Schwanenmarkt (Krefeld)

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The Schwanenmarkt is a square in downtown Krefeld .

history

The square between Hochstrasse and Everstrasse was previously called Buttermarkt and was one of the historic marketplaces. In 1361 Krefeld received the market rights for a fair and a weekly cattle and vegetable market from Emperor Charles IV . This took place at today's Schwanenmarkt.

In the 19th century it was said that due to the strong industrial immigration "the old Krefeld around the church and the small market square, the Schwanenmarkt on the main street, the Hochstraße" could soon no longer grasp the number of immigrant citizens.

layout

Swan fountain

Bronze figures of young swans from 1905 adorn a fountain in the middle of the square. They were made by Berlin sculptor August Gaul . The fountain itself was made from Franconian shell limestone by the Berlin court stone mason Schilling. The fountain was donated by Heinrich Müller-Brüderlin, owner of the then adjoining textile house Heinrich Müller Johannes Sohn . The fountain is popularly known as the duck fountain. The six animal figures were stolen in 2014 and replaced in 2015.

additional

In the shopping center of the same name from 1976 there are around 50 shops and restaurants, a multi-storey car park with around 700 spaces, a twelve-storey high-rise building with around 200 apartments and a daycare center with outdoor play areas on the roof of the car park. The owners have been the Israeli investors Samuel and Pinchas Schapira since 2014. The sales area is 12,000 m².

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard Klapheck: The architecture on the Lower Rhine: From Jan Wellem and the architecture of the century Karl Theodors of the Palatinate (second volume) . Unikum Verlag, Barsinghausen 2013. ISBN 9783845702957 . Last accessed December 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/enten-oder-schwanenbrunnen_aid-12531907
  3. ↑ https://www.wz.de/nrw/krefeld/schwanenbrunnen-wo-sich-einst-die-buerger-das-wasser-zapften_aid-30606591
  4. ↑ https://www.wz.de/nrw/krefeld/bronzeschwaene-sind-wieder-am-brunnenrand_aid-29075677
  5. ↑ https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/politik-in-krefeld-veraergert-projekt-schwanenmarkt-soll-in-der-prioritaet-sinken_aid-32906871
  6. ↑ https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/schwanenmarkt-eigentuemer-züge-klage-wegen-denkmalschutzes-zurueck_aid-23522065
  7. ↑ https://schwanenmarkt-krefeld.de/

Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 54 ″  N , 6 ° 33 ′ 43.9 ″  E