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Frederick
Wilhelm
I's
son
and
successor,
Frederick
II
(Frederick
the
Great)
(1712–1786)
did
not
appreciate
the
hunt
as
his
predecessors
did,
In
1740,
he
opened
the
park's
first
public
gardens.
In
1742
he
instructed
the
architect
Georg
Wenzeslaus
von
Knobelsdorff
to
tear
down
the
fences
that
surrounded
the
territory
and
to
turn
the
park
into
a
Lustgarten
(literally
"pleasure
garden"),
one
that
would
be
open
to
the
people
of
Berlin.
In
the
baroque
style
popular
at
the
time
he
added
flowerbeds,
borders
and
espaliers
in
geometrical
layouts,
along
with
mazes,
water
basins
and
ornamental
ponds;
he
also
commissioned
sculptures
to
add
cultural
significance.
Unique
to
the
time
period,
areas
of
congregation
called
"salons"
were
established
along
the
many
different
walkways
in
the
park.
These
salons
were
blocked
off
from
the
walking
path
by
hedges
or
trees
and
often
furnished
with
seating,
fountains
and
vases,
offering
guests
a
change
of
pace
and
a
place
to
discuss
intellectual
matters
in
private.
Such
freedom
was
common
under
the
rule
of
Frederick
II;
there
were
even
residents
allowed
to
live
within
the
Tiergarten.
Refugees,
Huguenots
in
hiding
from
the
French,
were
allowed
to
erect
tents
and
sell
refreshments
to
the
pedestrians
walking
through
the
park.
A
pheasant
house
was
erected,
which
would
later
become
the
core
of
the
Zoological
Garden,
a
zoo
founded
in
1844
that
lies
within
the
greater
Tiergarten.
During
the
revolutions
of
1848,
the
park
hosted
the
first
assembly
demanding
the
abolishment
of
the
national
censors.