In the Russian media, the information dispersed that almost all the trees in the Tirgarten Park in the center of Berlin were cut down to heat them at home. We decided to check if this is so.

The news that the Germans cut down trees in Tirgarten Park bypassed many Russian media. This was written in News.ru, "Ren-TV", RIA Fan, "Arguments and facts", Pravda.ru, "Sight" And other more Small News resources. "RIA Novosti"It was more neat in the wording - they write there that the inhabitants of Berlin" are ready to cut the parks. " "Russian newspaper"Probably already edited the news, but from the address of the article you can see that earlier the title sounded like "Tirgarten in the Berlin Park of Tirgarten cut down almost all trees, and now they became interested in manure." Lenta.ru He also mentions that the Germans began to cut down the trees.

Almost all the media published this news with reference to the American Bloomberg. However, in the original article (and in quite high quality translation On the site "Inosmi") there is nothing about the fact that in 2022 the Germans cut down Tirgarten. The article is really devoted to energy crisis in Europe, it refers to the excitement demand for firewood and granular wood. However, there is no speech about the cutting of any parks in it.

Tirgarten is mentioned in the text only once: “In Berlin, the Crisis Creates Unsettling Echoes of the Deslation Following World War II. With Fuel in Short Supply, Residents Chopped Down Nearly All the Trees in the Central Tiergarten Park for Heating. " This can be translated like this: “In Berlin, the crisis brings an alarming memories of the devastation after the Second World War. Since there was not enough fuel, the inhabitants cut down almost all trees in the Central Park of Tirgarten. ” That is, we are not talking about 2022, but about the post -war time. Moreover, the article notes that "now the Berliners do not go to such extremes."

Tirgarten Park in the post -war years.
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During the war, the park is really strong injuredAnd after the defeat of Germany, few surviving trees went to firewood and building materials. Out of 200,000 pre -war trees survived Only about a thousand. However, in 1949 the park began restoreAnd now it is more than 210 hectares of forest land.

It is noteworthy that in none of the articles there is a photo or video of cut down trees. And if you go on Instagram and watch photos and videos by hashtag #Tiergarten or the same Geotheg, you can see that there is no talk of any cutting.

Our colleagues-factchera from The Insider And Stopfake They also became interested in the news about Tirgarten’s cutting and, like us, came to the conclusion that this is a fake and the park - at least for now - nothing threatens.