Schillerpark, Public park in Wedding, Berlin
Schillerpark is a public park in Berlin's Mitte district, divided by Barfusstraße into a northern section on the Rehberge and a southern section on the Wurzelberge. The southern part holds the Schülerwiese, a large lawn bordered by straight linden-lined avenues, with a bastion of Rüdersdorf limestone rising to the north. The park is largely in its original state and protected as a garden monument.
Landscape architect Friedrich Bauer designed this park in 1909 with construction completed in 1913, establishing one of Germany's first modern public parks. The project responded to the city's growing needs and set new standards for park design.
The park takes its name from Friedrich Schiller, chosen in 1905 for the centenary of the poet's death. On the Bastion terrace stands a 1941 bronze copy of Reinhold Begas's Schiller monument; its bronze lion's head below the nameplate was stolen in August 2017. The Schülerwiese below is used for picnics and ball games.
Barfusstraße cuts the park into a northern and a southern section; the street bends and is screened by planting, so crossing points are easy to miss. The Schülerwiese lies in the south-eastern part, bordered by straight avenues of lindens, while the Bastion with its limestone walls rises just north of it. Paths run through both sections.
The first tree planted in the park was an oak brought from Marbach am Neckar, Schiller's birthplace; it is known as the Schillereiche. The bronze lion's head beneath the monument's nameplate was stolen in August 2017.
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