Waldeck Park
The Waldeckpark is located in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg in the street block Alexandrinenstrasse , Alte Jakobstrasse and Oranienstrasse . On its western side it touches the grounds of the Bundesdruckerei .
history
The approximately two hectare site was created around 1604 as a plague cemetery for the Petri community . Little by little, the cemetery became a green area, some of which could be used free of charge by the Cölln residents from 1870 onwards. 29 years later the park was expanded and was given the current name Waldeckpark. It is intended to commemorate the liberal politician Benedikt Waldeck , whose memory a memorial was erected in the park.
In 1936 the Berlin Life Insurance Company agreed to redesign the park for the Summer Olympics . In honor of the company founder Heinrich Ludwig Lobeck was so out of Waldeckpark of Lobeck Park . A year later, the National Socialists pushed for the Waldeck memorial to be dismantled. Almost all of the graves were removed as a result of the redesign. Only the gravestone of the Royal Prussian stable master Ernst Ferdinand Ayrer remained.
Redesign
After the park was badly damaged in World War II , it was restored in the 1950s. The Waldeck memorial was erected in the renamed Waldeck Park. At the same time, the Waldeck Park was expanded to include a sports field. In order to honor the renovation work of the insurance company, in 1962 the then Brandenburgstrasse in Kreuzberg was renamed Lobeckstrasse .
Web links
- Waldeck Park in the district lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Waldeck Park in Luise-Berlin, accessed on March 30, 2011.
- ↑ a b Kreuzberger Chronicles on Waldeck Park, accessed on January 7, 2019.
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 22.3 " N , 13 ° 24 ′ 10.2" E