Berlin's Tiergarten district, geography and memory in literature and painting

About this Event

How does one approach a city district that, from 1845 to 1945, played vastly different roles in Berlin's history as a space and stage for bourgeois and state self-presentation?The lecture combines literary and autobiographical accounts of the Tiergarten district and its inhabitants like a mosaic. Contemporary images and maps document its development and help locate streets, houses, and squares.Isa Knoesel is a lecturer specializing in art history, architecture, and social sciences. She lives in Berlin and has been studying the historical Tiergarten district in painting and literature for several years.Admission and participation are free.No registration required.IN GERMAN