Hessenplatz (Linz)
The Hessenplatz is a place in the Upper Austrian capital Linz . In the middle of the square is the Hessenpark with the Neptune Fountain.
history
The history of Hessenplatz goes back to 1850. Since then, markets have been held regularly on the former Lehenbauer grounds, and the first Linz folk festival was held here from 1861. At the same time, starting from Hessenplatz, the surrounding grounds were built between 1850 and 1900, creating the Neustadtviertel . In 1865, the Volksfesthalle, later the Colosseum, was built on the west side of today's square. During the Second World War , the Colosseum was two-thirds destroyed by bombs and finally demolished in 1947. The building of today's Chamber of Commerce was built on the grounds of the Colosseum in 1950.
Hessenplatz was originally simply called Marktplatz from 1864, but in 1914 it was renamed Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz in honor of the German Emperor Wilhelm II . After the end of the First World War , the square was named Pestalozziplatz in 1921 after the pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827). After the February fighting , the square was named in 1934 after the Linz house regiment kuk infantry regiment "Ernst Ludwig Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine" No. 14 , which was set up in 1733 .
Buildings
Fountain of Neptune
The former Jupiter Fountain was created in 1686 and was located on Linz's main square until 1872, when the sculpture of Jupiter was lost. The fountain was moved to Hessenplatz in 1876 and the bowl held by the three figures was filled with flowers. After a restoration in 1894, the fountain was equipped with a new figure of Neptune. The basin with a diameter of around 6 meters and a circular floor plan is adorned with coat of arms ornaments showing the shield and the city coat of arms. In the middle, three atlases hold a bowl on which there are three mythical sea creatures. A Neptune figure with a trident stands on the twisted tails of these mythical creatures.
No. 3 Chamber of Commerce
The horseshoe-shaped, monumental building block was built in 1950 instead of the bombed and demolished Colosseum. It is a five-storey, 27-axis building with a raised central projection and two four-storey side axes. The prototypical building for the architecture of the 1950s was built by the working group of the architects Kurt Schlauss, Gustav Lassy and Paul Theer and under the supervision of Hans Aigner.
No. 13 Historic house
The house was built in 1877 by master builder Anton Stepwieser for the wife of the factory owner Theresia Kirchmaier. It is a strictly historical house with facade decoration in the forms of the neo-renaissance. The appearance on the ground floor was partially destroyed by commercial fixtures. In the central axis there is a round arched portal flanked by Mannerist half-columns. A balcony with a stone balustrade on consoles was erected above it. The facade on the first floor is banded and emphasized by cornices. The windows were designed as aedicules with segmented gables, the frame consists of Corinthian wall pillars. On the smoothly plastered second floor there are triangular gable roofs and wall pillars. The side projections were framed with local stones and different window designs.
literature
- Austrian Art Topography Volume L "The profane architectural and art monuments of the city of Linz, The Landstrasse - upper and lower suburbs", published by the Federal Monuments Office, Department for Monument Research.
Web links
- "168 Years of Hessenplatz: From Market Place and Fairground to the Park of Problems". In: Upper Austrian news. April 10, 2018, accessed January 8, 2020 . .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessenplatz. Linz street names. In: stadtgeschichte.linz.at. Retrieved January 8, 2020 . .
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '2 " N , 14 ° 17' 39.7" E