Willigisplatz

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Willigisplatz in Mainz's old town

The Willigisplatz is a building culture and urban planning important place in Mainz-Altstadt . It was named after the former Archbishop of Mainz and Saint Willigis . Due to its social and urban history, the square is designated as a monument zone .

history

The square is mentioned early in the history of Mainz as "Am Stephansberg" and "Auf dem Stephansberg". Willigisplatz is located east of the Catholic parish church of St. Stephan . The square slopes down towards the east and thus enhances the stately effect of the church. The monument zone around Willigisplatz belongs to the oldest part of Mainz. Most of the initial development around Willigisplatz took place after the destruction in the Thirty Years' War .

The rebuilding began at the end of the 17th century and lasted until the 18th century. But only parts of the former area were built on. In 1850 some town houses Stefansberg 9 and 11 and the chapel of the old Franciscan convent were built north of the square . About 40 years later, the Marienschule was built south of the square. Today it is called Bischöfliches Willigis-Gymnasium . In the 19th century a staircase was built between Willigisplatz and Stefansstraße. Special features of the stairs are the monument protection of the flanking walls and the conspicuous forged handrail .

architecture

Willigis High School

The square is located at the confluence of streets that were built in the Middle Ages . The streets Stefansberg, Willigisstraße and a pedestrian connection to Stefansstraße converge there. When the connection to Weißliliengasse was built in 1975, the road to the southeastern old town was closed. Ballplatz , Maria-Ward-Straße , Eppichmauergasse and Pfaffengasse in the north and Ölgasse in the west of the square also belong to the monument zone . Most of the land after the Thirty Years' War was built with houses for canons and palaces for the nobility from around the end of the 17th century to the beginning of the 18th century . There are also spacious gardens between the properties .

Additional buildings were erected in the 19th and 20th centuries. Due to the significant owners of the land on Willigisplatz, such as church organizations and state schools, who are still registered today, the old formations and designs are still recognizable today. In addition, some of the walls still contain individual building materials from important buildings from the time before the Thirty Years' War. Some of the buildings are now designated as cultural monuments . These very old pieces of the wall are located in a garden wall south of the Maria Ward School at the Älterer Dalberger Hof and in the lining wall between Willigisplatz and the Catholic parish church of St. Stephan. It also contains spolia from Roman Mainz . In addition, there are listed parts of the wall in the walls next to the stairs between Willigisplatz and Stefansstraße. In the walls there are also a painting of a crucifixion and a picture of the stoning of Stephen in two wall niches . Both works of art are dated and signed by Valentin Volk in 1895. They were restored in 2013 and replaced by a copy in 2014.

Most of the buildings were renovated and partly rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries. These building materials are also preserved to this day. The former narrow streets, however, have hardly survived to this day. The original sidewalks, for example, give individual references to the narrow space at Willigisplatz at that time .

See also

literature

  • Ewald Wegner (editor) with the participation of Hans Caspary, Paul-Georg Custodis, Ludwig Falck and Gerd Rupprecht: Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 2.2: City of Mainz. Old town. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-491-31036-9 , pp. 336-337.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Directory of cultural monuments District-Free City of Mainz (PDF; 1.6 MB) on denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Ewald Wegner (editor) with the participation of Hans Caspary, Paul-Georg Custodis, Ludwig Falck and Gerd Rupprecht: Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 2.2: City of Mainz. Old town. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-491-31036-9 , pp. 336-337.
  3. ↑ Crucifixion and stoning again on Stephansberg in FAZ from April 25, 2014, page 44

Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 45.7 ″  N , 8 ° 16 ′ 10.4 ″  E