The square on both sides of the main street is described in the city map by Johann Moritz Richter as “Grand Place“. Together with the Huguenot Square the center of baroque new townAfter the eastern side (39 x 91 m) was used as a Cour d'honneur or parade ground with the construction of the castle, the name Schlossplatz The monument in the middle of the square, which was presented to the University of Erlangen by the Bavarian King Ludwig I on the occasion of its 100th anniversary (1843), shows the University founder Margrave FriedrichTwo plaques embedded in the ground commemorate the book burning of 1933 and the university mechanic Erwin Moritz Reiniger. The west side (also 39 x 91 m) continued to serve as a market after the construction of the palace and was named Marketplace. The Fountains in the late Renaissance style (design: Friedrich Wanderer) was donated in 1889 by the merchant couple Pauli.
