Gardens,
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Gardens in the Luisenstädtische Canal |
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Index
Gründerzeit
Museum
Chinese
Tea House
Anatomical
Theatre
The
Deserted Room
Luisenst.
Canal Gardens
Comenius
Garden
Körnerpark
Gallery
Buddhisti
House
Lübars Village Green
Schöneb.
Nat. Reserve
Marienfelde
Green
Lions'
Bridge
Späthsches
Arboretum
Villa
Harteneck's Garden
Heerstraße
Cemetery
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There are only a few sections of the Berlin Wall where the call to transform defence installations into gardens could be put into
practice. The old Luisenstädtische Canal, whose course between Waldemar and Schillingbrücke defined the border with East Germany, is a pleasant
exception. The canal was built in 1848 to connect the Landwehrkanal to the Spree. Some 80 years later it was filled in for health
reasons. In the 20’s and 30’s, Erwin Barth created the garden attraction
which, with its water features, drew thousands of walkers everyday. Today’s garden is built on the foundations of this historic
site. The exotic and beautiful Indian well has been reproduced between the restored canal walls and the
pergolas, covered with climbers. A splendid rose bed joins up with the Angel Pool at the foot of the
Michaelskirche. In front of the church, the canal bends away to the south-east and on its way to the Spree incorporates a further “evergreen”
garden, framed by Engel and Bethaniendamm. The last section to the Spree, between Adalbertstrasse and Köpenicker Strasse, is waiting to be
completed. It has been dug out and for several years has been covered with luxuriant weeds and
vegetation. The section of the canal that used to belong to West Berlin, south-west of the Waldemarbrücke, was only developed as a garden in the 1980’s, with money from the International Bauausstellung. It winds its way along the far side of Skalitzer Strasse, between Segitz and Erkelenzdamm down to the Landwehrkanal. The Department for Garden Preservation would like to restore this strip as well and dreams of the complete restoration of the axis from Michaelskirche to Südstern. The pedestrian will need about half an hour to walk the two kilometers that lie between Schillingbrücke on the Spree and Urbanhafen on the Landwehr
Canal, and to take in 150 years of Berlin landscape design, the outcome of which is still
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Bus, Tube, Tram: U 1, U 2, U 8, U 15 Kottbusser Tor; Bus 129,147
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