{"id":20021,"date":"2022-03-28T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=20021"},"modified":"2021-12-29T10:20:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T08:20:16","slug":"ernst-thaelmann-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/berlin\/ernst-thaelmann-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernst Th\u00e4lmann Park in Prenzlauer Berg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Directly opposite the Prenzlauer Allee S-Bahn station is the Zeiss Grossplanetarium. I walked past here for almost a year when I went to one of my numerous children’s sports classes and never discovered the Ernst Th\u00e4lmann Park behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The park is located in the middle of the Prenzlauer Berg district in Berlin’s Pankow borough. It has an area of about 25 hectares and is bordered by Prenzlauer Allee, Greifswalder Stra\u00dfe, Danziger Stra\u00dfe and the S-Bahn ring road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 1873 to 1981, one of Berlin’s gasworks stood on the site, producing, among other things, illuminating gas for the street lamps. After the last gasometer was blown up in 1984, new planning began for the site. An inhabited park with residential and shopping facilities was to be built – a project of the GDR government to celebrate Berlin’s 750th anniversary.
In just three years, high-rise buildings with more than 1,000 residential units, the Zeiss Grossplanetarium, park areas, a memorial complex, an artificial pond and a tree was planted for every resident. Kindergartens, schools, shops and an indoor swimming pool were built. A true showpiece of the government.
Today, much around the site is still preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n