Roedeliusplatz, Public square in Lichtenberg, Germany.
Roedeliusplatz is a rectangular square in Lichtenberg, north of Frankfurter Allee between Möllendorffstraße and the Ostbahn railway. At its centre stands the former Glaubenskirche, now the St. Antonius & St. Shenouda Church, with 61-metre towers; the Amtsgericht Lichtenberg closes the southern edge. The square, church, court and tax office form a listed monument area.
The square was laid out in 1897 as Wagnerplatz, named after Richard Wagner; on 12 February 1935 it was renamed after Adalbert Roedelius, mayor of Spandau from 1851 to 1869 and from 1874 to 1877 the first Gemeindevorsteher of Lichtenberg. The Glaubenskirche was built in 1903–1905 to plans by Ludwig von Tiedemann and Robert Leibnitz, and the district court followed in 1904–1906. The square was still recorded as Amtsgerichtsplatz in 1905.
The Glaubenskirche at the center hosts Berlin's Coptic Orthodox community and displays a mix of architectural styles from different periods. Visitors can observe how this religious building has become a focal point for the local community.
The square lies between Möllendorffstraße and the Ostbahn tracks, with the district court closing its southern edge and the church in the middle. Tram and S-Bahn stops on Frankfurter Allee are a short walk south. The paving layout at the northern edge still shows where the Wagnerplatz tram terminus stood until 1944.
The square's northern edge kept the wide layout and paving pattern of a tram terminus until 2009. The line along Normannenstraße reached Wagnerplatz on 1 July 1913, was numbered 90 from 1 March 1927, and closed in 1944 because of the war.
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