Schillerplatz (Stuttgart)

The Schiller Square is a square in the center of Stuttgart. It was created in its present form, in honor of Friedrich Schiller. It is surrounded in the south west starting from the Collegiate Church, the fruit box, the Prinzenbau (today the Ministry of Justice ) and the Old Firm and finally the Old Castle.

On the Schiller Square takes place twice a week, a weekly market. Many events that take place primarily at the Stuttgart market place, be extended to the Schiller Platz, such as the Stuttgart Christmas Market. Under the Schiller Square is also located underground parking.

Schiller monument on Schiller Square

Set within the cobbled square is the built by the Dane Bertel Thorvaldsen 1839 Schiller monument. It was the first Schiller monument in Germany. As model for a drawing Schiller by Johann Christian Reinhart, which was made ​​in 1787 and is now lost. About its origin to the written by Thorwaldsen compatriot Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is The old church bell.

History

The first permanent home of Stuttgart, the Stuthaus, was next to the church. It is therefore assumed suggest that the site of today's Schiller place around the year 1000 part of the site was stud mare garden. Since the 12th century, the area was probably built-up area, from the 13th century stone houses were built as the fruit box. Middle of the 14th century, the Dürnitzbau of the old castle was built. 1542 was the construction of the firm to be completed. A few years later, the arcaded wing of the old castle was built and designed the area as a moat to our office. 1594 commissioned the architect Henry Duke Friedrich I Schickhardt in the area of ​​today's Schiller place to create a representative Renaissance square. For this purpose, until shortly before 1600, the existing houses were bought and demolished. The resulting space has been paved and called palace and office space. Since that time the site has its present dimensions.

As of 1607, construction began on Sent house, today's Prinzenbau. This building was completed in 1677. 1711 Prinzenbau behind the old firm was expanded to a grading. Here, the firm arch was built. On the south side of the square, between the castle and collegiate church in 1712 opened the first coffee house in Stuttgart, from 1798, Gasthof " King of England " was born. A few years earlier, in 1775-1777, the castle moat was filled up. Thus, the square was finally its present form.

1934, the old castle square was officially renamed Schiller Square. 1944/45, burned all the buildings from around the Schiller Square. Except for the " King of England " they were rebuilt and preserved in its outer form. 1972/1973 a garage was built under the Schiller Square.

Old firm

At the building of the Old Firm is a round slender tall tower is from 1598 The remarkable figure in this column -. A " young man of gold " - comes from Ludwig Hofer (1862 ), by Wilhelm Pelargus, and provides a Mercurius dar.