Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz (Detmold)
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.JPG) Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz with a 55 monument |
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| place | Detmold |
| District | Detmold-South |
| Created | 1875 |
| Buildings | Christ Church |
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| Space design | War memorials, pavilions |
The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz is a public course in Detmold in Lippe ( Nordrhein-Westfalen ). The park-like design from the late 19th century is only partially preserved today. The square has been protected as a monument since November 14, 1988.
history
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Under the Detmold city architect Karl Leopold Petri , the city was expanded to the west from 1860, mainly through Paulinenstrasse. The area between Paulinenstrasse and Hermannstrasse was intended for the construction of municipal and sovereign offices.
The then Mayor of Detmold, Leopold Heldmann, commissioned Petri's successor, master builder Wilhelm von Meien , to find a suitable site for a war memorial for those who fell in the German War of 1866 and the Franco-German War of 1870/71. Originally, a space in front of the Krumme Haus on Büchenberg was planned for this, but von Meien decided on a location in the newly emerging “auf dem Bruche” district. Preparatory work on the square began in 1872 and was completed in mid-1874. The foundation stone for the monument was laid on August 14, 1874, at which time the square was named. At the end of 1874, 220 linden trees were planted around Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz. Exactly one year later and thus only two days before the inauguration of the Hermannsdenkmal , work on the war memorial was completed, which was inaugurated on August 14, 1875 with a festival program. Shortly afterwards, on September 28, 1875, the builder Wilhelm von Meien died. In the 1880s, further plantings arose on the previously open space. The star-shaped network of paths goes back to a plan by Röhr from 1884, and it was executed by the court gardener Schumann. Röhr's concept was based on Peter Joseph Lenné's design of Wilhelmplatz in Potsdam . In 1888 12 oaks were planted in the middle of the park, in the middle of which a candelabra (no longer preserved) was erected in 1894 .
In 1898 a cattle market was set up north of the square.
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As a counterpart to the monument, the city council decided in 1899 to build a fountain of Venus in the southeastern part of the square. The city master builder Nülle was commissioned with the planning. The cast zinc fountain figures came from the Berlin foundry Schäffer & Walcker . The fountain soon proved to be very susceptible to repair, and so it was removed again in 1926 and replaced by a memorial for the dead of the 55s stationed in Detmold .
In the years 1905 to 1907 the Christ Church was built on the area of the former cattle market based on designs by the architect Otto Kuhlmann . The planting around the church was included in the overall concept of the square. Despite initial protests by the Heimatschutzbund and the tourist office, the builder Supan built three pavilions near the church on behalf of the magistrate in 1925 (a planned fourth was not built).
In the 1970s, the paths were redesigned and a row of lime trees was sacrificed on Kassenstrasse (today Heinrich-Drake-Strasse) in favor of a parking lot. Plans that have not yet been implemented aim to redesign the square based on the historical model.
Development
To the north and south of the square, various formative buildings were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, beginning with the regional court at the corner of Paulinenstrasse and Kassenstrasse in the years 1879 to 1880. The neighboring Fürstlich-Lippische Landesspar- und Leihekasse was opened in 1884-85 Leopold Petri erected. A closed street scene up to Hermannstraße did not take place until the years 1909 to 1911 through the construction of the Princely Lippian government and the building of the Lippe state parliament . On the northern side of the square, Petri built the Reichspost building on the corner of Paulinenstrasse from 1889 to 1890 . Extensions along Bismarckstrasse took place in 1927/28 and after 1960.
literature
- Sweet princess on the lip: parks in Detmold - yesterday and today: V. Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz . In: Heimatland Lippe . Volume 81, January 1988, p. 18-25 .
- Sweet princess zur Lippe: On the history of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz in Detmold . In: Historicism in Lippe (= materials on art and cultural history in North and West Germany ). tape 9 . Jonas Verlag, Marburg 1994, ISBN 3-89445-165-3 , p. 171-184 .
- Eckart Bergmann: The urban design and urban planning of Detmold around 1900 . In: Detmold around 1900 - Documentation of an urban history project (= special publications by the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land of Lippe ). tape 72 . Aisthesis Verlag, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-89528-435-1 , p. 41-44 .
- Annette Fischer: City Guide Detmold . tpk-Regionalverlag, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-936359-26-8 , p. 54-55 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz (Detmold) in the monument register of the city of Detmold , accessed on May 8, 2014
- ↑ a b Eckart Bergmann: The urban design and urban planning of Detmold around 1900 . S. 41 .
- ↑ Kreis Lippe, Landesverband Lippe (ed.): 20 years of the Open Monument Day in Lippe . Detmold 2012, p. 76 .
- ^ Gerhard Peters : Building history of the city of Detmold . In: History of the city of Detmold (= special publications of the natural science and historical association for the state of Lippe ). tape 10 . Maximilian-Verlag, Detmold 1953, p. 221 .
- ^ City of Detmold (ed.): Detmold historically. Tours through the city of culture . Detmold 2007, p. 43 .
- ^ Eckart Bergmann: The urban design and urban planning of Detmold around 1900 . S. 42-43 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 15.2 " N , 8 ° 52 ′ 23.7" E