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The Gustav-Mahler-Park is a public green space of almost one hectare in the Neustadt district of Hamburg. It is part of a green corridor that stretches along the former city wall from the Alster at Lombardsbrücke via Planten un Blomen to the Elbe.
In 1991, the section previously known as Dammtorpark due to its location was named after the composer Gustav Mahler, who was first conductor at the Hamburg City Theater from 1891 to 1897.
The footpath through the park was named in 2010 after the tenor Hans Grahl, who also worked at the State Opera before the Second World War.
The park is bounded in the north by the route of the Hamburg-Altona connecting railway and extends from Dammtordamm in the west to the banks of the Alster in the east. To the south it was originally bounded by the back gardens of the north-side development of the esplanade; today it is connected to the street between the skyscrapers.
On the western edge of the park near the Dammtor train station, Hamburg's first multiplex cinema opened in autumn 1996 on the site of the former Munich Hofbräuhaus.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav-Mahler-Park
May 19, 2022
"The Gustav Mahler Park has always been associated with the subject of art and culture - it is not only an exhibition area for monuments and sculptures, but also named after a composer (since 1991). Gustav Mahler was among others the first Kapellmeister at the former Hamburg City Theater Recently, the cultural aspect of the small green space at Dammtor has played an even greater role, because in the summer of 2014 the Gustav Mahler Park served as a model for a new concept of open space culture: spontaneous and free open-air cultural events.
The imposing statue of Schiller shows visitors coming from Dammtordamm the entrance to the park. Like Planten un Blomen, it was built on the site of the former city wall. The monument, donated by the Hamburg Schiller Association in 1866, was originally located on the square in front of the Kunsthalle am Ferdinandstor."
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hamburg.de/parkanlagen/4455332/gustav-mahler-park
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dammtor
September 14, 2018
Between the cinema and the Dag Hammarskjöld Bridge is the monument to Friedrich von Schiller. The monument was donated by the Hamburg Schiller Association in 1866 and created by the two sculptors Julius Lippelt and Carl Boerner. Until 1958 it stood at the Ferdinandstor / Lombardsbrücke with a view of the old art gallery, after which the monument was moved here together with the allegorical figures and the enclosure.A little further in the park there is a light sculpture in front of the substation Stephansplatz of the Hochbahn, a converter station for the direct current of the underground trains built in 1928 by architect Karl Schneider. The colored column of light was created by Walter Dexel (probably in 1926). There is also a bronze sculpture by Edgar Augustin depicting two rugby players (1970) in the park. (Source: Wiki)
October 13, 2022
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