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176 Section 11. BERLIN. Tiergarten.
a public park. The Sieges-Allee and the roads skirting the Tier¬
garten on the E. and S. are fashionable promenades in the afternoon.
— The remoter parts of the park should be avoided after dark.
From the Brandenburger Tor the Charlottenburg Chaussee runs
through the middle of the Tiergarten to Charlottenburg, crossing
the Sieges-Allee (p. 142) and the Grosse Stern. Beyond the Sieges-
Allee to the right is a bronze figure of the Victor, by Wand-
schneider. The Grosse Stern (PI. R, 13), a circular space whence
roads radiate in all directions, was embellished in 1904 by order of
Emp. William II. with five bronze groups of hunting-scenes, viz.
the Hubertus fountain, by K. von Uechtritz; Ancient German buffa¬
lo-hunt, by Schaper; Mediaeval boar-hunt, by K. Begus;Hare-hunt
in the 18th century, by Baumbach; and Modern fox-hunt, by
Haverkamp.
On the N. margin of the Tiergarten, about 1/2 M. to the W. of
the Alsen-Platz (p. 140), on the Spree, are the places of recreation
known as the Zelte (i. e. tents, from their original construction).
These are simply 'al fresco' restaurants and have been popular
resorts ever since the reign of Frederick the Great. The Kron-
priuzen-Zelt is a handsome building by Grisebach (1888).
From the Kurfiirsten-Platz (PI. R, 17), at the W. end of the Zelte,
shady walks traverse the N. part of the Tiergarten, running towards
the S.E., the S., and the W. In the latter direction, towards the Spree,
is the royal Chateau of Bellevue (PI. R, 14), built in 1785 by
Prince Ferdinand of Prussia, the youngest brother of Frederick the
Great (adm., see p. 36). The park (open till dusk) contains a monu¬
ment, by Zumbusch, to Prince Augustus of Prussia (A. 1843),
reorganizer of the Prussian artillery.
The Luther-Briicke here crosses the Spree to Moabit (p. 165).
Farther along the river are the Bellevue Station of the Stadtbahn
(PI. R, 14) and the fine residential quarter known as the Hansa
Quarter (PI. R, 14, 10, 11; comp. p. 54). In the centre, at Klop-
stock-Str. 19-20J is the Imperial Public Health Office (PI. R, 14),
a Romanesque brick edifice by Busse (1896-97). To the S., on the
edge of the Tiergarten, is the Emperor Frederick Memorial
Church (PI. R, 13), by Vollmer (1895). Adjoining is the popular
Charlottenhof Restuurunt (p. 10).
The S. margin of the Tiergarten is skirted by the Lenne-Strasse
and the Tiergarten-Strasse, both with tasteful villas and mansions.
In the Tiergarten-Str., which begins at the Roland Fountain (p. 143),
we may notice the Staudt Mansion, at the corner of the Regenten-
Str., built by Rieth, with gorgeous plastic ornamentation by Vogel
and Widemann.
In the park, to the N. of the Tiergarten-Str., is the Luisen
Island (PI. R, 16), in which a marble *Statue of Queen Luise,
by Encke, was erected in 1880; the reliefs on the pedestal re-