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Viktoriapark
Viktoriapark is an urban park in Kreuzberg opened in 1894, set on the northern slope of the Teltow plateau, overlooking the glacial valley with central Berlin. Its most striking feature is the Prussian National Monument to the Wars of Liberation, a cast-iron sculpture from 1815 erected atop a 66-metre promontory, the work of architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, which offers sweeping views over central and southern Berlin. In summer, an artificial waterfall 24 metres high cascades from the foot of the monument down to the lower pond at the junction of Großbeerenstraße and Kreuzbergstraße, with a flow of 13,000 litres per minute. In the lower pond stands the bronze sculpture Der seltene Fang (1896) by Ernst Herter, depicting a fisherman struggling to catch a mermaid. The park borders two small urban vineyards, one founded in 1968 and the other in 2006; only the older one produces the local Kreuz-Neroberger wine, of which about 600 bottles are pressed each year. The park's design, by Hermann Mächtig, makes use of the hill's topography with wooded slopes, terraces, viewpoints, ramps, winding paths and stairways, and is adorned with sculptures and monuments, including herms of poets and singers of German patriotism.
Add it to your trip on Wanloria →Things to do at Viktoriapark: 6 missions
- Visit ViktoriaparkVisit Viktoriapark in Berlin and get to know the place in person.
- See the Prussian National Monument to the Wars of LiberationTake in Karl Friedrich Schinkel's neoclassical monument at the top of the hill.
- Take in the Prussian National MonumentSee Karl Friedrich Schinkel's neoclassical monument at the top of the hill.
- See the waterfallWatch the water fall 24 m down to the small pool below.
- Discover Willy Kressmann StadiumPass by the pitch that is home to the football club Türkiyemspor Berlin.
- Take in the sculpture Der seltene FangSee Ernst Herter's bronze sculpture of a fisherman and a mermaid.