Körnerpark, Heritage garden park in Neukölln, Germany
Körnerpark is a 2.4-hectare (6-acre) garden in Neukölln featuring a neo-baroque design with cascading fountains and flower beds throughout. An orangery building sits below street level and now houses an art gallery.
Franz Körner donated his gravel pit to Berlin in 1910, and architect Hans Richard Küllenberg transformed it into a public park between 1912 and 1916. This conversion from an industrial site to a formal garden reflects Berlin's urban development during that period.
The park is named after Franz Körner, a Berlin resident who gifted the land to the city. Today visitors use it as a place to walk and relax, while the gallery in the former greenhouse displays contemporary artworks.
The park is free to visit daily from sunrise to sunset, with the gallery open from morning until evening. Visitors should prepare for uneven terrain and remember that the entire site sits several meters below street level.
The entire site sits five to seven meters below the surrounding street level and is surrounded by retaining walls on three sides. This unusual topography is a direct result of its past as a gravel extraction site.
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