Schloßplatz (Berlin)
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Schloßplatz(Germanfor "Palace Square" or "Castle Square" ) is a square located onMuseum Island(Museumsinsel) inBerlin,Germany.It measures about 225 m by 175 m, with its long side oriented on an axis approximately southwest/northeast. At its west corner is theSchlossbrücke(Palace Bridge), from whichUnter den Lindenleads west to theBrandenburg Gate.From the same corner,Karl-Liebknecht-Straßeruns northeast alongside the square and on toAlexanderplatz.Until the early 20th century, only the square south of the palace was so named, the square north of it being theLustgarten.
"Schloßplatz" is also a common name forsquaresin many German-speaking countries. Other cities which have aSchloßplatzincludeFrankfurt am Main,Stuttgart,MunichandDresden.
History[edit]
It was the site of theBerliner Stadtschloss(Berlin City Palace). From 1949 to 1990 it was part ofEast Berlin,the capital ofEast Germany.In 1950, the remains of the city palace were blown up, and in 1951 the square was renamedMarx-Engels-Platz(Marx-Engels Square) afterKarl MarxandFriedrich Engels.New buildings erected included thePalast der Republik,theCouncil of Statebuilding, and theForeign Ministrybuilding. The Council of State building contains abalconyfrom the former city palace, whereKarl Liebknechtproclaimed asocialist republicon November 9, 1918. TheSoviet Army's repression of theEast German uprising of 1953began on the square, when Soviet soldiers fired at East Germans trying to climb onto aT-34 tank.[1]
FollowingGerman reunificationin 1990, the nameSchloßplatzwas restored in 1994.
ThePalast der Republikwas originally scheduled to be demolished in 2005-06, but this was delayed, and a series of conceptual andperformance artevents were held in the Palast during the period of reprieve. Demolition of Palast der Republik was completed in 2008.
A temporary exhibition venueTemporäre Kunsthalle Berlinwas then constructed on the western side of the Schloßplatz and held a number of contemporary art exhibitions over the following two years.
Between 2012 and 2020 the Stadtschloss palace was rebuilt with three replica façades on north, west and south, a replica courtyard, and a modern interior and eastern facade. It houses a conference centre and several museum collections of theHumboldt Forum,which opened online on 16 December 2020.
The music video for the song 'Ich Will' (I Want) by the German bandRammsteinwas filmed in this location.
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References[edit]
- ^Taylor, Fred (2006).The Berlin Wall: a world divided, 1961-1989(1st U.S. ed.). New York:HarperCollins.ISBN978-0-06-078613-7.OCLC76481596.
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