Richard Wagner Platz (formerly: ''Wilhelmplatz'') is in

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district of

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. Today, the former market place is mainly perceived as a traffic junction, only a small segment of the square towards ''Schustehrusstraße'' is regularly used for weekly market purposes.

History

In 1824 the former market place was named ''Wilhelmplatz''. Since there was already a prominent square of the same name in

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, the

area was renamed ''Richard-Wagner-Platz'' on 12 December 1934 after the composer

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. Its buildings were regularly renovated in accordance with the architectural styles of the time and consisted mainly of

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style buildings until 1945. After extensive destruction during the

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, a large number of modern buildings were erected, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s.

Architecture

To the west of Richard-Wagner-Platz is

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and directly to the east on ''Otto-Suhr-Allee'' is Charlottenburg City Hall, built in 1905. Only a few of the former

style buildings have survived, the face of the square is dominated by new buildings. A residential and commercial building at the eastern end of ''Schustehrusstraße'' was designed in 1907/1908 by the architect

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and is now a listed building.

Traffic

The streets ''Otto-Suhr-Allee'' and ''Wintersteinstraße/Richard-Wagner-Straße'' cross at Richard-Wagner-Platz. In 1906, the square was given its own underground station, which was replaced in 1974–1978 by the present Richard-Wagner-Platz underground station, where several bus lines of

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stop.

Gallery

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References

External links

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