City promenade Cottbus
The city promenade Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian Měsćańska promenada ) is part of the city center of Cottbus .
History and location
The area of the city center is on the entire west side of the old town. The city promenade with its southern green spaces extends parallel to the city wall, which serves as the border of the old town. It is limited to the south by Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse , to the west by the ten-story residential complex No. 10–12 (7) and to the north by Berliner Strasse . The new city promenade was built within ten years (1964–1974). The beginning was the construction of the consumer department store , which formed the southern boundary. In 1974 the transport connection was made by tram . Until 1974 the city promenade included:
two high-rise buildings (1), Hotel Lausitz (2), town hall (3), mocha milk ice cream bar "Kosmos" (4), pavilions (5), pedestrian bridge (6), residential complex (7)
After 1975, the image of the city promenade changed constantly.
Consumer department store (1), residential and commercial building (2), customer center of Cottbusverkehr GmbH (3), two high-rise buildings (4), "RockDiner Cottbus" (5), residential complex (6), mocha milk ice cream bar "Kosmos" ( 7), pavilions (8), pedestrian bridge (9), blue clock (10), town hall (11), main post office (13), "Lindner Congress Hotel" (14), Berliner Platz, bookstore " Hugendubel " (16) and the Tram stops. The overall architectural picture was complemented by extensive open and green spaces as well as numerous works of fine art.
City promenade architecture
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| 1 | Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 136 Consumer department store |
The consumer (department store) , a design by Klaus Frauendorf, was opened in 1968 according to a study by the German Building Academy . The facade structure was developed by the sculptor Harry Müller . The three-storey building with a floor area of 102 × 60 meters and an extensive set of stone stairs was set far back in Karl-Liebknecht-Straße. Mainly exposed concrete, aluminum and natural stone ( Syenite ) were used as building materials for the side surfaces . The curtain wall, which creates an interplay of light and shadow through a vertical structure, is characteristic of this building. In the course of time, this structure went through some internal restructuring. In 1991 it was taken over by Horten AG and in 1996 by Galeria Kaufhof GmbH . Significant structural changes were made in 2008 when the connection to the sheet metal Carré took place. |
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| 2 | City promenade 3/4
Residential and commercial building |
City promenade 3/4 The two buildings on city promenade 3 and 4 were probably built at the same time at the end of the 19th century. Some construction features of Art Nouveau , such as B. planarity and a loss of symmetry in construction, suggest this. The decorative ornamentation was destroyed in various attempts at reconstruction in favor of a smooth facade plaster. The three-storey building, which has an L-shaped floor plan, was also built with a basement and mezzanine floor. The facades, which step forward slightly, are seven axes wide. The building is visually and directly connected by a shared staircase by a central wing of the building that is three axes wide and is moved to the rear. Two house entrances in the middle of the ground floor allow separate access to the respective house number. The windows, which are offset to the residential floors, are typical of the construction of the staircases. The symmetry of the floors and axes is interrupted by the different window shapes and the different balconies and loggias . The large apartments in the once middle-class apartment buildings are now predominantly occupied by students in shared apartments. The facade design of the western side of the building is similar to city promenade 3. The five floors, the ground floor, three upper floors and the attic, are clearly visible on the western side and extend over seven window axes. On the ground floor there is a shop with an entrance door and shop windows. The ground floor is whitewashed over a blue base and ends in a cornice on the first floor. The central projection over three axes begins on the 1st floor, semicircular, flat and cantilevered upwards on console pillars. It ends on the 3rd floor, covered with shingles. The two window axes to the right of the risalit are designed symmetrically on the upper floors with three-part narrow windows. In the two window axes on the left there are loggias on the 1st and 2nd floors, and two cross windows on the 3rd floor. The low mezzanine floor, clearly recognizable by the seven simple windows, opens into an eaves cornice to the roof. The rear building, from the small alley, is designed to be particularly winding. |
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| 3 | City promenade 5 Verkehrsbüro |
With the construction of the new city center from 1971 to 1974, the tram line was moved from Spremberger Strasse to the centrally located city promenade. For this purpose, VEB Cottbusverkehr put the service building in Stadtpromenade 5 into operation in 1974 .
At the Stadtpromenade stop, most of the passengers change in Cottbus with around 8,000 people a day. The advice of Cottbus citizens and tourists takes place in the customer office, Stadtpromenade 5. The service room of the customer office was very small and unattractive, the room layout was angled and confusing. In 2010, Cottbusverkehr decided to expand the customer center in 2 construction phases. The first included the fundamental modernization and redesign of the service room, the work rooms required for the employees and the renewal of the toilet facilities for the drivers. The Cottbus architects “keller mayer wittig” were commissioned with the renovation. The old customer office was open until May 16, 2012. During the eleven months of construction, the building was relocated to the ground floor of the Cottbus building, at Tower 14. The modernized customer center with a work area tripled to 88 m² stands for better service and modernity and was opened on April 18, 2013. The cost factor for Cottbus traffic was around 680,000 euros. In the transparently designed customer area there is a service counter with three barrier-free sales counters and a skylight above. Both design elements harmonize with the logo of the Cottbusverkehr GmbH company through their shape and colors and thus determine the room atmosphere. Next to the service counter is a large monitor with a transparent travel time display. Passengers can obtain further information via display boards and there are seating options. By the highly visible rotunda above the customer center and the inforot framed logo , it became the focal point vis-à-vis the east of the Carl-Blechen-Carré. The construction phase for the second construction phase should take place from August 2013 to January 2014, it envisaged the final design of the work rooms, the further expansion of the building with a simplified access from the platform and the creation of break and lounge rooms for the employees. |
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| 4th | City promenade 6 Point high-rise |
Point high-rise buildings are buildings that are higher than the usual 5-6 floors in Cottbus residential buildings. However, no high-rise regulations apply to them. In an otherwise two-dimensional, contiguous development, this high-rise stands alone “selectively” and is an eye-catcher. The ten-story high-rise building at Stadtpromenade 6 was completed in 1968/1969. It forms the western boundary of the forecourt “Am Stadtbrunnen” and the “Hugendubel” bookstore. This high-rise has a strongly vertically oriented facade structure with corner balconies on the south and north facades. The balconies on the narrow sides are also framed vertically on the right and left by protruding parts of the building with smaller rectangular windows. The open ground floor is strongly indented inward and houses shops. Concrete pillars support the roofing of the first floor within the entire building plan. |
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| 5 | City promenade 8 "Stadttor" restaurant |
The single-storey restaurant complex in reinforced concrete was built in 1968 based on a design by G. Baer and G. Bergner. The restaurant complex is integrated directly into the 32-meter-long city wall and follows its course with its longitudinal axis. On the north side (Mauerstraße) and on the west side facing the green area of the “city promenade”, the ground floor has floor-to-ceiling, horizontally three-part window strips. Between the window front and the main entrance there is a colored mosaic with the name "Cottbuser Bauernmarkt" by D. Dressler and W. Jungblut. The work has a size of 6 m × 3 m. South of the “Am Stadtbrunnen” square, the building opens up with another entrance to the former self-service restaurant, in which part of the city wall is integrated. This restaurant had 100 seats, the restaurant could seat 200 people.
The roof terrace is accessible on the narrow sides via a staircase spiraling to the north or a southern, split staircase. The terrace of the HO restaurant “Am Stadttor” was called the “balcony of the city” and was often used in this form. The north side of this restaurant was made available for school meals during the day. There were mostly dance events on the weekend evenings. On weekdays, the southern part of the house was used as a self-service restaurant for “purposes”. |
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| 6th | City promenade 10–12 Residential complex |
The architects Werner Fichte and Hans-Georg Vollmer designed this ten-story residential complex in 1970. The high-rise with 320 residential units forms the western border of the city center. The 174.65 m long residential slab is divided into two parts by the breakthrough to August-Bebel-Straße. The different orientation of the balconies underlines the structure. In the southern part of the residential slab, the balconies face east, while in the northern part they face west. On the east facade facing the city promenade there are business zones with large shop windows on the ground floor, which, in conjunction with the pavilions that were once arranged in front of them, conveyed a special spatial experience. Parts of the ground floor were clad with granite or sandstone . There is a pedestrian breakthrough as an extension to August-Bebel-Straße. The residential floors of the northern facade section are defined by ribbon windows, the parapets of which are finished with yellow split ceramics. In addition, two staircase porches, glazed on the sides, structure this wing; their front sides were clad with shell limestone panels. The southern part of the living area connects the white parapets with colored mirrors with rows of loggias. After the residential slab was completed, there were several business rooms on the ground floor. Among other things, a hairdressing and cosmetic salon, a delicatessen shop , a radio and television shop , a youth fashion center and the restaurant “Zur Molle”. A dentist and a general practitioner also had their practices there. The doctors' offices and the restaurant still exist today. There was a frequent change of business premises. Today the following shops are located on the ground floor along the residential slab: an NKD branch, a shoemaker, a fabric store, a drugstore and a boutique. |
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| 7th | City promenade 13
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The mocha milk ice cream bar “Kosmos”, known as “Sternchen” in Cottbus, was opened in October 1969 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Republic. The ice bar, also known as “Mokki”, was created according to designs by Jörg Streitparth, Gerd Wessel and Günter Pöschel with a six-pointed hypar shell construction made of glued and nailed wooden boards that spanned the six-pointed glass body. Due to its lightness, the roof structure seemed to float above the guest room.
After the start of Sputnik in 1957, the cosmos issue was omnipresent in the GDR and was considered a synonym for the progress and superiority of socialism until the Americans landed on the moon. The architectural style in the form of a star, the name of the bar and a mural on the history and exploration of space in the interior related to this topic and embodied the zeitgeist of the late sixties. The interior of the ice bar had extraordinary details. In order to do justice to the name “Kosmos”, a starry sky was created using spherical lamps on the ceiling. There was a Milky Way, Sputniks and rockets to be seen. The visitors sat in swiveling, dark red shell armchairs made of hard plastic. These were later replaced by normal seating for reasons of space and security. The ice bar became a popular meeting place for Cottbus residents. The culinary selection included ice cream cakes and bombs, milk coffee, milkshakes and little alcohol. Restaurants such as the “Stadttor” were supplied with the self-made ice cream. There were shows, including erotic dance events, which was very unusual for this time. The first erotic dance couple “Duo Flash” from the region, Eberhard Wach and Simone Krug, later performed in Berlin's Friedrichstadtpalast. 1972/1973 the "star" was the backdrop for the DEFA film "The Seven Affairs of Donna Juanita", in which actors such as Armin Mueller-Stahl , Renate Blume and Winfried Glatzeder took part. The "star" could also be booked for company and family celebrations. After 1990, a game room was built into the building's hall and no more investments were made in maintenance. The "cosmos" gradually became dilapidated and stood empty for years. In 2007 it was demolished with the permission of the Brandenburg Ministry of Culture for the construction of the Blechen-Carrés, a shopping mall with shops and restaurants. This project promised many jobs and for this reason was intensively supported by the Cottbus city administration. A citizens' initiative collected 10,000 signatures against the demolition of the listed mocha milk ice cream bar "Kosmos", and students from the Technical University of Cottbus campaigned for the bar to be preserved. Despite the following four feasible suggestions for further use, the Mokka-Milch-Eisbar was not restored: 1. Sauna and wellness area in the basement with a café on the upper floor 2. Dance studio, evening events, home for clubs 3. Round bathing pool in the middle of the building and attached axis to the Sprem 4. Outdoor department store completed with trial routes, climbing rocks and lecture rooms In early 2007 the building was demolished. |
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| 8th | Center of the city promenade various |
The pavilions built in 1977/1978 were created in the open space between the residential high-rise buildings and the former ramparts. They belonged to the listed ensemble Stadtpromenade. The architects Guder , Fichte and Jantke designed a group of seven pavilions, which were built in a steel frame construction and were clad with glass and natural stone. With a bowling center with an integrated discotheque, an art gallery, the “Cubana” café, the “Lipezk” tea room, a savings bank and numerous shops, they formed the shopping and leisure center within the city promenade. The open space around and between the pavilions was enhanced with pergolas , raised beds, planters and showcases as well as cabaret. These included the bronze work standing and crouching by Jürgen von Woyski, the fountain of the movement by Manfred Vollmert and the ornamental grille by Karl-Heinz Steinbrück. To the east of the pavilions were three fountains. They formed a harmonious perspective between the pavilions and the new buildings behind them.
With the demolition of the pavilions in 2006, another testimony to post-war modernism in Cottbus fell in favor of the second construction phase of the Blechen-Carré. |
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The pedestrian bridge was completed in 1974 based on a design by Gerhard Guder and inaugurated on October 4th together with the “Blue Clock”. It spirally bridged the tram tracks in Cottbus city center and connected the old city wall with the city promenade. Safe crossing of the tracks was guaranteed. The bridge, 140 m long and 3.5 m wide, stood out due to its special construction. This unique reinforced concrete structure was built using conventional formwork, the flooring consisted of oak planks. The blue clock stood at the top of the curved bridge. On November 30, 2006, the property for the Blechen-Carré was handed over to Gepro GmbH. Thus the pedestrian bridge also changed hands, which justified its demolition start on December 13, 2006. |
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Blue watch |
With a height of 10.79 m, the blue clock shaped the pedestrian bridge on the city promenade for 38 years. The clock, made of reinforced concrete, was modeled on the Berlin television tower in a cubic shape with rounded corners and was a special feature of the building history. The slim stainless steel body was created by Karl-Heinz Steinbrück (1932-2000) in the artistic production cooperative (KPG) "Neue Form" in Seidewinkel near Hoyerswerda, this was revised by Metall-Form-Technik GmbH Kolkwitz. The dials were made of glass and did not survive the dismantling in 2006 unscathed. The clock was professionally salvaged and stored at the Cottbus transport company. The master watchmaker Karl-Heinz Schlodder restored the hands, dials and clockwork, now forty-eight acrylic hour markers , each 175 mm long , adorn the timepiece . The Cottbus landmark was on 13./14. Inaugurated in October 2012 during the “Night of Creative Minds” in the newly built Bahnhofstrasse at the confluence with Rudolf-Breitscheid-Strasse next to the city museum. With four blue luminous dials, easily visible from a distance, the blue clock shines from a height of five meters. |
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| 11 | Berliner Platz 6 |
On October 3, 1975, the Cottbus town hall was built as part of the new city center as the northern end of the town promenade. In 1968 the district council announced a competition for the cultural and sports center. The team of architects Eberhard Kühn won 1st prize. The construction was preceded by extensive demolition work on buildings in the former residential area of Brunschwig. The construction work was interrupted for at least a year because the state was of the opinion that buildings in Berlin had priority. The council of the district, however, absolutely wanted a cultural center such as Dresden with its Kulturpalast , just a little smaller. So was secretly, as "black building", continued to build. On the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the GDR , the inauguration took place in 1975. Depending on the type of event, between 1500 and 2700 visitors found a seat. The stage area of 30 m × 44 m was one of the largest in the GDR. As a house of culture, education and sport, the town hall took a firm place in the intellectual, cultural and sporting life of the city of Cottbus. This included in-house productions such as “Spektrum”. Ensembles and soloists from 52 countries made guest appearances in the town hall, and guests from 20 countries came to 54 TV productions. Everything was under one roof: entertainment, education, sports and exhibitions.
At the beginning of the 1990s, serious changes also took place here. The state house of culture became a GmbH, whose employees are the operators. The owner became the city of Cottbus, Dieter Nehmzow the boss of the town hall. A struggle for survival began. With an annual budget of three million marks, including around one million marks from the city, it was missing at all ends. The preparatory work for the renovation of the house with renovation costs of 27 million marks began in February 2000. From May 8 to October 12, 2000, the traditional event location on Berliner Platz was closed. The core construction time should be 156 calendar days. The new opening took place later than planned, the construction costs rose to 40 million marks. In May 2001 the cultural site shone in new splendor. After modernization and reconstruction, equipped with the latest acoustics, the large hall offers space for a maximum of 2000 people. The hall now has around 200,000 visitors every year. Today it belongs to the "Cottbuser Kongress, Messe und Touristik GmbH" (CMT) with almost a dozen employees. |
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| 12 | Berliner Strasse 6 Main post office |
In Cottbus, too, the Brandenburg State Post at that time had developed strongly around 1650, and various post offices had settled within the city. The first telegraph station was opened in Wallstrasse (opposite today's post office) as early as 1858. Several post office buildings were built on a large area between Bahnhofstrasse and Berliner Strasse when the telegraph station was also rented there in 1869. With the opening of the railway line, the Imperial Post developed even faster, and a central post office became increasingly necessary. In 1875 the “Imperial Post Office” bought the entire area with the outbuildings. In 1888 the construction of the two-story post office building with an associated telegraph tower began, and in 1891 the “Imperial Post Office” was opened. The building was built in neo-renaissance style , the various architectural styles of the 19th century shaped the facade of the building. Large-scale ornaments adorned the house fronts. Doors and windows were set in sandstone and stood out clearly.
With its corner turrets, the post office became the city's landmark. The postal system continued to develop rapidly, with the first gasoline car being used to drive country mail after the turn of the century. In 1914 the two-storey post office building was already too small, not least the field post of the First World War was too big. The building was extended, but did not lose the charm of the Neo-Renaissance period. In April 1945 the post office was hit by an incendiary bomb from Soviet low-flying aircraft and burned out. After the war, the southern ruin of the post office was expanded and reopened in 1951. Even in the post-war period, the postal system developed quickly again. A bigger building was needed. In the period from 1955 to 1957, the new post office was built on the northern part of the site (formerly the “Weißes Ross” restaurant). The most modern post office building in the former GDR was built and it has been preserved to the present day. The four-storey, tower-like main building ends with a hipped roof. The changing window shapes are characteristic of each floor: for example the ground floor with simply cut, high round arches and the first floor with French doors that are framed with natural stone. The ground floor is provided with strong plaster ashlars, the upper floors, however, with vertical pillars between the windows. Under the eaves there are frieze panels with antique foliage. In contrast to the main building, the western, three-storey, nine-axis side wing is designed rather simply. In 1994/1995 it received a modern detail through a marking, vertical wall incision with an inserted column. The three-storey intermediate wing with a gable roof, which adjoins the corner tower to the south, is slightly curved inwards. The thirteen-axis plastered facade is also kept simpler and impresses with its protruding building parts with gable ends. |
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| 13 | Berliner Platz 1 Hotel Lausitz until 1993 from 1995 |
The north side of Berliner Platz was chosen as the location for the planned hotel.
A few centuries ago, the suburb of Brunschwig was founded on this site outside the city wall. The location was favorable, as the Salzstrasse coming from Luckau, today's Berliner Strasse, led into Cottbus. In front of the former “Luckauer Tor”, products from local farmers were offered, which could be bought duty-free. On September 26, 1968 the foundation stone was laid for the construction of the "Hotel Lausitz". The three-star hotel opened on July 18, 1970. It had 214 rooms and 395 beds. When the hotel opened, the first guests were young pioneers who were in Cottbus for the 6th pioneer meeting. A marble floor was laid in the foyer, wall surfaces veneered with fine wood and stucco ceilings gave the hotel a special flair. Also in the foyer was the reception, adjoining a hotel bar, conference rooms and a guest room with comfortable seating and appropriate lighting. The light gave the foyer a dignified and modern impression and of course the fountain in the entrance area also attracted attention. The hotel restaurant with 200 seats was 90 percent occupied by hotel guests. The hotel has had a summer terrace since 1971. Around 50,000 guests came to the hotel every year. The house was 90 percent full. Politicians, artists, well-known athletes and tourists from 80 countries lived in this house. 163 employees took care of the well-being of the guests. The “Hotel Lausitz” was one of the first prefabricated buildings to be demolished in 1993. In May 1995 the "Lindner Hof" with the Spreegalerie shopping arcade was opened at this point. The "Lindner Hof" was later renamed "Lindner Congress Hotel". With a modern architecture and mirror facade, it towers far above the roofs of the historic city center of Cottbus. The hotel is centrally located, only 300 meters from Spremberger Tor and ten minutes from the city center. |
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| 14th | Berlin Square | The Berliner Platz, which extends south of Berliner Straße along the city wall, got its name in the second half of the 19th century. Older names were among others: place in front of the Luckauer Tor, cattle market and post office. The urban situation on Berliner Platz was completely changed in the 20th century. Significant damage to parts of the building, such as the Imperial Post and Telegraph Office and the Hotel "Weißes Roß", occurred during fighting towards the end of the Second World War. For the construction of the new city center, all of the houses still existing on Berliner Platz were then completely demolished. Today the "Berliner Platz" is defined by a spacious area, which is bounded north by Berliner Straße, west by the main post office and east by the city wall at the Lindenpforte. In the south, the point building Berliner Platz 1 marks the end of the square. The house facing Berliner Platz 6 between the post office and the residential disc is covered with a filigree construction of vertically running concrete strips that protrude far over the eaves and form an open roof there. At the base of the high-rise building, on the east side, a 22 m × 3.3 m large concrete relief was created. It depicts the “History of the Labor Movement”, a work by the sculptor Rudolf Sitte , created by members of the artistic production cooperative “Art in Architecture”.
The area of Berliner Platz is taken up from the high-rise building to Berliner Straße by a green area along the city promenade with the tram route and the large Post Office car park to the west. The formerly existing, mostly residential buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries, partly built directly on the city wall, were removed in the 1930s and after 1960 for the construction of the New Town Hall and the city promenade. The Cottbuser Stadthalle was built on the north side of Berliner Platz, set back from Berliner Straße. The main entrance on the south side of Berliner Platz is surrounded by a spacious open area with fountains and benches. The design of the new city center of Cottbus fell victim to up to 25 residential buildings in the Luckauer Vorstadt alone between March 1965 and January 1969 and around 85 residential buildings and numerous ancillary buildings in the entire area of today's city promenade. This included buildings of architectural and urban history such as the community school on Berliner Platz (Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 55), the restaurant “Zur Börse” (Berliner Straße 152), the “Café Tinitus” (Berliner Platz 1), the Biedermeier house ( Berliner Platz 3), the Gasthof “Drei Kronen” (Berliner Platz 10, opposite the post office), as well as the historic “Salon and Garden Amusement Bar” (Roßstraße 35), which was run by Carl Boyde after 1864 and which Hermann Kolkwitz took over in 1891 "Konzerthaus H. Kolkwitz" operated. In 1925 it became the "Café Altmann", after 1945 the owner changed again and the "Cottbus City Halls" were opened. In Cottbus, Biedermeier houses were part of the cityscape. This means suburban houses in the classicist style that were built outside the city wall in the first half of the 19th century. Probably the most beautiful house of this group stood on Berliner Platz until 1967, still known today as "Dr. Fischer ". It was built in 1832/1833 by the architect Schramke for the businessman Geißler. Particularly noteworthy were the door frame with Doric columns , the green shutters, the triglyph frieze under the eaves and the large bat window . The extension with an open seat facing the street was built in 1888, the grating came from the Peitz ironworks, where it is located again after the house was demolished. Opposite the post office was the old “Drei Kronen” inn, which was run by the innkeeper Ernst Hänig. "Drei Kronen" was built in 1733 with the motto: "Food at solid prices". The central square was enlivened by the inn as well as the market and postal customers. On the eastern side of the city wall, you can see the linden gate, which was officially named "Judenpforte" until after 1930. Immediately after the passage on the left within the old town stood the house with the Jewish prayer room. There was the first meeting place of the Jewish community, which had a synagogue built in the Jahrstrasse after 1900 . In 1949 the house of prayer became city property. It initially housed a post office and a Lotto Toto headquarters. 1960 was the seat of the newly formed service combine Cottbus there. In 1964 the house was torn down because an extension to the new town hall (at that time council of the district) was planned for this place as part of the new city promenade concept. This extension was canceled for cost reasons. Today the tram rolls through the area of the former restaurant of the "Drei Kronen". In the mid-1960s, entire streets disappeared for the reconstruction of the city center. Large parts of Roßstrasse as well as stately residential and commercial buildings had to give way to the construction of the department store. The Roßstraße ran parallel to the Jahrstraße, which also had to give way to the “consumer department store”. |
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| 15th | Mauerstrasse 8 Bookstore |
The once medium-sized city of Cottbus developed from a simple coal and industrial district into a regional industrial center after a central council decision by the party. The resulting strong population growth gave rise to new residential areas, initially in traditional construction and from around 1965 in industrial block construction, in which increasingly prefabricated residential elements were used. The redesign of the inner city area between 1965 and 1980 promoted an architecturally exciting, albeit contradicting, development of the city. A modern center was built right next to the historic city center, the architecture of which corresponded to socialist values. At the same time, various life needs of people such as housing, supplies and services should be met.
During this time of upheaval, the first people's bookstore opened in the city center. In 1969 the people's bookstore "Jenny Marx" was opened on Luckauer Platz. The architect Gerhard Bear planned the construction using a modern reinforced concrete skeleton wall construction. The facade of the elongated two-storey building was designed with an outer wall coating made of chippings, colored glass and natural stone. In 1999, ten years after reunification , the folk bookshop was modernized and rebuilt. Only above the entrance did some of the blue facade segments remain and are reminiscent of the architecture of the sixties. The building now consisted of a wire and glass facade with open joints and a strictly horizontal structure. The bookstore was given a continuous window front on the upper floor above a projecting canopy on the ground floor. The material, mainly made of stainless steel, has a simple elegance. The flat roof was replaced by a monopitch roof. The bookshop at Stadtbrunnen opened its doors under the new name "Heron-Buchhandlung". In April 2012, Hugendubel, a southern German company, took over the business. On November 15, 2012, the change from “Heron” to “Hugendubel” also became clear to the customer with the new lettering above the entrance. |
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| 16 | Fountain in the city promenade |
"Spider Well"
The fountain sculpture "Spinnenbrunnen" by Horst Ring was completed in 1977 in the city promenade. This was one of his first works and was located at the northern end of the city promenade, in the direction of the Postparkplatz. From the “Cubana” coffee you had a good view of the “Spider Fountain”. He is happy to take him to the meeting point, whether to relax and unwind or for the children to splash around in the summer. At the beginning of the 90s, they wanted to preserve the monument and renovate it. In 1996, maintenance work was stopped and the well gradually fell into disrepair. In 2010 it was torn down in order to expand the department store. The Cottbus city fountain was located from 1969 to 2002 on the square at the city gate with the current name "Am Stadtbrunnen". It has had this name since 2010, it used to be popularly known as "Heronplatz" due to the close proximity of the "Heron-Buchhaus" (since 2012 "Hugendubel") named after Heron of Alexandria . The former ceramic fountain, also known as the “cancer fountain”, was designed by the painter Rudolf Graf based on an urban planning idea by the architect Gerhard Guder . The well had a diameter of ten meters. The ornaments were attached in enamel to copper plates, they represented the Cottbus heraldic animal and motifs from nature in different ways. Twelve small fountains sprayed the metal rods decorated with glass balls and elements. When the fountain was illuminated in the evening, its glass balls shimmered. The well water flowed over an enameled crab, the coat of arms of the city of Cottbus. Music events at the city fountain had a long tradition. They took place every Wednesday afternoon, sometimes also on holidays. The Cottbus State Orchestra gave operetta concerts with singers from the State Theater, and amateur artists and the Reichsbahn wind orchestra also played there. The city fountain was a popular attraction and meeting point for many people. After the fall of the Wall it gradually fell into disrepair, so that it had to be demolished in 2002. In the shape of a gate and consisting of pipes, a new fountain, called the "water gate" , was created in 2004 based on a design by Heidemarie Dreßel . The master fountain builder was Hans-Joachim Wussack from Schwarzkollm. The fountain was installed in 1977 in the city promenade between the pavilions. The dimensions were 1.80 m in diameter and 2 m in height. It was created by Manfred Vollmert, who also designed the plaques for the "Cottbus Olympians" in front of the old town hall on the footpath. The fountain of movement, also known as the “Kugelbrunnen”, was relocated from the city promenade to Neustädter Strasse in 2010. Since December 2015 it has been at the manufacturer's for restoration. |
  
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| 17th | Cabaret in the city promenade |
"The Three Graces"
The cast bronze sculpture ensemble The Three Graces by Hoyerswerda artist Jürgen von Woyski was set up in 1976 on the city promenade. From 1993 the artist was honorary professor for sculptural design at the BTU Cottbus . Further works by Woyskis in Cottbus are the “Sorbenbrunnen” in Spremberger Straße, the lovers in Branitzer Park and the “Spreewaldbrunnen” in the main entrance area of the Carl Thiem Clinic (CTK). The three graces , a standing, sitting and a crouching female figure, stood right in the middle of the city promenade between the pavilions and the city wall. The female figure standing on a stone plinth was 130 cm high and weighed 110 kg, while the crouching female figure was 68 cm high and weighed 115 kg. The seated female figure found its place in the Sprem in front of the art museum after it was torn from its base in 2006. The figure itself remained intact, but the anchorage was badly damaged. The repair of the female figure was made possible by three donors, one of whom wanted to remain anonymous. The other donor was Hjalmar B. Steinhauer from the CTK with his wife Franziska. The two graces remained in the city promenade and were to be integrated in the expansion of the Blechen-Carré within the second construction phase. The cast bronze sculptures were stolen in 2008 and could not be found again. The listed young teacher was created in 1972 by Ernst Sauer. The bronze sculpture is anchored on a stone plinth and stands west of the linden gate. Sauer was born in Dresden on April 24, 1923, lived in Senftenberg since 1961 and died in 1988. |
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literature
- Monuments in Brandenburg. Volume 2: City of Cottbus. Part 1: Old town, Mühleninsel, Neustadt and Ostrow, inner Spremberger suburb, “city promenade”, western expansion of the city, historic Brunschwig. Wernersche, Worms 2001, ISBN 3-88462-176-9 .
- Steffen Krestin, Dora Liersch: Cottbus - yesterday and today. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg 2003, ISBN 3-8313-1390-3 .
- Cottbus leaves. Special issue 2002, BVB Verlagsgesellschaft, 2003.
- Erich Schutt: Cottbus 1950–1995. (Rote Brause, Volume 15). Steffenverlag, Friedland 2011, ISBN 978-3-940101-72-3 .
- Cottbus home calendar 1999. Lausitz print, 1999.
- Cottbus - walks through the city and the surrounding area. Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-345-00506-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ From star to star. The history of a Cottbus cult bar , website of the Lausitzer Rundschau, July 11, 2019. Accessed September 29, 2019.
- ↑ From star to star. The story of a Cottbus cult bar. Lausitzer Rundschau website , July 11, 2019. Accessed September 29, 2019.
- ↑ Tanja Scheffler: Departure into modernity. Cottbus remembers glamorous times. From: Bauwelt. 14, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2019.