New Market (Stralsund)

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The New Market from the tower of St. Mary's Church , looking north (2013)

The New Market (from 1970 to 1990 Leninplatz ) in Stralsund is one of two historical marketplaces in the city on the Strelasund . It is mainly used as a parking lot, but also as an event space. Numerous buildings protected as historical monuments are located on the Neuer Markt, the most important building of which is the parish church of St. Marien .

history

The brick-Gothic Marienkirche on the Neuer Markt
The outhouse from 1954 on the Neuer Markt (2012)

The Neuer Markt was first mentioned in a document in 1285. It was the center of a new city that developed somewhat after the old town with its center, the Old Market . Some researchers suspect that this town would have been Schadegard , others see the "Neustadt" as part of Stralsund from the beginning.

On the west side of the Neuer Markt, in front of the houses, there was a town hall of its own , which was similar to the town hall on the Alter Markt - albeit without the façade.

During the siege by Friedrich Wilhelm , the "Great Elector", in 1678 the town hall and all other houses on the Neuer Markt were destroyed. It was rebuilt as a material house ( Malchhaus ) by the Swedes. After the transition of Stralsund from the Kingdom of Sweden to the Kingdom of Prussia, the house was initially used as an armory , but was demolished in the second half of the 19th century.

During the Second World War, an air raid shelter was built under the square .

Line 1 of the Stralsund tram ran across the Neuer Markt.

In 1968 the square was brought into its current state. From then on it served mainly as a parking lot ; the tall street lamps also date from this period. The trees lining the market were felled. On April 22, 1970, the New Market was named in honor of the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in Lenin Square renamed. After the political change it received its historical name again.

A redesign of the area has been considered since 2012. So far it has served as a parking lot with 165 parking spaces and two disabled parking spaces and as an event space for weekly markets and annual markets . Since 2013, various ideas for a market redesign have been exchanged in several citizens' meetings. The decision to redesign the Neuer Markt was made in spring 2020 as part of a two-phase competitive process.

location

The rectangular Neuer Markt is located near the Marienkirche. The Mönchstraße , the long road , the Via Francigena , the Marienchor road that lead road that Tribseer Street and the Post Road leading from the New Market or from him.

building

In the market on the east side. there has been a toilet since 1954; it replaced a seltzer stall. Initially, the little house with a tent roof also served as a waiting room for passengers on the Stralsund tram , as a newspaper kiosk and a telephone booth.

The most important and largest building on the Neuer Markt is the St. Marien Church in the south. The Soviet Grove of Honor with a monument and some war graves of Soviet soldiers is located between the market and the church .

South side

Soviet memorial in front of St. Mary's Church on Neuer Markt (2013)

On the south side of the market is the parish church of St. Mary , in front of its former side entrance is the Soviet Grove of Honor with a monument and some war graves of Soviet soldiers.

Until the 19th century the area between the Marienkirche and the Neuer Markt was still built on. After a council decision, the buildings were demolished between 1868 and 1871 for a public park. After the Second World War, the honor grove with its high monument was built in front of the north portal of the Marienkirche.

The tree-lined green spaces, some of which are used as war cemeteries , stretch across the entire south side of the Neuer Markt.

West side

Building on the west side (2012)

On the west side of the building are Neuer Markt 1 on the corner of Pencil Street , Neuer Markt 2 (“Brasserie”) and Tribseer Street 20 on the corner of Tribseer Street.

North side

Building on the north side of the market (2013)

The north side of the Neuer Markt in Stralsund is dominated by the main post office. Here are the buildings Neuer Markt 3/4 (main post office) on the corner of Poststrasse and Neuer Markt 5 on the opposite corner, the houses Neuer Markt 6 , Neuer Markt 7 (Sparkasse), Neuer Markt 8 and Neuer Markt 9 ; on the corner of Mönchstrasse is the house at Mönchstrasse 33 with its gable facing the market. The house Neuer Markt 10 / Mönchstrasse 34 is on the opposite corner of Mönchstrasse , next to Neuer Markt 11 and Neuer Markt 12 on the corner of Langenstrasse.

East Side

Buildings on the east side (2019)

On the east side are the buildings Neuer Markt 13 (“Milchbar”) on the corner of Langenstrasse, Neuer Markt 14 , Neuer Markt 15 and Neuer Markt 16/17 (former “Garrison Hospital”) on the corner of Frankenstrasse.

In front of the house at Neuer Markt 14, a memorial stone has been laid in the pavement, which commemorates the Papen fire thom Sunde in 1407.

The house Neuer Markt 18 is on the opposite corner to Frankenstrasse , followed by the houses Neuer Markt 19 , Neuer Markt 20 , Neuer Markt 21 , Neuer Markt 22 and Neuer Markt 22 a .

literature

  • Andreas Neumerkel, Jörg Matuschat: From the butt notch to Zipollenhagen. Stralsund streets and their history. 3. Edition. Kruse printing and publishing house, Stralsund 2007, ISBN 978-3-941444-01-0 .

Web links

Commons : Neuer Markt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Neuer Markt parking lot" at www.hansestadt-stralsund.de
  2. ^ Stralsund: New market with fountain and chess set , Ostsee-Zeitung , August 14, 2013
  3. ↑ The new market urban space competition has been decided! Retrieved June 22, 2020 .

Coordinates: 54 ° 18 ′ 39.7 ″  N , 13 ° 5 ′ 16.4 ″  E