Volkspark Wuhlheide, Urban park in Köpenick, Germany.
Volkspark Wuhlheide is a forest park in Oberschöneweide, Treptow-Köpenick, laid out from 1924 to 1932 to plans by garden director Ernst Harrich. Dense woodland covers most of the area, with a narrow pond and sandy bank on one side. At its centre stand low buildings with grey and dark roofs, and nearby a fan-shaped open-air amphitheatre of pale concrete steps faces a tall white tent-roofed stage.
Ernst Harrich, Treptow's garden director, drew up plans for the Volks- und Waldpark Wuhlheide in 1923, supplemented in 1924, and work continued until 1932. The city assembly had approved the combined forest and landscape park in 1922, after the Greater Berlin association acquired land here in 1911 with the obligation to preserve forest and create a public park. It was one of the three largest forest parks of the 1920s Volkspark movement.
The park serves as a gathering place where neighbors spend time together outdoors across its various zones. The grilling areas, dance spaces, and open-air stage host events that bring the local community together regularly.
You can reach the park easily using the S-Bahn line S3 or trams 21, 27, 37, and 67. The main entrance is located at Treskowallee in the Köpenick district.
The park contains a miniature park displaying over 60 scale models of Berlin and Brandenburg landmarks. These models are constructed at 1:25 scale and show famous local buildings and monuments in tiny form.
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