Prussia Park

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The Preußenpark is a park in the Berlin district of Wilmersdorf , which is part of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district. With a size of 55,000 m², the park is one of the smaller parks in Berlin. To the north of Fehrbelliner Platz , the Preußenpark extends between Brandenburgische Strasse and Württembergische Strasse as far as Pommerschen Strasse .

history

Garden plan by Richard Thieme for place “D.” , the later Prussian park

The park was laid out as Place D in 1904 according to a design by the garden architect Richard Thieme . At that time, the square only included the northwestern area of ​​today's park. The size was 17,000 m². In the southern area, between Brandenburgischer Strasse and Württembergischer Strasse, the new construction of the Wilmersdorfer town hall was planned. Around 1910, a toilet block was built on the western edge of the park on Brandenburgische Straße based on a design by the architect Otto Herrnring . It has been preserved and is now a listed building. After the town hall planning north of Fehrbelliner Platz was abandoned, the area was integrated into the park. The planning for this was again carried out by Richard Thieme between 1920 and 1925. A broad axis to the south connected to the oval of the large sunbathing area, which still exists today, leading centrally to Fehrbelliner Platz. This was designed as a jewelry place between Hohenzollerndamm and Preußenpark.

In the second half of the 1930s, the park was further enlarged and redesigned. The area east of Bayerische Strasse was integrated into the park and Bayerische Strasse south of Pommerschen Strasse was removed. The new part of the park was opened on June 4, 1938. Almost 5,000 bushes were planted in this area. Richard Thieme was again responsible for planning as the district gardening director. The area south of the oval has been redesigned. The main axis disappeared and was replaced by curved paths. The Schmuckplatz on Fehrbelliner Platz was leveled into a parade area. In the park there were now different benches for Aryan and (in yellow) for non- Aryan visitors. There were also separate playgrounds for the children.

After World War II , in 1949, a hill was raised in the northeast corner of the park and the parade ground became a parking lot. In 1959, a new children's playground was built again in the northeast.

One of four geodetic reference points in Berlin is located on the southern edge of the roundabout of the lawn .

Sculptures

Antelope by Artur Hoffmann
Statue of the eponymous Borussia

There are several sculptural works in the Preußenpark .

antelope

In 1926, the Berliner Straßenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH , which had apartments built for its employees on Pommerschen Strasse, had the bronze sculpture of a life-size antelope set up in the Prussian Park. The work was created by the sculptor Artur Hoffmann . The installation was carried out without the permission of the city of Berlin, on whose ground the sculpture was installed. In October 1926, the Berlin city council approved the list retrospectively. In 1944 the antelope disappeared and was likely melted down. In 1955, while the sculptor was still alive, a new cast was made based on his model. In the tradition of the initial set-up, the financing was taken over by the non-profit Heimstätten-Gesellschaft, the BVG subsidiary for the management of the BVG's residential property.

Borussia

In 1936, the Prussian state donated the sculpture Borussia , which the sculptor Reinhold Begas had created in 1855, to the city of Berlin . The sculpture is about five meters high and was placed in the Preußenpark on a base about two meters high. This shows the personification of Prussia in the form of a woman with a helmet, armor, sword and waving robe. In 1980 the marble original was placed in the lapidarium to protect it from environmental influences. A copy made of artificial stone was erected on February 14, 1981.

Bird bath with duck

On the lawn there is a bird bath with a duck , which the sculptor Rudolf Leptien created from shell limestone in the 1950s .

Pugilist

As part of the construction of the broad main axis at the beginning of the 1920s, the sculpture Pugilist by Eberhard Encke was erected at the widened south end of the main axis . It is also said to have been melted down in 1944.

"Thai meadow"

"Thai meadow" on the lawn

The park's sunbathing lawn probably developed into a popular meeting place for people of East Asian origin - mainly Thais , but also Filipinos , Chinese , Vietnamese and Laotians - who gather here when the weather is fine to meet friends and acquaintances and prepare for themselves, probably from the mid-1990s Food for sale. The result was a street food market that became known far beyond the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district and is now mentioned in travel guides. The market was never approved, but anarchically grew out of the family gathering of Thai Berliners. The sale and preparation of food is not allowed, which is why the official version is that Thai families are picnicking and visitors are kindly offered something.

The district office had the "Thaiwiese" checked again and again, but proceedings before the district court were "almost always closed". On September 20, 2017, City Councilor Arne Herz referred to two alternatives: a political decision had to be made to either limit the street food market to a few "legalized" fixed sales booths or to enforce the market ban with constant controls. During a raid three days later, the police told journalists that the park had been misappropriated, violations of the Green Area Protection Act and the food law, and the lack of trade licenses on the part of the dealers. In 2020, the district administration plans to downsize and legalize the street food market.

literature

  • The new jewelry line on the Remisenberg. In: Wilmersdorfer Blätter , 8th vol. (1905), No. 3, pp. 85-89.
  • Olivaer- and Preußen-Platz in Wilmersdorf-Berlin. In: Die Gartenwelt , 14th year, no. 36 (September 3, 1910), pp. 449–453.

Web links

Commons : Preußenpark (Berlin-Wilmersdorf)  - Collection of images
  • Preußenpark on the website of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Preußenpark on the website of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district
  2. ↑ The new jewelry plant on the Remisenberg. In: Wilmersdorfer Blätter , 8th vol. (1905), No. 3, pp. 85-89.
  3. ↑ Olivaer- and Preußen-Platz in Wilmersdorf-Berlin. In: Die Gartenwelt , 14th year, No. 36 (September 3, 1910), p. 451.
  4. ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
  5. ↑ Aerial photo of Preußenpark and Fehrbelliner Platz from 1928.
  6. ↑ a b c gardening. Series Berlin and its buildings , Part XI. Ed .: Architects and Engineers Association of Berlin . Verlag von Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn , Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-433-00587-7 , p. 266.
  7. ↑ Udo Christoffel (Ed.): Berlin-Wilmersdorf / The years 1920 to 1945. Wilhelm Möller, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-9801001-1-1 , p. 370.
  8. ↑ Udo Christoffel (Ed.): Berlin-Wilmersdorf / The years 1920 to 1945. Wilhelm Möller, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-9801001-1-1 , p. 372f.
  9. ↑ Reference points Berlin / control points for navigation devices in Berlin
  10. ↑ Template for displaying works of art. In: Templates for the city council of the city of Berlin , edition 1926.
  11. ^ Antelope . On the website Sculpture in Berlin .
  12. ^ Stefanie Endlich, Bernd Wurlitzer: Sculptures and monuments in Berlin. Stapp Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-87776-034-1 , p. 206.
  13. ↑ Bird bath with duck . On the website Sculpture in Berlin .
  14. ↑ Thai Food Market in Berlin - A weekend on the anarcho-meadow. In: Der Tagesspiegel , August 12, 2017
  15. ^ Jan Cao, Celine Dubois: A piece of Asia in Berlin. Thai park in Wilmersdorf. In: Der Tagesspiegel . August 15, 2012, accessed June 9, 2014 .
  16. ↑ District Office defends itself against illegal trade in the Prussian Park. In: Berliner Morgenpost . August 26, 2012, accessed October 3, 2010 .
  17. ↑ Thaiwiese should be legalized - or disappear. In: Der Tagesspiegel . September 20, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2010 .
  18. ↑ police action against Thai food retailer. In: Der Tagesspiegel . September 23, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2010 .
  19. ↑ Discussion about street food sales in Wilmersdorf: How the Thai market in the Preußenpark should change. In: Der Tagesspiegel , February 29, 2020

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 33.8 "  N , 13 ° 18 ′ 47.6"  E