Original steel engraving "adolfstrasse and leibnitz's monument in hanover" - this is the subtitle of this steel engraving, which must have been published in 1858 at the latest in the book "the kingdom of hanover and the duchy of brunswick. . " by dr. Otto von heinemann, printed and published by gustav georg lange, darmstadt. The name of leibniz in the subtitle of the engraving is incorrect, and the abbreviated first name of the creator of the original drawing is also likely to be incorrect: it is almost certainly not "c. Kretschmer", but rather the hanoverian drawing teacher wilhelm kretschmer, who was born in calenberger neustadt. Adolfstrasse is named after duke adolph ferdinand of cambridge (1774-1850), the youngest brother of king ernst august i of hanover. It was - together with molthanstrasse and kommandourstrasse - only built in the second quarter of the 19th century in place of part of the former city fortifications. Only after the ditch on the "adolfswall" was partially filled in did settlement begin here, initially with military buildings, then with sophisticated residential buildings. At the end of the street, the leibniz temple still stands in its original location on the esplanade of waterlooplatz, which was moved to georgengarten in 1936. In the background you can see the aegidien church. The three residential buildings were destroyed by air raids on hanover in world war ii, and to this day there is only a large fenced-in, unpaved parking lot. As part of "hannover city 2020 +", a large-scale redevelopment project by the city of hanover with citizen participation for large parts of the city center, this empty square is also to be redesigned. Numerous architects' offices have already submitted sketches for this. The exhibition of these interim results in the new town hall ended on march 26, 2010. The urban development and landscape planning ideas competition is to be completed by summer 2010. Date: 1858 (approximately, date of the book "Das Königreich Hannover..." with steel engravings).
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