Zeltinger Platz
| Zeltinger Platz | |
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 View over the square in a south-westerly direction |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Frohnau |
| Created | 1910 as Cecilienplatz |
| Confluent streets |
Wiltinger Strasse, Zeltinger Strasse, Edelhofdamm, Fürstenstrasse, Burgfrauenstrasse |
| Buildings | fountain |
| use | |
| User groups | pedestrian |
| Space design | Ludwig Lesser |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | 8 800 |
The Zeltinger place together with the Ludolfinger Place the center of Berlin hamlet Frohnau in the district of Reinickendorf . Both squares are - together with the road bridge - an architectural ensemble. The dedicated public green and recreational areas are also protected as a garden monument.
history
The Zeltinger and Ludolfingerplatz were created as jewelery spaces in the garden city of Frohnau at the instigation of Count Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck . He had commissioned the garden architect Ludwig Lesser with the planning of the green areas, who made sure that the railway line disappeared in a soundproof trench and the bridge over it established the connection between the two Art Nouveau squares.
The semicircular Zeltinger Platz, east of the bridge, was called Cecilienplatz in honor of the German Crown Princess Cecilie zu Mecklenburg from its completion until June 8, 1937 . The new name after the municipality of Zeltingen-Rachtig in Rhineland-Palatinate took up a wine town in Rhineland-Palatinate in accordance with the award principles of the surrounding streets. The previous street 125a was included in the naming. When it is mentioned in the address book, the location is given as Am Kaiserpark .
On the property at Zeltinger Platz 17/18 (postal address: Zeltinger Straße 2), the Protestant community had the St. Johanneskirche built by 1936 , which is now a landmark of Frohnau.
From 1931 to 1942, the bronze sculpture Kugelläuferin by the sculptor Otto Maerker adorned the round fountain basin on the western edge of Zeltinger Platz. Because the sculpture was no longer there after the end of World War II , the sculptor Harald Haake remodeled the balancing naked athlete based on the original model. The Berlin Senate had the sculpture re-erected in its original location in 1980.
On the place
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The shopping opportunities that arose at the two squares in the early years, such as a delicatessen, butcher, hairdresser, and hardware store, have now almost completely disappeared. The stationery shop on Zeltinger Platz has been preserved, which Stefanie Dettke is now in the third generation (as of July 2014). Also worth mentioning is the Zeltinger coffee house , which is a successor to the bakery and confectionery with café by Richard Voley that once existed on the Bahnhofsbrücke . In 1915 the master confectioner Otto Hermann took over the facility and expanded it with the addition of a veranda and a coffee garden. In 1932 he moved to the northern gate building on the bridge. After Otto Hermann's death in 1938, his wife Hedwig Herrmann continued to run the pastry shop, but in 1940 handed the management over to her son Kurt. The building was destroyed when the Red Army marched in in the spring of 1945.
The current owners like to refer to the coffee house tradition at this point and to the fact that the current building stands on the foundation walls of the first café. Inside they present historical views with the large garden area. Well-heeled Berliners from the best residential areas in Berlin at the time around Kurfürstendamm liked to come here by carriages.
Web links
- Zeltinger Platz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Zeltinger- and Ludolfingerplatz on stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monument complex Ludolfingerplatz 1–5, town center Frohnau with the Ludolfinger and Zeltinger Platz squares and the road bridge
- ↑ Cecilienplatz . In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
- ↑ Zeltinger Platz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- ↑ Kugelläuferin on stadtentwicklung.berlin.de, accessed on July 8, 2014
- ↑ Otto Herrmann, senior boss of the Herrmann confectionery on Frohnauer Stories , accessed on May 15, 2019
Coordinates: 52 ° 38 ′ 1 ″ N , 13 ° 17 ′ 26.9 ″ E