59) Ausgleichsmaßnahme

Diplomatenpark classy villas on the south side of Tiergarten are built on a large area that was a considerable extension of Tiergarten, a wild assemblage of grasses, trees and animals. Diplomatenpark has to finance an Ausgleichsmaßnahme, which is a compensation for the disappearance of this green piece of land. While the original intention of the Ausgleichsmaßnahme is to be a functional compensation for the lost ecological value, this money flows into the Tiergarten in the form of new paths, in the eradication of overgrown woods, in even more utterly superfluous touristic signs and lamps, and in the revanchism of monuments. Just a few years ago the administration of the park, because of the lack of finances but also with the sensible lead of its head gardener Christoph Schaaf, was into cultivating an intriguing ruinous state, a controlled laissez-pousser. Now the money of Diplomatenpark goes into the restoration of the Denkmal “Das Deutsche Volkslied” (The German Folksong).

Diplomatenpark classy villas on the south side of Tiergarten are built on a large area that was a considerable extension of Tiergarten, a wild assemblage of grasses, trees and animals. Diplomatenpark has to finance an Ausgleichsmaßnahme, which is a compensation for the disappearance of this green piece of land. While the original intention of the Ausgleichsmaßnahme is to be a functional compensation for the lost ecological value, this money flows into the Tiergarten in the form of new paths, in the eradication of overgrown woods, in even more utterly superfluous touristic signs and lamps, and in the revanchism of monuments. Just a few years ago the administration of the park, because of the lack of finances but also with the sensible lead of its head gardener Christoph Schaaf, was into cultivating an intriguing ruinous state, a controlled laissez-pousser. Now the money of Diplomatenpark goes into the restoration of the Denkmal “Das Deutsche Volkslied” (The German Folksong).