Tiergarten
From Freepedia
Tiergarten (Animal Garden) is a large park and a former borough of Berlin, since 2001 a part of the expanded borough Mitte. Before reunification, it was a part of West Berlin. It contains the neighbourhoods of Hansaviertel, Moabit and Tiergarten-Süd.
Among others, the Reichstag (parliament), the office of the German Chancellor and several embassies, as well as the residence of the German President, Schloss Bellevue, are located in Tiergarten. The Brandenburg Gate and the Potsdamer Platz are situated on its eastern border, which used to be the frontier between East and West Berlin. At the Victory Column, a big Live 8 concert took place on July 2, 2005.
The Tiergarten was largely deforested after 1944 because it served as a source of firewood for the devastated city.
