Traffic pulpit (Berlin-Charlottenburg)
The last remaining traffic pulpit in Berlin is at Joachimsthaler Platz (intersection Kurfürstendamm / Joachimsthaler Straße ) in the district of Charlottenburg . It is a box-shaped glass traffic pulpit that is around 4.5 meters high on a single concrete pillar, which in turn was architecturally integrated into a pavilion with a sales kiosk , underground entrance to Kurfürstendamm station and public toilet . The construction was built in 1955 according to plans by the architects Werner Klenke and Werner Düttmann under the direction of Bruno Grimmek .
The switchgear for the traffic lights at the intersection were housed in the pulpit, which at the time offered space for a police officer ; the police officer should keep an eye on the traffic from his elevated position and switch the traffic lights manually according to the volume of traffic. The traffic pulpit performed this function from December 13, 1955 to October 1962, when the traffic lights were switched automatically.
After 1962 there was no longer any use for this pulpit; In 1989 the building was placed under monument protection by the West Berlin state curator “because of its historical and artistic significance for the cityscape ” . Under the pulpit is a listed kiosk, from which you can go down a separate staircase to the public toilet or to the Kurfürstendamm underground station.
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development
- Verkehrskanzel: The relic should finally be gone . In: Berliner Zeitung , October 9, 1998
- Julia Ricker: Directed from above - Berlin's only traffic pulpit is on Ku'damm. In: Monuments Online , May 2011
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 13 ″ N , 13 ° 19 ′ 52 ″ E