Clara-Zetkin-Park (Berlin)
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| place | Berlin |
| District | Marzahn |
| Created | 1987 |
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| User groups | Foot traffic ; leisure |
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| Parking area | 18,000 m² |
The Clara-Zetkin-Park is a residential green area in the Berlin district of Marzahn in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district . It was planned for the development of the entire Marzahn North district around 1983 and was ceremoniously named on March 4, 1987 in preparation for the 750th anniversary of Berlin .
Location and origin of name
The approximately 1.8 hectare long park is located within the road system Niemegker Straße, Wittenberger Straße, Wörlitzer Straße and Flämingstraße. The boundaries of the park are not clearly marked, but are formed or cut through by buildings, streets or footpaths. Around nine tenths of the park area is under the responsibility of the Nature and Environment Agency, the rest belongs to the Marzahn housing association. The park itself consists of individual, differently designed areas. Its name - after the women's rights activist Clara Zetkin - it received by resolution of the XII. Congress of the Democratic Women's Federation of Germany (DFD) in Berlin.
East of the tram route Borkheider street and a few meters distance, the green space continues from the contents listed park, by the Berlin Senate as Clara Zetkin Park II is called. In 1994 it was given a "water playground" - a fountain with splash and climbing opportunities based on a design by Hans-Peter Goettsche .
history
On the eve of the XII. At the National Congress of the DFD, the new residential park in Marzahn-Nord was named and inaugurated. Ilse Thiele , chairwoman of the DFD, unveiled a Clara Zetkin bust created by the sculptor Walter Arnold . The ceremony was attended by the Berlin politicians Günter Schabowski and Erhard Krack , Lord Mayor of East Berlin , as well as numerous delegates from Germany and abroad. Clara-Zetkin-Park was given to the capital of the GDR as a gift by the women's organization. The people present at the naming ceremony symbolically planted the first trees for the park. The bust was larger than life and mounted on a pedestal about a meter high. In 1989, the small memorial was framed by concrete steles with a tribute inscription from the art studios Götz Dorl and Horst Baudisch. After being damaged several times, the bust was stolen in the early 1990s.
The district office decided that the Zetkin statue (property of the Berlin Senate ) erected in front of the teacher training institute on Wustrower Strasse ( Hohenschönhausen ) in 1986 should be moved to a new location in the center of the Clara Zetkin Park. The bronze sculpture was created by Gerhard Thieme . It is 2.65 meters high, weighs around 40 kg and stands on a low pedestal in the middle of a flower bed.
Design elements and usage
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The most important element is the statue of Clara Zetkin. It is used every year as a meeting point for International Women's Day and is located in a flower circle that is constantly being maintained. In addition, other works of art, sitting areas, lawns or play figures are available or have been added over time. The following list names some elements:
- In the northern area of the square there has been a seating landscape since 1985, the most striking element of which is a bizarre 4.50 meter high sculpture. It looks as if it were made of scrap pieces, but consists of colored glazed clinker bricks and stimulates the viewer's imagination. In addition, seating elements made of yellow bricks are walled up. The complex was built according to plans by Wolfgang Weber and Horst Göhler and was erected here in 1985. A comprehensive renovation took place in 2007.
- Playing figures: As part of a club organized by the Fusion e. V. initiated a cultural project together with children and young people from the neighborhood, several child figures such as a toadstool, a turtle, a panther, a crocodile, a dog and a mole were designed in 2002/2003. Under the guidance of the artists Sandra Burghardt and Wolfgang Janzer, the young people made the figures themselves from fiberglass polyester and painted them colorfully. A stable steel core guarantees safe use. They are set up in different places on the edge of the park.
- Round seats: Following a referendum, previously existing benches were replaced by new seats from Austria in 2006/2007. The oases of relaxation are somewhat separated from the sidewalk area by granite steles and painted walls.
- In the Niemegker Straße area there is a children's playground with a slide and climbing net.
literature
- Art in the large housing estate. Works of art in public spaces in Marzahn and Hellersdorf. A documentation. Commission for Art in Public Space (Thorsten Goldberg, Ellena Olsen, Martin Schönfeld, Andreas Sommerer), published by the Marzahn-Hellersdorf District Office, around 2005, ISBN 978-3-00-026730-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release of the Marzahn-Hellersdorf District Office from July 2007 on Clara-Zetkin-Park, accessed on January 20, 2019 ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ); Retrieved April 19, 2011
- ^ Clara-Zetkin-Park II and water playground Senate Department for Urban Development, accessed on April 19, 2011
- ↑ Clara Zetkin moves to Marzahn. Statue comes to the park. In: Berliner Zeitung , July 7, 1999
- ↑ a b Art in the large housing estate ... , p. 202
- ^ Art in the large housing estate ... , page 204
Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ′ 58 ″ N , 13 ° 34 ′ 9 ″ E