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2443 - Dresden, Saxony, Germany


I didn't think much of this card when I received it. I mean, I like all the cards I get and appreciate the effort, but there just wasn't any 'wow.' in this one...until I read what it was a photo of. This is a photo of Mauerpark in Berlin.

Mauerpark translates to Wall Park because this is the strip of land where the Berlin Wall and its Death Strip were. 

When the wall fell in 1989, the former death strip was designated as a public space and one of several green spaces in the city by local residents. The park was built on the eastern half of a former train station. The western half belonged to a real estate association and remained a trade area. Since 2004 it has served as a location for a flea market next to the park. 

The park is popular amongst Berlin's youth. It attracts basketball players, jugglers, musicians, and many others and their activities. 

An 800 m strip of the wall still stands in the park today as a monument, and is a popular place for graffiti artists to paint and display their work. 

Today the park is 15 hectares in total.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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Location: Dresden, Germany

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