Fruit market (Bozen)
| Obstmarkt Obstplatz |
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 The fruit square in Bozen from the south |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Bolzano |
| District | Old town |
| Created | late 12th century |
| Hist. Names | "Upper place" |
| Confluent streets | Lauben , Franziskanergasse, Dr.-Streiter-Gasse , Silbergasse , Museumstrasse , Goethestrasse |
| Buildings | Palais Menz, Torgglhaus, Sonnenwirt, Neptunsbrunnen |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , events |
The fruit market , also called Obstplatz ( Piazza delle Erbe in Italian ), is a square in the old town of the South Tyrolean capital Bolzano . The narrow and elongated square owes its name to its function as a Viktualienmarkt , which originally enabled the rural population to sell their agricultural products to urban consumers. As such, the place has already been recognized by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in his Italian trip . On September 11, 1786 he noted:
- "On the square [= fruit market] sat fruit women with round, flat baskets, over four feet in diameter, in which the peaches [= peaches] lay next to each other so that they should not be squeezed. Likewise the pears. "
The place is determined by an old crossroads. Here, at the old city moat of Bolzano, which was filled in in the 13th century , the Bozen arcades , Museumstrasse (formerly Fleischgasse), Franziskanergasse and Goethestrasse (formerly Predigergasse) overlap ; the location was also the seat of Count Meinhard II of Tyrol-Gorizia the public court assembly . According to the old quarter division of the old town, the fruit market was opened from the 1st and 6th - 8th centuries. Quarter framed. The old name of the square, on the other hand, comes from the Obertor , which closed off the arbors to the west and with which the Niedertor corresponded on Rathausplatz (formerly: Unterer Platz) - the two buildings, which were soon abandoned, also gave their names to two noble families . So the old name of the place was Oberer Platz or simply place ; it is mentioned in Latin-language documents as early as 1305 as "superior platea" , while in 1471 the German-language name "am Obern Platz" is encountered. In 1487, the name "Obzplatz" was first documented. According to the Bolzano city law of 1437, poultry, fruit and eggs were only allowed to be sold at the fruit square.
In the upper part of the square there was a medieval bathing room , fed by the old mill canals .
The square is determined by a Neptune Fountain , a classical bronze figure by Joachim Reiss, cast in 1749 after a model by the sculptor Georg Mayr the Elder. J. The plant popularly known as the "Gabelwirt" was erected in 1777 in place of the former pillory . The Torgglhaus rises opposite the fountain . Opposite this and thus lining the access to Museumstrasse, stands the former Sonnenwirt , where u. a. Goethe, Herder and Emperor Josef II stayed. The former inn (Obstmarkt 24), which was converted into a residential building in the late 19th century to widen the road in the Tudor style , is documented as "Haus an der Sunen" as early as the 15th century, at that time belonging to the Bolzano Heiliggeistspital .
A fascist attack on the fair parade on April 24, 1921 led to Bolzano's Bloody Sunday .
In 2015, two stumbling blocks were laid in the upper section of the square , commemorating the two Holocaust victims Auguste Freund and Wilhelm Alexander Loew-Cadonna.
Characteristic of the square are the numerous fruit stalls , where not only fruit and vegetables are offered, but also other foods and flowers.
literature
- Josef Weingartner : The art monuments Bolzano . Vienna-Augsburg: Hölzel 1926, p. 150 ff. (Online)
- Karl Theodor Hoeniger : Altbozner picture book. 100 illustrations and 40 essays on the city's history. Ferrari-Auer: Bolzano 1968.
- Günther Rauch: The Bolzano fruit square: historical and everyday. Bolzano: Athesia-Tappeiner 2012. ISBN 978-8882668778
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoted from JW v. Goethe: Italian journey . Cape. 4th
- ^ Karl Theodor Hoeniger: A list of houses in the old town of Bozen from 1497. (Schlern-Schriften 92). Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner 1951, p. 13 (with cartographic representation).
- ^ Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 160, no.206 .
- ^ Hannes Obermair: Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 2 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2008, ISBN 978-88-901870-1-8 , p. 147-148, No. 1130 .
- ^ Karl Theodor Hoeniger: A list of houses in the old town of Bozen from 1497. (Schlern-Schriften 92). Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner 1951, p. 13.
- ^ Hannes Obermair: Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 2 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2008, ISBN 978-88-901870-1-8 , p. 82, No. 996, § 68 .
- ^ Hannes Obermair: Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 1 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2005, ISBN 88-901870-0-X , p. 201, no.316 .
- ↑ Stefan Lechner: The "Bolzano Blood Sunday": Events, Background, Consequences . In: Hannes Obermair, Sabrina Michielli (Hrsg.): Cultures of Remembrance of the 20th Century in Comparison - Culture della memoria del Novecento a confronto (Booklets on the history of Bozen / Quaderni di storia cittadina 7). Bozen: Stadtgemeinde Bozen 2014. ISBN 978-88-907060-9-7 , pp. 37–46, reference p. 41.
- ↑ Sabine Mayr, Hannes Obermair: Speaking about the Holocaust. The Jewish victims in Bolzano - a preliminary assessment . In: The Sciliar . Monthly magazine for South Tyrolean regional studies. No. 88 , 2014, ISSN 0036-6145 , issue 3, p. 4–36, here: p. 18 f. and 22 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 29 ′ 58.4 ″ N , 11 ° 21 ′ 9 ″ E