Steinplatz (Leipzig)
| Steinplatz | |
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 Meadow on the stone square |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Leipzig |
| District | Südvorstadt |
| Created | 1912 |
| Newly designed | 2010 |
| Confluent streets | Bernhard-Göring-, Arthur-Hoffmann-, Stein- and Fichtestrasse |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrians, children playing |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | approx. 1.0 ha |
The Steinplatz is a jewelry and playground in Leipzig's southern suburb . Like the neighboring street of the same name, it is named after the Prussian statesman and reformer Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein . The Steinplatz is a listed building.
Location and layout
The Steinplatz is one of the open spaces interspersed in the checkered street structure of the Südvorstadt. It lies between Arthur-Hoffmann-Strasse and Bernhard-Göring-Strasse. It is bordered to the south by Fichtestrasse, while Steinstrasse is interrupted to the north and only a footpath leads along the square. The place is square with a side length of about 100 meters. The tram stop of the same name on line 9 is on its east side.
A special feature of the place is its elevated position. The entire area rises with relatively steep embankments about 1.8 meters above the surrounding terrain. The elevated location creates a good demarcation from the neighboring streets, some of which are busy. In addition to a staircase and steep direct access, a flat path also leads to the top.
At the upper edge there are red-flowered horse chestnuts with interruptions and poplars on the west and north side at street level . On the west side of the square there are two multifunctional playgrounds designed by the wood designer Lars Piolka (jungle I and II), separated by a large sand play area. The playgrounds are delimited by a hornbeam hedge and planted with other trees. The east side of the square is a large open meadow with individual columnar oaks .
history
In the “General Development Plan for the South Side of the City” passed by the City Council in 1864, areas to be kept free were designated as decorative spaces, including the area of the later stone square. But it was not until the last few years of the first decade of the 20th century, when it was completed in 1912, that the Leipzig gardening director Carl Hampel built an elaborately and regularly designed town square on the square, which was surrounded by upscale residential developments. In addition to a large play area, it had three ornamental parterres with pyramid poplars planted in the corners . The upper edge of the square was lined with the red-flowering horse chestnuts, some of which are still there today. At the foot of the embankment stood elms that were lost due to the Dutch elm disease in 1929. They have been replaced by poplars. The embankments were initially equipped with ornamentally arranged flowering plants.
In the Second World War , the adjoining residential development was lost except for the west side. During the GDR era, residential blocks were built on the south and east sides, and a large-panel school building in the north. Little changed on the square until the 1970s. Then a new system of paths and the large meadow with the pyramid oaks were created.
In 2010, Steinplatz was redesigned in the form described above for 385,000 euros from the Federal Government's economic stimulus package II and in 2011 received a special prize in the state-wide competition “Gardens in the City”.
literature
- Petra Mewes, Peter Benecken: Leipzig's Green - A Park and Garden Guide . Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-938543-49-8 , pp. 192/193 .
Web links
- Playground Steinplatz. In: Website of the city of Leipzig. Retrieved December 13, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ List of cultural monuments in Leipzig-Südvorstadt, K – Z
- ^ Steinplatz (Leipzig). In: piolka • Holzgestaltung GbR. Retrieved December 17, 2016 .
- ↑ Steinplatz in Leipziger Südvorstadt awarded - the area is one of Saxony's most beautiful city gardens. In: LVZ of October 24, 2011. Retrieved on December 13, 2016 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 1.6 ″ N , 12 ° 22 ′ 38.8 ″ E