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{{short description|Park in Berlin}}
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'''Treptower Park''' ({{IPA|de|tʁɛptoːɐ|pron}}, with a silent ''w'') is a park alongside the river [[Spree (river)|Spree]] in [[Alt-Treptow]], in the district of [[Treptow-Köpenick]], south of central [[Berlin]].

== History ==
[[File:Berlin, Treptow, Gewerbeausstellung 1896, Übersicht.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Overview of the park in 1896]]
It was the location of the [[Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin]] in 1896. It is a popular place for recreation of Berliners and a tourist attraction. On 14 July 1987 it was used by British band [[Barclay James Harvest]] for the first ever open-air concert by a western rock band in the [[German Democratic Republic]].<ref>[http://www.bjharvest.co.uk/bjh-biog.htm Barclay James Harvest Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

== Soviet war memorial ==
{{Main|Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)}}
Its prominent feature is the [[Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)|Soviet War Memorial]] (sometimes translated as the "Soviet Cenotaph"), built to the design of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] architect [[Yakov Belopolsky]] to commemorate the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the [[Battle of Berlin]] in April–May 1945. It was opened four years after the war ended, on May 8, [[1949 in Fine Arts of the Soviet Union|1949]].

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File:Panorama of the Russian War Memorial at Treptow.jpg|Panoramic view of the Memorial
File:Relief illustration as part of Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park.jpg|Illustration made in [[relief]] as part of Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park
File:Treptower Park Pedestal.JPG|A view into the pedestal of the memorial
File:Statue of Soviet soldier in Treptower Park, Berlin, Germany.jpg|Statue of kneeling Soviet soldier at the memorial
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==See also==
* ''[[Klingende Blume]]''
* ''[[Karpfenteich in the Treptower Park|Karpfenteich (small lake)]]''

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Treptower Park}}
* [http://www.treptowerpark.de Website der Bürgerinitiative Treptower Park]
* Rollercoaster Database - [http://www.rcdb.com/pd347.htm Spree-Park Info]

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[[Category:Parks in Berlin]]
[[Category:Treptow-Köpenick]]
[[Category:Urban public parks]]
[[Category:World's fair sites in Germany]]