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Wasserband in Grlitz
Architekten:
Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten, Dresden
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Till Rehwaldt
1 Grobrechen 1 Coarse grid
Mitarbeiter: 2 Sauggrube 2 Suction pit 9
Jrg Brunlein (Projektleitung), Almuth 3 Kiesfllung 3 Gravel filling 7
Krause, Tilman Gebhardt, Kerstin Weber 4 Sprudelkasten 4 Water-spout box
5 Granitblock 5 Granite block 10
6 Gitterrost 6 Grating
7 Wasserband 7 Band of water
8 Pflanztrog 8 Planted box
9 Baumdach 9 Canopy of trees
10 Sitzbnke 10 Benches
11 Frauenturm 11 Tower of Our Lady
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670 2004 6 2004 6 Dokumentation 671
Wasserband in Grlitz
Architekten:
Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten, Dresden
8 11
Till Rehwaldt
Mitarbeiter: 9
1 Grobrechen 1 Coarse grid
Jrg Brunlein (Projektleitung), Almuth 2 Sauggrube 2 Suction pit 7
Krause, Tilman Gebhardt, Kerstin Weber 3 Kiesfllung 3 Gravel filling 10
4 Sprudelkasten 4 Water-spout box
5 Granitblock 5 Granite block
6 Gitterrost 6 Grating
7 Wasserband 7 Band of water
8 Pflanztrog 8 Planted box
9 Baumdach 9 Canopy of trees
10 Sitzbnke 10 Benches
11 Frauenturm 11 Tower of Our Lady
1 2 3 6
1 2 3 6
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b c
4 5 6
b c
4 5 6
a a
a a
b c
b c
672 Wasserband in Grlitz 2004 6
Grlitz was once a prosperous commercial importance, this public square was, until re- by geometrically trimmed lime trees at the
city on the borders of Silesia. Today, after cently, a fenced off, derelict area. A competi- southern edge closes the green planted ring
decades of neglect, it is at last emerging from tion for its refurbishment was held, and the along the line of the city defences and pro-
obscurity again. Changed political conditions proposals have now been implemented, with vides a quiet resting place. The highlight of
have allowed closer contacts with the neigh- the result that today the square meets the the scheme, however, is the so-called band
bouring Polish town, and Grlitz is seeking many functional requirements made of it. of water. As a modern interpretation of the
selection as the European City of Culture in4 The designers kept the area free of traffic and fortifications and moat that existed roughly at
2010. Urban rehabilitation and the conserva- articulated three different zones. The northern this point, the strip of water forms the main
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tion of historical monuments are once again area around the tower with its stone pavings focus of the design and a point of attraction
on the agenda, and funds are also becoming forms a transition to the historical city centre. for young and old, who sit on the blocks of
available for this purpose. The middle zone is used for various events
5 Lusatian granite. The arrangement of these
Marienplatz with the Tower of Our Lady a and activities and is accessible to vehicles if stones and the gushing fountains evoke an
remnant of the city fortifications forms a link required. Here, the pavings consist of rectan- image of a stream strewn with rocks. The
between the medieval centre and the urban gular granite slabs, the smooth, functional southern end of the strip of water is covered
extensions dating from the end of the 19th surface of which is pleasingly contrasted with by a metal grating where the water flows back
century. Despite its historical and functional the other pavings. The leafy canopy created into the pumped circulation.
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