Wröhmännerpark
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| place | Berlin |
| District | Spandau |
| Created | 1913-1914 |
| Newly designed | 1950s; 1991-1998 |
| Buildings | Monuments, sculpture, pavilion, water lily pond, playground |
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| User groups | Foot traffic ; Leisure , events |
| Park design | Landscape architect Lothar Knorr (redesign plan in the 1990s) |
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| Parking area | 30,000 m² |
The Wröhmännerpark (until 1964 Wröhmännerplatz ) is a park that has existed since the 1910s in the Spandau district of the Berlin district of Spandau .
History and naming
It is the oldest park in Spandau and was created in 1913/14 under the name Wröhmännerplatz as part of the social reforms as a local recreation area for Spandauer Neustadt , which was poor in green spaces and where mainly working-class families with many children lived. Previously, in the middle of the 19th century, there was an urban port and a storage area at this point . This was filled in 1875 with sand from the removed student mountains on the former meadow of the Wröhmänner . Located directly on the Oberhavel , this also forms the eastern boundary of the park. As early as 1894, the Spandau Improvement Association had a green strip laid out west of Neuendorfer Strasse.
The park is named after the medieval Wröhmännern . These were farmers who had come together to form a Wröhe . A Wröhe was a voluntary jurisdiction in which those united in it independently settled their field cultivation and field disputes. The area was considered their former meeting place.
It is not known which landscape architect designed the park. It was generously designed with typical elements of Art Nouveau and furnished with elaborate structural elements, lush planting, wooden benches and candelabra . The taste of the time was reflected in the entire complex. A dominant plateau was framed by balustrades made of sand-lime brick with a tongue-shaped pool in front of it, surrounded by lush vegetation, in which goldfish swam. On the whole, the area was richly decorated with ornamental trees, roses, hedges and groups of trees. Since the first large tree transplantations were carried out here in Spandau and chestnut trees that had grown here had been moved here with great effort, the tree population conveyed the image of a mature changing park from the start. Of these well-grown specimens, some of them still delight the visitors as stately old trees. In the former harbor basin there was a rental facility for rowing boats that were ideal for excursions on the Oberhavel. Park rangers were on duty until around 1944, which primarily prevented damage to the plantings.
The Second World War did not cause any major damage to the park, but the river bathing facility to the north was partially destroyed in the major air raids in 1945. Contrary to other information, the parking area was not used to unload rubble from the surrounding ruins. An open area - popularly known as the fire station - on Friedrichstrasse (e.g. in the area around Falkenseer Platz ) was used for this purpose. However, the park became increasingly neglected due to insufficient maintenance in the years of emergency after the war. As part of an emergency program, it was then rebuilt in the 1950s and 1960s according to the design ideas of the time and also expanded to the north to include the site of the completely removed river bathing facility. With these remodeling measures, the former splendor was initially lost. The connection between the former gondola port and the Havel was filled in and the basin was converted into a water lily pond. The carrier pigeon memorial set up in the park in 1939 was also implemented in the vicinity of the former location of the army carrier pigeon office on what would later become the Falkenseer Chaussee. In 1964 it came to properly rename Wröhmänner space in Wröhmännerpark .
As the grounds became overgrown and the paths became uneven, renovation was necessary, which took place from 1991 to 1998. For this purpose, the landscape architect Lothar Knorr, employee of the Spandau Nature Conservation and Green Space Office, presented a concept for the redesign in 1988, according to which the old trees - as far as possible - were to be retained as a formative element and the historic park structure (plateau, harbor basin and oval path) should be restored. In the west, below the plateau facing Neuendorfer Straße, the edging of the former water basin was reconstructed, but a fountain was not put back into operation, but the tongue-shaped system was provided with a slightly sunken lawn. In the area of a former gas station on Neuendorfer Strasse, a small park extension was made to include a pergola with ornamental plantings and benches. A sunbathing lawn was created in the northern area, on which wooden deck chairs painted white are available in the summer months. By restoring the harbor basin, the water area should be more closely integrated into the park and thus the recreational value of the green area should be increased significantly. Thus in 1996/97 the dilapidated remains of the former port were renewed and the deposited sludge removed. The restoration of the connection to the Havel and a revitalization of the boat rental have been waived in order not to hinder shipping shortly before the Spandau lock . The harbor basin is therefore connected to the Havel by a pipeline.
Due to park extensions as part of the redevelopment measures, it now extends over an area of around 3 hectares. In a southerly direction, it is continued today in a green strip along the Havel to the Mühlengraben, the former fortress moat of the old town of Spandau . At the Oranienburger Tor there, an adventure restaurant, the Brauhaus Spandau , was built in the buildings of the former garrison washing facility , where visitors can watch the brewing process, among other things.
In 2015, the district office had the children's playground in the park restored.
description
The Hafenplatz shipping pier is also located on the Havel , from where excursion steamers mainly head for the Oberhavel lakes, including those in the direction of Tegel . From the landing stage, there is a view of the Spandau Citadel on the other side of the Havel .
Also noteworthy is the enlarged replica of the original bronze figure of Diana , goddess of the hunt, created by Reinhold Felderhoff (1865–1919) in 1910 . This bronze sculpture was set up in the small pleasure garden in Elbing in 1927 . Elbing has belonged to Poland since 1945 and the city fathers there applied for the return of the sculpture ( looted art ) stolen during the German occupation in 2019 . A copy should then be set up in Spandauer Park, the casting of which will cost around 100,000 euros .
The replica was erected here in 1963 and is considered one of the few remnants of the park design of the 1960s.
In the new southern part of the park there is a wooden pavilion that can be reached via a bridge .
In May 2004 a citizens' initiative was founded , the aim of which is to preserve and keep the park clean. This is the purpose of the regular, voluntary work assignments on the weekends and the constructive cooperation with the green space office, public order office and police. In May 2008, after four years of successful work, the citizens' initiative received the Spandauer of the Month award.
The Wröhmännerpark bus stop is still called "Hafenplatz" by long-established Spandau residents. This name does not refer to the park created in place of the former port facility, but to the square named after this port, which was incorporated into it in 1961 with the new construction of Neuendorfer Strasse.
literature
- Clemens Alexander Wimmer: Parks and Gardens in Berlin and Potsdam ; ed. Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection, Dept. III - Garden Monument Preservation; Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung: 3rd edition Berlin 1989; ISBN 3-87584-267-7 ; P. 63.
- Spandau then and now. A photo documentation of the eventful history of the city of Spandau over the past hundred years ; ed. District Office Spandau, Department of Public Education, Art Office Spandau / Circle of Friends and Supporters of the Spandau Local History Museum; Berlin undated [around 1983]; P. 70.
Web links
- Wröhmännerpark at the Senate Department for Urban Development
- Image from the new southern part of the park with the pavilion in the background
- View of Diana and the plateau in the background
- Wröhmännerplatz . In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrike Keuert: A copy of the looted art is being considered , Berliner Woche , June 13, 2019; accessed on May 13, 2020.
Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '32 " N , 13 ° 12' 26" E