page_title: Görlitzer Park
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Görlitzer Park / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Tor für die Güterzüge und Beschaubrücke der DDR-Grenzsoldaten über den Landwehrkanal an der heute stillgelegten Strecke zum ehemaligen Görlitzer Bahnhof
context_page_description: Görlitzer Park is a major park and recreation area in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. The 14-hectare park area contains, among other things, a petting zoo, several sports and football fields, and a small lake. At its north-west end is the Görlitzer Bahnhof U-Bahn station.
context_section_description: The original Görlitzer Bahnhof (named after the Saxon town of Görlitz) suffered heavy damage during the Battle of Berlin. The last passenger train services to operate through the station ended on April 29, 1951. Demolition of the site took place on 24 October 1962, at the behest of former Berlin Senator, Rolf Schwedler (SPD), despite protests by many residents. 
  In the postwar period, the site was used as a coal depot. Until 1985, freight trains still operated through the Görlitzer Bahnhof train lines, supplying nearby storage sheds and a junkyard on the station grounds. During the division of Berlin, a border crossing was erected on the bridge over the Landwehr canal to control the passage of these freight trains. The remains of this border crossing are still visible today, as are a short piece of track to the east of the canal bridge and two former freight sheds still remain from the former station.
  Görlitzer Park is widely known as a hotspot for purchasing cannabis.
caption: Former freight train gate and GDR border checkpoint.
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