Josephsplatz (Munich)
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 View over Josephsplatz to the eponymous Josephskirche |
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| place | Munich |
| District | Maxvorstadt |
| Created | around 1900 |
| Confluent streets | Hiltenspergerstrasse, Adelheidstrasse, Josephstrasse, Augustenstrasse |
| Buildings | Parish Church of St. Joseph |
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| Space design | Francis Fountain |
The Joseph Place in the northern center of Munich is located in the transition zone between the Maxvorstadt and western Schwabing .
history
The trapezoidal square was created at the same time as the construction of the parish church of St. Joseph , whose facade occupies the eastern side of the square. The City of Munich's magistrate was keen to keep the forecourt of the church in the densely built-up Maxvorstadt free of buildings. In the area of Josephsplatz, the town planners broke away from the rigid system of right-angled streets in southern Maxvorstadt and decided to pivot the street axes. With a green space in the middle laid out in 1901, the square, away from the busy traffic axes, became the new center of the northern Maxvorstadt.
The defining building is the parish church of St. Joseph. Architect Hans Schurr created a mighty building that is an expression of the church's self-confidence in the time after the Kulturkampf .
The sides of the square to the north, west and south, following Theodor Fischer's concept of “picturesque urban development”, were built with four-storey tenement houses , mostly in the neo-baroque style. The original development was largely destroyed in the air raids during the Second World War. Houses number 2 and number 3 have been preserved .
Joseph's Church was also badly hit in the air raids on June 13 and 16, 1944. The front nave facing the square was almost destroyed, only the tower remained without major damage. The church was rebuilt between 1949 and 1952. Architect Oswald Eduard Bieber replaced the west facade in a simplified form. During the transition period, a wooden emergency church was built on Josephsplatz in 1946 , which was transferred to Fasanerie-Nord in 1953 .
In 1961 the Jonasbrunnen, mutilated during the war, was redesigned as the Franziskusbrunnen . In 1980 the underground station Josephsplatz opened .
At the beginning of 2013, construction of an underground car park with 265 parking spaces for residents began on Josephsplatz. To do this, some of the trees had to be felled. Both the tree felling campaign and the construction project as a whole met with massive rejection from the residents in some cases. There were protests from demonstrators and tree occupation by activists. In the course of the construction work, a bunker from the Second World War was also found under the square.
literature
- Heinrich Habel, Johannes Hallinger, Timm Weski (edit.): State capital Munich. Center. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , monuments in Bavaria , independent cities and districts, Volume I.2 / 1.) Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-87490-586-2 , S. #.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chopped down old trees for underground parking. In: sueddeutsche.de. February 23, 2013, accessed September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 20.5 ″ N , 11 ° 33 ′ 59 ″ E