Zeughausmarkt

The Zeughausmarkt with a view of the Millerntor, lithograph by the Suhr brothers

The Zeughausmarkt is a square in Hamburg's Neustadt district and is the name of the street that runs around three sides of the square.

Location and description

The Zeughausmarkt is located in Hamburg's Neustadt between the Old Elbe Park and the main St. Michaelis Church . The northern front of the square borders on Ludwig-Erhard-Straße , the other three sides are surrounded by the street of the same name, Zeughausmarkt ; Neumayerstrasse and Zeughausstrasse converge on the southwest corner. The square, including the streets immediately surrounding it, is 90 meters long and 65 meters wide. The English church "Church of St Thomas Becket" is centrally located in the southern part of the Zeughausmarkt .

History and development

Portico of the English Church

Zeughausmarkt with the position of the former armory on a map from 1791

The Zeughausmarkt was created in the 17th century when the Neustadt was expanded . The name goes back to an artillery armory built in 1661 on the east side of the square. The two-storey half-timbered building, around 40 meters long and 13 meters wide, was demolished in 1826. From 1823 to 1827, as part of Hamburg's defenses and the demolition of the neighboring defenses, the square was given a peripheral development on the west side designed by Carl Ludwig Wimmel . Today's houses 33 to 38 date from this time.

The English Church, which was dedicated to Thomas A Becket (1118–1170), Archbishop of Canterbury, has been located near the site of the former artillery armory since 1836 (construction began) and is the purest classical church building in the Hamburg area.

School building, built in 1915 according to plans by Fritz Schumacher

From 1815 the Israelitische Freischule was located on the southwest corner of the square , the building of which was replaced in 1915 by a brick building designed by Fritz Schumacher . The building has been a listed building since 1982 . After several changes of use, it is now the State Trade School Textile and Clothing (G 4) under the name Anna-Siemsen-Schule .

Most of the Zeughausmarkt is now used as a parking lot.

Individual evidence

↑ Uwe Schmidt: Hamburg schools in the "Third Reich". Volume 2: Appendix, Hamburg University Press, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-937816-74-6 , p. 836.
^ Franklin Kopitzsch , Daniel Tilgner (ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. 4th, updated and expanded special edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8319-0373-3 , pp. 768-769.

Web links

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53.549156 9.974545Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 57 " N , 9 ° 58 ′ 28.4" E

[1] Uwe Schmidt: Hamburg schools in the "Third Reich". Volume 2: Appendix, Hamburg University Press, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-937816-74-6 , p. 836.

[2] Franklin Kopitzsch , Daniel Tilgner (ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. 4th, updated and expanded special edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8319-0373-3 , pp. 768-769.