Pistoriusplatz

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Pistoriusplatz
Coat of arms of Berlin.svg
Place in Berlin
Pistoriusplatz
North-west side of the square (view towards Mirbachplatz with the tower of the Bethanienkirche )
Basic data
place Berlin
District Weissensee
Created 1931
Confluent streets
Pistoriusstrasse ,
Max-Steinke-Strasse ,
Charlottenburger Strasse
use
User groups Pedestrians , cyclists , road traffic , public transport
Technical specifications
Square area 155 × 55 meters

The Pistoriusplatz in the Berlin district of Weißensee has had his name since 1931. The town square is located on Pistoriusstraße between Max-Steinke-Straße and Charlottenburger Straße, which runs parallel to Pistoriusstraße . Long before the name was given, this area already existed, which was called Zickenwiese by the residents . The southern half of the square was built with a residential complex in 2016–2019.

location

Pistoriusplatz is located in the founding district of Weißensee, which is on Langhansstrasse as the main road between König-Chaussee (Berlin – Bernau →  B 2 , Berliner Allee) and Heinersdorfer Weg / Chaussee to French-Buchholz (Berlin – Uckermark →  B 109 , Prenzlauer Allee ) the soft image border of Berlin developed. Its streets and squares were named after people who made outstanding contributions to the development and expansion of Weißensee during the founding period . The area of ​​Pistoriusplatz belonged to the suburb of Neu-Weißensee in the Nieder-Barnim district , which (at the urging of Mayor Woelck ) was united with the village of Weißensee in 1909 and incorporated into the Weißensee administrative district with the formation of Greater Berlin in 1920.

The houses on the edge of the square are assigned with 2–22 (even, southeast) and 9–21 (odd, northwest) in the address. The southeast side closes between the corner development Pistoriusplatz 2 / Charlottenburger Straße 9/10 to Pistoriusstraße (followed by No. 125). On the north-west side, house number 21 butts up to Pistoriusstraße 122 on the southern corner, house 9 forms an obtuse angle to 11 and is at right angles to Max-Steinke-Straße 18/19 in the corner development. The square is usually marked with two side streets on maps.

The square is surrounded by residential buildings (some of which are used commercially). With a size of 8360 m², it is partly used as a parking area. The row of houses has eight-meter-wide streets on both sides and five-meter-wide sidewalks towards the perimeter of the block, which form a triangular area of ​​600 m² on the inclined Max-Steinke-Strasse. From the square, the road from Max-Steinke-Strasse to Charlottenburger Strasse is at right angles and the western route exit. The area due to the slope with house no. 9 on the southwest has been a green island with the development. A transformer house once stood at this point. At the southwest corner - together with the sidewalk along Charlottenburger Straße - there is an area free for pedestrians from the use of the parking lot with a triangular green area. However, pedestrian and vehicle traffic are not very heavy. The sidewalks on the block development consist of a two-meter-wide strip of asphalt and small pavements to the edge of the houses and 1.50 meters to the edge of the road on which there are trees and lanterns. The corner buildings on Pistoriusstraße (via ancillary buildings to No. 122 and on the north-east corner Pistoriusplatz 22) have a pavement-wide building made of clinkered arches on the ground floor . The residential buildings on both sides of the square have clinker facing up to the stairwell, in the base of the house and for the pillars on the balconies. This optically takes up the style of the Munzipialviertel (community center at Kreuzpfuhl). The Pistoriusplatz residential complex is included in the Berlin list of monuments as part of the ensemble. The design of the facility comes from the year 1929 by the architect Wilms and was built for the Pankower Heimstätten GmbH by the construction company Karl Schmidt from 1930.

Development on the west side
Residential building Pistoriusplatz 9 in the southwest of the square with a view from Charlottenburger to Max-Steinke-Straße

history

The area that bears the name Pistoriusplatz has been used as a meadow since 1875. It was named after the owner of the Weißensee manor, Johann Heinrich Leberecht Pistorius (1777-1858), who gave the adjacent Pistoriusstrasse its name. Before 1931, the area was popularly known as Zickenwiese in Berlin . The square forms the southwestern end of the meadows and open spaces, of which the Kreuzpfuhl is on the northeastern side of Pistoriusstrasse. In connection with the municipal district, the square was designed as a farmers' market to give the farmers in the area the opportunity to sell their products near Neu-Weißensee. A fountain was to adorn the (initially unnamed) square. The market was realized and a flower bed was created instead of the fountain.

The suburb of Neu-Weißensee was first included in the 1896 address book and the area around Pistoriusplatz (not yet named and not listed) is a parceled open space. On the Pistoriusstraße east of Mirbachplatz (before 1900: Cuxhavener Platz ) the south side is called Cuxhavener Straße . The other plots 120–128 are designated as a construction site (owner: Procurist M. Frank), before the Weißensee pumping station on 129/130 and a storage area (131–137) on Parkstrasse. The horseshoe numbering of Pistoriusstraße still exists and accordingly the property allocation. The north side of Pistoriusstraße is also marked with “construction site” (owner: Kaufmann S. Wirtz) between 20 (Weißensee municipality) and 28 (tenement) under 21-27. Under the indication "construction site" in the Berlin address book, areas are parceled out and registered with the owner in the cadastre, there is no active development at this time. The Cuxhavener Platz is included with the plots 1–9, which, however, apart from the apartment building 8 (Wilhelmstraße 30), are classified as belonging to the adjacent streets Schön-, Gäbler-, Pistoriusstraße. The Cuxhavener Straße is undeveloped. In addition, the location of Gäblerstrasse from Königschaussee (currently → Antonplatz / Berliner Allee) to Roelckestrasse is listed.

In the 1899 and 1905 address books, Pistoriusstrasse 119–128 is registered as a construction site (also 131–137) and the pumping station (129/130) belongs to Charlottenburger Strasse 10. The consolidation of the Weißensee and Neu-Weißensee began in 1909 intermediate construction areas. As a church building officer was Carl James Bühring appointed.

In 1910, across from the town square (Pistoriusstraße 22/23), a gymnasium for the infant clinic of the Weißensee community was built, and building number 24 is a tenement house for the community with a lung and infant welfare center, an infant clinic, a meat inspection, welfare and civil engineering department. The south side between Mirbachplatz and Parkstraße is undeveloped except for a public library . On Charlottenburger Strasse, next to the pumping station (No. 10), there was also the infirmary (11/12); the southern edge of (Pistorius) Platz to Gäblerstraße (since 1918: Max-Steinke-Straße) is also designated as a construction site on Charlottenburger Straße 13-18.

In 1922, the address leads in the area of the later Pistorius place for the district of Weissensee in County Weissensee the road 57 to the north, without that it is recorded yourself. There were construction sites from Pistoriusstrasse to the south.

Eastern archway to Pistoriusstraße

With the development project White Lake in 1929 was the name Place B . The address books 1930 and 1931 continue to list Straße 57 between Charlottenburger Straße 8 (nine-party rental house) and 9-11 (construction sites). Further construction sites have been identified on Pistoriusstrasse, the area is undeveloped. In 1932 the address book refers to the lack of development on the northern edge: “(Pistoriusstraße) 122–125 do not exist”. For the southern edge there is the entry Pistoriusplatz under Charlottenburger Straße, but there is no separate keyword in the address book. Pistoriusplatz is still not listed separately for 1933, but it appears by name between Pistoriusstrasse 121 and 122-125 as “does not exist”. The first residential buildings along the square have been completed.

In the 1936 address book, Pistoriusplatz had its own keyword for the first time. Between Max-Steinke- and Charlottenburger Strasse to Pistoriusstrasse, the residential buildings 9–21 and 2–22 are listed in the ownership of Pankower Heimstätten GmbH .

Development

The Pistoriusplatz was spared from building damage during the Second World War . With up to 300 parked cars , the free area of ​​Pistoriusplatz currently leaves an unkempt impression, the surrounding area is closed except for a few vacant lots. Despite a few trees on the edge and two 20 × 5 m² green spaces, Pistoriusplatz lacks tranquility. Residents advocated a green area on the northern part, as there is only 2.6 m² instead of six square meters per inhabitant. There were some building projects. A building permit from 1989 provided for a supermarket in the middle of the building area and a four-story structure on both sides. The permit was renewed seven times, after which it became invalid.

The entire neighborhood is listed and there is a conservation ordinance for Weissensee-Süd. Nevertheless, there were always new ideas: the Berlin Choir Association wanted to build a concert hall, which the City Council rejected. In 1998, an investor was awarded 3750 square meters of space for the construction of 21 apartments and additional commercial space. A shopping center was to be built. But the building project failed [...].

3700 square meters have been in private hands since 1997, the rest belongs to the State of Berlin. In 2014 a plan was announced for the construction of 40 to 50 apartments, spread over ten houses with four to five floors on Charlottenburger Strasse. Various groups of investors built houses with storey and maisonette apartments as well as open stairwells on the southern part of the square in 2016–2019 according to plans by the architects Kaden and Lager. The building heights should allow sunlight to enter the open courtyards.

Panorama of Pistoriusplatz to the north (as of 2012)

further activities

Michael Bender and his partner, residents of Pistoriusplatz, have been taking care of the green maintenance around a transformer house on the southern edge of the square since 2008 . The area they referred to as a small oasis was previously often used for the illegal disposal of bulky waste, the transformer house was the target of graffiti. The two of them planted and tended bushes and flowers and created a public recreational area around the small building, and self-designed signs were put up. For this voluntary commitment, both received the district's citizenship medal in 2016.

Web links

Commons : Pistoriusplatz (Berlin-Weißensee)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dirk Stettner : The Weißenseer Pistoriusplatz - more than a parking lot (PDF), In: Weißensee direkt , issue 2, 4/2016, p. 9.
  2. ↑ A building group is now building 46 apartments on the southern Pistoriusplatz. In: Berlin Week . Weißensee edition, March 19, 2016
  3. ↑ a b Pistoriusplatz and Pistoriusstraße FIS-Broker (map of Berlin 1: 5000 (K5 color edition)) of the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and Environment
  4. ↑ soko-klima.de: Pistoriusplatz , 2012, accessed November 11, 2015
  5. ↑ Official maps of the city ​​map of Berlin : Sheet 4324 from 1937 to 1953 ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.histomapberlin.de
  6. ↑ compare: photo on flickr
  7. ↑ Community forum at the Kreuzpfuhl, community buildings, residential and apartment buildings, open spaces
  8. ↑ Ensemble part of the community forum at Kreuzpfuhl on Pistoriusplatz 2–22 and 9–21, Charlottenburger Strasse 9, 10, Max-Steinke-Strasse 18, 19 and Pistoriusstrasse 121/122 and 125/126
  9. ↑ a b Map of the suburb Weißensee in the address book . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1910, part V., p. 619 (center of picture: condition of the buildings on Pistoriusstrasse between Mirbachplatz and Parkstrasse).
  10. ↑ berlin-weissensee.de: On the history of Weißensee - from 1920s ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ panke-guide.de: Weißensee - Gründerzeit ( Memento from January 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ^ Pistoriususstrasse in Neu-Weißensee . In: New address book for Berlin and its suburbs , 1896, Theil V., p. 291.
  13. ^ Supplement to the Berlin address book 1893 . Verlag Julius Straube  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in addition the area around the (later) Pistoriusplatz on the city map from 1907 , then Westermann's plan of Berlin 1932. Georg Westermann Verlag, Berlin W 40 / Braunschweig  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Pistoriusplatz on the map from 1955@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.alt-berlin.info  
  14. ↑ The plot numbering was changed for the Charlottenburger Straße, the continuous counting method in the form of a horseshoe remained.
  15. ^ Street 57 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1922, Teil VI., P. 1767 (An der Charlottenburger Straße are owned by the City of Berlin, number 5/7 (open-air bank, fire department and street cleaning depot), 8 (youth welfare office and children's home, two residents) the street 57 and construction sites 9-11 listed for Max-Steinke-Straße. on the opposite side there are between Max and Steinke- Tassostraße two residential houses, post office and one construction site, no outgoing road 57 ).
  16. ^ Pistoriusstrasse, Charlottenburger Strasse . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1922, Teil VI., P. 1778 (The planned road 57 runs along the eastern edge of what will later become Pistoriusplatz, but does not reach Pistoriusstrasse.).
  17. ↑ National map series, sheet 4324 from 1928, built on: 1937, 1953 ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.histomapberlin.de
  18. ↑ Pistoriusplatz . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1932, Teil VI., P. 2156 (Charlottenburger Strasse 11 (does not exist), Pistoriusplatz, Max-Steinke-Strasse 12 (belongs to Max-Steinke-Strasse 30), 13 (belongs to Max-Steinke-Strasse Street 29)).
  19. ↑ Pistoriusplatz . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1936, Part IV., P. 2234. “Left side: Max-Steinke-Straße, 1–7 do not exist, 9–21: apartment buildings with seven to ten tenants // Right side: Charlottenburger Straße, 2 : belongs to Charlottenburger Strasse 10, 4–22: apartment buildings with five to eleven tenants, Pistoriusstrasse ”.
  20. ↑ damage to buildings in 1945 , publishing B. Aust iA Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection ( Memento of 10 November 2015, Internet Archive ).
  21. ↑ Urban planning on the timetable , In: Der Tagesspiegel , May 19, 2009, accessed November 11, 2015.
  22. ↑ Local residents are finding more and more supporters in the neighborhood . In: Berliner Woche , 2015.
  23. ↑ The southern Pistoriusplatz could be built on in the foreseeable future . In: Berliner Woche from 2014, accessed November 11, 2015.
  24. ↑ New buildings for Pistoriusplatz . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 24, 1998.
  25. ^ Social living at Pistoriusplatz . In: Pankower Allgemeine Zeitung , October 28, 2013
  26. ↑ Berlin Week : Sunny, with generous floor plans ( memento of the original from January 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 25, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abendblatt-berlin.de
  27. ↑ Implementation planning for Pistoriusplatz 1, year of construction: 2016-2018 , illustrated project presentation
  28. ↑ Voluntarily active: Michael Bender ; Report in the evening show, series: Make instead of mosern , rbb television, January 2, 2017.

Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 4 ″  N , 13 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  E