Invalid's Park, Public park in Berlin-Mitte, Germany.
Invalid's Park is a 2.5 hectare green space in Berlin-Mitte next to the main train station featuring lawn areas, water basins, and granite sculptures. The park is bounded by four streets and offers multiple pathways for walking and sitting.
The park was created in 1843 as a garden for residents of the Invalid's House. After decades of neglect, it underwent complete restoration between 1992 and 1997.
The narrow granite sculpture rising from the basin is called Versunkene Mauer (Sunken Wall) by landscape architect Christophe Girot, who designed the park's 1992–1997 rebuilding. It recalls both the Gnadenkirche, blown up in 1967, and the Berlin Wall that once ran nearby. The Berlin Senate calls the water feature Sinkende Mauer.
The park is bounded by Habersaathstraße, Schwarzer Weg, Invalidenstraße and Scharnhorststraße, a short walk from Berlin Hauptbahnhof. The northern side keeps old trees, while the lawn and the water basin lie to the south, where the grass gives way to granite paving. The ministries of transport and of economic affairs stand directly beside the grounds.
The Invalid's Column, erected in 1854 for Prussian soldiers fallen in the 1848–1849 revolution and the 1848–1851 Danish war, was destroyed in 1948 and no longer stands. What visitors see today is the sunken granite sculpture in the basin, which Christophe Girot's Atelier Phusis placed there in the 1992–1997 redesign; the water feature also appears in the opening shot of Sacha Baron Cohen's film Brüno.
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