Nordplatz (Leipzig)

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North square
Coat of arms of Leipzig, svg
Place in Leipzig
North square
The north square from the south (2013)
Basic data
place Leipzig
District Center-North
Created 1885
Confluent streets Balsac-, Roscher-, Michaelis-, Nord- and Pfaffendorfer Straße, Kickerlingsberg , Lumumba- and Gohliser Straße
use
User groups Pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, public transport
Technical specifications
Square area approx. 1.0 ha

The Nordplatz in Leipzig is a decorative square in the northern suburb in the center-north district . The Nordplatz is a listed building .

Location and description

The north square is 1.3 kilometers to the north of the city center ( market ). The north road going south provides a line of sight to the tower of the old town hall . Through its surrounding street rectangle with the addresses Nordplatz it mediates the connection of eight converging streets.

The square is a rectangle 75 m long and 35 m wide without the surrounding streets, which gives an area of ​​about one hectare. The square is strictly structured by footpaths running at right angles. The middle is a large lawn parterre , which is bordered by hanging silver linden trees. At its southern end there are two multi-flowered apple trees. Horse chestnuts surround the entire square .

On the northern third of the square is the Michaeliskirche , whose construction with the 70 meter high tower is accentuated by the surrounding square. In the southwestern corner is the place of the Battle of the Nations reminiscent Apel Stone no. 37. Surrounded is the north square of buildings from the period of historicism and early Art Nouveau .

history

In 1868, a development plan was drawn up for the area north of the city that extended to the corridors of the villages of Gohlis and Eutritzsch . At the end of Nordstrasse, which was completed in 1870, a central square was planned, which was named Nordplatz in 1882 and was designed as a decorative square by the council nursery under its director Otto Wittenberg (1834-1918) until 1885 . A circumferential promenade with linden trees and sunken lawn parterres surrounded the center of the square, which in turn contained two playgrounds with surrounding rows of trees.

In 1887/1888, the redevelopment of the square began with two representative residential buildings to delimit the north end of the street. From 1901 to 1904, the Michaeliskirche was built according to plans by the Leipzig architects Heinrich Rust and Alfred Müller, which resulted in a change in the design of the Nordplatz to its current form. At the same time, houses were built on the west and north sides of the square until 1907. The houses on the west side have particularly magnificent portals. House No. 10 on the north side from 1899 is one of the first Art Nouveau houses in Leipzig.

On the east side of the square, two splendid buildings emerged, which are particularly prominent due to their partial veneers with reddish porphyry tuff , the Leibniz School in 1913/1914 according to plans by Otto Wilhelm Scharenberg and, to the north of it, in 1921/1922 by the architects Handel & Franke, the former administration building of the Middle German Brown Coal Syndicate . This was used as a school and department store by the Soviet headquarters from 1945 to 1993. After being vacant for over a decade and a half, it was extensively renovated from 2007 and then used by the Leipzig II tax office.

The development of the Nordplatz survived the Second World War undamaged except for No. 7 on the west side. This gap was closed by a new building. With the exception of these, all buildings around Nordplatz are under monument protection .

  • Michaeliskirche (2010)

  • Nordplatz 1 (2013)

  • Portal at No. 4

  • Detail at no.10

  • Leibniz School (2012)

  • Tax Office II (2009)

  • Apelstein (2013)

literature

  • Petra Mewes, Peter Benecken: Leipzig's Green - A Park and Garden Guide . Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-938543-49-8 , pp. 50/51 .
  • Vera Danzer, Andreas Dix: Leipzig - A regional history inventory in the Leipzig area . Ed .: Haik Thomas Porada . 1st edition. Böhlau, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-412-22299-4 , pp. 147/148 .

Web links

Commons : Nordplatz  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List entry. In: Cultural monuments in the Free State of Saxony. Retrieved June 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ City map of Leipzig. In: Website of the city of Leipzig. Accessed on June 28, 2020 (lower environmental level street trees call).

Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 8.6 ″  N , 12 ° 22 ′ 26.6 ″  E