The square was designed in 1882, and originally named the Friedrich Karl Square (German: Friedrich-Karl-Platz), after Friedrich Karl of Prussia, a prince in the Prussian royal family and the general field marshal of the Prussian Army.

It was surrounded with electrified multi-storey tenement houses, originally richly decorated with details such as railing, roof peaks, and domes.

[1][2] In 1946, at the square was set up the station of the provisional railway used to dispose of the rubble from the area after the conflict.

[3] In 1945, it was renamed to the Joseph Stalin Square (Polish: Plac Józefa Stalina), after Joseph Stalin, a politician and communist revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953.

In 1956, it was renamed to its current name, the Revival Square (Polish: Plac Odrodzenia).