Monbijou Park is a park in
Mitte
Mitte () is the first and most central borough of Berlin. The borough consists of six sub-entities: Mitte proper, Gesundbrunnen, Hansaviertel, Moabit, Tiergarten and Wedding.
It is one of the two boroughs (the other being Friedrichshain-Kreuzb ...
, a district of
Berlin, Germany. The park is bounded to the south by the river
Spree, to the west by Monbijoustraße, and to the north
Oranienburger Straße and Monbijouplatz.
It is close to the
Friedrichstadt Palast
The Friedrichstadt-Palast, also shortened to Palast Berlin, is a revue in the Berlin district of Mitte (district center). The term Friedrichstadt-Palast designates both the building itself, and the revue theater as a body with his ensemble. The p ...
,
Neue Synagogue and the
Sophienkirche
The Sophienkirche (Saint Sophia's Church) was a church in Dresden.
It was located on the northeast corner of the Postplatz (post office square) in the old town before it was severely damaged in the Dresden bombing in 1945 and subsequently destr ...
.
Overview
The park has an open-air swimming pool for children. It is a much needed, "shady refuge from the unrelentingly urban landscape of the area". A foot bridge connects the park with the Museuminsel (
Museum Island
The Museum Island (german: Museumsinsel) is a museum complex on the northern part of the Spree Island in the historic heart of Berlin. It is one of the most visited sights of Germany's capital and one of the most important museum sites in Europ ...
), close to the
Bode Museum and
Pergamon Museum. There is a bust of poet
Adelbert von Chamisso.
History
The park is situated on the former grounds of
Monbijou Palace (Monbijouschloss) and the old
English Church of St. George, both of which were heavily damaged during World War II and finally razed in 1959 by the East German authorities.
From 2006 to 2007, the park was redesigned according to plans by garden and landscape architects ''Lützow 7'' from Berlin.
References
Parks in Berlin
Mitte
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