Natur-Park Südgelände, Nature park in Schöneberg district, Berlin, Germany

Natur-Park Südgelände is an 18-hectare park on the former Tempelhof marshalling yard in Schöneberg. A 50-metre water tower from 1927 rises above the site, and a DRB Class 50 steam locomotive from 1940 stands beside a turntable. A 600-metre steel-grating walkway on steel pipes laid over the old rails crosses the nature reserve, and a white sign with a green border and an owl silhouette marks the protected area.

The Tempelhof marshalling yard opened on the site in 1889 and was enlarged several times until the 1930s; a locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk) followed in 1931. After the Anhalter Bahnhof closed in 1952, the western half of the yard fell out of use and vegetation took over the tracks. Plans for a new freight station in the late 1970s were dropped in 1989 after citizens documented the site's ecological value, and Deutsche Bahn handed the land to Berlin in 1995.

Permanent installations by the artist group Odius stand throughout the park, and the former locomotive hall hosts theatre, dance and performance events, including those of the Berliner Festspiele. Since summer 2011 the Shakespeare Company Berlin has performed on stages beside the Café Paresüd in the former Brückenmeisterei building.

The park has three entrances: north through Hans-Baluschek-Park, west at Priesterweg S-Bahn station, and south on Prellerweg between the railway bridges. In the nature reserve, stay on the paths; the route runs over 600 metres of steel grating raised on steel pipes laid on the old rails, leaving space for animals and rainwater below. An observation tower stands in the reserve.

The park's protected zone is crossed by a 600-metre steel-grating walkway mounted on steel pipes laid on the old rails, leaving space beneath for animals and rainwater. A sign at the entrance reads "Naturschutzgebiet" beside an owl silhouette; an observation tower stands inside the reserve.