Nettelbeckplatz
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Wedding |
| Created | 19th century |
| Newly designed | 1893, 1921, 1981-1987 |
| Buildings | Fountain |
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| User groups | Pedestrians , cyclists , cars |
| Space design |
Hermann Mächtig (1893) , Günther Fischer (1980s) |
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| Square area | 2500 m² |
The Nettelbeckplatz is a square in the Berlin district of Wedding . The triangular square is bordered by Reinickendorfer , Pank and Lindower Straße and divides Richtstraße . Both Reinickendorferstrasse and Pankstrasse are main thoroughfares with a high volume of traffic, which characterizes the square. South of the course runs the Berlin ring road , the S-Bahn station Wedding is nearby.
history
The Good Wedding , the historical origin of the Weddings of today was Nettelbeck square nearby. Little is known of the prehistoric times of the estate; it flourished in the early 17th century while it fell into disrepair after the Thirty Years War . In 1817 the city of Berlin bought this property and parceled out the land. A plan from 1872, drawn up by the government director Lampe, shows that the area of today's Nettelbeckplatz is regularly parceled out. The area was at the meeting of the roads to Reinickendorf (Reinickendorfer Strasse) and Pankow (Pankstrasse). Together with the emerging court street, a triangular square was formed, which James Hobrecht included in his Hobrecht plan . Hobrecht aimed for a star-shaped instead of a triangular design, which, however, was ultimately not implemented.
The square was initially called Platz M in the Hobrecht plan and was named after Joachim Nettelbeck on May 1, 1884 because of his role as “savior” during the siege of Kolberg in 1807 . The formal design of the square began in 1893 with the creation of plantings between the streets that flow into it. The plan for this came from Hermann Mächtig . In 1911 the Berlin Park Deputation demanded that the areas be paved, as the maintenance effort for the plants was too high. In 1921, the plants were actually removed, and a kiosk was built for the tram lines that now intersect there.
In 1953 it was converted into a roundabout, the central island of which was crossed by four tram lines. Pedestrians were not intended to enter the square and, given the traffic situation, hardly possible. Since the traffic routing of Reinickendorfer Strasse was changed in 1985 and this merges north of the square into Pankstrasse, the square has its current dimensions. In 1979 the architect Günther Fischer won an urban planning ideas competition with his plans to redesign the town square, which were partially implemented from 1981 to 1987. The plan was to calm the traffic and make the space usable again for passers-by.
Between 2005 and 2006 the square was redesigned again by the landscape architect Barbara Willecke with citizen participation through simple changes (including seating elements around the trees).
Fountain dance on the volcano
The center of the square is a fountain with the figure group Tanz auf dem Vulkan , which was designed in 1988. A round fountain basin made of reddish and light gray granite with a diameter of about nine meters contains a two-meter high volcano, on whose cone four life-size bronze figures dance and a bronze singer stands in a stage pose. At the foot of the volcano sits a bronze satyr - recognizable by his hoof - at a piano made of black igneous rock ( Gabbro - Belfast Black). The recessed keyboard is made of bronze. The fountain sculpture was created by the artist Ludmila Seefried-Matějková and is explained by her as follows: “The volcano symbolizes today's world: the people who - animated by the satyr - dance, sing and balance around the volcano's crater do not want the danger admit, people want to live! "
Design drawing
Satyr at the pianola
Finished fountain with group of figures
Design competition
In 1986 the landscape architect Michael Hennemann (Gartenbauamt Wedding) was given the task of preparing and carrying out an art competition for the town square, which will in future be a busy market. Five well-known Berlin artists were selected by him. The GRW 77 formed the basis of the competition procedure. The jury consisted of a freelance landscape architect, an art historian, a representative of the professional association of visual artists, a freelance architect and a representative of the Wedding District Office as the client. The design by the sculptor Ludmila Seefried-Matějková was unanimously recommended for implementation. She was commissioned to make a plaster model of the fountain sculpture on a scale of 1:10. The intended figures were to be made by her in plaster on a scale of 1: 1 as a template for the bronze casts in the Hermann Noack art foundry . In close cooperation with the sculptor, Michael Hennemann was responsible for realizing the fountain system: The inauguration took place as part of 25 years of urban renewal for people in Wedding . The total cost of the well amounted to 1.28 million marks (adjusted for purchasing power in today's currency: around 1.15 million euros).
Transport connections and use
On Tuesdays and Fridays there is a weekly market on Nettelbeckplatz .
See also
Web links
- Nettelbeckplatz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Website of Ludmila Seefried-Matějková , the sculptor of the fountain
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Nettelbeckplatz . In: District Office Wedding of Berlin (Ed.): Stadtplatz im Wedding . Berlin 1991, p. 56-59 .
- ↑ Dirk Jericho: Sunbathing at the crossroads: there is a rather wacky fountain on Nettelbeckplatz. www.berliner-woche.de, May 6, 2018, accessed on January 10, 2020 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 41 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 10 ″ E