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.
Originally a wetland to the north of the city's defensive walls on the route to Spandau, King Frederick the Great around 1750 had a public square established beneath the watchful eye of Townmajor Hans Christoph Friedrich Graf von Hacke as part of a northern town expansion.