Jan-Wellem-Platz
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 Jan-Wellem-Platz, tram stop in front of buildings from 2009 |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Dusseldorf |
| District | City center |
| Created | 1879 as Corneliusplatz |
| Newly designed | probably 2013 |
| Confluent streets | Schadowstrasse , Berliner Allee , Schadowplatz, Immermannstrasse, Hofgartenstrasse |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , public transport |
| Space design | Tram stop |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | approx. 5,000 m² |
The Jan-Wellem-Platz was until 2009 at the southern end of the Hofgarten in Dusseldorf - City Center and was in the period from the 1950s to the start of operations underground station Heinrich-Heine-Allee in 1988 along with the main train station the main hub of public Local public transport in Düsseldorf. Since May 6, 1955, it has been named after the Elector Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg , who made Düsseldorf the capital and main residence of his countries and whom the vernacular called Jan Wellem.
With the implementation of the Kö-Bogen urban development project from 2009, the entire area between Corneliusplatz and Bleichstrasse on Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz was restructured. Since the completion of the first construction phase of the Kö-Bogen project, Jan-Wellem-Platz with the former facilities for local public transport was largely built on by the two new buildings by the architect Daniel Libeskind . However, in January 2014 the city council decided to name the open area to the east behind the Libeskind buildings as Jan-Wellem-Platz, which is now in a slightly different location, but still in Düsseldorf.
history
Old Jan-Wellem-Platz
Since the beginning of modern times , the area of the later Jan-Wellem-Platz has been used for the construction of bastions and moats for the city fortifications. In the course of the city expansion in the 19th century, a building block with the bank house Trinkaus was built in its place , which represented the eastern version of Corneliusplatz to the west . In 1879 this building block was erected together with the Cornelius monument . Next to the bank house Trinkaus, the old Corneliusplatz was framed by the Parkhotel in the east and by the Hofgarten in the north .
After the destruction of the Second World War , the decision was made to completely redesign the Hofgartenstraße area instead of rebuilding it based on the historical model. In an open area, a large space was set up as a transfer point for many bus and tram lines. Berliner Allee ran east of this area, known as Jan-Wellem-Platz . This began in the north on Hofgartenstrasse, which intersected the Hofgarten, and met on Schadowstrasse south of the square until the Kö-Bogen was built . Furthermore, the western carriageway of Hofgartenstraße led from the north past the western boundary of the square in an arch to Elberfelder Straße.
As a result of the implementation of the subway plans for Düsseldorf, from the end of the 1980s, tram tracks in the inner city area were increasingly laid in tunnels. This also affected Jan-Wellem-Platz, as this reduced the number of lines using it. When the Wehrhahn Line was planned at the beginning of the 2000s, the square largely lost its function as a ground-level transfer point for local public transport. Since this opened up possibilities for a new concept of urban planning, various considerations and suggestions arose.
The final plan was to completely relocate the former bus station and tram stops, including the turning loop, and to build on the free space. The construction of buildings was controversial, but was supported by the administration and the majority of the council and decided in the end. On April 13, 2008, there was a referendum against the sale of the municipal property to private investors, which, however, did not achieve the necessary quorum .
The plots in question were sold in January 2009 to a group of investors called “Die Developers” who wanted to carry out a design by the architect Daniel Libeskind. Based on this design, two large commercial buildings were built on the square from 2009 to the end of 2013 under the project name “Kö-Bogen”. In addition to the construction of these two buildings, the following other changes were made under the working title "Kö-Bogen, second construction phase":
- Under the project name Wehrhahn-Linie , the ground-level east-west line of the tram from Wehrhahn to the Heinrich-Heine-Allee underground station was moved into a tunnel. A new underground tunnel was also built for the north-south connection of the Heinrich-Heine-Allee tram to the Bilker Bahnhof area . The above-ground track for the tram from the northern area of Berliner Allee to Kaiserstrasse was not moved underground.
- The previous streets in the area of Jan-Wellem-Platz were also laid in tunnels. This affects the northern end of Berliner Allee and the connection between Hofgartenstrasse and Elberfelder Strasse. The previous pedestrian tunnel, which connected the northern Königsallee with the Hofgarten without crossing, was replaced by a level pedestrian area with no crossing. In the previous street area of Königsallee from the intersection with Theodor-Körner-Straße and Schadowstraße, the eastern subway access Heinrich-Heine-Allee was created and the road connection to Elberfelder Straße was canceled.
- Furthermore, the part of the Landskrone pond , which was filled in after the war, was extended to Elberfelder Strasse again by excavation. This gave the land crown its prewar size again. In addition, another access to the western part of the courtyard garden was created with a new footbridge in the area of the extension of the land crown.
- With the construction of the road tunnels, the elevated road called Centipede , which connected Hofgartenstrasse with northern Berliner Allee and western Immermannstrasse, was no longer needed and was demolished in April 2013.
Even before the Libeskind buildings were completed, the first road tunnel was opened in the area of the former square on January 7, 2013. This was the western, 350 m long connection between Hofgartenstrasse and Elberfelder Strasse. Although the remaining tunnels for the northern connection of Berliner Allee and Immermannstraße were opened for the first time on November 10, 2015, use often had to be interrupted for days due to remaining work. Trouble-free operation was only achieved from the end of October 2016.
New Jan-Wellem-Platz
With the official opening of a new department store in the east of the two Libeskind buildings, the construction phase on the previous Jan-Wellem-Platz was completed on October 17, 2013, although the western building was not commissioned until a little later. With the commissioning of the Wehrhahn Line on February 20, 2016, the last remainder of the overground local traffic in the old area of the square was shut down. Only peripheral areas of the old square were not built on.
A new, traffic-free space was created between the eastern end of the new buildings and the Dreischeibenhaus , on which only the above-ground track of the trams for the northern connection between Berliner Allee and Kaiserstraße lies. On February 13, 2014, the city council decided to rename the area between Kö-Bogen, the former Tuchtinsel and Dreischeibenhaus as Jan-Wellem-Platz . Since Mayor Joachim Erwin, who died in 2008, was one of the main proponents of a complete restructuring of the urban area between the south-western Hofgarten and Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz, another decision by the city council followed in November 2014. This envisaged the name Joachim-Erwin-Platz for the area of the old Jan-Wellem-Platz, which lies between the eastern of the two Libeskind buildings and the southern border of the square in front of the Jan-Wellem-Platz 3 building . The official inauguration with the erection of the street signs took place on August 28, 2017.
With the demolition of the millipede and the buildings in the area north of Schadowstrasse and west of Bleichstrasse in front of Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz, the area between the Libeskind buildings and the forecourt of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus was largely free for a new structure. Originally only the demolition of the buildings on the Tuchtinsel and the renovation of the underground car park under Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz had been planned, as the statics of the garage ceiling severely restricted the use of the area. The free line of sight now created between the Kö-Bogen and the theater resulted in new aspects for changes in this area, which were discussed intensively. As urban land had to be sold to investors for major changes, the negotiations took longer than planned. At the end of 2015, the following changes were finally decided: (as of mid-2017)
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- The previous underground car park in the Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz area will be replaced by a new five-storey one, and the capacity will be increased to 670 parking spaces. At the same time, the statics of the space above the garage are significantly improved. Access to this and the Dreischeibenhaus underground car park is underground via the new road tunnel.
- A so-called Ingenhoven Valley is being built: This is a new building with a market hall and gastronomy in the area in front of the Tuchtinsel and a new business and office complex on the northern side of Schadowstrasse west of Bleichstrasse. In the direction of the square in front of the theater, both new buildings will be given a beveled and green roof and building walls, which will give a valley-like view.
- The buildings on the Tuchtinsel will remain, demolition has not yet been scheduled. It is currently unclear whether the original planning with demolition and new construction will actually be carried out.
- The area of the new Jan-Wellem-Platz will be partially planted and reconnects the areas of the Hofgarten, which were previously separated by Hofgartenstrasse and Berliner Allee.
The above changes have the project name Kö-Bogen II , whose official start took place on June 1, 2017. Completion is planned by the end of 2019. [obsolete] At the same time, the corner building between the buildings Jan-Wellem-Platz 3 and Schadowplatz 14 ( University building ) will be demolished and replaced by a new building.}
Significance in the tram network
At its heyday, the Jan-Wellem-Platz stop consisted of eight platforms and three bus platforms. Up to 15 tram lines and four bus lines ran across Jan-Wellem-Platz, on average one tram ran every 30 seconds during rush hour . With the expansion of the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn , part of the traffic shifted to the Heinrich-Heine-Allee underground station , so that traffic density decreased. Since the Wehrhahn Line opened in February 2016, the above-ground east-west line has been completely dismantled. All that remained was a simple through stop for the trams in north-south direction at the Schadowstraße stop , which is southeast of the old Jan-Wellem-Platz. The tram stop on the east-west route was replaced by the Schadowstrasse underground station. Since the end of February 2016, the stop for above-ground tram traffic in the direction of Kaiserstraße west of the buildings on the Tuchtinsel has been called “Schadowstraße U”.
Web links
- City of Düsseldorf - City Archives: Jan-Wellem-Platz with historical photos
- Current plans for the redesign of Jan-Wellem-Platz
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b In: NDOZ Online from November 2, 2014 . New place decided
- ^ In: RP Online from October 17, 2013 . Kö-Bogen opening
- ↑ In: RP Online from January 27, 2014 . New Jan-Wellem-Platz
- ↑ In: Onlineseite von Bau.de with a note from January 16, 2009 . Contract for Kö-Bogen
- ^ In: Beton / Internet portal of the German cement and concrete industry. Note dated June 12, 2014 . Road tunnel in the Kö-Bogen
- ^ In: Express Online of August 10, 2016 . Waiting for the tunnels
- ↑ In: Express Online of October 17, 2016 . Tunnel completion
- ↑ In: RP Online from October 20, 2013 . opening
- ^ In: Express Online from February 20, 2016 . Opening of the Werhahn line
- ↑ In: RP Online from January 27, 2014 . Council decision on the new Jan-Wellem-Platz
- ↑ In: WZ Online from October 30, 2014 . Location of Joachim-Erwin-Platz
- ↑ In: RP Online from July 21, 2017 . Signs for Joachim-Erwin-Platz
- ↑ In: RP Online from August 29, 2017 . Joachim-Erwin-Platz-in-the-city-center-inaugurated
- ↑ In: RP Online from October 21, 2014 . Ingenhoven Valley
- ^ In: RP Online, December 10, 2015 . Kö-Bogen II contract conclusion
- ^ In: Report-D, Internet newspaper of October 6, 2015 . Conclusion of contract
- ↑ a b In: Express Online from June 1, 2017 . Scope of construction for Kö-Bogen II
- ^ In: Online "Real Estate Themed Blog from July 14, 2016 with December 2016 update" . Redesign of the city center
- ^ In: Immobilienzeitung Online, news from February 2, 2017 . New building at Schadowplatz 12
- ↑ Christian Herrendorf: Wehrhahn Line starts on February 20, 2016. Rheinische Post , December 4, 2014, accessed on December 4, 2014 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 37.9 ″ N , 6 ° 46 ′ 51.8 ″ E