COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
Belle-Alliance Platz - Mehringplatz
title
Belle-Alliance Platz - Mehringplatz
Title
false
Creation Date:
1730
creation_date
1730
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
1935
image_date
1935
Image Date
false
Period:
18th century ; 19th century ; 20th century
period
18th century ; 19th century ; 20th century
Period
false
Location:
Berlin
location
Berlin
Location
false
Country:
GERMANY
country
GERMANY
Country
false
Display Creator:
not known
display_creator
not known
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
12-0117
image_id
12-0117
Image ID
false
Description:
Aerial view: Belle-Alliance Platz (now called Mehringplatz) from a photograph displayed onsite. This image shows the square as it was in 1935. It was laid out in the mid 18th century and in 1815 re-named after the Battle of Waterloo (known in Prussia as the Battle of Belle-Alliance). The Peace Column (Sculptor: C.D. RAUCH) in the centre dates from 1830. The area was destroyed at the end of WW2. The square was renamed, after a socialist historian Franz Mehring, and eventually rebuilt in the 1960s as subsidised housing (SCHAROUN , DÜTTMANN), after the Berlin Wall had been constructed close by. The square is now (2012) awaiting a fresh redevelopment. Photographs of the area like this, taken at various dates, have been displayed around it as part of the public consultation process. An 'urban art venture' called The Berlin Oracle is also planned to promote the area: see also < http://www.theberli
> .
description
Aerial view: Belle-Alliance Platz (now called Mehringplatz) from a photograph displayed onsite. This image shows the square as it was in 1935. It was laid out in the mid 18th century and in 1815 re-named after the Battle of Waterloo (known in Prussia as the Battle of Belle-Alliance). The Peace Column (Sculptor: C.D. RAUCH) in the centre dates from 1830. The area was destroyed at the end of WW2. The square was renamed, after a socialist historian Franz Mehring, and eventually rebuilt in the 1960s as subsidised housing (SCHAROUN , DÜTTMANN), after the Berlin Wall had been constructed close by. The square is now (2012) awaiting a fresh redevelopment. Photographs of the area like this, taken at various dates, have been displayed around it as part of the public consultation process. An 'urban art venture' called The Berlin Oracle is also planned to promote the area: see also < http://www.theberlinoracle.de/index.php?id=000&lang=en > .
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Related Information:
Berlin redevelopments. For more information see also < http://www.kunstwel
> .
related_information
Berlin redevelopments. For more information see also < http://www.kunstwelt-berlin.de/english/kwev.htm > .
Related Information
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
not known
creator
not known
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Architect.
creator_role
Architect.
Creator Role
false
Subject Heading:
Streetscapes (Urban design) -- Germany
subject_heading
Streetscapes (Urban design) -- Germany
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- Germany
subject_heading
Architecture -- Germany
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Architecture -- 1700-1800
subject_heading
Architecture -- 1700-1800
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
City squares -- Germany
subject_heading
City squares -- Germany
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Gardens -- Germany
subject_heading
Gardens -- Germany
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Columns
subject_heading
Columns
Subject Heading
false