Franckepark

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Franckepark
Coat of arms of Berlin.svg
Park in Berlin
Franckepark
Bronze owl at the park entrance
Basic data
place Berlin
District Tempelhof
Created 1925-1928
Surrounding streets
Albrechtstrasse,
Templerzeile,
Theodor-Francke-Strasse
use
User groups Pedestrians, cyclists, leisure enthusiasts
Technical specifications
Parking area 60,000 m²
52 ° 27 '40.7 "  N , 13 ° 23' 20.8"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '40.7 "  N , 13 ° 23' 20.8"  E
Franckepark (Berlin)
Franckepark

The Franckepark is located in the Berlin district of Tempelhof between Albrechtstrasse and Theodor-Francke-Strasse. It is named after the businessman Theodor Francke (1830-1896). The park is part of a chain of parks which, together with the Bose Park , the Old Park and the Lehnepark, form a local recreation area in Tempelhof.

history

Francke owned a bleach for ivory nearby . Since he needed space for the material, the area was expanded into a warehouse. In 1875, Jonathan Kaehler redesigned the area as a private park on behalf of the Francke family, including a toboggan hill . Francke's heirs donated the park to the Tempelhof community in 1924, which redesigned it. Under Rudolf Fischer, areas with a landscape character, a rose garden and a fallow deer enclosure were created in the years 1925–1928 . Fischer also had a dance floor, a park café, a pheasantry and a bird house built.

In the Second World War , the green area was largely destroyed. The Tempelhof District Office had the park rebuilt in 1954/1955.

Design

Fallow deer in Franckepark (until February 2019)

The rose garden has been preserved; The closure of the fallow deer enclosure after almost 90 years was decided by the district assembly at the end of September 2018 . In February 2019, the district office relocated the remaining eleven animals from the enclosure to the Glauer Tal wildlife park in Brandenburg . The redesign of the park was completed in October 2019. The fencing of the former animal enclosure was removed, the valley and the Francke pond were renatured. At the upper part of the slope, a new path along a historic route was laid out, including the viewing platform.

When entering the park from Theodor-Francke-Straße, the bronze sculpture of an owl was suddenly seen, which " at night sometimes eerily reflects the headlights of the cars turning in the cul - de - sac ." In 1930, the sculpture of one stood here Billy goat as a fountain figure, which was melted down in 1942. Egon Stolterfoht's owl was a temporary solution from 1964. The owl has disappeared since April 13, 2013, probably stolen by metal thieves . In its place there is now a 40 cm high wooden replica on the base as a reminder.

On the slope there is an open pavilion overgrown with plants , in the middle of which the sculpture Seated Boy is placed on a field stone pedestal. Benches are arranged in the semicircle.

The Francketeich in October 2019

The deep depression that characterizes the park is striking. Until 1906 there was one of the dead ice ponds as Krummer Pfuhl , which still enrich Tempelhof today. In 1861 a bathing establishment with two separate areas for women and men was opened here. When the Teltow Canal was built , the water table sank . The depression fell largely dry, a small pond remained, the extensive Francketeich natural monument . From 1954 to 2019 the depression was part of the former game reserve.

The park is popular with runners as it offers three different running routes with small inclines.

A barrier-free access is via the entrances Tempelhof town hall possible (allotment field flower), Götzstraße (via the Black Path) and the Albrecht Strasse.

literature

  • Ilse Sarneck: Theodor Francke and the Luisenstadt. A contribution to the city and family history , in: Yearbook "Der Bär von Berlin", ed. v. Association for the History of Berlin , 18th year, Berlin 1969.

Web links

Commons : Franckepark, Berlin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Theodor-Francke Park - Where deer still call in heat. In: tip , June 7, 2008.
  2. ^ Information from the Senate Department for Urban Development on the park , accessed on April 10, 2011.
  3. a b A walk through the neighborhood with Mayor Angelika Schöttler: From the Bärensiedlung monument to the Franckepark . , scroll down to "Franckepark"; accessed on March 2, 2018.
  4. Philipp Hartmann: End of the fallow deer enclosure sealed. Tempelhof: Applications for receipt rejected by the BVV's environmental committee. Berliner Woche, October 3, 2018, accessed on October 5, 2018 .
  5. Sabine Flatau and Gudrun Mallwitz: Damwild from Franckepark now lives in Brandenburg. The district office had the animals resettled in the game reserve - against the protest of the residents. In: Berliner Morgenpost . February 7, 2019, accessed February 7, 2019 .
  6. Philipp Hartmann: The fallow deer enclosure is being closed. Tempelhof: Parks should change by 2021. Berliner Woche, May 23, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 .
  7. On foot through the former game reserve. The work in Franckepark has been completed and the new path is clear. Retrieved October 24, 2019 .
  8. ^ Uta Maria Bräuer, Jost Lehne: Bäderbau in Berlin. Architectural water worlds from 1800 to today. Lukas Verlag for Art and Spiritual History, Berlin 2013, p. 77
  9. NBIK e. V. - sustainable education, integrating and communicating - to the park, ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2016 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. accessed on February 1, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.barrierefrei-mobil-berlin.de