Monbijou Park, Public park in Mitte district, Berlin, Germany
Monbijou Park is a four-hectare space along the Spree River in Mitte district, featuring wide promenades and open green areas that run alongside the water. Natural stone terraces line the riverbank and connect the park to Museum Island through a pedestrian bridge.
The site once held Monbijou Palace and its gardens, designed by architect Eosander von Göthe in the early 1700s. The palace was demolished in 1959, and the land was later transformed into the park that exists today.
The marble bust of Adelbert von Chamisso, carved by Julius Moser in 1888, stands under monument protection in the park. Chamisso, born in France in 1781, wrote in German and is remembered for the tale of Peter Schlemihl, the man who sold his shadow.
Paths run straight through the lawns, which are explicitly open for sunbathing and ball games. A sledding hill was added at residents' request, and a barbecue area is marked out again. The Monbijou Bridge, rebuilt in October 2006, links the park directly to the Bode Museum and Museum Island.
The Monbijoubrücke, rebuilt in October 2006, links the park directly to the Bode Museum and Museum Island. The park's 2006–2007 redesign by Berlin landscape architects Lützow 7 cost 3.3 million euros and added a riverside promenade up to nine metres wide. Paths now run straight across the lawns, which are expressly open for sunbathing and ball games.
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