Hackescher Markt
The Hackescher Markt in the Spandau suburb of Berlin hamlet center is a transportation hub and a starting point for the Berlin nightlife.
Location
The course is located at the southern end of the Rosenthalerstraße at which lasted until the 19th century the moat. In addition, the Oranienburger Strasse, the Great President Street, the new promenade and the road running to the Spandau Bridge to the square.
History
The land on which the course is today, was originally swampland. Only with the demolition of the moat was the Berlin city commander Hans Christoph Friedrich Graf von Hacke in 1750 to create the space in the order of Frederick II. He quickly became known as the Hackescher Markt known but it was only on 23 July 1840, the official name change.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the place has developed thanks to the development by public transport to an urban node. Near the square, the Berlin Stock Exchange, after also the S-Bahn station was named in place. During World War II, a part of the surrounding the square building was destroyed. The place, located by the division of Germany into East Berlin and now marked by vacant lots, lost in the wind shadow of the 1960s newly rebuilt city center at Alexanderplatz in importance.
After the reunification of Germany and Berlin in 1990, the existing buildings were renovated and vacant lots closed. The square area was largely redesigned as a pedestrian area. The piazza and the viaduct arches of the railway station and along the afferent streets on-site dining facilities of all kinds settled, so the Hackescher Markt became the starting point of an entertainment district. The place is now used as a beer garden and a weekly market.
Public transportation
Tram
The place was a few years ago the central hub of the Berlin tram, now he has to share this position with the Alexanderplatz. At Hackescher Markt, four metro tram lines (M1, M4, M5, M6) from three directions, two of which have their terminus here meet. In the night traffic stop or end here three of the tram lines, since the line M6 at night does not operate on a large part of the already served by the line M5 route section.
The central importance stems from the fact that there is one of the few urban Wendeschleifen tram here. All sections of the light rail south were shut down until 1970, so the traffic that usually runs from the outskirts to the city center, it automatically applies here.
The turning loop was initially a single-track passage and was originally not the present purpose. Only gradually was extended to four sidings. The enormous traffic in the loop can still lead to onset with trains already here late. With the construction of a new route on the Alexanderplatz, the turning loop had to be rebuilt, the trains are now on a short distance south of the city railway viaduct along to accommodate the new track here.
S-Bahn station
The station of the Berlin S -Bahn was built by Johannes Vollmer in 1878 and opened to traffic on February 7, 1882. He was then called Exchange and was renamed on 1 May 1951 in Marx- Engels-Platz. The new name was more or less misleading, because that was before the later built the Palace of the Republic and was therefore not far from the train station direct environment, but about 500 meters. On 31 May 1992 the station was renamed in Hackescher Markt, having already had this goal for years approached the trams.
Interesting it is especially his hall of brick for the light rail trains, the S -Bahn. The mainline trains south past the hall. Below the hall and tracks are located in the railway arches of cafés, bars and restaurants. The S-Bahn station is now a protected monument.
Due to the S-Bahn station and the numerous tram lines of the square and the surrounding streets are very well developed. A variety of cinemas, pubs, cafes and retail shops can be easily reached on foot. Car parking, however, are scarce.
Night bus
During the day holds no single bus at Hackescher Markt, he is at night after the Bahnhof Zoo 's second most important transfer point of Berlin. In addition to the well at night trains running tram lines (see above) hold here six night bus lines, three of them so-called " underground night buses" ( as nocturnal substitute for the day at the nearby Alexanderplatz moving lines U2, U5 and U8), the lines N5 and N8 not drive due to the continuous U -Bahn service on weekends. The line N2 ( as U2's replacement ) runs on weekends only in the direction Bahnhof Zoo, as the route to Pankow is served by the U2.
Environment
The area of Hackescher Markt is characterized by numerous tourist attractions, cultural institutions, restaurants and. These include the Monbijoupark, Hackescher Markt, the Lustgarten and the Berlin Cathedral, Museum Island, Alexanderplatz and the New Synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse. Since the repair, 2008, the Jewish cemetery, which destroyed terrain, the Jewish community was given back in 1948, recognizable as such.