Von-der-Schulenburg-Park
| Von-der-Schulenburg-Park | |
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| The pool of water surrounded by plane trees | |
| Basic data | |
| place | Berlin |
| District | Neukölln |
| Created | around 1913 |
| Newly designed | 2008 |
| Surrounding streets |
Sonnenallee , Hänselstrasse, Drosselbartstrasse, Planetstrasse |
| Buildings | Fountain ; in the north-west area there is also a perimeter block development with three-storey residential buildings |
| use | |
| User groups | Foot traffic ; Leisure , events |
| Technical specifications | |
| Parking area | 50,000 m² |
| building-costs | around half a million euros for the redesign in the 21st century |
The Von-der-Schulenburg-Park , short Schulenburg Park , is a memorial garden at the southern part of the Sonnenallee in Berlin district of Neukölln . The park dates back to 1913. Plane avenues , meadows, a long water basin and the fairy tale fountain dominate the park.
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The Schulenburgpark was shown on maps for the first time as a green area in 1913 but was still nameless. It owes its existence to the swampy and lower lying terrain, which was unsuitable for building and was therefore probably used as a green area after the First World War . He is by Rudolf Wilhelm Graf von der Schulenburg (upper president of the province of Brandenburg named 1914-1917) consisting of the noble family Schulenburg comes.
The park must have already existed in 1920, because the adjacent street Am Schulenburgpark is already included in maps from that year by name. In addition, it was shown directly as a park for the first time in the Berlin address book in 1921. From 1923, the design was based on plans by the horticultural director Ottokar Wagler , who gave the complex its present-day formal face and clear structure. In the center of the five- hectare park is a long, rectangular water basin, popularly known as the "mirror basin ", with avenues of plane trees on the two long sides and the fairytale fountain at the southern end.
After the Second World War , the gardening director Anton Lohrer redesigned the park in the early 1950s. In the 1960s, the park became increasingly neglected and vandals damaged the fountain. In 1970 the facility was completely restored for the first time. In 2008, almost 40 years later and around 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall , the Neukölln district office invested 200,000 euros in the restoration of paths and 250,000 euros in the new construction of the playground. At a ceremony by the Berlin Senate on May 20, 2009, the park received the Gustav Meyer Prize 2008 for its design and careful maintenance in the category for facilities that are more than ten years old. The prize has been awarded every two years since 1995 for outstandingly planned and extraordinary public green spaces and parks and bears the name of Johann Heinrich Gustav Meyers , the first urban horticultural director in Berlin. On May 29, 2009, district officials unveiled a plaque commemorating the award in the park.
Until July 1, 1966, the final stop at Schulenburgpark on tram line 15 , which went from here to Daimlerstrasse in Marienfelde , existed. The line was switched to bus operation at this time.
Fairytale fountain
- → Main article: Fairy tale fountain in Schulenburgpark
The Art Nouveau - Fountain with Gothicising forms and the original name "Symbol of the forest cathedral" or "German Forest" comes from the sculptor Ernst Moritz Geyger and goes back to the year 1915th A plaster model was completed in 1918 and it was probably made in Kirchheim shell limestone in the same year . However, due to the unresolved issue of the location and the political instability, it was not set up until 1935. In 1970 the damaged fountain was renovated, whereby the restoration of the melted bronze putti was dispensed with. The destroyed side figures of Geyger, a stag and a doe with fawn , were replaced by the sculptor Katharina Szelinski-Singer with two limestone sculptures based on the folk tales Little Brother and Sister and Cinderella .
After renewed damage, an extensive overall renovation took place in 2000/2001. The entire well system was dismantled and the individual parts restored. A well was built for the technology to be installed. The fountain was then rebuilt in the same place. The bronze putti were also restored. The artist Anna Bogouchevskaia chose fairy tale motifs for the depiction - matching the remaining figures of Szelinski-Singer - but also designed some putti with their own fantasy scenes and witty ideas. Since September 2001 the 16 putti, which are attached both in the inner and in the outer upper ring, have been pouring water jets from fish, buckets and through crowns in high arches into the water basin. In addition, the fountain system received modern lighting with fiber optic cables for individual illuminations.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ From the Schulenburg Park . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1921, Part 5, Neukölln, p. 798.
- ↑ Lohrer, Anton . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, part 1, p. 1782. “Diplom Gartenbauinspektor, Neukölln, Leykestr. 8th".
- ↑ Gustav Meyer Prize awarded for unusual green spaces . Senate Department for Urban Development, press box, May 20, 2009.
- ^ Neukölln: Unveiling of the memorial plaque in "Von-der-Schulenburg-Park" . ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2014 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. Press release at berlin.de , June 4, 2009
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 2 ″ N , 13 ° 28 ′ 16 ″ E