Zeltinger Platz, Cultural heritage square and park in Frohnau, Germany
Zeltinger Platz is a park and square in northern Berlin with green spaces, pathways, and seating areas that serves as a central gathering point in the Frohnau neighborhood. The space connects different residential areas and is surrounded by trees that provide shade and create a relaxed environment.
Zeltinger Platz and Ludolfingerplatz were laid out as ornamental squares for the garden city of Frohnau at the request of Count Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck, who commissioned garden architect Ludwig Lesser to plan the green spaces. Lesser placed the railway in a soundproof trench so the bridge above could link the two squares, both designed in Jugendstil. The half-round square east of the bridge was named Cecilienplatz after Crown Princess Cecilie of Mecklenburg until 8 June 1937, when it took the name of Zeltingen-Rachtig, a wine village in Rhineland-Palatinate, following the naming pattern of the surrounding streets.
The square is named after Zeltingen-Rachtig, a wine village on the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate, following the practice of naming Frohnau's streets and squares after wine-growing places. Until 8 June 1937 it was called Cecilienplatz after Crown Princess Cecilie of Mecklenburg. A stationery shop at the square has been run by the Dettke family for three generations, and the Kaffeehaus Zeltinger continues the site's café tradition.
The space is easily accessible with flat pathways suitable for visitors of all abilities. Nearby there is a pharmacy and the square connects via a bridge to neighboring areas across the railway tracks.
The round basin at the western edge of the square held Otto Maerker's bronze sculpture Kugelläuferin from 1931 to 1942. The figure disappeared after the Second World War; sculptor Harald Haake recreated the balancing nude athlete from the original model, and the Berlin Senate had it reinstalled at the same spot in 1980.
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