Horse market (Oldenburg)

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Concrete sculpture horses by Heinrich Schwarz on the southwest traffic island

The horse market is a large square in the Johannisviertel on the northern edge of the Oldenburg city ​​center and an important traffic junction into which three main traffic routes flow as radial roads .

traffic

From the horse market to the north, Heiligengeiststrasse leads , which merges shortly after the square at Gertrudenfriedhof into Alexanderstrasse (towards Wiefelstede ) and Nadorster Strasse (towards Rastede ). To the east, Donnerschweer Straße (L 865) leads towards Elsfleth to the exhibition center and the train station . Heiligengeiststraße leads past the state library to the intersection of Alexanderstraße / Nadorster Straße north of the horse market roundabout . The street Am Stadtmuseum (formerly Rosenstraße) goes south of the horse market and leads past the Horst-Janssen-Museum and to the east (as L 865) the city center. Also to the south, Heiligengeiststraße continues as a pedestrian zone towards the city center. To the west of the roundabout, Ziegelhofstrasse and Peterstrasse lead traffic around the city's innermost ring road. The horse market roundabout is the larger of the two two-lane roundabouts in Oldenburg.

In addition, the Oldenburg – Leer and Wilhelmshaven – Oldenburg railway lines run on a high bridge that was put into operation in 1967 on the southern edge of the square. Until then, the level crossings caused long waiting times at the horse market.

use

The horse market used to be the place for the horse and cattle trade, since 1970 the 4.50 meter high concrete sculpture "Four Horses" by the artist Heinrich Schwarz commemorates it . It is located on the southwest traffic island.

At times the Kramermarkt was held on the square after the old marketplace was no longer sufficient. The Kramermarkt has been held on the open-air site at the Weser-Ems-Halle since 1962 , where it has more space and does not disturb the flow of traffic on the horse market. Today, the only regular event that still takes place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays is a weekly market in the remaining open spaces. Irregular horse events ( called horse market , although no animals are for sale), flea markets or public viewing take place in the open space . Otherwise the area is used as a parking lot.

Remodeling

City administration (left building) and state library (right in the background)
Horse market 12: Military school from 1838, today registry office

The registry office is located on the western edge of the horse market in the building of the former military academy, which was built between 1837 and 1838 . To the north there are three barracks that were built according to the plans of Heinrich Carl Slevogt . The western infantry barracks from 1836 houses the State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family - Oldenburg branch, the associated new building contains essential parts of the Oldenburg city administration and the citizen's office in Mitte. On the other side of the road there was also a similar barracks building, the first infantry barracks from 1820, which burned down on September 20, 1895. At this point a new barracks was built between 1900 and 1902, which is now used by the Oldenburg State Library . The easternmost building - the "Red Barracks" - was built in 1882 in addition to the infantry barracks, is a listed building, has been renovated and has been used as a student residence since 1994.

The northwest passage of the square on Johannisstraße leads to the Casablanca cinema . To the south-west there is a branch of the State Theater Oldenburg , the parade hall built in 1879. In the past, soldiers of the 91st infantry regiment used to march and practice combat situations in this hall. The cross street south of the railway line is named after this regiment. Between 91er Straße and the parade hall there is a hotel that has emerged from a 120-year-old furniture store.

In the southeast is the building of the Oldenburg Railway Directorate, which today serves as an office building.

history

Originally the horse market was a pasture in front of the Heiligengeisttor . It was first mentioned as a place from 1641 during the Meinardusmarkt, which takes place on June 8th, and in 1682 as the “Marktplatz vor Oldenburg”. In 1803 it was completed in its current form on the instructions of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig . The almost square layout of the square, which is still cut through by Heiligengeiststraße, is barely recognizable today. The 1837 by Heinrich Strack d. Ä. The military school (Horse Market 12) built in the classical style was used as such for ten years. From 1848 the first democratically elected Oldenburg state parliament had its seat here.

After the barracks had been built, the infantry was housed to the west and the cavalry to the east . The horse market was used as a parade ground in the 19th century until the end of World War II . From 1917 on, there was a home in the horse market building 12 for babies whose mothers worked in the Oldenburg ammunition factories during the First World War. It existed until 1925, after which the horse breeders' association used the building.

During the Nazi dictatorship , the horse market was renamed Platz der SA and used for marches. The former infantry barracks from 1902, after the end of the First World War, the seat of the Oldenburg Order Police , was the starting point of the so-called "Oldenburg Jews' gang" in November 1938 : After their arrest, Jewish men were led from the horse market via Peterstraße through the city center to the prison in Rechtsstraße from where they were deported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp the next day .

Since the 1960s, the square has been regularly used by the weekly market, by flowing and stationary traffic.

literature

  • Helmut Fokkena: The horse market: Oldenburg views. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2006, ISBN 3-89995-351-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The railway on oldenburg.de
  2. ↑ Information on the horse sculpture of the city of Oldenburg
  3. ↑ Information board of the city of Oldenburg on the building next to the entrance
  4. ↑ a b M. Roth, P. Tornow: Essays on the medical history of the city of Oldenburg. Isensee, Oldenburg 1999, p. 213, ISBN 3-89598-539-2
  5. ^ Website of the student residence
  6. ^ Website of the city of Oldenburg
  7. ^ Article in the NWZ
  8. ↑ a b Information on the horse market building 12. oldenburg.de; accessed on February 19, 2020
  9. ↑ City map from 1850.
  10. ↑ a b page 0531: The horse market and the shame of a few. oldenburg.hoergaenge.net; accessed on February 19, 2020
  11. ↑ Signs against racism and xenophobia. oldenburg.de; accessed on February 19, 2020


Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ 47.1 ″  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 50.1 ″  E