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Tiergarten (German for "zoo") may refer to: Places * Tiergarten (park), an urban public park in Berlin ** Berlin-Tiergarten station, a railway station adjacent to the park ** Kleiner Tiergarten, a smaller public park in Berlin ** Tiergarten, Berlin, a locality within the borough of Mitte which includes the park ** Tiergartenstraße Tiergartenstraße, or Tiergartenstrasse (see ß), is a street in the Tiergarten district in central Berlin, the capital of Germany. The street runs east-west along the southern edge of the Großer Tiergarten park from Kemperplatz and Ben-Gu ..., a street in the Tiergarten locality Music * "Tiergarten" (song), a song from Rufus Wainwright's album ''Release the Stars'' ** ''Tiergarten'' (EP), a digital EP with a remix of the song * "Tiergarten", an instrumental track, by Tangerine Dream, from their 1985 album, ''Le Parc'' {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Tiergarten (park)
The Tiergarten (, ), formal German name: (, or deer park, game hunting park), is a prominent park in Berlin's inner-city area, located completely in the Tiergarten (Berlin), district of the same name. It is one of the most popular parks in the city and at in size, is among the largest urban park, urban gardens in Germany. Only the ''Berlin Tempelhof Airport#Post-airport usage, Tempelhofer Park'' (previously Berlin's Tempelhof airport) and Munich's ''English Garden (Munich), Englischer Garten'' are larger. History 16th century The beginnings of the Tiergarten can be traced back to 1527. It was founded as a hunting area for the List of rulers of Brandenburg, Elector of Brandenburg, and was situated to the west of the Cölln city wall, which was the sister town of Alt-Berlin, Old Berlin. It also sat in the same vicinity as the City Palace, Berlin, City Palace (''Stadtschloss''). In 1530 the expansion began; acres of land were purchased and the garden began to expand towards ...
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Berlin-Tiergarten Station
Berlin Tiergarten is a railway station on the Berlin Stadtbahn line in the Tiergarten district of Berlin. It lies between the stations of Zoologischer Garten and Bellevue on the Straße des 17. Juni in the Hansaviertel locality of the Mitte borough. It opened in 1885 and is served by the S-Bahn The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region predominantly in German language, German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit syst ... lines , , and and located very close to the Großer Tiergarten park. The station is part of the Stadtbahn viaduct and has heritage listing. Location and construction The S-Bahn station is located on the western edge of the Tiergarten north of the Straße des 17. Juni. To the west of the island platform is Bachstraße, which runs parallel with it in a north–south direction. On the eastern side is the Berlin Pavilion, which wa ...
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Kleiner Tiergarten
Kleiner Tiergarten ("Small Tiergarten (park), Tiergarten") is a park in Moabit, Berlin, Germany. Location The park is located in Moabit, a division of Mitte, the central borough of Berlin. It is bounded to the north by ''Turmstraße'', ''Alt-Moabit'' to the south, ''Ottostraße'' to the west, and ''Wilsnacker Straße'' to the east. ''Stromstraße'' and ''Thusnelda-Allee'' pass through the park from north to south, as does line U9 (Berlin U-Bahn), U9 of the Berlin U-Bahn; the subway station Turmstraße (Berlin U-Bahn), Turmstraße is also located adjacent to the park. History The park was once part of a much larger communally administered forest area called Jungfernheide. Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg annexed it as a counterpart to the much larger Tiergarten (park), Großer Tiergarten as the city of Berlin grew and usurped the former hunting grounds. Since 1655, the park has been referred to as the Kleiner Tiergarten. In the year 1790, the park was replanted; fur ...
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Tiergarten, Berlin
Tiergarten (, literally ''Animal Garden'', historically meaning ''deer park'' or hunting ''game park'') is a locality within the Boroughs of Berlin, borough of Mitte, in central Berlin (Germany). Notable for the great and Großer Tiergarten, homonymous urban park, before German reunification, it was a part of West Berlin. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, Tiergarten was also the name of a borough (Bezirk), consisting of the current locality (''Ortsteil'') of Tiergarten (formerly called ''Tiergarten-Süd'') plus Hansaviertel and Moabit. A new system of road and rail tunnels runs under the park towards Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Berlin's main station in nearby Moabit. History Historical notes Once a hunting ground of the Prince-Elector, Electors of Rulers of Brandenburg, Brandenburg the ''Großer Tiergarten'' park of today was designed in the 1830s by landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné. In the course of industrialization in the 19th century, a network of streets was laid ...
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Tiergartenstraße
Tiergartenstraße, or Tiergartenstrasse (see ß), is a street in the Tiergarten district in central Berlin, the capital of Germany. The street runs east-west along the southern edge of the Großer Tiergarten park from Kemperplatz and Ben-Gurion-Straße near Sony Center and Potsdamer Platz in the east to the intersection of Hofjägerallee and Klingelhöferstraße in the west. On the street’s southern side, the street intersects with (from east to west), Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Stauffenbergstraße, Hildebrandstraße, Hiroshimastraße and Clara-Wieck-Straße. The neighbourhood was incorporated into the City of Berlin in 1861, soon after the 1871 Unification of Germany it developed into an affluent residential area and later into the capital's diplomatic quarter. Notable sights The Kemperplatz at the eastern end formerly marked the starting point of the Siegesallee boulevard running northwards through the park to Königsplatz in front of the Reichstag. On Tiergart ...
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Tiergarten (song)
"Tiergarten" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. Released in October 2007, it was the third single from Wainwright's fifth studio album, '' Release the Stars''. A limited edition (500 copies) 12" vinyl single containing "Supermayer Lost in Tiergarten" was released on October 27. A one-track EP also containing the Supermayer remix was released in the UK through iTunes and 7digital on October 29. Both the album version and remix of "Tiergarten" failed to chart in any country despite the success of ''Release the Stars''. The remix also appears on the eleventh installment of the '' Chillout Sessions'' compilation series. Track listing 12" vinyl single #"Supermayer Lost in Tiergarten" ''Tiergarten'' EP #"Supermayer Lost in Tiergarten" Personnel * Rufus Wainwright – vocals, piano, percussion * Jason Boshoff – programming * Marius de Vries – programming, breathing * Jeff Hill – bass * Matt Johnson – drums * Gerry L ...
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Tiergarten (EP)
''Tiergarten'' is a digital extended play (EP) recording by Rufus Wainwright, released under Geffen Records in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2007. The EP contains one track: "Supermayer Lost in Tiergarten." This track, a remix of " Tiergarten" from Wainwright's album '' Release the Stars'', was also featured as a single in limited vinyl Vinyl may refer to: Chemistry * Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer * Vinyl cation, a type of carbocation * Vinyl group, a broad class of organic molecules in chemistry * Vinyl polymer, a group of polymers derived from vinyl ... release (500 copies total). Track listing #"Supermayer Lost in Tiergarten" References External linksRufus Wainwright official site {{Rufus Wainwright 2007 EPs Rufus Wainwright albums ...
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