Mall of Berlin

Last updated
Mall of Berlin
18-01-06-Potsdamer-Platz-Berlin-RalfR- RR70342.jpg
Mall of Berlin, 2018
Mall of Berlin
LocationBerlin
Coordinates 52°30′36″N13°22′47″E / 52.5100°N 13.3798°E / 52.5100; 13.3798
Opening dateSeptember 25, 2014
OwnerHigh Gain House Investments
ArchitectArchitektengemeinschaft Pechtold Ges. von Architekten mbH, nps tchoban voss GmbH
No. of stores and services200 [1]
Website mallofberlin.de

The LP12 Mall of Berlin, also known as Leipziger Platz Quartier or simply Mall of Berlin, is a shopping mall in the Mitte borough of Berlin, Germany. [2] [3] It forms the northeastern part of the octagon at Leipziger Platz.

Contents

History

The site of the mall was originally home to the Wertheim department store, which was the largest department store in Europe until it was destroyed in World War II. Since the location was very close to the sector boundary defined by the Potsdam Agreement, the entire Leipziger Platz remained undeveloped for the following four decades. IN 2005, the ruins of the former Wertheim store were demolished, making way for redevelopment. [4]

Construction on the mall began in February 2011. [5] In the spring of 2012, soil on the construction site collapsed near the tunnel of the U2 subway line below. [6] Subway traffic was interrupted for several months for safety reasons. [7] After the foundation stone was laid on August 17, 2012, the topping-out ceremony was celebrated on August 15, 2013. [8]

In 2022 seven United Buddy Bears were installed on the ground level. The bears stand for the motto "Hand in Hand for Tolerance / WE ARE BERLIN", meant to symbolize the diversity of Berlin; the bears wear sashes with the words “Respect,” “Diversity,” and “Tolerance.” [9]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Alexanderplatz</span></span> Square in Berlin, Germany

Alexanderplatz is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. The square is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I, which also denotes the larger neighbourhood stretching from Mollstraße in the north-east to Spandauer Straße and the Rotes Rathaus in the south-west.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Potsdamer Platz</span> Public square and traffic intersection in Berlin, Germany

Potsdamer Platz is a public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about 1 km (1,100 yd) south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag, and close to the southeast corner of the Tiergarten park. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 km (16 mi) to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate. Initially, the open area near the city gate was used for military drills and parades. In the 19th into the 20th century, it developed from an intersection of suburban thoroughfares into the most bustling traffic intersection in Europe. The area was totally destroyed during World War II and then left desolate during the Cold War era when the Berlin Wall bisected its location. Since German reunification, Potsdamer Platz has been the site of major redevelopment projects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mitte</span> Borough of Berlin in Germany

Mitte is the first and most central borough of Berlin. The borough consists of six sub-entities: Mitte proper, Gesundbrunnen, Hansaviertel, Moabit, Tiergarten and Wedding.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">U2 (Berlin U-Bahn)</span> Underground line in Berlin

U2 is a line of the Berlin U-Bahn. The U2 line starts at Pankow S-Bahn station, runs through the eastern city centre (Alexanderplatz) to Potsdamer Platz, the western city centre and finally to the Ruhleben terminal station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Friedrichstraße</span> Street in Berlin, Germany

The Friedrichstraße is a major culture and shopping street in central Berlin, forming the core of the Friedrichstadt neighborhood and giving the name to Berlin Friedrichstraße station. It runs from the northern part of the old Mitte district to the Hallesches Tor in the district of Kreuzberg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georg Wertheim</span> German businessman

Georg Wertheim was a German merchant and founder of the popular Wertheim chain of department stores.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Märkisches Museum (Berlin U-Bahn)</span> Station of the Berlin U-Bahn

Märkisches Museum is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U2 in the Mitte district. Since 1935 it has been named after the nearby Märkisches Museum, the municipal museum of the history of Berlin and the Mark Brandenburg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wertheim (department store)</span>

Wertheim was a large department store chain in pre-World War II Germany. It was founded by Georg Wertheim and operated various stores in Berlin, one in Rostock, one in Stralsund, and one in Breslau. Its Jewish owners were forced out after 1933 by the new Nazi government. After the war, owner Karstadt operated various store branches across Germany under the Wertheim name, all of which either closed or were rebranded Karstadt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Voßstraße</span> Street in Berlin, Germany

Voßstraße is a street in central Berlin, the capital of Germany. It runs east–west from Ebertstraße to Wilhelmstraße in the borough of Mitte, one street north of Leipziger Straße and very close to Potsdamer Platz. It is best known for being the location of Hitler's new Reich Chancellery complex, and the bunker where he spent his last days.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leipziger Straße</span>

Leipziger Straße is a major thoroughfare in the central Mitte district of Berlin, capital of Germany. It runs from Leipziger Platz, an octagonal square adjacent to Potsdamer Platz in the west, to Spittelmarkt in the east. Part of the Bundesstraße 1 highway, it is today one of the city's main east–west road links.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rosenthaler Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)</span> Station of the Berlin U-Bahn

Rosenthaler Platz is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the U8. Opened in 1930, the station was designed by Alfred Grenander, making prominent use of orange uranium tiles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berlin Alexanderplatz station</span> German train station

Berlin Alexanderplatz is a German railway station in the Mitte district of Berlin's city centre. It is one of the busiest transport hubs in the Berlin area. The station takes its name from its location on Alexanderplatz, near the Fernsehturm and the World Clock.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leipziger Platz</span> Square in Berlin, Germany

Leipziger Platz is an octagonal square in the center of Berlin. It is located along Leipziger Straße just east of and adjacent to the Potsdamer Platz.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mitte (locality)</span> Quarter of Berlin in Germany

Mitte is a central section of Berlin, Germany, in the eponymous borough of Mitte. Until 2001, it was itself an autonomous district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alfred Messel</span> German architect

Alfred Messel was a German architect at the turning point to the 20th century, creating a new style for buildings which bridged the transition from historicism to modernism. Messel was able to combine the structure, decoration, and function of his buildings, which ranged from department stores, museums, office buildings, mansions, and social housing to soup kitchens, into a coherent, harmonious whole. As an urban architect striving for excellence he was in many respects ahead of his time. His best known works, the Wertheim department stores and the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, reflect a new concept of self-confident metropolitan architecture. His architectural drawings and construction plans are preserved at the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manon Kahle</span> American actress (born 1980)

Manon Kahle is an American actress. She lives and works in Berlin, Germany as an actress, voice-over artist and illustrator.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Columbushaus</span> Office complex in Berlin (Demolished)

The Columbushaus was a nine-storey modernist office and shopping building in Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, designed by Erich Mendelsohn and completed in 1932. It was an icon of progressive architecture which passed relatively unscathed through World War II but was gutted by fire in the June 1953 uprising in East Germany. The ruin was subsequently razed in 1957 because it stood in the border strip; the site where the structure once stood was occupied by activists shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">City West</span> Area of Berlin, Germany

City West is an area in the western part of central Berlin. It is one of Berlin's main commercial areas, and was the commercial centre of former West Berlin when the city was divided by the Berlin Wall.

The state of Berlin has three instruments of direct democracy. These enable German citizen residents to directly influence policy, in addition to indirect democracy via elected officials in the House of Representatives. In addition, there are two instruments at the borough level.

References

  1. "Mall of Berlin – Alle Shops". mallofberlin.de. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  2. "Mall of Berlin". Architect Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  3. "Mall of Berlin at Leipziger Platz". berlin.de. Archived from the original on 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  4. "In Today's Feuilletons". signandsight.com. 2005-05-14. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  5. Cay Dobberke. "‚Mall of Berlin' in Berlin-Mitte: Endspurt am Leipziger Platz". Der Tagesspiegel . Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  6. "Erde abgesackt: Bauarbeiten stoppen U2". Tagesspiegel Online . ISSN   1865-2263 . Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  7. "Grundsteinlegung Leipziger Platz: Nur Lob für das neue Stadtquartier". Berliner Zeitung . 2012-08-19. Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  8. "Einkaufszentrum am Leipziger Platz: Richtfest in der alten neuen Mitte Berlins". Tagesspiegel Online . ISSN   1865-2263 . Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  9. Informationen zur Aktion Hand in Hand für Toleranz laut den Erklärungstafeln am Aufstellungsort, 7. Februar 2024 (online).