Hackescher Markt
Hackescher Markt ("Hacke's Market") is a square in the central
Oranienburger Strasse. It is an important transport hub and a starting point for the city's nightlife
.
Overview
Originally a marsh north of the city fortifications on the road to Spandau, the Prussian king Frederick the Great about 1750 had a market square laid out under the surveillance of Townmajor Hans Christoph Friedrich Graf von Hacke in the course of a northern town expansion. It was officially named after Hacke on 23 July 1840.
In 1882 the area received access to the
stock exchange. The station was renamed Marx-Engels-Platz during the GDR era.[1] The railway tracks of the S-Bahn along the eastern and northern sections of Mitte between the stations Hackescher Markt and Jannowitzbrücke are built where the ramparts, walls, moats and glacis of the Berlin Fortress, a 17th century bastion fort
around the historic city limits, had been.
Formerly a rather neglected area, Hackescher Markt with its old buildings has developed into a cultural and commercial centre after
night bus
lines. A weekly market is still held every Thursday and Saturday.
References
- ISBN 1-57181-040-4.
- ISBN 1-86189-015-X.
External links
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