Zietenplatz
| Zietenplatz | |
|---|---|
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 Historically designed place sign |
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| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | center |
| Created | 1737 |
| Newly designed | 2004-2007 |
| Confluent streets |
Mohrenstrasse (north and south) , Mauerstrasse (west) |
| Buildings |
Representation of the Free State of Thuringia , embassy building of North Korea |
| use | |
| User groups | pedestrian |
| Space design | elongated oval |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | approx. 1400 m² |
| building-costs | 1.5 million euros (2008) |
The Zietenplatz is a place in the Berlin district of Mitte in the course of the western part of Mohrenstrasse between Wilhelmstrasse and Wall Street . Zietenplatz, which borders the historic Wilhelmplatz to the east (from 1949: Thälmannplatz , deleted from the street register since 1987), was given its name back on April 9, 2008, from 1849 to 1968. It is named after the Prussian equestrian general Hans Joachim von Zieten .
history
The historic square was laid out in 1737 as a parade ground and named on April 4, 1849 in honor of the Prussian general Hans Joachim von Zieten. At that time it was already built on with nine apartment buildings on both sides. Immediately to the east on the triangular area at the junction of Mauerstrasse and Kanonierstrasse (since 1951: Glinkastrasse ) stood the Trinity Church, which was destroyed in the Second World War .
During the Second World War, both Zietenplatz and the adjacent Wilhelmplatz were almost completely destroyed by Soviet artillery shelling due to their proximity to the Reich Chancellery during bombing raids and in the Battle of Berlin . When the area was redesigned in the GDR era, the square was finally moved in in 1968 and became part of Mohrenstrasse. It served as a parking space for motor vehicles.
In the summer of 2007, the newly designed Zietenplatz, with three plant beds, wide sidewalks covered with small pavement and benches, was opened to the public after almost three years of construction. The reconstruction of the area including the road works cost 1.5 million euros . On April 9th, 2008, Zietenplatz got its name back with a small celebration.
Buildings (selection)
The state representative office of the Free State of Thuringia is located on the northeast corner . The embassy building of North Korea delimits the south side of the square. The Hotel Kaiserhof , from which the NSDAP conducted its election campaign in the early 1930s , stood here until the Second World War . Directly below is an underground station , opened in 1908 with the name Kaiserhof . During the GDR era, it had communist names from 1950: until 1986 it was called Thälmann-Platz (after the politician Ernst Thälmann ), until 1991 Otto-Grotewohl-Straße (after Otto Grotewohl , the long-time Prime Minister of the GDR ), before the train station after the Mohrenstrasse was named. In July 2020, the BVG decided to rename the Mohrenstrasse underground station. Instead, it should bear the name of the nearby Glinkastraße .
Statues
From 1769 to 1786, Frederick the Great had marble statues of four important Prussian military leaders who had died in the war erected on Wilhelmplatz. In 1862 the administration replaced the weather-damaged figures with bronze versions. During the remodeling of the 1960s, in the course of criticizing “Prussian militarism ” , the GDR put the undamaged monuments in depots. In 2009 the Schadow Society arranged for it to be re-erected on Zietenplatz. It is a matter of:
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Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684–1757), Field Marshal General,
marble original by François-Gaspar-Balthasar Adam and Sigisbert Michel, installed in 1769, replaced in 1862 by a redesigned bronze version by August Kiss (no longer antique) -
Hans Karl von Winterfeldt (1707–1757), Lieutenant General,
marble original by Johann David Räntz the Elder. J. and Lorenz Wilhelm Räntz, erected in 1777, replaced in 1862 by a likewise redesigned bronze version by August Kiss -
Jakob von Keith ( aka James Keith , 1696–1758), Field Marshal General,
marble original by Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert , erected in 1786, replaced in 1862 by a bronze copy by August Kiss -
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721–1773), General of the Cavalry,
marble original by Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert, teacher of Johann Gottfried Schadow , installed in 1781, replaced in 1862 by a bronze copy by August Kiss.
They form an ensemble with the two figures, also under the auspices of the Schadow Society (2003 and 2005), who were re-erected on the former Wilhelmplatz:
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Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699–1786), equestrian or hussar general,
marble original by Johann Gottfried Schadow with three marble tablets, erected in 1794, replaced in 1857 by bronze copies by August Kiss -
Prince Leopold I of Dessau (called: der Alte Dessauer , 1676–1747), Field Marshal General,
marble original by Johann Gottfried Schadow, erected in 1800, replaced in 1857 by a bronze copy by August Kiss.
The images of these six personalities in the center of Berlin together with the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great on the boulevard Unter den Linden (near Bebelplatz or Forum Fridericianum ) literally represent the era of Old Fritz and his wars (see: Silesian Wars ).
- Monuments on the Zietenplatz
See also
Web links
- Zietenplatz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- Zietenplatz and Hausvogteiplatz . Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment
- Double space facility Wilhelmplatz and Zietenplatz completed . Press release by the Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, June 6, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Thomas Fülling: Berlin has a Zietenplatz again . In: Berliner Morgenpost , June 7, 2007.
- ^ Zietenplatz (historical) . In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
- ↑ a b c Zietenplatz. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- ↑ Ziethenplatz . In: Allgemeiner Wohnungsanzeiger für Berlin, Charlottenburg and Umgebung , 1850, TI, p. 159 (The spelling at that time was with "h".).
- ↑ Uwe Aulich: Berlin has a Zietenplatz again . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 7, 2007.
- ^ After the racism debate: BVG wants to rename Mohrenstrasse underground station. In: Der Tagesspiegel . July 3, 2020, accessed July 4, 2020 .
- ^ Schadow-Gesellschaft completes memorial on Zietenplatz , press release from 2009, accessed on February 7, 2016.
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 42.6 ″ N , 13 ° 23 ′ 7.1 ″ E