Heinrich-von-Kleist-Park. Motorradunfall

 Germany > Berlin > Tempelhof-Schöneberg

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When the botanical garden moved from here to the area of Dahlem, the area began to build up. In 1909 here solemnly opened the cycling track, equipped with the most advanced standards of the time. On the occasion of organized racing. Nobody could even think not that in front of hundreds of spectators is the tragedy. One of the two-wheeled machines issued from the road to the public. As a result, 9 people were killed, 40 - injured. Such bloodshed in the German sport has not yet happened. To somehow dampen the pain of losing the city authorities without further hesitation removed the ill-fated building, tore down the track. And the rest of the fleet decided to pay for construction. But interfered with the public media. They defended the right to retain at least half of all green plants. The contours of the racetrack is still veiled in satellite images. Instead of a three-story building (in the background), belonging to the botanical garden, constructed of Appeal Berlin courthouse.