BERLIN CALENDAR: WHICH WAY TO HAACKSCHE MARKT?
Today in Berlin: 1 July, 1840
(To all our regular Readers, sincere apologies for a longer absence from the Servers & Co - the recent research trip to Switzerland proved both exhilarating and exhausting. I returned a happy but knackered woman - however, now that the mystery has almost been solved, our “regular service” will be resumed. I hope you will enjoy everything that follows. Here is the next story for the treasure trove of your Berlin Companion.)
Every famous city has its prominent locations - they become symbols and sooner or later even serve as a stand-in for the city’s name. “Eiffel Tower”, “Manhattan”, “Hyde Park” - say these names and it is hardly necessary to name the metropolis that they call their home.
Berlin has them, too: “Brandenburger Tor”, “Tiergarten” or “Fernsehturm” to name just a few. Even though other German cities might feature these names on their maps as well, they will irrevocably be first associated with the capital.
Today’s page in our Berlin Calendar tells the story of a place elevated to that position only after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today we are travelling in time through Hackescher Markt. Which was named on this day in 1840. Although the actual name was slightly different…