Brautwiesenplatz, Cultural heritage square in Görlitz, Germany.
Brautwiesenplatz is a circular square in Görlitz with a green roundel at its center and six streets radiating outward like spokes. This layout creates an important traffic junction in the western part of the city.
The circular square was laid out in 1899, and its surrounding buildings were completed around 1900. In the 1930s it was officially rebuilt as a roundabout. During the Nazi period it was renamed Danziger Freiheit; a city council resolution of 23 October 1945 restored the name Brautwiesenplatz on 1 December 1945.
The name comes from the old field name Die Brautwiesen, meaning something like 'fallow meadows', not 'bridal meadows'. Görlitz residents call the square Görlitzer Drehscheibe. During the Nazi period it was renamed Danziger Freiheit, and a city council decision of 23 October 1945 restored the name from 1 December 1945.
The square functions as a roundabout connecting several main streets. Pedestrians and cyclists can use the well-developed paths around the green center.
The 1865 agreement between landowners Eduard Schultze and Gustav Zimmermann and the city failed because the railway company objected, fearing it would obstruct access to the goods sheds; a settlement was only reached in 1868. The circular square itself was not projected until after the 1874 decree shifted the station layout.
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