Wittenbergplatz

The Wittenberg Platz is a square in the Berlin district of Schöneberg district of Tempelhof- Schöneberg. He is part of the so-called " Generalszugs ", a road and place result which connects the districts of Schöneberg and Kreuzberg together. The square was created 1889-1892.

He was named after the battle of Wittenberg on January 13, 1813 against the Napoleonic troops in the wars of liberation. In direct connection with this, the name of the Tauentzienstraße, which adjoins the west side of the square. General Tauentzien received in appreciation of the battle known as the " Wittenberg " - although he was not personally present at the storming of the city.

The distinctive cross-shaped building access to the Wittenberg Platz Underground Station is located in the center of the square between the lanes of the connection of the Tauentzienstraße to Kleiststraße. Is the well-known beyond Berlin KaDeWe ( KaDeWe ) At the southwest corner of the square. The court system was launched in the 1990s to the present situation.

Between 2008 and 2009, the ceiling of the subway tunnel has been completely refurbished to a length of about 800 meters for about 11.4 million euros due to the penetrating water. These parts of the Wittenberg Square were cordoned off, closed the left lane of each Tauentzienstraße and the passage to the Bayreuther Straße and green flowers and plants removed for access to the ceiling only from above was possible.

Wittenberg Platz with the KaDeWe, Aerial view of 1920