Such a spacious square in the middle of Wiesbaden's densely built-up city center naturally invites multiple uses. On the one hand, the Dern'sche Gelände is an important hub for the city: dozens of bus routes cross here. As a traveler, you can also get all the important information for your trip to Wiesbaden here at the Tourist Information. Every Wednesday and Saturday morning, the square is also the city's pantry; with over 100 stalls, Wiesbaden's largest weekly market takes place here. And of course, with its spaciousness, it is also the city's parlor. Whether in August during the Rheingau Wine Weeks or in December at the Christmas Sternschnuppenmarkt, at concerts or festivals and at the regular market breakfasts: People meet here to enjoy each other's company in a beautiful setting.

Why is Wiesbaden's market square called Dern'sches Gelände? A senior forester named Carl-Reinhard Dern inherited the site from a relative of his wife in 1831; a farm with adjoining land. Shortly after Dern's death, the town bought both from his heirs in 1868, initially used the farm as an administrative building and later planned various construction projects - a theater, a market hall, a Kneipp spa. All plans failed, and until the 1990s the site was mainly used as a parking lot and petrol station. It was only when a mega-building consisting of a hotel, art and music school, public authority and city museum was seriously considered that a majority of residents won this open space through a citizens' initiative. Incidentally, it has a basement that is well worth seeing: The SAM City Museum is located below the Dern site.