Hochmeisterplatz

Hochmeisterplatz
Place in Berlin
Basic data
place	Berlin
District	Berlin-Halensee
Created	before 1930
Hist. Names	Buchwaldplatz
Confluent streets	Cicerostrasse, Nestorstrasse, Paulsborner Strasse, Johann-Georg-Strasse, Westfälische Strasse
Buildings	Hochmeisterkirche , Albertus Magnus Church
use
User groups	Pedestrians, cyclists
Space design	Erwin Barth , Richard Thieme
Technical specifications
Square area	15,983 m 2

The Hochmeisterplatz is a block square in Berlin-Halensee on Westfälische Strasse, near Kurfürstendamm and the Schaubühne on Lehniner Platz .

history

The square was renamed in 1892 from its then name "Buchwaldplatz" to Hochmeisterplatz. Before 1930, Erwin Barth laid out a green area with a children's playground . His plans also included a sunbathing lawn at a lower level and woodland plantings on the streets, which were not completed and expanded until 1936 by Richard Thieme . In 1959/60 seats were added to the ensemble by Eberhard Fink. In 2015 the old concrete skeleton building of the post office was demolished by Bauwert AG. Since 2017, the AG has been building a building with 110 apartments and 11,000 m² of living space on the northern border of the green between Nestor and Cicerostraße. The topping-out ceremony for the new building was celebrated in April 2019. The apartments should be ready for occupancy in spring 2021. The investor also stated that he would redesign the Hochmeisterplatz green space at his own expense.

description

The rectangular block space is delimited by nine streets. The square is characterized by its sunbathing lawn, which is designed undulating to prevent football matches. Asphalted paths run through the greenery on it. On the southern side there are two sports fields and a children's playground, which stands out from the ensemble with its oval shape. The Hochmeisterkirche is also in the same direction, but across the street . To the north, the square opens up to the former post office building, where the residential complex is being built.

On Tuesdays and Fridays there is a weekly market in the adjacent Nestorstrasse.

Commemoration

Several memorial stones for the November pogroms of 1938 and a memorial stone for Grand Master Albrecht von Prussia (1490–1568) have been carved on the Hochmeisterplatz :

image	inscription
	Memorial stone November pogroms 1938: “The voice of your brother's blood screams to me from the earth” November 9, 1938 Jewish pogrom in this city Remember the horror Don't forget the guilt
	Memorial stone: Do not forget on the third day first of those ascended to heaven by the dead
	Memorial stone: Remember Crucified Died And Buried Descended Into The Realm Of Death
	Memorial stone Albrecht of Prussia: Don't forget to remember Albrecht 1490 - 1568 Last Grand Master of the German Order of Knights and first Protestant Duke in Prussia Reformer Founder of the University of Koenigsberg Song poet Trust God Alone

Web links

Commons : Hochmeisterplatz (Berlin-Halensee)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry in Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, accessed on May 6, 2020 . 
• Visualization of the new building. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hochmeisterplatz. In: berlin.de. District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, May 25, 2016, accessed on May 20, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Cay Dobberke: How a post office became an eyesore. In: tagesspiegel.de. March 18, 2017, accessed May 20, 2020 . 
3. ^ ^{A b} Carolin Brühl: Wilmersdorf: New plans for the Hochmeisterplatz. In: morgenpost.de. September 18, 2019, accessed May 20, 2020 . 
4. ^ Wilmersdorf: Topping-out ceremony at Hochmeisterplatz. In: morgenpost.de. April 8, 2019, accessed May 20, 2020 . 
5. ↑ At the Hochmeisterplatz. amhochmeisterplatz.com, accessed on May 20, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 45.8 ″  N , 13 ° 18 ′ 2.2 ″  E