Mehringplatz is a round plaza (or circus)[2] at the southern tip of the Friedrichstadt neighborhood of Kreuzberg district, Berlin.

Rondell was the southern entrance to Berlin via Hallesches Tor, a gate on the newer city wall on the outbound road to Halle.

The circus was refurbished during the 1830s, including the erection of the Friedenssäule ("Peace Column") with a statue of Victoria by Christian Daniel Rauch in 1843.

The area was completely devastated in World War Two, particularly in an air raid on 3 February 1945 and the Battle of Berlin which followed.

In the 1960s, Mehringplatz was redeveloped as a pedestrian zone that would anchor a large social housing area according to the realization of a plan conceived by Hans Scharoun, which was ultimately executed by the Berlin architect Werner Düttmann [de].