Market (Mainz)
| Market Cathedral Square |
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 Market with market fountain , hay column and cathedral |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Mainz |
| District | Old town |
| Created | 10th century |
| Newly designed | 1970s |
| Confluent streets | Höfchen, Liebfrauenplatz, Schusterstraße, Korbgäßchen, Rebstockplatz |
| Buildings | Mainz Cathedral , Heunensäule , market fountain |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , market deliverer |
| Space design |
Wolfram Becker , Infra Society for Environmental Planning |
The market in Mainz is the northern and largest of the four squares around the Mainz Cathedral .
history
The market should have developed into the main hub for goods of all kinds with the construction of the cathedral around 975 at the latest. The wool and cloth merchants and furriers' shops were initially located on the southern edge . On the north side there were food stalls and bakeries . Over the centuries, agricultural products began to dominate the supply . They were initially offered in large baskets on the floor and only later on tables. The names Korbgasse, Seilergasse and Fischergasse bear witness to the fact that trading activities extended beyond the square into the immediate vicinity.
In 1526, Elector Albrecht von Brandenburg had the market fountain rebuilt in the Renaissance style. Representative, but modest baroque houses replaced the previous buildings in front of the cathedral in the 18th century. At the same time, the older row of buildings on the north side of the market was given a festive character as a result of some new buildings and conversions.
At the end of the 19th century, pedestrian and vehicle traffic were separated with sidewalks and lanes for reasons of traffic safety. As a result, the market fountain had to be moved. With the exception of the baroque cathedral houses at Markt 18–26, none of the magnificent town houses on the market survived the Second World War and the air raids on Mainz . For the market square, Karl Gruber demanded in 1949 that it should “be kept as a traffic-free space for pedestrians and not cut up with a diagonal road.” However, this was exactly what was implemented for the next 26 years.
In 1975 Mainz celebrated the millennium anniversary of the cathedral. It was the occasion for a competition for the pedestrian-friendly redesign of the cathedral squares Liebfrauenplatz , Markt, Höfchen and Leichhof . The architecture office Infra Gesellschaft für Umweltplanung won the first prize. The planning concept by the architect Wolfram Becker allowed the market fountain to be moved back to its old location. With the Heunensäule the market got a new center. For three of the four cathedral squares were chosen as flooring blue basalt - paving with granite strips .
On the north side of the market, according to the proposal of the first prize winner, the historical façade image should, as far as possible, be restored. This concept was approved by the city councils. In 1979, the external redesign of the post-war buildings began. At Markt 7/9, the facade of Augustinerstrasse 67 , which was demolished in 1903, was the inspiration. Market 1 and 5 were rebuilt with reconstruction of the pre-war facades. In 1991 the redesign on the north side of the market was completed. The reconstructed market facades soon developed into one of the most popular postcard motifs.
This was followed in 2003, also according to plans by the architect Wolfram Becker, the restoration of the facades of Markt 19 and 21 with a redesign of Markt 23-29. For the corner house, the architect based himself on the classicist building from 1816, which had stood on this property until the end of the 19th century. After the “Rex” and “Bambi” cinemas in the Markt 11–13 building had been out of service for years, Wohnbau Mainz acquired this building complex and, a short time later, the Markt 15 building.
The intended change of use into a residential and commercial building according to plans by the architecture office Massimiliano Fuksas required demolition and rebuilding. At the end of 2008, the old facade was restored with just a few changes.
Weekly market in the market
View from the theater to Höfchen and Markt 1853. The cathedral with Moller's cupola.
North-east side with market fountain before 1900
Northern part of the market around 1900
View from the cathedral to the market around 1900
Market 18–26
Market fountain
The north side of the Mainz market
The house to the Silberberg
Regular events
The weekly market takes place in the market from January to mid-November on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. From the end of November to December 23rd, most of the Christmas market takes place on the market .
Other events that also partially use the market are the Rose Monday procession and St. John's Night .
Cultural monuments in the market
- Market: Market Fountain ; Renaissance draw well, donated in 1526; Red sandstone trough, entablature on three relief pillars with donor inscription and coat of arms, figure-rich top, putti 1767, Madonna figure 1890 by Valentin Barth
- Market 8: Catholic St. Gotthard Chapel ; Former court and palace chapel, two-storey shell limestone block building, cubic nave with retracted choir and semicircular apse, 1137
- Markt 18–26: Cathedral houses with shops, three-part rococo building with three-storey, five-axis central building, mansard roofs, 1771, architect probably Johann Valentin Thomann ; defining the plaza
- Markt 31: representative four-story row residential and commercial building, neo-renaissance / neo-baroque, 1878, architect Peter Gustav Rühl
Trivia
Since there has not been a double street name in the entire city area since the 1970s , numerous similar-sounding names were created: Rheingauer Straße / Neue Rheingaustraße , Mainzer Straße / Alte Mainzer Straße / Neue Mainzer Straße u. v. m. So outsiders and often long-established residents of Mainz confuse the correct postal address “Markt, 55116 Mainz” with “Marktplatz, 55130 Mainz” , which is in the Laubenheim district.
Web links
- Current images from a webcam of the market and cathedral
- Historical Mainz information board as a PDF file
- Audio file (1:10) of the city of Mainz with information about the market, spoken by Petra Gerster
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Gruber: Architectural image of Mainz. To design the cathedral environment. In: Festschrift for Prof. Dr. Dr. August Reatz . in: Yearbook for the Diocese of Mainz 1949, p. 62
- ^ Andrew MacNeille: Between Tradition and Innovation - Historical Places in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1945. Dissertation, University of Cologne , 2004, pp. 81–84
- ^ Fritz Dahlem : The facades of the market houses. Their restoration in the styles of the old Mainz , in: Mainz - quarterly books for culture, politics, economy, history. Edited by the city of Mainz, Verlag Dr. Hanns Krach, Mainz 1984, ISSN 0720-5945
Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 58.2 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 25.2 ″ E