Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz ('' Gerhart Hauptmann Square'') is a central square in

Altstadt ''Altstadt'' is the German language word for "old town", and generally refers to the historical town or city centre within the old town or city wall, in contrast to younger suburbs outside. '' Neustadt'' (new town), the logical opposite of ''Alt ...

quarter,

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. The former Pferdemarkt (''Horse Market'') is located at the junction of the streets of

Mönckebergstraße The Mönckebergstraße (locally also called Mö) is one of the main shopping streets in Hamburg, Germany. Mönckebergstraße is located in Hamburg-Altstadt, running some 800 m in east-west-direction between the Hauptbahnhof at Steintorwall and th ...

, Spitalerstraße and Alstertor. The southern part of the square was renamed into Ida-Ehre-Platz (''

Ida Ehre Ida Ehre (; 9 July 1900 in Přerov, Moravia – 16 February 1989 in Hamburg) was an Austrian-German actress and theatre director and manager. Biography Ehre’s father was a hazzan. She learned acting at the University of Music and Performing Art ...

'' Square) on 9 July 2000, in honour of the actress and

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of Hamburger Kammerspiele.

History

The square was first mentioned in 1260 as ''Pferdemarkt''. Horse trading was later relocated to

Neuer Pferdemarkt Neuer may refer to: * Neuer (surname) Organizations * Neuer Botanischer Garten der Universität Göttingen, Göttingen * Neuer Botanischer Garten Marburg, Marburg * Neuer Botanischer Garten Tübingen, Tübingen Places * Neuer Dom, Linz Cathedr ...

(''New Horse Market'') square in

St. Pauli St. Pauli (Sankt Pauli; ) is a quarter of the city of Hamburg belonging to the centrally located Hamburg-Mitte borough. Situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, the nearby Landungsbrücken is a northern part of the port of Hamburg. St. Paul ...

after construction of

Hamburg city walls (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

. The square was renamed after dramatist and novelist Gerhart Hauptmann after his death in 1946.Horst Beckershaus, ''Die Hamburger Straßennamen'', 5.ed., Hamburg 2002, p.120 In the 1970s the square was redesigned with a wavy surface, which was partly flattened in the 2000s, because the square should be used regularly for a Christmas market and other events. Thalia Theater is located at the square since 1843. Major retailer

Karstadt Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH was a German department store chain whose headquarters were in Essen. Until 30 September 2010 the company was a subsidiary of Arcandor AG (which was known until 30 June 2007 as KarstadtQuelle AG) and was responsible wi ...

has its Hamburg central department store at the corner of Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz and Mönckebergstraße, often called ''Karstadt Mö'' by the Hamburg inhabitants.

References

External links

Picture archive
of Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz Squares in Hamburg Hamburg-Mitte Horse trade {{Hamburg-geo-stub