Memorials
Karlshorst racing track
The actual Karlshorst racing track was not laid out until the end of the 19th century and was built on a 1.2 square kilometer area owned by the von Treskow family.
Karlshorst-Friedrichsfelde
Photo: District Authority of Lichtenberg
Tour stop 5
Karlshorst racing track
Karlshorst racing track is the former largest grandstand in Berlin.
The tour continues from Zwieseler Straße and turning left into Köpenicker Allee. Past the allotment gardens, you come from Wiesengrundstraße via the Verlängerte Waldowallee through the urban train station underpass to the Carlsgarten. From there, it is just a few metres to the Pferdesportpark Berlin Karlshorst (Karlshorst racing track). Opened in 1894 as a steeplechasing racetrack, it developed into a spectator magnet and underwent ist first structural modification with the addition of a new grandstand. Inaugurated in 1935, the grandstand with its 2.300 seats was the largest in Berlin. In 1945 the complex – largely supported and facilitated by the former Soviet city commander Nikolai Bersarin – was converted into a racing track.
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