Amalienpark

Amalienpark
	Park in Berlin
	Basic data
place	Berlin
District	Pankow
Created	1897
Surrounding streets	; Wolfshagener Street, ; Broad Street
	use
User groups	Road traffic , foot traffic ; leisure
	Technical specifications
Parking area	0.3 hectares
52 ° 34 '21.2 " N , 13 ° 24' 49.9" E Coordinates: 52 ° 34 '21.2 " N , 13 ° 24' 49.9" E

The Amalienpark is a residential complex in the Berlin district of Pankow . It lies between Wolfshagener and Breiten Strasse and is 0.3 hectares in size. The park includes both the actual green area and the development on the edge. It was named in honor of Princess Amalie of Prussia , the sister of Frederick the Great , who lived from 1723 to 1787.

history

In the development planning of the then Berlin suburb of Pankow, the Amalienpark was intended as a town square , as was the rule for fire protection reasons in close residential areas. In 1897, the architect Otto March was commissioned to redesign the square and build the adjoining residential complex in a country house style. The result was a small park landscape and an exemplary residential complex, which was one of the first two or three- story apartment buildings in separate buildings with a garden in the area.

The building ensemble originally consisted of nine residential buildings, grouped on the park area, which is accessed via a two-lane private road. One of the buildings (Amalienpark 4/5) was partially destroyed in World War II.

The writer Christa Wolf lived there from 1976 until her death in 2011 .

In 1990 the Cajewitz Foundation took over the reconstruction of the residential complex and after ten years the original condition of the ensemble was restored. The sandstone plastic mask of Medea by Christine Dewerny was repositioned in 1996 and is the second sculpture next to the Seated Lovers by Carin Kreuzberg, which was inaugurated here in 1976 .

literature

Berlin park guide: from arboretum to citadel; over groves, cascades and playgrounds . 1st edition. Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-89542-039-5 , p. 224 .

Web links

Commons : Amalienpark - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Institute for Monument Preservation (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments of the GDR. Capital Berlin-II . Henschelverlag, Berlin 1984, p. 27 .

↑ ^a ^b Amalienpark ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2

^ Homepage of the Cajewitz Foundation with information on reconstruction ; Retrieved May 29, 2016.

^ Sculptures in Amalienpark at www.kulturring.org ; Retrieved May 29, 2016.

[1] Institute for Monument Preservation (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments of the GDR. Capital Berlin-II . Henschelverlag, Berlin 1984, p. 27 .