Germany

Tiergarten

The park is located in the city center. It is green, huge, you can ride a bicycle, a boat on the lake, walk and lie down on the grass. Birds sing loudly, squirrels jump, flowers bloom. Oasis! There are also city attractions.

Tiergarten, photo by Florian

Tiergarten is a park in the very center of the German capital, the green heart of Berlin. It occupies a vast territory of the former eponymous district - about 210 hectares. The length of the hiking trails of the Greater Tiergarten is more than 30 km.

From hunting grounds to the city park

Until the end of the XVII century, on the site of today's magnificent park were the hunting grounds of the Brandenburg Electors. The territory was called Tiergarten - "menagerie". Frederick III commanded to make the hunting forest open to the public, adding it to Berlin. To this end, the Under the lime trees boulevard was initially expanded.

Flowerbeds in Tiergarten, photo by olgerdviz

The hunting forest did not immediately turn into a well-groomed park complex. In 1740, the fence that separated the Tiergarten from Berlin's residential quarters was demolished. The first stages of the reconstruction were carried out by the master of Frederician Rococo and early classicism - architect Georg von Knobelsdorf. Swamps were drained on the territory, luxurious baroque flowerbeds were laid out, tea houses, statues, esplanades were erected. The center of the park was the Big Star Square, alleys were laid from it with rays. Since 1840, the project was transferred to the famous Peter Joseph Lenna. The wild woodland gradually turned into a well-groomed landscape, sustained in the English landscape style.

View from the observation deck of the Victory Column, photo by Patrick McGrath

In the years 1865-73. Johann Strack installed the 67-meter Victory Column on Königsplatz - a symbol of Prussia's military accomplishments. The Golden Elsa, as the Berliners call it, since 1938 was transported to the Großer Stern - to the center of Tiergarten (there was a fountain there before).

Since 1937, the Bismarck-Nationaldenkmal sculptural group, the Bismarck National Monument, has appeared at the northern end of Big Star Square. Along the Victory Alley (Siegesallee) 32 monuments to the Prussian rulers were erected - from Margrave Albrecht the Bear to William I (later the alley was demolished, the monuments were transferred to the Lapidarium collection).

At the end of World War II, the Tiergarten became the last outpost of Berlin: ground-based air defense systems were deployed there. When the red flag rose above the Reichstag, the luxurious metropolitan area was completely destroyed.

November 11, 1945 in the eastern part of Tiergarten opened the Soviet memorial dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the Red Army. The large-scale restoration of the park under the program adopted by the magistrate of Greater Berlin began in 1948.

Tiergarten - the largest park in Berlin

View of the Reichstag from the Tiergarten, photo by hbkost

Tiergarten remains a favorite vacation spot for Berliners and visitors. Playgrounds have been built here, in warm times there is a beer garden, pleasure boats glide along the surface of Lake Neuer. The central axis of the park complex is June 17th Street. A ring motorway runs along the main square. In the northern part of the massif is Bellevue Palace - the presidential residence, the former palace of Augustus Ferdinand, built in 1786 by Michael Philippe Bowman. Next to it is the Brandenburg Gate.

On the banks of the Spree is the Reichstag with a glass dome - a viewing platform.

On the embankment, in the enchanting building of the Congress Hall of the GDR, the House of Cultures of the World has been opened since 1989.

Nearby is a black 42-meter granite tower with 68 bells - Berlin Karyon.

You can also recall the "love parades" that were held here annually, and the speech of the first black US President Barack Obama, who gathered more than two hundred thousand listeners at the Triumphal Column on July 24, 2008.

You can go boating in the park, photo by Scott Johnson

Working hours

The park is open around the clock. Entrance to the park is free.

How to get there

Take the U55 line to Bundestag or Brandenburger Tor,
U-2 Potsdamer Platz,
U-9 Hansaplatz.
by city train S1, S2, S25 to the Brandenburger Tor station.

How do I save on hotels?

Everything is very simple - look not only at the booking. I prefer the search engine RoomGuru. He is looking for discounts at the same time on Booking and on 70 other booking sites.

Watch the video: Berlin Tiergarten in 4k (November 2024).

Popular Posts

Category Germany, Next Article

Artichoke - Winter King of Italian Cuisine
Italian food

Artichoke - Winter King of Italian Cuisine

Many saw him in photographs in magazines or even on supermarket shelves, but few people from the Nordic countries imagine what this artichoke is and what it is eaten with ... It is no exaggeration to call it the “Winter King” of Italian cuisine. Italians love the artichoke for three reasons: it has a distinct unique taste, is versatile in cooking, and is rich in substances useful to the body.
Read More
Italian pizza - history, types, composition, recipes
Italian food

Italian pizza - history, types, composition, recipes

Pizza is a national Italian dish, which is a round open tortilla covered with melted cheese (usually mozzarella) and tomatoes. Cheese is by far the main ingredient in pizza. The remaining ingredients differ depending on the type of pizza. Today, pizza is one of the most popular dishes in the world.
Read More
Gnocchi - Italian Potato Dumplings
Italian food

Gnocchi - Italian Potato Dumplings

Some Italian dishes quite firmly woven into the outline of the cuisines of many countries. Which, unfortunately, cannot be said about Gnocchi. Despite a long history, they are only beginning to gain popularity outside their homeland. This is a kind of dumpling from Italy. As with many dishes of the republic, gnocchi recipes differ significantly from region to region.
Read More
Italian Lasagna
Italian food

Italian Lasagna

Lasagne (Lasagne) - a typical dish of Italian cuisine from the series "at everyone's hearing." But not everyone realizes that this is not a layer of puffed meat pie or casserole, but one of the many varieties of pasta in the republic. It is believed to be the oldest type of pasta. Over the long period of life of baked pasta in the southern regions of Italy, several traditional versions of food have developed.
Read More