Medborgarplatsen

Medborgarplatsen ( Swedish for citizens Square) is a square in Stockholm district of Södermalm. There is also a station of the Stockholm Metro the same name that is in close proximity to the place.

The Place

The site is bounded to the east by the Gotgatan, a very Södermalm continuous road. He is now a lively place at which discos, among other things, the clubs Snaps and Debaser, and pubs. In the summer there are also several beer gardens. Consumption of alcohol outside of these, however, is prohibited. Also on the square are the Medborgarhus and the Göta Arkhus that the administration of the district, which also includes the Gamla stan houses.

Right on the site in the Gotgatan 48 is the Lillienhoffska palats, which was built in the years 1668-1670 by Johan Tobias Pötter. He was knighted as Lilli Hoff, whereby the building got its name. It was purchased in 1723 by the British Minister Robert Jackson, which is why it is also called Engelska Huset ( the English House ). By 1888 the building served as a poorhouse. In 1900 the city of Stockholm bought the house. Today it houses a restaurant, offices and homes.

The site lies adjacent to the complex at the Södra station, a stop on the Pendeltåg. Part of the complex is also Södermalmshalle, which was opened in 1992. On the other side of the park Gotgatan Bjorn trädgård is located, in which also the Stockholm mosque is located.

The genesis of the square is related to the expansion of the railway to Södra station in the 1850s. The course was built and planned to there to offer the incoming with the railways People agricultural products. The place was called Södra Bantorget, ie Southern Railway Square in 1876. Some years earlier, its counterpart, the Norra Bantorget, ie the Northern Railway Square, was built near Stockholm Central Station.

In connection with the construction of Medborgarhus ( town house ) of the square was remodeled. In 1936 it was proposed to rename the place in Medborgarplatsen, as subsequently occurred on 17 December 1940. It is the only place in Stockholm, the plats shall also bear the designation on behalf today. Other places usually hot torg or torget.

Since September 10, 2004, here is a glass stone in memory of the assassinated Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. She had held on this place their last speech before a was assassinated on September 10, 2003.

The square is often used as a starting point for demonstrations. Here celebrated on 27 October 2001, around 35,000 fans of the football club Hammarby IF the first and only championship of the club.

Subway station

On the other side of the Gotgatan the metro station Medborgarplatsen, which is served by the Green Line of the Stockholm metro is. The station was opened on October 1, 1933 under the name Södra Bantorget and approached from the first track, which drove between Slussen and the further south Ringvägen. After renaming the place the name of the metro station was initially maintained. Only in 1944 the station was renamed to its present name.

In 1950, the station was rebuilt to give the new, longer subway trains space. However, it was not ready in time for the intended start on October 1 and was therefore opened on 1 November 1950. The fortifications, which at that time held the contact lines for the trams are still visible on the ceiling. Today, the station is served by the green line and is there between the stations Slussen and Skanstull. The distance to Slussen is approximately 600 meters. The southern exit of the station is located on the Folkungagatan, the northern of Bjorn trädgård directly opposite the Medborgarplatsen, the latter was opened on 29 November 1995.

The platform is 6 to 18 feet below the ground, but 17 meters above the sea level.

The walls of the station are yellow tiled, partly still in original from the 1930s. As in all stations of Stockholm Metro is also an artistic design. So Gunnar Söderström designed the pillars, and find themselves in the Southern ticket office hall decorated walls and a floor mosaic of Mari Pårup from the year 1997.

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• Urban open space in Stockholm
• Place in Sweden
• Place in Europe