Here you find data and facts on public green spaces/parks, city trees, playgrounds, cemeteries and allotment gardens in Berlin.
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Public Parks (Green and Recreation Spaces)
On these pages you will find information about selected parks and city squares, of the stock of public green spaces in Berlin and on the use of these facilities. You will also find contacts in the borough departments of green spaces.
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Children's Playgrounds
Here you will find information on the supply of public and private playgrounds in Berlin, with introductions to selected public children's playgrounds in the Berlin boroughs, and the relevant contacts in the borough departments of green spaces.
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City Trees
The more than 433,000 street trees are also a characteristic feature of Berlin's green cityscape. You will find information on the stock of street trees, on selected tree-lined avenues and on the relevant contacts in the departments of green spaces of the Berlin boroughs.
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Cemeteries and Other Burial Sites
Cemeteries are an important part of Berlin's urban green space and also of its cultural history. Information on the graves of victims of war and tyranny, including the three Soviet memorials, complete this topic.
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GRIS – Green-Space Information System
The Green-Space Information System (GRIS) is a DP procedure of the borough departments of green spaces and the Senate Department. The GRIS comprises these four modules: pit-Kommunal Data Base, ArcGIS Geo-Information System, SenUMVK Analysis Data Base and Internet-Information.
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Peter-Joseph-Lenne-Prize of Berlin
The prize, awarded since 1965, is a competition of ideas for landscape architecture and open space planning. The procedure is targeted at young landscape architects, planners, scientists, architects and artists.
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The History of Berlin's Urban Green Space
The development of urban green spaces is closely connected with Berlin's history. Here, this development is described in six chapters, beginning with the planning of gardens and tree-lined avenues in the center of the city by the prince-electors and the Prussian kings, and continuing to this day.
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