Volkspark Friedrichshain
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| Volkspark Friedrichshain, aerial view | |
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| place | Berlin |
| District | Friedrichshain |
| Created | 1846-1848 |
| Surrounding streets | Am Friedrichshain, Danziger Strasse , Landsberger Allee , Friedenstrasse |
| use | |
| User groups | Foot traffic ; Leisure , events |
| Park design | Gustav Meyer |
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| Parking area | 49 hectares |
The Volkspark Friedrichshain is a recreation area in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain . It was built in 1846 as Berlin's first municipal green space. In the north it borders on the Bötzowviertel in the Prenzlauer Berg district .
history
The Friedrichshain is the first municipal park in Berlin. Based on an idea by Peter Joseph Lenné , the Berlin city council decided in 1840 on the occasion of Frederick II's jubilee to the throne to build a recreation park for the densely populated east of Berlin.
Mid-19th century to 1945
The design of the oldest part took place in 1846–1848 according to plans by Johann Heinrich Gustav Meyer . In 1848 the cemetery of the March fallen was laid out in the park. The Friedrichshain hospital was built between 1868 and 1874 according to plans by Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden . To compensate for the associated loss of space, the park of Meyer, meanwhile horticultural director of Berlin, was expanded to include the new grove in 1874/75.
After twelve years of construction, the Märchenbrunnen, one of the city's most beautiful fountains, was completed in 1913 . The architect was the long-time Berlin city planning officer Ludwig Hoffmann . The ten groups of figures based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm were created by the sculptor Ignatius Taschner , and numerous other sculptures are by Josef Rauch and Georg Wrba .
The construction of the flak towers in 1941 and the subsequent air raids almost completely destroyed the old trees. In 1946 the two bunkers were blown up and the ruins were filled with rubble and covered over from 1946–1950 . The resulting mountains of rubble (“Mont Klamott”) were greened in the course of the park renewal based on a design by Reinhold Lingner .
From 1945: open-air stage and swimming stadium
In 1950 the open-air theater was built in the southern area of the park. In addition, in preparation for the III. World Festival of Youth and Students on the site of a previously existing sports field in Neuer Hain, the swimming stadium in Friedrichshain, which was named after athlete Karl Friedrich Friesen in 1952 . It was an open-air facility with two pools: a 5-meter-deep pool for the diving towers and a 50-meter-long pool with eight competition lanes. On the long sides, stands for 8000 spectators rose from heaped rubble. Around 1963, the swimming pool was given a retractable, movable roof for winter operation, which, however, was improperly carried out and was too low. School swimming events, training and competitions took place in this stadium, but it was also used for other mass events such as a performance by Hauff and Henkler in 1973 on the occasion of the Xth World Festival of Youth and Students . Both the unsanitary condition of the water basins and the neglected spectator stands led to the demolition of the entire facility from 1999 onwards. The four pillars of the western entrance with their lanterns have been preserved in the park. They were made in Karl Souradny's workshop in 1951.
During the GDR era, an Indian village was also built in Friedrichshain , which was used to organize holiday games .
Memorial sites, the SEZ and the peace pavilion
The memorial to the 3,000 interbrigadists of the Spanish Civil War, located on Friedenstrasse , was built in 1968. Fritz Cremer provided the designs for the six-meter-high bronze figure of a Spanish fighter , and Siegfried Krepp created the reliefs . In the years 1969–1973 the park was redesigned and pavilions as well as sports fields and playgrounds were built. In 1972, the northern side of the park was given the monument to the joint struggle of Polish soldiers and German anti-fascists . In 1981, the Berlin magistrate built the sports and recreation center (SEZ). Its demolition was up for debate in the late 1990s, but a private operator was found.
In 1989 one was World Peace Bell Japanese World Peace Bell Association dedicated and protected with a small pavilion. The pavilion had a copper roof stolen by non-ferrous metal thieves in 2012.
21st century: Another reconstruction
A comprehensive reconstruction of the park and its facilities took place from 1995 to 2004. After the swimming stadium was demolished, it was possible to restore the New Grove. Gross damage caused by vandalism was removed at the fairytale fountain, and the system was largely restored to its original state.
More art in the park
A replica of the bronze bust of Frederick II , made in 1848 and presumably stolen after the Second World War , was re-erected on the excavated original round column at the historic location in 2000. In 1994 the area around the lake was given a gold sculpture Large metamorphic landscape , made to a design by Friedrich B. Henkel (* 1936). This heavy work of art has been missing since spring 2014. Here too, the Friedrichshain-Köpenick district office assumes that non-ferrous metal thieves were at work. A total of 11 of the numerous works of art are still present in the park, not counting the figures of the fairy tale fountain and the works already mentioned above .
Leisure and nature
The small (68 m high) and the large Bunkerberg (Mont Klamott, 78 m high) each have a viewing platform. On the eastern slope of the Kleiner Bunkerberg, a popular toboggan run was created after the rubble had been excavated .
The open-air stage is used by Radio Eins Freiluftkino Friedrichshain in the summer months . In addition to playing and sunbathing areas, there is a beach volleyball field , a half pipe , basketball and soccer fields, a climbing or bouldering rock , a circuit for inline skaters and a separate fitness course with a running circuit for joggers . There are several playgrounds for children.
In the New Grove there is an old oak population, individual trees are designated as natural monuments .
One of the three public drinking water points in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district is located at the ball playground in Volkspark Friedrichshain .
literature
- Clemens Alexander Wimmer: Parks and Gardens in Berlin and Potsdam. Edited by the Senate Department for Urban Development and Environmental Protection, Section III - Garden Monument Care, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-87584-267-7 , pp. 142–145.
- Ralf Schmiedecke: Berlin-Friedrichshain - The series archive images. Sutton Verlag , Erfurt 2006, ISBN 3-86680-038-X .
- G. Funeck, W. Schönholz, F. Steinwasser: Park and green areas in Berlin , Berlin Information 1987, ISBN 3-7442-0028-0 .
Movie
- The Volkspark Friedrichshain - Mont Klamott. Documentary film, Germany, 2013, 43:30 min., Script: and editing: Simone Dobmeier and Torsten Striegnitz, director: Torsten Striegnitz, production: Studio Mitte, rbb , series: Mysterious Places, first broadcast: November 19, 2013 by rbb, summary by rbb.
Web links
- Volkspark Friedrichshain on stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
- Entries in the Berlin State Monument List: Volkspark Friedrichshain ,Memorial to the interbrigadists in the Spanish Civil War andMonument to Polish soldiers and German anti-fascists in World War II
- Volkspark Friedrichshain near Berlin Street
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Unterwelten e. V .: History of the Berlin Flak Towers ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2010 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. and entry into the ruins of the Flakturm Friedrichshain ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ virtual museum of dead places: former Karl-Friedrich-Friesen-Stadion
- ↑ As of 2018; Park visit on May 10, 2018
- ↑ Two of the four goal posts on www.flickr.com ; Retrieved December 25, 2013
- ↑ Berlin Peace Bell ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2013 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.
- ↑ a b Karin Schmidl: The brownies are gone. In: Berliner Zeitung of November 27, 2014, p. 23.
- ↑ Helmut Caspar, 200 Berlin Heads, Monuments from Frederick the Great to Heinz Rühmann, Michael Imhof Verlag, 2008, page 29
- ↑ Large metamorphic landscape ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 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 www.bildhauerei-in-berlin.de
- ^ Sculpture in Berlin with a list of all sculpture groups in Volkspark Friedrichshain ( Memento from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information about the climbing rock
- ↑ Berliner Wochenblatt Verlag GmbH: When 18 Brünnlein flow: Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg relies on drinking water from the tap . In: berliner-woche.de . ( berliner-woche.de [accessed on March 27, 2018]).
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 36 ″ N , 13 ° 26 ′ 2 ″ E