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Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of Naturalism (literature), literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into h ...
Square'') is a central square in
Altstadt ''Altstadt'' () is the German language word for "old town", and generally refers to the historical town or city centre within the old town or city wall, in contrast to younger suburbs outside. '' Neustadt'' (new town), the logical opposite of ...
quarter,
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,
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. The former Pferdemarkt (''Horse Market'') is located at the junction of the streets of
Mönckebergstraße The Mönckebergstraße (locally also called Mö) is one of the main shopping streets in Hamburg, Germany. Mönckebergstraße is located in Hamburg-Altstadt, running some 800 m in east-west-direction between the Hauptbahnhof at Steintorwall and t ...
,
Spitalerstraße Spitalerstraße is a shopping street in the Altstadt, Hamburg, Altstadt quarter, Hamburg, Germany. The street, a pedestrian zone, is one of the central shopping districts of the city and forms a diagonal junction from Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz/Mön ...
and Alstertor. The southern part of the square was renamed into Ida-Ehre-Platz (''
Ida Ehre Ida Ehre (; 9 July 1900 – 16 February 1989) was an Austrian-German actor, theatre director, and manager. Biography Ehre was born in Přerov, Moravia in 1900. Her father was a hazzan (Hebrew cantor). She learned acting at the University of Music ...
'' Square) on 9 July 2000, in honour of the actress and
intendant An intendant (; ; ) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The intendancy system was a centralizing administrative system developed in France. In the War of the Spanish Success ...
of Hamburger Kammerspiele.


History

The square was first mentioned in 1260 as ''Pferdemarkt''. Horse trading was later relocated to Neuer Pferdemarkt (''New Horse Market'') square in
St. Pauli St. Pauli (Sankt Pauli; ) is a quarter of the city of Hamburg belonging to the centrally located Hamburg-Mitte borough. Situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, the nearby Landungsbrücken is a northern part of the port of Hamburg. St. Pau ...
after construction of Hamburg city walls. The square was renamed after dramatist and novelist
Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of Naturalism (literature), literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into h ...
after his death in 1946.Horst Beckershaus, ''Die Hamburger Straßennamen'', 5.ed., Hamburg 2002, p.120 In the 1970s the square was redesigned with a wavy surface, which was partly flattened in the 2000s, because the square should be used regularly for a Christmas market and other events. Thalia Theater is located at the square since 1843. Major retailer
Karstadt Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH was a German department store chain whose headquarters were in Essen. Until 30 September 2010 the company was a subsidiary of Arcandor, Arcandor AG (which was known until 30 June 2007 as KarstadtQuelle AG) and was respo ...
has its Hamburg central department store at the corner of Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz and Mönckebergstraße, often called ''Karstadt Mö'' by the Hamburg inhabitants.


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of Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz Squares in Hamburg Hamburg-Mitte Horse trade {{Hamburg-geo-stub