Sparrplatz

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Sparrplatz
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Place in Berlin
Sparrplatz
Sparrplatz
Basic data
place Berlin
District Wedding
Created 1906-1909
Newly designed 1919, 1931, 1950, 1954, 1979
Confluent streets
Sparrstrasse,
Lynarstrasse (southeast) ,
Sprengelstrasse
Buildings Playground, soccer field
use
User groups pedestrian
Space design 1906–1909 after Hermann Mächtig ,
1919 after Albert Brodersen ,
1931 after Rudolf Germer
Technical specifications
Square area 10,900 m²

The Sparrplatz is located in the Berlin district of Wedding in the neighborhood Sprengelkiez , an area of approximately 51  hectares of area and 16,633 inhabitants (as of December 2014).

The elongated square was already laid out in 1862 as square B and street 4a of Dept. XI of the Hobrecht Plan and was named on August 4, 1897 after the first field marshal Otto Christoph von Sparr . The square is bordered on both sides by Sparrstrasse; there is no postal address for the site. In 1902 Hermann Mächtig presented a first draft for the design. The square was redesigned in 1919 and 1939. After restoration and redesign in 1950 and 1954, the square was given its current appearance in 1979.

Due to its location and equipment, the square is more like a district park. Due to the undersupply of the surrounding area with public open spaces, the focus is on recreation close to home. The conflict between usage pressure and limited space determines the shape of the Sparrplatz to this day.

history

James Hobrecht had the space B originally as a spacious facility in the style of the English squares designed. He had the image of a middle-class residential area in mind. The explanatory report on the development plan states that the square "would like to be designed like a square, on the same the main road embankment should be on the right (after Müllerstrasse ), while on the left side front gardens with a narrow road embankment should be created". With the opening of Berlin-Wedding station in 1872, however, the square was cut off from the southern, already populated part of Wedding by the connecting railway, so Hobrecht's planning was no longer necessary.

By 1888, most of the land bordering the square had come into the possession of the Grundrentengesellschaft. Within a short period of time, a 5 to 6-storey development was erected on the west side of the square over 13 plots. To maximize profit, the square was reduced to swampy, non-buildable areas, so that only a widened street remained. On August 4, 1897, the square was named after Otto Christoph von Sparr (1605–1668), a Brandenburg field marshal. When Hermann Mächtig presented the first design for the square in 1902, the area around the square was largely built on. In 1905, the city council of Berlin decided to buy the previously commercially used area.

Mächtig's plan provided for three areas: a central area with lawns and a basin with a fountain, and the two side sections with an elongated playground each . Grove-like plantings of elms were planned in the transition areas . Of the estimated costs of 26,040  marks , a first installment of 6,000 marks was made available in 1906, so that only a partial area could be designed. Commercial use was permitted on the remaining areas. In 1909 the entire facility was completed. In the same year it was reported that children playing would destroy the plantings. Even when the place was guarded by two guards until 10 p.m., complaints were still loud, also because plants were destroyed by chickens running around. In the years of the First World War , the destruction increased further, so that the Horticultural Office had the remains of shrub groups and the lawns that were not preserved.

In 1919, the neglected plantations and playgrounds were renewed under the direction of Albert Brodersen , and three lawns were created. Due to the large number of children, two additional sand play boxes were set up, but they turned out to be much too small and were often soiled. For health reasons, a complete revision of the system was ordered, for which Rudolf Germer submitted a draft in 1931. This provided a sandpit and a splash in the middle. In addition, open lawns were created, separated from the street by dense groups of trees, with resting places for older people at the edges.

After the Second World War , the square was divided into parcels and used for food supplies. Like many other green spaces, the square had to be repaired after the war, which was poorly done here in 1950. In 1954 the square was redesigned based on the pre-war design. The first traffic kindergarten in Berlin came into being, which was relocated to Gottschedstrasse in 1971, where it still exists today. Because of the renewed neglect, a citizens' initiative pushed for a renewal of the square, which was carried out in 1979 for around 900,000  marks . The present-day square was created with a lowered ball sports area, a paved central area with relaxation and seating options and a spacious play area.

Web links

Commons : Sparrplatz (Berlin-Wedding)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. Sparrplatz. (No longer available online.) In: quartiersmanagement-berlin.de. District Management Berlin, archived from the original on October 2, 2016 ; accessed on October 2, 2016 . 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.quartiersmanagement-berlin.de
  2. Places in Wedding - Sparrplatz. In: weddingweiser.de. August 31, 2012, accessed October 2, 2016 .
  3. a b c d e f g district office Wedding of Berlin (ed.): Stadtplatz im Wedding . Berlin 1991, p. 66 ff .
  4. See Boberg / Fichtner / Gillen 1984, p. 266ff.

Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 31.1 "  N , 13 ° 21 ′ 37.6"  E