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Index
Cemetery
Hall. Tor
Memorial
Tablets
Sale
e Tabacchi
The
Deserted Room
Luisenst. Canal Gardens
Comenius
Garden
Nat. Reserve Schöneberg
Russian Church
R.
Luxemburg Memorial
Cadillacs
in Concrete
Schildhorn
Column
Heerstraße
Cemetery
Kleist's
Grave
Mori-Ogai
Memorial
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Johann Amos
Comenius (1592-1670) is behind both the name and the ideas of the little theme garden in the Böhmisches Dorf
(Bohemian Village) in Neukölln. The three-dimensional garden creations follow quotes from the Bohemian educationalist’s
work. They can be seen as poetic symbols, drawn from nature, of the tasks that man faces at different stages of his life
cycle. In the western part of the garden, a patch of violets, a lawn, a maze or a fountain of life represent such ideas for children of primary school age. Enchanting water features and dense mysterious groups of plants have developed
here. A more figurative part is connected to the summer house, which itself has been endowed with the qualities of a soulful
paradise. The scholar’s teaching tools make an appearance next to his
statue. A platform represents his idea of “school as play“ and a gallery at the northern boundary wall stands for a “world in
pictures.” Rows of fruit trees characterize and describe the last cycle of education in the Richardstrasse
direction, that of college. It will be a while before the tops of the young trees meet and the arboreal halls of learning come into
being. At both sides of the garden the sequence of the life cycle, as Comenius taught
it, continues in the arrangement of the Bohemian village. The walnut tree of life at Karl-Marx-Platz with its semicircle of benches constitutes the
beginning. The Bohemian graveyard in the Kirchhofstrasse is the end. Contrary to its thematic
course, the garden can only be entered from Richardstrasse. It is locked and a bell and a garden plan have been attached to the
fence. A small side gate leads from the garden path to the office of the scholarly garden
attendants. Once a month, from spring to autumn, they give guided tours on the
botanical, historical, philosophical and theological aspects of the ideas and design of the Comenius Garden. |
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