Lustgarten
Lustgarten | |
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Location | Berlin |
Coordinates | 52°31′07″N 13°23′59″E / 52.51861°N 13.39972°E |
Created | 1646 |
Status | Open year round |
The Lustgarten (German:
The area of the Lustgarten was originally developed in the 16th century as a
In 1713,
In the early 19th century, the enlarged and increasingly wealthy Kingdom of Prussia undertook major redevelopments of central Berlin. A large, new classical building, the Old Museum, was built at the north-western end of the Lustgarten by the leading architect, Karl Friedrich Schinkel,[2] and between 1826 and 1829 the Lustgarten was redesigned by Peter Joseph Lenné, with formal paths dividing the park into six sectors. A 13-metre high fountain in the centre, operated by a steam engine, was one of the marvels of the age. In 1871, the fountain was replaced by a large equestrian statue of Friedrich Wilhelm III by Albert Wolff. The statue was unveiled on 16 June 1871.[3] Between 1894 and 1905, the old Protestant church on the northern side of the park was replaced by a much larger building, the Berlin Cathedral (in German, "Berliner Dom"), designed by Julius Carl Raschdorff.[4]
During the years of the
On 18 May 1942 a resistance group led by Herbert Baum consisting mainly of Jewish men and women, tried to destroy a propaganda exhibition The Soviet Paradise in the Lustgarten. This resulted in the discovery of the group, the death of Baum in Gestapo detention[6] and the execution of at least 27 members of the group. In a "retaliation action," the Reich Security Main Office arrested 500 Jewish men at the end of May, and immediately murdered half of them. A memorial stone made by Jürgen Raue installed in 1981 commemorates the resistance group.[7]
In 1944 the statue of Friedrich Wilhelm III by Albert Wolff was melted down to reuse the metal in war production.[8]
By the end of
on part of the site.A movement to restore the Lustgarten to its earlier role as a park began once Germany was
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Simplified map of the Lustgarten, showing the Altes Museum (Old Museum) and Berliner Dom
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The Lustgarten, looking north-east towards the Berlin Cathedral
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The Lustgarten in 1900, looking north-west toward the Old Museum
See also
- Granite bowl in Lustgarten
References
- ^ "Historical images of the Lustgarten".
- ^ "Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Museums". Smb.museum. 24 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ "The Entry of the Troops into Berlin". Burnley Advertiser. England. 24 June 1871. Retrieved 28 February 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ISBN 3-7674-0158-4.
- ^ "Great Peace Demonstrations in Berlin". Lancashire Evening Post. England. 1 August 1921. Retrieved 28 February 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ISBN 978-0-7425-5411-5.
- ^ "Widerstandsgruppe um Herbert Baum. "Dieser von Bildhauer Jürgen Raue gestaltete Gedenkstein wurde 1981 im Auftrag des Magistrats von Berlin (Ost) ohne nähere Informationen über die Widerstandsaktion im Lustgarten aufgestellt"".
- ^ Peter Bloch, Waldemar Grzimek: Die Berliner Bildhauerschule im neunzehnten Jahrhundert. Propyläen, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Wien 1978, S. 154, Abbildung des zerlegten Denkmals im Eosanderhof des Schlosses S. 249
- ^ "Jetzt aufgetauchtes Gutachten belegt | DDR hätte Stadtschloss für 32 Millionen Mark retten können". Retrieved 29 August 2016.