Some streets and squares in the Western part of Kreuzberg are named after generals and battles from the time of the wars of liberation (1813-1815) against Napoleon. For the Greens in the district Parliament of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, prescribed a reason for the examination: your application “to the demilitarization of the public space,” do you want to bring a discussion process in motion.
The streets belong to the “Generalszug”, in the naming of streets in 1864 to the memory has been arranged. The name of the General field Marshal Ludwig Graf Yorck von wartenburg and General are, for example, Leberecht von Blücher. The möckern street is reminiscent of the battle of 1813 in the village with the same name in Magdeburg. A total of eleven names are on the list.
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I’m […] not so sure whether renames are needed, not only for practical reasons, but because people who go with open eyes through the streets, can also hold in the case of a Bewildering pause to think.
…writes user YvonneD
According to Werner the rear of the Green is all about, “to create an awareness of the culture of remembrance in the public space” and to debate public issues: Are the names in terms of the German-French friendship. First and foremost, for the first time not to a renaming “from the top”, but a debate between historians, experts, and, above all, citizens. “Many of the origin of the name is not aware of.” 19. March is the topic discussed in the culture Committee.
the district mayor Monika Herrmann (Green party) welcomed the proposal, but also points to the fact that the project was “very ambitious and complex”.
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New names in Kreuzberg? Why renaming streets are meaningless
Werner van Bebber
