May Field
The Maifeld is a venue in the Olympiapark Berlin. It was created as a huge lawn for gymnastic demonstrations, specifically annual May Day celebrations by Hitler's government.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Pitch
- Description: architectural structure
- Also known as: “Maifeld” and “Maifeld (Berlin)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympic stadium and Waldbühne.
Olympic stadium
Stadium
Waldbühne
Theater building
Photo: Porsche997SBS, CC0.
The Waldbühne is an amphitheatre at Olympiapark Berlin in Berlin, Germany. It was designed by German architect Werner March in emulation of a Greek theatre and built between 1934 and 1936 as the Dietrich-Eckart-Freilichtbühne, a Nazi Thingplatz, and opened in association with the 1936 Summer Olympics. Waldbühne is situated 390 metres northwest of May Field.
Olympic Swimming Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Andreas Levers, CC BY 2.0.
Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin is an aquatics venue located at Olympiapark Berlin in Berlin, Germany constructed for the 1936 Summer Olympics. Located north of the Olympic Stadium it hosted the diving, swimming, water polo, and the swimming part of the modern pentathlon events. Olympic Swimming Stadium is situated 400 metres northeast of May Field.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Murellen mountains, Murellen gorge and Schanzenwald forest and Tiefwerder.
Murellen mountains, Murellen gorge and Schanzenwald forest
Locality
Photo: Times, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Murellenberge, the Murellenschlucht and the Schanzenwald are a hilly landscape formed during the Weichselian Ice Age in the Berlin district of Ruhleben in the Westend part of the District of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.
Tiefwerder
Neighborhood
Photo: Lienhard Schulz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tiefwerder encompasses both a village and a Werder along the Havel River in the Berlin district of Spandau. While the village of Tiefwerder, along with the neighboring southern port of Spandau, falls under the jurisdiction of the district of Spandau, the surrounding forested areas, meadows, and water areas of the Werder are administratively part of the district of Wilhelmstadt.
Altstadt Spandau
Quarter
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Altstadt Spandau is the historic centre of the Spandau borough in the western suburbs of Berlin, situated on the right bank of the Havel river by its confluence with the Spree tributary. Altstadt Spandau is situated 3½ km northwest of May Field.
May Field
- Categories: event venue, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.51424° or 52° 30′ 51″ northLongitude
13.23468° or 13° 14′ 5″ eastOpen location code
9F4MG67M+MVOpenStreetMap ID
way 4581755OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=pitchWikidata ID
Q549184
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In Other Languages
From German to Swedish—“May Field” goes by many names.
- German: “Maifeld”
- Japanese: “マイフェルト広場”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maifeld”
- Norwegian: “Maifeld”
- Russian: “Майфельд”
- Swedish: “Maifeld”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “May Field”. Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.