Waldow Park

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Waldow Park
Coat of arms of Berlin.svg
Park in Berlin
Waldow Park
Bridge over the Waldower Weiher
Basic data
place Berlin
District Mahlsdorf
Created 20th century
Newly designed 1997
Surrounding streets Waldowstrasse (north) ,
Thorner Strasse ,
Hönower Strasse ,
Neuenhagener Strasse ,
Alt-Mahlsdorf (south)
Buildings Old parish church Mahlsdorf
use
User groups Foot traffic ; leisure
Technical specifications
Parking area 26,000 m²
Weeping willow at the pond

The Waldowpark is located in the Berlin district of Mahlsdorf in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district . It is named after Wilhelm von Waldow (1856–1937), a Prussian lawyer and civil servant. To the east of the park is the old Mahlsdorf parish church .

history

The park was created at the beginning of the 20th century on the initiative of Mahlsdorf estate farmer Gustav Lange. After the end of the Second World War , Lange was expropriated by the SMAD and the park area became public property . In the 1950s, an LPG was growing potatoes on part of the property. The other part served as a junkyard. The surviving trees, mainly linden and weeping willows , were largely preserved.

After the political change , the Green Spaces Office first checked the traffic safety and reopened the site to the public in November 1996.

The pond , the Waldower Weiher , was exposed in 1997 and a careful pruning was carried out. In 2001 the pond was connected to a drainage system in a shopping center located on Bundesstrasse 1 in order to ensure the water supply over the long term.

Due to the long dry period in July 2014, however, there was very little water in the pool.

Web links

Commons : Waldowpark  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • The Waldowpark , website of the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district, Department of Economy and Urban Development - Environment and Nature Conservation Office, accessed on January 1, 2014.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silvia Schmidt: Green area should be attractive again for visitors: Waldowpark will be exposed . In: Berliner Zeitung , July 16, 1997, accessed on July 22, 2014.

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 24 ″  N , 13 ° 36 ′ 33 ″  E