Hohenstaufenplatz

Hohenstaufenplatz Zickenplatz
Place in Berlin
Basic data
place	Berlin
District	Kreuzberg
Created	1857
Confluent streets	Dieffenbachstrasse, Schönleinstrasse, Pflügerstrasse
Buildings	Lounges, Christ Church
use
User groups	Pedestrians, cyclists
Technical specifications
Square area	10,255 m²

The Hohenstaufenring Square is a square in Berlin district of Kreuzberg on Kottbusser Damm , near the subway station Schönleinstraße . The place is also called Zickenplatz in Berlin vernacular , as goats used to graze here . A weekly market takes place on the square every Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

history

In 1875 the square was laid out by paving. The square was named on February 27, 1889 after Hohenstaufen Castle , which was the ancestral seat of the noble family of Staufer . In 1895 one was in the square urinal built, but later became a snack was converted and now under monument stands.

description

Hohenstaufenplatz is characterized by its rectangular shape. In the middle of the square is a playground in the form of a sand pit. Around the playground, paved paths are divided into the design of the square through the greenery. To the east, the square opens up through greenery and paths to Kottbusser Damm. At the southeast corner of the square there is also the facility that has been converted into a snack bar. On the western side, the square is opened up by two ball courts and expanded by a traffic-calmed street where the weekly markets take place. The Schönleinstraße acts here as the border of the square. There are also single-row parking spaces around the square .

Commemoration

Art	Dating	image	annotation
Bronze sculpture by Brigitte Jonelat-Saebisch	1967		Before the site was created, goats grazed here.
Memorial plaque of the Staufen family			The square was named after Staufen Castle, which was the ancestral seat of the Staufer family

See also

• List of streets and squares in Berlin-Kreuzberg

Web links

Commons : Hohenstaufenplatz (Berlin-Kreuzberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Historic postcard

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City clothes | Berlin - Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg - Kreuzberg 61 - Hohenstaufenplatz. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Organic market on Hohenstaufenplatz. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
3. ^ Rene Meintz: Hohenstaufenplatz. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
4. ^ List, map, database / Landesdenkmalamt Berlin. Retrieved May 22, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Alte Zicken, proud Staufer: With city walker Bernd S. Meyer on Hohenstaufenplatz. Retrieved May 22, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 28.7 "  N , 13 ° 25 ′ 18.4"  E