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Minster Square (Freiburg im Breisgau)
[edit]The Minster Square in the centre district of Freiburg is a paved area surrounding the Freiburger Minster. The city library, the historic mall, the Wentzinger House and also the Korn House are located on this square. The Freiburger streams run along the sides of the square.
Nearly all of the surrounding buildings were destroyed in the bombing of Freiburg on November 27th, 1944. Only the buildings on the southeast side of the square, the historic mall, the Wentzinger House and the Old Guard as well as the Minster itself, were spared from destruction.
The Minster churchyard was originally surrounded by an approximately 1.60 metre high wall, which was only taken down in 1785. It served mainly as a city cemetery on the north side in the Middle Ages. Here, the outlines of the former cemetery chapel of St. Andreas[1] are embedded into the cobblestones. The chapel, which included an ossuary in the basement, was pulled down in 1752. In the year 1514, at the instance of Emperor Maximilian I, the cemetery was relocated to the suburban town of Neuburg because for sanitary reasons.[2] Ever since then, the square has been used as a market place, which until then was on Kaiser-Joseph Street.[3]
The market takes place on all working days - with one exception: on August 15th, the day of the Assumption of Mary, who is the patron saint of the Minster, the square remains clear. On approximately 10,000 square metres, 80 to 180 market stalls offer groceries, craftwork and souvenirs. The nothern side, the so called farmer's market, is exclusively reserved for local farms and their products.[4] On special occasions, for example the Freiburger wine festival, several stalls have to be shifted into the surrounding alleyways and partially also onto Kaiser-Joseph Street. For many visitors of the city, the minster market of Freiburg is an outstanding attraction. Until the pedestrian zone was established in the 1970s, the square was used as a car park in the afternoon.
In front of the main entrance there are three plague columns, which are located beneath the tower of the Minster. They were crowned by St. Mary as well as by the two patron Saints, Lambert of Lüttich and Alexander. St. Alexander is a catacomb saint who replaced St. George in portrayals as a patron saint in the 17th century.[5] On the minster square, St. George can be found on the 'Georgsbrunnen', which is a fountain named after him. St. Lambert can be seen on in the 'Fischbrunnen'.
References
[edit]- ^ Landesbibliographie Baden-Württemberg. Abgerufen am 14. August 2013.
- ^ Friedrich Kempf: Die alten Friedhöfe]. In: Badischer Architecten- und Ingenieur-Verein, Oberrheinischer Bezirk (Hrsg.): Freiburg im Breisgau. Die Stadt und ihre Bauten]. H. M. Poppen & Sohn, Freiburg im Breisgau 1898, S. 410 (Scan bei Wikisource]).
- ^ vgl. Peter Kalchthaler, Guido Linke, Mirja Straub (Hrsg.), Baustelle Gotik. Das Freiburger Münster. Ausstellungskatalog, S. 147; Petersberg (Hessen) 2013, Michael Imhof Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86568-880-4
- ^ Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik: Markt auf dem Münsterplatz], fwtm.freiburg.de, abgerufen am 23. Juni 2013
- ^ Peter Kalchthaler]: Die Stadtpatrone: St. Georg, St. Lambert, St. Alexander], freiburgermuenster.info, abgerufen am 22. Juni 2013
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