It is placed on the axis of Przerwy-Tetmajera Street, in the municipal neighbourhood of Pogodno, within the district of Zachód.

The garden square was constructed in the 1890s, as the central point of then-developed housing estate of Neu-Westend (now part of Pogodno).

The community was financed and constructed by the Westend Stettin joint-stock company, ownded by local entrepreneur Johannes Quistorp.

The garden was named after him the Johannes Square (German: Johannesplatz).

The five streets intersecting at the roundabout surrounding the square were also named after several members of the Quistorp family.