Upper market (Neunkirchen)
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.JPG) Upper market to the north |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Neunkirchen (Saar) |
| District | Downtown |
| Created | before 1879 |
| Hist. Names | Place of the German Front |
| Confluent streets | Langenstrichstraße, Hüttenbergstraße (north), Max-Braun-Straße, Bürgermeister-Ludwig-Straße, Maurersgäßchen, Heizengasse (east), Marktstraße (south), Schwebelstraße, Irrgartenstraße, Kriershof, Schloßstraße, Synagogenplatz (west) |
| Buildings | Town hall, renaissance castle, Evangelical Pauluskirche, synagogue, |
| use | |
| User groups | Foot traffic , bicycle traffic , car traffic , marketplace , |
| Space design | Kaiser Wilhelm Monument, Karcher Tierbrunnen |
The Obere Markt in Neunkirchen (Saar) is a place in the district town of Neunkirchen and at the same time the street name there. The Obere Markt was the center of the village of Neunkirchen, which received town charter in 1922, and has a central function as a square in front of the town hall.
location
The Obere Markt is located to the south and at the upper end of the Hüttenbergstrasse, which begins at the Untere Markt . The two-lane carriageway, which is open to traffic, widens only a little towards the square and then turns south into Marktstrasse. To the west of the street is today's Synagogenplatz, which used to be part of the Upper Market.
history
The village of Neunkirchen was first mentioned in a document in 1281. Its name suggests that it was a "New Church" developed. The new church, the predecessor of the later Pauluskirche on the upper market, gave its name to the village, which belonged to the county of Saarbrücken . Count Albrecht had a representative Renaissance castle built in the wooded area after 1575 for hunting purposes . The castle on today's Synagogenplatz was demolished in 1752 in favor of a new building on today's Schloßstraße; Not far from there was a representative Jägermeister house. In the forecourt of the castle, three markets were held each year from 1752, which gave the square its name. This name was first mentioned in a document on May 15, 1879, when Mayor Franz Jongell had the name tags attached for the 49 streets and squares that existed at the time. From 1880 to 1900 the Obere Markt was completely renovated. The farmhouses previously standing there became commercial buildings. The square itself was used as a location for annual, weekly and cattle markets. The fair was also held there until 1907 . Since 1907, the Neunkirchen tram used the route across the Upper Market. Markets from which the square and street owe their name have not been held on the Upper Market for a long time, but the market activity has been shifted to a market square in the city east of the Upper Market. Erich Honecker was born there in house number 26 on Max-Braun-Straße .
After the Saar referendum in 1935, when the Saar area again belonged to the German Reich , the square was renamed the Platz der Deutschen Front , which, against the background of Nazi propaganda , was intended to commemorate the German front , the national mass movement in the Saar area, which launched the campaign against the Representatives of the united front led. During the Second World War , the buildings on the square were damaged by air raids. The former Protestant Peace Church, usually called the "Upper Church", was rebuilt as the Pauluskirche on the former square of the Jägermeisterhaus, the synagogue, the Kaiser Wilhelm monument and the Karcher animal fountain did not survive the war and reconstruction. After the war the square was renamed again.
In 1994, part of the Upper Market was renamed Synagogenplatz to commemorate the synagogue that was destroyed in 1938.
Attractions
Former sights
- Renaissance castle : The castle, built in the second half of the 16th century, served the counts and from 1728 princes of Nassau-Saarbrücken as a hunting lodge and was demolished in 1752. Small remains of the cellar vault, the south-west corner tower and the aqueduct, which are under monument protection, have been preserved.
- Jägermeisterhaus, destroyed at the end of the Second World War and not rebuilt.
- Synagogue (Neunkirchen, Saar) : The synagogue existed from 1865 until the Reichspogromnacht 1938. Today the naming of part of the upper market and a plaque reminds of the Jewish establishment.
- Evangelical Pauluskirche Neunkirchen : The church, located today in Schloßstraße, existed from 1869 to 1945 and was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War. A silhouette on the “house with the carillon” reminds of the old church.
- Kaiser Wilhelm Monument: Ferdinand von Miller's monument in honor of the first German Emperor Wilhelm I was inaugurated in 1907 and stood in front of the castle cellar for almost 40 years. It was probably melted down during the Second World War.
Today's sights
- Karcher animal fountain: In 1905 the Rittmeister Paul Karcher donated an animal fountain. The horse trough was initially on the corner of Oberer Markt and Kriershof until it was rededicated in 1936 and was to be used for the war-related meltdown in 1942. However, it ended up at a scrap dealer in Offenbach. On June 20, 2005, a replica of the "Karcher Animal Fountain" was set up on the Upper Market, about 200 meters from the old location .
- Town Hall Neunkirchen : The town hall was built from 1961 to 1962 and was designed by the architect Rudolf Schröder. the nine-storey building with a four-storey extension and two-storey porch is 64 meters long, 19 meters wide and 35 meters high.
literature
- Armin Schlicker: Street Lexicon Neunkirchen. Streets, squares and bridges in the past and present . Published by Historischer Verein Stadt Neunkirchen eV Neunkirchen 2009. ISBN 978-3-00-027592-0 . Pp. 330-331
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ That was my life . In: Der Spiegel . No. 35 , 1980 ( online ).
- ↑ A well triggers detective work. Saarbrücker Zeitung , June 5, 2011, accessed on December 17, 2015 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 34.7 " N , 7 ° 10 ′ 49.1" E