Marketplace (Altlandsberg)

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Market square in Altlandsberg

The Altlandsberg market square is the central square in Altlandsberg , a town in the state of Brandenburg ( Märkisch-Oderland district ). The city is located east of Berlin in the so-called “closer interdependence” of the federal capital.

location

The square is bounded in the north, east and south by the surrounding street Am Markt . To the west, Berliner Straße leads past the approximately 70 x 60 meter area. The bus stop for lines 931, 933, 944 as well as R931 and R933 of the Berlin-Brandenburg transport association is located in the south-western part .

history

The kurbrandenburgisch - Prussian privy councilor and diplomat Otto Graf von Schwerin put the place after the great fire of 1684 to on the cleared area of four town houses. The design and planting was quickly accepted by the residents and the square developed into a meeting place for Altlandsberg citizens in the 18th and 19th centuries. There they welcomed high-ranking guests such as Friedrich I or Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In 1935, the handball club MTV Altlandsberg erected a monument to Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in 1860 for its 75th anniversary in the northern area of ​​the square . Friendly sports communities donated several boulders for this purpose . At the time of the Weimar Republic took advantage of paramilitary combat units such as the Red American Legion or the Sturmabteilung of the NSDAP the place for parades and demonstrations. It was the latter who renamed the area to Platz der SA during the Nazi era . After the end of the Second World War it was called Freedom Square - and was fenced in as an honorary grove to bury fallen Soviet soldiers. After the fall of the Wall , another redesign took place: the graves were reburied on the northeast side in 1992 and the square was given its old name back. In 1997 the monument to gymnastics father Jahn was restored. In the southwest there is a market fountain designed by the graphic artist Johannes KG Niedlich . In the 21st century, the square is used for a weekly market as well as for cultural and sporting events. There are also commemorative events.

  • Market place around 1910

  • Soviet memorial

  • Fountain by Johannes Niedlich

  • Jahn monument to gymnastics father

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about the place on the blackboard on the market square, June 2014
  2. ↑ Death of the city Altlandsberg , moz.de, April 30, 2014. Retrieved on April 20, 2019
  3. ↑ Altlandsberg is always good for a party! , Website of the town of Altlandsberg, accessed on June 18, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Marketplace  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 54.7 "  N , 13 ° 43 ′ 34"  E