Schlossplatz (Stuttgart)

Schlossplatz in Stuttgart is the largest square in the center of Stuttgart.

Location

The court divided the 1.2 km long main pedestrian street of Stuttgart, the King's Road in the lower King Street towards the main station and the upper King Street towards Rotebühlplatz.

On the southern side of the square is perpendicular to the King's Road, grading. This traffic in the area of ​​Schlossplatz road connects the Castle Square on subsequent Karlsplatz past with the Charlotte area, where it flows into the main roads running there. It should be noted that many of the straight road axes in the inner city have no precise orientation to the cardinal directions; this is also true for the facades of the New Palace and the sides of the square. The royal road leads from its upper end to the south approximately in the direction North to Central Station.

Development

The Castle Square consists of a baroque garden with fountains and music pavilion. In the center is a 30 -meter-high Jubiläumssäule is a figure of the goddess Concordia from the year 1841. The course was redesigned in 1977 at the Federal Garden Show and then remained preserved in this form.

To the east, the New Palace with its courtyard forms the conclusion of the course. In an extension of the New Castle closes, separated by a transport corridor, the Old Castle on the south side of - the West, the Old Firm with the Mercury column, which was built in 1598 as a water tower for the fountain works of the Lustgarten. The gilded youth figure is from 1862.

On the north side of the New Castle closes at right angles to the exhibition building of the Württemberg Art Society at. In addition, Queen Olga construction rises, in the long years a bank fails to Stuttgart main point was (namely, the Dresdner Bank).

On the northwest corner is the Marquardtbau, who formerly was located right next to the old train station and served as a hotel. It was rebuilt after the war in a simplified form. He opened it were the continuation of King Street East. Now is home to, among others, the comedy in Marquardt and a cinema.

Directly opposite the New Palace of the Square to the west along the King's Road is limited by the Königsbau. The two buildings are the most prominent of the place and contribute significantly to its appearance. The late classical Königsbau was built in 1855-1859 by the court architect Johann Michael Knapp and Christian Leins. Direct - seen from the square - behind it opened in April 2006, the ten-storey shopping center Königsbaupassagen with 25,000 m2 of retail space.

In addition to the Königsbau is opened in 2005 Kunstmuseum Stuttgart. The badly damaged in an air raid in World War II Kronprinzenpalais was located at this point. This was torn down many years later in favor of road transport, as already many buildings had been rebuilt elsewhere.

As the successor to the crown prince Palaises building was erected to - since its opening in 1969 controversial - Small Schlossplatz and the neighboring building of the book house Wittwer. The traffic went first only in the King's Road in an underground structure, on the Little Castle Square itself pavilions ( boutiques, ticket sales ) and at its end of the building (Baden ) were Württembergischen Bank (architect Rolf Gutbrod ). After a reorganization of the B27 - tunnel is now starting further up the grading ( road ).

Prior to the tunnel mouth a large staircase was installed in the 1990s, which linked the higher the Little Castle Square with the King's Road and the actual Schlossplatz. In March 2005, the new art museum was provided in the form of a partially transparent glass cube on the Little Castle Square, which was the side adds to a reduced form, especially in summer when the Stuttgart very popular staircase.

Transport links

• Roads: The Palace Square is located in the area of ​​State Road 27, which crosses under the Small Schlossplatz and then leads to Ludwigsburg / Heilbronn. In the opposite direction the B leaves 27 after the Schlossplatz in the amount of the New Palace and the Karlsplatz their tunnels and crosses the intersection with the main road 14 in the direction Tübingen.
• Public transport: Bus lines 42 and 44 and every 17 night bus routes to and from the palace square. The rail lines U5, U6, U7, U12 and U15 hold on to an underground station. The stations Charlotte Square and Friedrichsbau are about four minutes' walk away.

Events

On the Palace Square are held throughout the year through various events such as open-air concerts, live broadcasts or known in southern Germany Stuttgart Children's and Youth Festival. Each year, among other things, the open-air film screenings of the International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart will be held in late April / early May.