Besselpark
The Besselpark is located in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg on the streets of Besselstraße, Friedrichstraße and Enckestraße . It is named after the astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel , who worked at the nearby Berlin observatory .
history
After the Second World War , the area in southern Friedrichstadt was badly damaged. The architect Hans Scharoun was given the task of redeveloping the area as part of the Capital Competition in 1957. Was planned including a City Band, the Berlin-Mitte should be connected via one of four motorway tangents to the surrounding area. One of these tangents should run north of Mehringplatz . However, due to the division of Berlin , this plan was not pursued any further. So this area initially remained undeveloped.
The area received new impetus from the 1987 International Building Exhibition . Initially, the plan was to create a classic Berlin perimeter block development along Besselstrasse . For reasons of cost, however, the construction project was not pursued any further. Ultimately, it was decided to take part in a competition for parks in southern Friedrichstadt, which the architects Jasper Halfmann and Clod Zillich could win. The jury was won over by a flexible concept that did not set the park boundary and size statically, but kept it open for possible expansion of the adjoining flower wholesale market. A total of around 1.89 million euros (3.7 million DM ) were invested between 1986 and 1990 .
In 1995 the square was finally developed into a park. The construction of the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Stresemannstraße funds were for compensatory measures exist that the greening led the plant.
On September 12, 2011, a sculpture by the American artist Fletcher Benton was placed on a previously vacant area in the southwestern part of the park . The work is entitled "Tilted Donut Wedge with Two Balls" (split donut with two balls). The work is a gift from the artist who presented a series of works in the Georg Kolbe Museum . Flechter handed over another sculpture each to the American embassy and the Vivantes hospital.
literature
- International Building Exhibition Berlin 1987 - Project overview. 1st edition. Building exhibition Berlin GmbH, Berlin 1987.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Southern Friedrichstadt. Strategies for the Kreuzberg part of the historical center of Berlin - work report. (PDF) Senate Department for Urban Development, 2007; accessed on March 31, 2011.
- ↑ International Building Exhibition Berlin 1987 - project overview. Building Exhibition Berlin GmbH, p. 161.
- ^ First tree in Besselpark . In: Berliner Zeitung , October 21, 1995.
- ↑ Rathaus aktuell: Wowereit received a steel sculpture by the American artist Fletcher Benton ( memento of the original from October 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at berlin.de, accessed on October 8, 2011.
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 13.8 ″ N , 13 ° 23 ′ 30.4 ″ E