Misplaced Pages

#296703

39-545: The original Görlitzer Bahnhof (named after the Saxon town of Görlitz ) suffered heavy damage during the Battle of Berlin . The last passenger train services to operate through the station ended on April 29, 1951. Demolition of the site took place on 24 October 1962, at the behest of former Berlin Senator , Rolf Schwedler ( SPD ), despite protests by many residents. In the postwar period,

78-513: A bird suspended high in the air which was able to roll along the railway tracks to the border point on the bridge and, in a gesture of peace towards the GDR, exhibit the bird to those in the east. Although the Görlitzer Tunnel remained in use until the beginning of the 1990s, the public access to the site prompted by the new park left it redundant. By the creation of a 'natural' arena in the centre of

117-571: A border crossing point stood on the bridge over the Landwehrkanal . This passage of freight was permanently discontinued on 30 June 1985. Between the years 1984 and 1987 a local swimming pool, the Spreewald Bad , an innovative structure designed by Christoph Langhof architects, was built on the site of the former station. Before the remaining area from Skalitzer Straße up to the Görlitzer Ufer

156-455: A faulty substructure and lack of drainage for the foundations, as well as problems with the Portuguese limestone used, the construction was so badly damaged by its first winter that it had to be closed to visitors for security reasons. For a long time, there was a dispute over the restoration. In October 2000, the artist was sentenced to pay damages in the amount of 1.1 million euros. This sentence

195-502: A memorial to deceased Kreuzberg actor Eralp Uzun, family and friends planted another tree in the meadow in May 2013. This orchard was created by the Kiezwandlern, a local Transition Town group, with the support of the district's green area office. Committed residents habitually cultivate the orchard meadow. The later harvest from the trees is available to the public. Görlitzer Park is one of

234-534: A military train bound for the Austro-Prussian war became the first train to leave the then incomplete station site. The connection was one of convenience because the military had built their barracks in neighbouring Wrangelstraße. Shortly afterwards, on 13 September, a regular passenger service began between Berlin and Cottbus. By late 1867 the Berlin-Görlitz line was complete and the route, which passed through

273-410: A restaurant – were levelled in 1975 during a wave of demolitions during the 1970s that claimed many historic victims across the city. The reason given at the time for the demolition was that the buildings served no practical purpose in standing empty and as a result were being occupied by an "anti-social" element. The removal of these "ruins" would therefore be better for the image of West Berlin. By 1976

312-436: A short piece of track to the east of the canal bridge and two former freight sheds still remain from the former station. Görlitzer Park is widely known as a hotspot for purchasing cannabis . In the early 1980s, a civil and squatter movement began pushing for the creation of a "Görlitzer City Park" on the site of the old Bahnhof. In the spring of 1983, a program of "greening" of the area was scheduled: "The northern part of

351-604: The Berlin Police , the public prosecutor's office, the administration of justice, the immigration office, and the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district office. The task force effected several changes to Görlitzer Park, such as removing hedges and shrubs that could serve as drug stashes, as well as greatly increasing the police presence. Interior Senator Frank Henkel introduced a zero tolerance rule in March 2015 which enabled

390-617: The Wellenbad am Spreewaldplatz swimming pool complex. The swimming pool complex was built between 1984 and 1987 according to plans by architect Christoph Langhof. In the north, Lausitzer Platz flanks the area with the Emmaus Church  [ de ] , which was built between 1890 and 1893 according to plans by August Orth . They are separated from the park by the viaduct of the Berlin U-Bahn lines U1 & U3 along Skalitzer Straße. In

429-528: The article wizard to submit a draft for review, or request a new article . Search for " Emmauskirche (Berlin) " in existing articles. Look for pages within Misplaced Pages that link to this title . Other reasons this message may be displayed: If a page was recently created here, it may not be visible yet because of a delay in updating the database; wait a few minutes or try the purge function . Titles on Misplaced Pages are case sensitive except for

SECTION 10

#1732869368297

468-628: The Environment and Finance Senators was still pending at that time. According to the Südost Express , "the district office of Kreuzberg had already rented the 4000 square meter site," by 1979, as part of the initiative by Verein SO 36, a local civic group. However, the building authorities wanted to use the site to construct a Spreewald-Bad swimming pool complex. "More than 1000 signatures have been collected so far for this playground. [...] (After negotiations)

507-567: The Wall , the Berlin Wall ran along the Landwehr Canal . Also, in the southern part of the area, in the corner formed by Görlitzer Ufer and Wiener Straße, a railroad wheelhouse used to exist. Today, there is a hill with a slide and an 80-metre (260 ft) toboggan run. The park borders Wrangelkiez on the north/northeastern side. The Görlitzer Tunnel was still walkable until at least the end of 1989,

546-466: The area, from Görlitzer Ufer along Görlitzer Straße to the Fatih Mosque, could at least provisionally be greened. ‘For the development of vegetation, a design hasn't been agreed upon. [...] That's why the citizens do not need to get involved.' (Parks Department) " At this time, the soil at the site of a former scrap metal compactor was heavily contaminated with oil and needed to be replaced, and an area of

585-528: The capital with the cloth factories, and the brick and glass works of industrial Görlitz. Lausitz proved to be not only a rich source of Spreewald gherkins but also, more importantly, of coal. In order to improve access between the neighbourhoods that emerged around Görlitzer Straße (the Wrangelkiez ) and Wiener Straße (the Reichenberger Kiez ), an underpass was constructed under the railway site. Opened to

624-450: The countryside of the Spreewald and Lower Lusatia and the towns of Königs Wusterhausen , Lübben , and Lübbenau , officially opened on 31 December 1867. Although founded by a private company, owned by industrialist and "rail king" Bethel Henry Strousberg , the service was nationalised on 28 March 1882. The new line proved an immediate success with the public. After only a few months, it

663-399: The demolition of the fountain and the dissatisfaction of many park visitors with the condition of the park, the district office of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg organized an "ideas workshop" in 2009 to beautify the park. Since 2011, in the middle of the park, an orchard with apple, pear and greengage trees was created. In total, there were 26 trees after the third planting in early April 2013. As

702-553: The district office will seek to find a solution that makes both the building project and a children's playground possible on the Görlitzer Bahnhof site." At the end of the 1980s, a district park was built on the former railway site to the plans of the Freie Planungsgruppe Berlin. Today, only remnants of tracks, the pedestrian tunnel, the former enclosure wall, and three freight sheds exist of the former station. In

741-1210: The front of the building, which still stood at that time, as the filming location for the fictional East Berlin "Marx-Engels-Platz 59". 52°29′56″N 13°25′52″E  /  52.499°N 13.431°E  / 52.499; 13.431 Emmauskirche (Berlin) Look for Emmauskirche (Berlin) on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Emmauskirche (Berlin) in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use

780-491: The future park was still being used as a coal depot. However, the Reichsbahn management proved to be supportive of the park plans and "Cheerfully developed a children's petting zoo on the southern track. Material and feed donations from surrounding industries flowed in abundantly, and bulldozers from a local cement plant came by occasionally to donate topsoil. Only the money to lease the land was still lacking. Final approval from

819-596: The historical name, much like with the similarly doomed Anhalter Bahnhof . In addition to this, the road that runs alongside the western side of Görlitzer Park, was renamed Wiener Straße in 1873, because the first trains connecting Berlin and the Austrian capital Vienna left from Görlitzer Bahnhof. Likewise, the neighbouring squares Spreewaldplatz and Lausitzer Platz were named after the areas of countryside once accessible from its platforms. The 1966 film Funeral in Berlin used

SECTION 20

#1732869368297

858-468: The largest drug transfer centers in Berlin. The park has been the site of multiple violent incidents resulting in injuries and even death. The drug dealing originated in parts of the park during the 2000s. Since May 2012, the park area has been subject to constant police patrols. The problems, however, have remained. In November 2014, the "Task Force Görlitzer Park" was established to curb drug-related crime around Görlitzer Park. This task force consisted of

897-476: The local network too. Ultimately though, it was the deepening crisis in political relations between East and West that sealed the station's fate, and made its position as a Western station operating an Eastern line untenable. It therefore came as no surprise when the GDR decided to close Görlitzer Bahnhof to passenger trains on 29 April 1951. Although the complete absence of the railway on the 1954 Berlin city map suggests

936-617: The park, over the Landwehrkanal and then comes to an end over Elsenstraße in Treptow , just before the original line would have met the ring of the S-bahn. The historic building itself lives on in existing local names. In 1926, the local U-Bahn station Oranienstraße was renamed as Görlitzer Bahnhof to indicate the neighbouring mainline terminus but despite the latter's demise the U-bahn stop maintains

975-401: The park, the tunnel was largely destroyed, although its remains were incorporated into the design. The only obvious physical remains of the station site are the two goods sheds, an old office building, the railway bridge and the remnants of the underpass visible in a crater in the centre of the park. Nevertheless, it is possible to follow part of the old railway route on foot, as it leads out of

1014-705: The police to prosecute consumers and dealers for small amounts of drugs. However, this did not eliminate the drug problem, instead causing many drug dealers to move to other streets, parks and neighborhoods. On October 16, 2017, the Red-Red-Green Coalition rescinded the rule, and the purchase, transportation, and consumption of up to 15 grams ( 1 ⁄ 2  oz) of cannabis in Görlitzer Park has resumed with relative impunity. Berlin G%C3%B6rlitzer Bahnhof Görlitzer Bahnhof

1053-483: The public in 1910, this connected Oppelner Straße on the northern side with Liegnitzer Straße to the south. This was officially known as the ‘Görlitzer Tunnel’, although it would later also acquire the nickname "Harnröhre“ (Urethra). During World War II , the Allied aerial bombardments of 3 February 1945, which left 3,255 dead or missing and over 119,000 homeless in the surrounding Kreuzberg district, caused severe damage to

1092-427: The removal of which gave the park a large hollow in the middle, which forms a kind of natural arena. The former walls of the tunnel were included as a design element and are still recognizable today. On the west side of the basin is a 14-metre (46 ft) steel-beam sculpture, Schreitender Mensch , by Rüdiger Preisler. The park is bounded to the northwest by Spreewaldplatz, the former station forecourt which now houses

1131-543: The site lay mostly empty. Although the station stood abandoned and the site lay undeveloped for over thirty years, the area was never dormant. Since the closure in 1951, the land and buildings were used variously for coal storage, as a scrapyard, an auto garage, and for other small enterprises. Furthermore, the northern goods side of the station site remained in active use by the Deutsche Reichsbahn for transporting freight between West and East Berlin, and for this reason

1170-455: The site was used as a coal depot. Until 1985, freight trains still operated through the Görlitzer Bahnhof train lines, supplying nearby storage sheds and a junkyard on the station grounds. During the division of Berlin, a border crossing was erected on the bridge over the Landwehr canal to control the passage of these freight trains. The remains of this border crossing are still visible today, as are

1209-457: The south of the present park, several railway bridges connected the station area with the district of Treptow , one of which is still preserved, that leads pedestrians over the Landwehr Canal. A green corridor on the former railway line runs parallel to Kiefholzstraße and deep into Alt-Treptow so that cyclists and pedestrians can access Treptower Park through Görlitzer Park. Until the fall of

Görlitzer Park - Misplaced Pages Continue

1248-425: The south, the area borders the Landwehr Canal and the district of Alt-Treptow . The Pamukkale fountain, created by the sculptor Wigand Witting from 1994 to 1997 and completed in 1998, was one of the main design elements in Görlitzer Park. It was inspired by the travertine terraces of Pamukkale , Turkey and became a special place of remembrance for the many citizens of Kreuzberg with Turkish ancestry . Due to

1287-493: The station was subsequently demolished and cleared, it actually remained relatively undisturbed in its bombed-out state for ten years after the closure. The arrival of the Wall in 1961, however, quashed any hopes of a reconstruction. Over the following decade or so all the remaining station buildings were demolished, beginning with the large platform hall in 1962 and the main reception area in 1967. The remaining public buildings – which included two towers, various waiting rooms and

1326-440: The station. Nevertheless, by June, a mere month after the surrender of Berlin, a makeshift Görlitzer Bahnhof was back in service. The revival proved temporary, however. From 25 September 1946 all its long-distance trains were redirected to Schlesischer Bahnhof (renamed Ostbahnhof in 1950) on the central Stadtbahn. Furthermore, over the next few years the ongoing expansion of the electric S-Bahn system would supersede its role in

1365-411: Was accommodating 70,000 travellers a day and during the whole of 1880, approximately 1.5 million people used Görlitzer Bahnhof. Its popularity had a stimulating effect on the surrounding area, with shops and cafés springing up in the neighbouring streets, helping to establish it as one of the liveliest in the city. Aside from the transport of people, the line also served as a vital trade route connecting

1404-588: Was confirmed again in November 2008. In autumn 2009, the crumbled fountain construction was removed along with the sculptures that were still intact at the time. The demolition was not without controversy, and led to demonstrations. Unknown activists poured large amounts of red paint down the terraced landscape as a sign of the bleeding out of a significant work of art for the integration and diversity of Berlin's cultures. The remaining concrete terraces were laid out with artificial turf and now are used for seating. After

1443-480: Was developed into Görlitzer Park in the early 1990s, it was a waste ground partly accessible by the public. This vacancy led to the site being occupied during the summer of 1989 by the Mutoid Waste Company , an anarchist art commune from London. The location was chosen in part because of its proximity to the Wall. On one memorable occasion the scrap metal artists created a "Peace Bird" contraption which featured

1482-803: Was named after this historic station and is located on a different site nearby. The station was designed by August Orth , an architect later responsible for the Emmauskirche in nearby Lausitzer Platz , and built between 1865 and 1867 in the Palazzo style of the Italian Renaissance. It formed part of a railway expansion project that would link Berlin with Cottbus and Görlitz, and then ultimately with cities such as Sagan (Żagań) and Breslau (Wrocław) (both in Poland since 1945) and Vienna in Austria . On 13 June 1866

1521-672: Was the name of the Berlin railway terminus for the mainline link between the capital, Cottbus in Brandenburg and Görlitz in Lower Silesia (since 1945 Saxony ). It stood overlooking Spreewaldplatz in the Outer Luisenstadt , the eastern part of Kreuzberg but wartime bombing and Cold War tensions led to its closure and eventual demolition. The Görlitzer Bahnhof (Berlin U-Bahn) station

#296703