The Tax Screw in Berlin, Germany

The Rehberge in the Wedding district is a green space that was originally a dune landscape of the Berlin glacial valley ( Urstromtal ). Illegal logging after the First World War led to the silting up of the terrain, so much so that the Rehberge could even be used as a backdrop for a desert film during the silent film era. When the Rehberge was redesigned as a landscape park, first in 1918/19 and then from 1926-1929, the elevations were integrated into the garden architecture. According to the plans of its founder, Alfred Brodersen, a toboggan run was planned, which descended from the end of th

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