Huguenot Square
The Hugenottenplatz is next to the castle and marketplace one of the central squares in the city center of Erlangen . On its west side is the Huguenot Church , probably the most important church building in Erlangen.
history
Opposite the present-day palace and market square, called Grande Place , Huguenot Square, originally named Place devant le Temple et la Douane , is the smaller of the two central squares in Richter's plan. The architect Johann Moritz Richter, who worked at the margravial court in Bayreuth from 1684 , planned the Erlanger Neustadt from 1686, a planned Baroque town to accommodate the French religious refugees who were later referred to as Huguenots . From 1695 to 1812, this place was a French market designated 1745-1885 as the timber market, before 1887 in honor of the Bavarian Prince Regent in Luitpoldplatz has been renamed. It received its current name in 1936 on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Erlangen Neustadt, the construction of which began with the laying of the foundation stone for the Huguenot Church on July 14, 1686.
The Huguenot Church, which is the dominant building on the square today as it was when it was built, with its rectangular floor plan fit in well with the originally homogeneous structure of the square, which was constructed according to an overarching design principle. This uniform effect has been greatly changed since the end of the 19th century and especially after 1945 with a few new buildings. For example, in 1896/97 the so-called old main post office was built on the southwest side, the Kaufhof building on the southeast side in 1958 , which was replaced in 2002/03 by an office and commercial building with an underground car park, which was better adapted to the historical surroundings , and in 1968 on the east side a new Sparkasse building, which had to be extensively renovated and redesigned in 1997. Deviating from this development, the so-called Richthaus on the north-west side of the square was extensively renovated in its historical substance and freed from its facade cladding with travertine .
description
Today the Huguenot Square is divided into two parts. On the western half, directly in front of the main portal of the Huguenot Church, there is a bus station (bus stop Hugenottenplatz ), which forms an important transfer point for Erlangen's city traffic and some overland routes. It consists of five bus platforms arranged in a north-south direction. Except for two bus shelters, the western half of Hugenottenplatz is unfurnished. The eastern half - formerly used as a parking lot - is much more subdivided through the planting of some trees, numerous bicycle parking spaces , an outdoor restaurant on the north side, a kiosk on the south-east side and a toilet on the north-east side. In the middle of the eastern half there is also a modern fountain .
The main street runs through the middle of Hugenottenplatz and, at least during the day, is a pedestrian zone and divides the square into its two halves. On the west side, Richard-Wagner-Strasse (north) and Calvinstrasse (south), which connect to Bahnhofplatz , which is only around 80 meters away, also flow into Hugenottenplatz. Einhornstraße also leads from the northwest corner of Hugenottenplatz in the direction of the market square to the north. The Untere Karlstrasse (south) and the non- traffic-calmed Universitätsstrasse (north) lead to the east . In addition, a pedestrian and cycle path that is heavily used during the day (as an alternative route to the pedestrian zone) runs along the axis Halbmondstrasse-Apothekergasse directly at the eastern end of Hugenottenplatz. While Halbmondstrasse connects north to Schloßplatz, Apothekergasse leads south to Neustädter Kirchplatz .
Adjacent buildings
Huguenot Church
literature
- Christoph Friedrich, Bertold Freiherr von Haller, Andreas Jakob (Hrsg.): Erlanger Stadtlexikon . W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2002, ISBN 3-921590-89-2 ( complete edition online ).
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Coordinates: 49 ° 35 ′ 47 " N , 11 ° 0 ′ 15.3" E