree surrounds invite you to sit down. There is a waiting hall for the bus stop. Next to the corner house built in 1954 is the house at Kurfürstendamm 115b, built by Hinrich Baller and Doris Piroth between 1995 and 1997.

On the other side of the road junction, a green area has also been created, which is covered with plane trees . Here is the memorial stele for Luise-Henriette. A second stop for the X10 express bus line has been set up on the roadside, for which there is also a waiting hall. There is also a snack stand facing the Kurfürstendammbrücke.

Southern part

On the southern side of the square, the fountain sculpture Medusa head by Anne and Patrick Poirier and the column colonnades ( BVG waiting halls) by Heinz Mack. There is a newspaper kiosk and a snack stand in the colonnades.

The square is paved uniformly with mosaic paving, which sets accents with different colors and sizes and is set apart from the paving of the sidewalk. The colonnades stand on lighter mosaic pavement. Since the roadway of Kurfürstendamm rises slightly towards Kurfürstendammbrücke, the level of the southern part at the confluence of Westfälische Straße is about two meters above the street, while on the opposite side it is about 50 cm below the height of the column colonnades. This results in a division of the square into several areas, which is emphasized by the granite bands radiating out from the colonnades and connected by stairs. The seating area in front of the high-rise building, the fountain and the colonnades are clearly separated from the rest of the square.

In the direction of Kurfürstendammbrücke there is access to the Halensee S-Bahn station , which only consists of the so-called "greenhouse". There is a kiosk in the station building where magazines, tickets, baked goods and drinks are sold.

Current condition

Since 2015, a seven-storey new building block with approx. 220 apartments and 170 underground parking spaces has been built along the west side of Seesener Straße on plots 40–47, for which the allotment gardens and commercial operations had to give way. Since 2017, a further property with 170 apartments and 10,000 m² of office space has been built by NK Development Vertriebs- & Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH .

A new office and commercial building is planned towards Kurfürstendamm, which will mark the beginning of Kurfürstendamm and make Henriettenplatz spatially tangible. For this purpose, the remaining allotment gardens and the district library built in the 1970s were demolished and numerous trees were felled. In addition, the street lamps on the western edge of the square, which were part of the square's architectural ensemble, also disappeared.

The Henriettenplatz citizens' initiative was formed against the new building projects, but ultimately could not prevent the project.

literature

Web links

Commons : Henriettenplatz (Berlin-Halensee)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Heinz Metzger: The Kurfürstendamm - boulevard and symbol. In: berlin.de. 2004, accessed June 21, 2018 .
  2. ↑ A walk through the neighborhood on March 11, 2006. In: berlin.de. Retrieved July 13, 2018 .
  3. ↑ BVG route network plan (1936) for the Olympic Games
  4. ↑ Damage to buildings in 1945
  5. ↑ a b Halensee S-Bahn station. In: berlin.de. May 26, 2006, accessed June 21, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Helmut Ollk, architect. In: berlin.de. July 30, 1911. Retrieved June 23, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Michael Roeder: The Kiezer Weblog from Klausenerplatz - We blog the Kiez. In: blog.klausenerplatz-kiez.de. June 30, 2018, accessed March 3, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Light pillars, light obelisk, sculpture by Heinz Mack. In: berlin.de. July 23, 2010, accessed June 22, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Forty Forty Seven - Belle Époque. In: belleepoque-berlin.de. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Elmar Schütze: Building project in Berlin-Charlottenburg: Trouble about “Neu-Prora”: residents defend themselves against new building project. In: Berliner Zeitung. February 5, 2016, accessed July 24, 2018 .
  11. ^ Henriettenplatz - Müller Reimann Architects. mueller-reimann.de, January 1, 2015, accessed on July 23, 2018 .
  12. ^ Housing construction at Henriettenplatz: trees and lanterns stood in the way of the project. In: Berlin Week . 3rd April 2017.
  13. ^ BI-Henriettenplatz. bi-henriettenplatz.de, September 24, 2015, accessed on July 24, 2018 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 48.6 ″  N , 13 ° 17 ′ 27 ″  E