Berlin Preserves Tempelhof Airport Runways as Urban Park

Berliners voted to keep the former Tempelhof Airport runways open as public park space instead of building apartments.

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On May 25, 2014, 64.3% of Berliners voted in a binding referendum to preserve the entire site as public open space with no construction permitted. ^[1] The Berlin Senate officially closed Tempelhof Airport to commercial air traffic on October 30, 2008, releasing approximately 300 hectares of central real estate back to the city. ^[2] A citizens' initiative named 100% Tempelhofer Feld gathered enough signatures to force a binding referendum regarding the development plan. ^[3] Following the referendum, the 4,700 planned apartments and the civic library were not built, and the airport runways remained open for public use. ^[4] Jella Haase warned that there are political currents in Berlin that want to destroy the Tempelhofer Field as it currently exists and that this must not happen. ^[5] The festival aims to remind the public of the upcoming state election for the Abgeordnetenhaus scheduled for September 20, 2026. ^[6] The initiative '100% Tempelhofer Feld' is holding a festival on September 4, 2026, at the Alte Feuerwache in Berlin to commemorate the referendum on the future of the Tempelhofer Field area. ^[7] The initiative states that the Tempelhofer-Feld-Gesetz of 2014 protects the area from construction and that this decision remains valid today. ^[8]

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On May 25, 2014, 64.3% of Berliners voted in a binding referendum to preserve the entire site as public open space with no construction permitted. · Space Daily

The Berlin Senate officially closed Tempelhof Airport to commercial air traffic on October 30, 2008, releasing approximately 300 hectares of central real estate back to the city. · Space Daily

A citizens' initiative named 100% Tempelhofer Feld gathered enough signatures to force a binding referendum regarding the development plan. · Space Daily

Following the referendum, the 4,700 planned apartments and the civic library were not built, and the airport runways remained open for public use. · Space Daily

Jella Haase warned that there are political currents in Berlin that want to destroy the Tempelhofer Field as it currently exists and that this must not happen. · DIE ZEIT

The festival aims to remind the public of the upcoming state election for the Abgeordnetenhaus scheduled for September 20, 2026. · DIE ZEIT

The initiative '100% Tempelhofer Feld' is holding a festival on September 4, 2026, at the Alte Feuerwache in Berlin to commemorate the referendum on the future of the Tempelhofer Field area. · DIE ZEIT

The initiative states that the Tempelhofer-Feld-Gesetz of 2014 protects the area from construction and that this decision remains valid today. · DIE ZEIT

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