# The Berg

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For the 1929 play by Ernest Raymond, see [*The Berg* (play)](/source/The_Berg_(play)).

**The Berg** was a proposed [landscaping](/source/Landscaping) project by [German](/source/Germans) [architect](/source/Architect) [Jakob Tigges](/source/Jakob_Tigges) to build the world's largest [artificial mountain](/source/Artificial_mountain) at the location of the present [Tempelhof](/source/Berlin_Tempelhof_Airport) [airport](/source/Airport) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin), [Germany](/source/Germany).[1][2] Plans to construct a 1,000-metre (3,300-foot) [mountain](/source/Mountain) that could serve as a recreation area and wildlife refuge were not pursued due to budget and logistic considerations.[3]

## References

1. [The Berg Home Page](http://www.the-berg.de/)

1. [The Berg: The biggest artificial mountain in the world](http://www.archdaily.com/40755/the-berg-the-biggest-artificial-mountain-in-the-world/), [ArchDaily](/source/ArchDaily), retrieved 16 November 2009

1. Scalise, Joseph (5 May 2016). ["UAE wants to build artificial mountain to stimulate rainfall"](https://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/2016/05/05/uae-wants-build-artificial-mountain-stimulate-rainfall/). *www.sciencerecorder.com*. The Science Recorder. Retrieved 17 Jul 2016.

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