Ignacego Daszyńskiego Square (Opole)
The Plac Ignacego Daszyńskiego (German Ignacy Daszyński Square , until 1945 Friedrichsplatz ) is a square in the city of Opole (Opole) in Poland . The central building on the square is the Ceres Fountain .
location
Plac Daszyńskiego is located south of the old town of Opole and east of Krakauer Strasse . It is located on Ulica Tadeusza Kosciuszki (until 1945 Moltkestraße ), Ulica Hugo Kołłątaj (until 1945 Bismarckstraße ) and Ulica Konstanty Damrot (until 1945 Hippelstraße ).
history
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prehistory
In the Middle Ages, the area of today's square was outside the city walls. Until the end of the 19th century there were only meadows, gardens and pastures here. At the place where the Ceres fountain is located, there was once a fountain for watering the gardens and pastures. After the city wall was razed and the railway was laid south of the old town in 1842, the city grew rapidly. Especially south of the old town on Krakauer Strasse (Polish: Ulica Krakowska), new residential areas were emerging.
Time until 1945
The rectangular square was laid out in 1907 under the name Friedrichsplatz southeast of the old town of Opole. There were large green areas in the square, which were lavishly provided with flowers, bushes and trees. Centrally located on the square is the Ceres Fountain , which was also built in 1907. The monument represents the Roman goddess Ceres, who was responsible for the crops, the protection of the family and the social order. The fountain is the work of the German sculptor Edmund Gomansky .
In the years that followed, the buildings, some of which are still standing today, were built around the square, including the courthouse and a school in the east of the square.
Time after 1945
After Opole was placed under Polish administration after the Second World War , the square continued to be used as a central recreational area for the newly arrived Polish population. However, the square was given a new name, the Plac Ernesta Thaelmanna , named after Ernst Thälmann, the former German KPD chairman in the Weimar Republic . Over time, the place gradually overgrown. It was not until 1971 that the landscape architect Henryk Dabrowski redesigned the square, raising the square by half a meter, adding new greenery and adding concrete slabs.
It was planned to completely refurbish and reconstruct the square in 2007 for the 100th anniversary. But due to a lack of funds, this conversion had to be postponed. The square could only be reconstructed a year later, with new lawns and new flower beds being laid out. Today the square is an important recreational area in the densely built-up city for the people of Opole.
literature
- Ryszard Emmerling, Urszula Zajączkowska: Opole travel guide. Schlesischer Verlag ADAN, ISBN 83-915371-6-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrzej Hamada: Architecture of Opole in the historical cityscape. Oficyna Piastowska, Opole 2008, ISBN 978-83-89357-45-8 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 55.7 ″ N , 17 ° 55 ′ 39.4 ″ E