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The fight for Mauerpark has a long history that began as soon as the Mauer was torn down. City planners sought to use the area as a highway ramp for the Berlin Ring, to the north. Residents of the Gleim neighborhood and Oderberger Stra\u00dfe pushed for the establishment of a park: Mauerpark.<\/p>\n
There has been a great deal of progress since 1992, and, piece by piece, Mauerpark has come together. But it is still not finished. A variety of interests continue to clash with each other, and the completion of Mauerpark remains an unfulfilled promise.<\/p>\n
The association Freunde des Mauerparks has come together and evolved in these years of confrontation. The volunteer members oversee, among other things, the upkeep and completion of Mauerpark. The organization puts a special focus on the transparent involvement of citizens and a fair balance of interests.<\/p>\n
9\/1\/1999\u00a0<\/strong> Citizens\u2019 action groups are to be included in the planning process.<\/p>\n 10\/30\/1999\u00a0<\/strong> End of\u00a01999<\/strong> End of\u00a02002<\/strong> 1\/28\/2003<\/strong> October 2003<\/strong> End of 2003<\/strong> May\/June 2004<\/strong> June 2004<\/strong> Autumn\u00a02004<\/strong> 9\/11\/2004<\/strong> Winter 2005<\/strong> 6\/30\/2005<\/strong> Winter 2006<\/strong> April 2007<\/strong> Summer 2007<\/strong> Further urban construction plans from the Senate authorities, the Department of City Development, and the Senate\u2019s architecture forum follow. All designs include construction of apartments along Mauerpark, essentially based on the rejected zoning plan.<\/p>\n Autumn\u00a02007<\/strong> This version shows an approximation of how a completed Mauerpark would look.<\/p>\n 2007<\/strong> 2008<\/strong> 7\/6\/2009<\/strong> Freunde des Mauerparks rejects this plan due to the problematic apartment construction on the southern end of Mauerpark and call for a completion of the park on the planned 5-hectare area.<\/p>\n July 2009<\/strong> 11\/17\/2009<\/strong> 11\/25\/2009<\/strong> Winter 2010<\/strong> January 2010 <\/strong> 3\/18\/2010\u00a0<\/strong> 4\/28\/2010 <\/strong> 9\/15\/2010 <\/strong> 11\/2\/2010 <\/strong> 1\/12\/2011 <\/strong> 2\/12\/2011 <\/strong> June 2011 <\/strong> September 2011 <\/strong> 4\/19\/012 <\/strong> 4\/26\/2012 <\/strong> 6\/13\/2012 <\/strong> 6\/14\/2012 <\/strong> 6\/26\/2012 <\/strong> July 2012 <\/strong> 10\/30\/2012 <\/strong> The Urban Development Contract is sold to the public as a \u201cgift\u201d to the citizens of Berlin, because in return for the granting of building rights to Groth Group (with a new construction plan, 1-64a VE, for the northern area), expansion of the park by 5 hectares in the south, plus 2 hectares of restaurants and flea market, can now take place.<\/p>\n But it is a sham. In the contract, the State of Berlin is required to pay CA Immo nearly 6 million euros (3.82 million to CA Immo for lost rental income, 1.52 million for provisional upgrades to Gleim Tunnel, and about 600,000 to Groth Group for infrastructure and an access ramp.<\/p>\n Significant complaints and lawsuits are expected. The contract is not, for the most, about making urban development designs more concrete; instead, it is little more than an official approval of trading away park space for development rights.<\/p>\n The conflict between Mauerpark associations and local residents on one side and the Senate of Berlin and the Groth Group on the other escalates. The individual initiatives band together to form the Mauerpark Alliance (Mauerpark-Allianz). The Alliance stands decisively against development on Mauerpark, while Freunde des Mauerparks, among others, continue to see a moderate residential construction (on the basis of the approach adopted by the Mitte Assembly in April 2012) as acceptable.<\/p>\n 9\/17\/2013 <\/strong> 7\/24\/2014 <\/strong> 2\/16\/2015 <\/strong> 3\/16\/2015 <\/strong> 3\/19\/2015 <\/strong> The fight for Mauerpark has a long history that began as soon as the Mauer was torn down. City planners sought to use the area as a highway ramp for the Berlin Ring, to the north. Residents of the Gleim neighborhood and Oderberger Stra\u00dfe pushed for the establishment of a park: Mauerpark. There has been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauerpark.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauerpark.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauerpark.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauerpark.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauerpark.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauerpark.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauerpark.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGr\u00fcn Berlin, a service company operating under the Berlin Senate, announces the Senate\u2019s decision not to complete Mauerpark as a 15-hectare park as planned in 1992, lacking the financial resources to acquire the neighboring land, owned by Deutsche Bahn. The first section of the existing park is to be renovated; the park will also be expanded by about 1.8 to the north of Gleim Tunnel, in the area of the Youth Farm.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBeginning of the participation process of residents, facilitated by the Gleim\u00a0Neighborhood Management and with the motto \u201cNew Opportunities for Mauerpark.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nFounding of Freundeskreis Mauerpark (Mauerpark Friends\u2019 Circle).<\/p>\n
\nBeginning of intense political engagement of the Freundeskreis for the completion of Mauerpark, despite the Senate\u2019s other ambitions, through an appeal sent to the then Berlin-Mitte Council Member for Construction Dorothee Dubrau.<\/p>\n
\nIntroduction of an amendment to the Mauerpark zoning plan that would include residential development along the entire length of the park between Bernauer Stra\u00dfe and the tracks at Gesundbrunnen and a western expansion of the park by 30 meters, which would make for a 2-hectare expansion instead of the originally planned 5 hectares.<\/p>\n
\nEarly public participation and planning.<\/p>\n
\nConcept for the renovation of the existing Mauerpark by the landscape architect Axel\u00a0Klapka.<\/p>\n
\nOpen interpretation of the change in the zoning plan, with opportunities for critique.<\/p>\n
\nLarge-scale informational, protest, and signature-gathering campaigns against the planned construction next to Mauerpark organized by the Gleim Neighborhood Civic Association, Freundeskreis Mauerpark, Gr\u00fcnwerkstatt Mitte, and other political initiatives. Collection and submission of thousands of signatures to Senator Hans Stimmann, responsible for urban development.<\/p>\n
\nResult: Stopping the planning process construction on the western edge of Mauerpark due to massive public objection.<\/p>\n
\nMauerpark is ten years old.<\/p>\n
\nBeginning of the mediation process and the working group for alternative development options, with the participation of all relevant groups and authorities.<\/p>\n
\nFounding of Freunde des Mauerparks as an officially registered association (eingetragener Verein, or e.V.).<\/p>\n
\nThe mediation process between Senate authorities, the District of Mitte, the park\u2019s proprietors, and engaged citizens is aborted without concrete results due to disagreement on the question of future construction-free park spaces.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFreunde des Mauerparks e.V. first establishes contact with Mitte Mayor Christian Hanke and District Councilmember for Urban Development Ephraim Gothe with a concrete vision for the completion of Mauerpark.<\/p>\n
\nGothe\u2019s version of the plan brings a new approach to the question of how a solution to the completion of the park might be possible without acquiring land. However, the property owners, Vivico, grant building rights on the area.\u00a0Gothe\u2019s design serves as a basis for negotiations with Vivico.<\/p>\n
\nA new version from the Mitte Planning Office presents an expansion of the residential construction area on the area north of Gleim Tunnel, next to the children\u2019s farm and, in exchange, a widening of the park in the area of the birch grove to the initially planned size as well as a narrow expansion to the north and west.<\/p>\n
\nSale of the nationwide property of Vivico (previously fully owned by the German\u00a0government) to the Austrian real estate company CA Immo AG.<\/p>\n
\nNegotiations with the new property owner, CA Immo AG, for a solution to the question of Mauerpark completion.<\/p>\n
\nInformational\u00a0meeting with Councilmember Gothe. A new plan from CA Immo is presented, with a continuous row of apartments going north to south, similar to the plan from 2003 but with 4.5 more hectares of park, as well as a construction site north of Gleim Tunnel.<\/p>\n
\nA new plan is proposed by the Mitte urban planning office with fewer apartments at the south of Mauerpark and commercial buildings on Bernauer Stra\u00dfe. According to this version, the park would grow nearly to its initially planned size, but a large number of apartments would be erected next to the birch grove and north of the Gleim Tunnel.<\/p>\n
\nFreunde des Mauerparks\u00a0publishes a proposal that argues for the\u00a0comprehensive completion of the park, but also allows for the possibility of the construction of\u00a0socially mixed apartments exclusively north of the originally planned park area. The preservation of\u00a0popular commercial activities, which date back to 2004\u2014the flea market, outdoor restaurants, and a\u00a0vegetable market\u2014is an important element of the proposal.<\/p>\n
\nPresentation of the concept to the Mitte city development committee and consultation with professional planners.<\/p>\n
\nProposals from factions of die Linke and SPD with B\u00fcndnis90\/Gr\u00fcne in the Mitte Assembly on the topic of \u201ccompletion of Mauerpark on the proposed area of ca. 15 hectares.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDecision by the Mitte Committee for Urban Development (SPD, B\u00fcndnis90\/Gr\u00fcne and FDP) to draw up a plan that would bring about the completion of Mauerpark along with the allowance of a partial construction on green and commercial spaces on the northern and southern edges of the park.<\/p>\n
\nBy a wide majority, the Mitte Assembly votes for the completion of Mauerpark.<\/p>\n
\nMitte\u2019s Committee for Urban Development decides on a plan for Mauerpark from Bernauer Stra\u00dfe to Gesundbrunnen, with 4.5 hectares north of Gleim Tunnel allotted for construction. Allianz Environmental Foundation, which in 1993 supported the initial construction of Mauerpark with 4.5 million marks on the condition that it would be 10 hectares by 2010, gives the city more time to fulfill this requirement.<\/p>\n
\nThe B\u00fcrgerwerkstatt (Citzens\u2019 Working Group) for the Completion of Mauerpark commences; it consists of residents of the adjoining neighborhoods. The B\u00fcrgerwerkstatt is part of the Gr\u00fcn Berlin-run planning process for Mauerpark\u2019s completion. It is funded by the budget of the senator for urban development and environment. Designs come from Prof. Gustav Lange, who has been responsible for the design of Mauerpark since 1992.<\/p>\n
\nB\u00fcrgerwerkstatt reports on the state of its work and appoints four speakers to the Urban Development Ideas Contest run by Vivico Real Estate, the land\u2019s proprietor. The purpose of the competition is to attract proposals for residential construction in Mauerpark.<\/p>\n
\nThe B\u00fcrgerwerkstatt lays out what it considers the essential guidelines to the eight architectural firms involved in the competition: No massive development in the north, if any; in the south only moderate development on the western edge of the expansion area; an ecologically and socially sound residential are, preferably with an auto-free zone in the north to adhere to the notion of a \u201cGreen Band\u201d along the former Berlin Wall \u201cdeath strip\u201d and to ensure that the Moritzhof Youth Farm\u2019s activities are not obstructed.<\/p>\n
\nThe four spokespeople of the B\u00fcrgerwerkstatt leave the jury meeting of the Urban Design Ideas Competition that was convened to give the design award. The specified criteria of Vivico, which organizes the competition, have dominated the designs, but they are not consistent with the conciliatory criteria laid out by the B\u00fcrgerwerkstatt. The second-place design of the office of Prof. Lorenzen will be used later as a template for development plans. Preparation of the draft of Development Plan 1-64 ceases.<\/p>\n
\nIn an act supported by the World Citizens\u2019 Park Foundation, which seeks to purchase the park land through donations, Die Linke prevails over its coalition partner SPD to block further funds for the B\u00fcrgerwerkstatt. Until the election in October 2011, the B\u00fcrgerwerkstatt can only continue through the initiative of volunteer members, without the presence of the professional moderation team or landscape architect.<\/p>\n
\nThe B\u00fcrgerwerkstatt presents a concept for the completed Mauerpark. Structured around the idea that from east to west and from south to north the park should go from loud to quiet (\u201claut \u2013 leise\u201d), four areas of the park are defined: Event space (Pankow, or eastern, side); flea market, restaurant, and forum (southwest); a \u201cline of dissimilar things\u201d cutting through from south to north; and space for community projects (Wedding, northwest).<\/p>\n
\nMoving away from any plans for building south of Gleim Tunnel, the Mitte Assembly decides with a majority from SPD, CDU, and the Green Party, to continue with the planning process for the Wedding part of Mauerpark: in the north, an ecologically sound and socially mixed development with 25 meters between the construction side and the Pankow border. The \u201cGreen Band\u201d will run through it, and a cold-air corridor and undisturbed activities of the Moritzhof Youth Farm are further essentials.<\/p>\n
\nState Secretary Christian Gaebler, senator for urban development and environment, announces that the purchase of land in the south for the planned expansion is out of the question.<\/p>\n
\nAn about-face at the Berlin Social City meeting: The District Assembly decision from 4\/19\/2012 will be reversed due to a request from the SPD\/CDU. A full development of the north is now the goal.<\/p>\n
\nA corresponding resolution from the Mitte Assembly does not come about.<\/p>\n
\nThe Mitte District Office decides by executive fiat\u2014without any involvement from the district parliament and the citizens\u2014to continue with Development Plan 1-64.<\/p>\n
\nThe Groth Group wants to acquire the area north of the tunnel on the Wedding side from CA Immo (previously Vivico) for residential construction. At the same time, an \u201cUrban Development Contract\u201d is worked out between CA Immo, the Berlin Senate, and the District of Mitte in secret negotiations.<\/p>\n
\nThe Berlin Senate passes the Urban Development Contract; it will go into effect on December 20 through a so-called \u201cMauerpark Sale Contract.\u201d The Groth Group is now the proprietor of the northern area, for the full development of 3.5 hectares. The commercial areas south of Gleim Tunnel remain with CA Immo.<\/p>\n
\nThe Berlin Water Works announces that an underground storage tunnel with 7000 m\u00ad3 <\/sup>capacity is planned under Schwedter Stra\u00dfe between Bernauer Stra\u00dfe and Gleim Stra\u00dfe. It is part of the development of a necessary storage system to buffer the flow of sewage, and thus the spread of contamination, into Berlin\u2019s waterways. Proposals for alternative locations by Freunde des Mauerparks, which would not have such a debilitating impact as the entrance areas of Mauerpark, have now been rejected by the Water Works.<\/p>\n
\nAt a ceremony attended by then Senator for Urban Development (and later Berlin Mayor) Michael M\u00fcller, Allianz Environmental Foundation chair Lutz Spandau, local politicians, and B\u00fcrgerwerkstatt representatives, a 2-hectare section of the expansion area south of Gleim Tunnel is freed up for temporary use. The organization Mauergarten e.V. can cultivate a garden on a portion of this area. There is also now a link between Lortzingstra\u00dfe and Max Schmeling Hall: for the first time since 1877, when the land belonged to Nordbahnhof, there is now a connection here between Wedding and Prenzlauer Berg for pedestrians and bikers. The spokesman for the B\u00fcrgerwerkstatt addresses the group with an appeal to the senator for the immediate full expansion of the park and reconsideration of the development in the north.<\/p>\n
\nThe one-month review period for Building Plan 1-64a VE for the proposed construction area to the north of Gleim Tunnel begins.<\/p>\n
\nThe Mauerpark Alliance submits 39,000 signatures objecting to Building Plan 1-64a VE. The District Office claims that it cannot publish an official count of the objections through Freunde des Mauerparks or its own official channels.<\/p>\n
\nAt the meeting of the District Assembly it comes to light\u00a0that the Council of Mayors has already decided to let the Senate take over the planning process. (The senator for urban development and environment will, however, continue evaluating the submitted objections.) This is a disenfranchisement of the parliament and further disavowal of citizens\u2019 interests. The decision meets large protest from all Mauerpark initiatives and organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"