Hackescher Markt

{{Short description|Public square in Berlin}}

{{For|the Berlin S-Bahn station|Berlin Hackescher Markt station}}

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{{lang|de|Hackescher Markt}} ("Hacke's Market") is a square in the central Mitte locality of Berlin, Germany, situated at the eastern end of Oranienburger Strasse. It is an important transport hub and a starting point for the city's nightlife.

Overview

File:Berlin Hackescher Markt und Rosenthaler Strasse 1900.jpg

Originally a marsh north of the city fortifications on the road to Spandau, the Prussian king Frederick the Great about 1750 had a market square laid out under the surveillance of Townmajor Hans Christoph Friedrich Graf von Hacke in the course of a northern town expansion. It was officially named after Hacke on 23 July 1840.

In 1882 the area received access to the {{lang|de|Berlin Stadtbahn|italic=no}} railway line at Berlin Hackescher Markt station, then called {{lang|de|Börse}} after the nearby stock exchange. The station was renamed {{lang|de|Marx-Engels-Platz}} during the GDR era.{{cite book |title=After Unity: Reconfiguring German Identities |last=Jarausch |first=Konrad Hugo |year=1997 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=1-57181-040-4 |pages=132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-7k9l55-IukC&dq=%22Hackescher+Markt%22+%2Bberlin+-hotel+-bahn&pg=PA132 }} The railway tracks of the S-Bahn along the eastern and northern sections of {{lang|de|Mitte|italic=no}} between the stations {{lang|de|Hackescher Markt|italic=no}} and {{lang|de|Jannowitzbrücke|italic=no}} are built where the ramparts, walls, moats and glacis of the Berlin Fortress, a 17th century bastion fort around the historic city limits, had been.

Formerly a rather neglected area, {{lang|de|Hackescher Markt|italic=no}} with its old buildings has developed into a cultural and commercial centre after German reunification, famous for its nightlife{{cite book |title=Nights in the Big City: Paris, Berlin, London 1840-1930 |last=Schlör |first=Joachim |year=1998 |publisher=Reaktion Books |isbn=1-86189-015-X |pages=32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JSg9bBgWpbEC&dq=%22Hackescher+Markt%22+%2Bberlin+-hotel+-bahn&pg=PA32 }} centered on the {{lang|de|Hackesche Höfe}} courtyard ensemble. The square is also served by several tramway and night bus lines. A weekly market is still held every Thursday and Saturday.

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