Hindemithplatz
| Hindemithplatz | |
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 The St. George Fountain in the square |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Charlottenburg |
| Created | 1995 |
| Confluent streets |
Mommsenstrasse , Giesebrechtstrasse , Wilmersdorfer Strasse |
| use | |
| User groups | pedestrian |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | Triangular shape 50 m × 50 m × 20 m |
The Hindemithplatz is a small paved square in Berlin district of Charlottenburg , of the St. George Fountain dominated. The square surrounded by trees has been named after the German composer Paul Hindemith since October 19, 1995 .
location
The square is located in the so-called "gallery district" at the intersection of Mommsen , Giesebrecht and Wilmersdorfer Strasse north of Kurfürstendamm , where Giesebrechtstrasse ends at the square. The house building comes in part from the early days and corresponds to the prosperous cityscape of the district, that of wide roads, well-maintained sidewalks and parks, representative houses, boutiques, cinemas , galleries and theaters is embossed. In the former traditional “Café Richter” - currently: “Christa Lutum” - various furnishings remind of the old days of coffee houses . It was considered a meeting place for the Charlottenburg scene . Since April 4, 2016, the square has been approached by the BVG line 310 at a nearby bus stop .
St. George's Fountain
The image of the square is dominated by the - in relation to the size of the square - St. George's fountain , which the architect Wilhelm Walther had created for the former amusement establishment "Bayernhof" on Potsdamer Platz near the Grand Hotel "Esplanade" . The architect, who also designed the castle-like Villa Walther and a large number of other Wilhelminian-style buildings, built the fountain in 1903/1904 in the courtyard of the establishment. When the building, which had been destroyed in World War II , was demolished in 1975, it was dismantled and reassembled in 1980 on Hindemithplatz, which was still unnamed at the time.
St. George's Fountain in the "Bayernhof", 1909
St. George's Fountain , detail
Partial view of the fountain
A bronze plaque on the fountain contains the following inscription:
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Walther created a water feature in which gargoyles from Italy in the form of Greek-mythological half-beings feed two basin levels. Above the bright ensemble of shell limestone fountains rise four columns made of reddish granite in clearly contrasting colors , which support a flat roof with cornice over the capital and frieze in the entablature zone . The eponymous statue of St. George was stolen after the Second World War and has disappeared. The bronze figure of the martyr , also venerated as a dragon slayer , originally stood between the columns on the fountain. During the restoration in 1980, the actual title figure was not reconstructed, which means that the crowning and empty pillar structure appears correspondingly lifeless today.
In 1980 the sculptor Katharina Szelinski-Singer worked one of her typical female figures for a competition to design a fountain . The model made of styrofoam and plaster of paris princess on the roof , measuring 45 × 60 × 70 cm, shows a woman who is leaning on her forearms on the roof of the fountain and looking down. The draft was never implemented.
Web links
- Hindemithplatz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Lexicon of the district office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf at berlin.de:
Individual evidence
- ^ Katharina Szelinski-Singer: Sculpture works (exhibition catalog). With texts by Ursel Berger and Helmut Börsch-Supan . Ed .: Georg-Kolbe-Museum , Berlin 1987, pp. 35, 43
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 11.8 " N , 13 ° 18 ′ 28.8" E