Johannisplatz (Chemnitz)
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 Johannisplatz before 1945 - in the model below |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Chemnitz |
| District | center |
| Created | 19th century |
| Newly designed | after 1945 |
| Confluent streets | Bahnhofstrasse, Street of Nations |
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| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , public transport |
The Johannisplatz in Chemnitz is one of the oldest squares in the city. Its name refers to the nearby Johanniskirche , which was mentioned in a document around the middle of the 13th century and gave its name to the suburb, a city gate and streets. However, Johannisplatz is no longer a square in the true sense of the word, but a short north-south street.
location
The approximately 200 m long stretch of road is a connection between Am Roten Turm and Zschopauer Strasse . The square is bounded to the north by the Straße der Nations and to the south it ends in Bahnhofstraße .
history
The traffic junction, which was built at the beginning of the 19th century through rapid development, was officially named Johannisplatz on August 16, 1860. It was the area from the former "Stadt Gotha" hotel to the house of the merchant Bleyl on Königstrasse. The perimeter development consisted of multi-storey houses with facades in neo-baroque and art nouveau . Due to the rapid increase in the city's population and the resulting strong growth in traffic, Johannisplatz became one of the busiest and busiest places in Germany. It was the central transfer point for most tram lines and was home to the noblest addresses in Chemnitz's business world.
As a result of the Second World War , almost all the buildings on the square - with the exception of the Chemnitzer Bankverein building - were destroyed and demolished after the end of the war . Then some temporary buildings that were used as a marketplace were placed on the open space. After the GDR had the temporary arrangements torn down, the new city administration gave the square the name Stalinplatz in honor of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin . As a result of the statesman's dethronement, the square was given the name Posthof from 1961 , which was derived from the former Posthof located here.
The political changes in Saxony in the late 1990s led to the renaming of the remaining free area and its access roads to Johannisplatz . Before 1945, Beckerplatz was on the southern approach to today's Johannisplatz and part of Bahnhofstrasse . On July 2, 2011, the restored Saxonia Fountain was repositioned on Johannisplatz.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 0.6 ″ N , 12 ° 55 ′ 23.2 ″ E