Magdeburg 1989/90 and 2005/06: Coal yard on the edge of the "Pioneer Park" in Magdeburg [3/12]
OBJECT INFORMATION
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1990
Magdeburg, Pionierpark, now Klosterbergegarten
Created By:
Werner KlapperLicense: Not Creative Commons
Coal yard on the edge of the "Pioneer Park" in Magdeburg; the gardens were established in 1825 under the name Friedrich-Wilhelms-Garten and in 1921 renamed, Klosterbergegarten. Between 1950 and 1990 the Park was called Pionierpark ("Pioneer Park").
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Werner Klapper photographed sites in Magdeburg in 1989/90. 15 years later he photographed them again from the same perspective, using the same lens and focal distance.
Original Caption
"What a lunar landscape! Peter-Josef Lenné, when landscaping the Klosterbergegarten between 1924 and 1826, dreamt of extending the park as far as the river. However, referred to locally as the Magistratsstrecke, this area was needed for railway construction from 1837. During East German times, the grounds were used to unload, store and load briquettes for heating of flats." (from: Stadt im Wandel. Magdeburg zwischen 1990 und 2006, in vergleichenden Fotografien von Werner Klapper, 2. Aufl., Magdeburg: Ost-Nordost Verlag 2007)
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