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A brief history of Berlin

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This brief history of Berlin contains only the most important facts!  From prehistory to the foundation of Berlin 8000 BC In the Paleolithic Age the area around Berlin is populated for the first time. 6/7 AD West Slavic tribes move to the area. In the west, the Hevelli, in the east (in Köpenick), the Sprewane settle. 11. 6. 1157 Albert the Bear (1100-1170), of the House of Ascania, conquers Brandenburg. 1197 Spandau, now a well-known subburb of Berlin, is first mentioned in a document. 28. 10. 1237 Cölln, the sister town of Old Berlin, appears in a document. 26. 1. 1244 Berlin is first mentioned in a document. From 1280 to the Thirty Years War   1280 Berlin gets a mint. 1230-1250 The Nicolaikirche, the oldest church in Berlin, is built. Nicolaikirche is the oldest church in Berlin  1294 The Marienkirche (St. Mary' s church), appears in a document. 20. 3. 1307 Union between Berlin and Cölln. The two ci...
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Berlin's city walls

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Everybody knows the famous Berlin wall, but the German capital  had actually four city walls. None of them still exists, but you can still find remains or discover their traces. Medieval town wall The first one was erected during medieval times, you can still find a large piece of it in Klosterstrasse, near the Restaurant “Zur Letzten Instanz".    U Bahn:  U2 (Klosterstraße)    the medieval wall in Klosterstraße is the oldest of Berlin's city walls The Fortress T he second wall belonged to a fortress that was built by the order of the “Great Elector" Frederick William (1620-1688) shortly after the 30 Years' War. Contruction of it began in 1658. The fortress was torn down in 1744. A tower of it, the Wusterhausener Bär, still exists in Köllnischer Park.  U2 (Märkisches Museum)   the Wusterhausener Bär The Customs Wall The third wall in Berlin was the Berlin Customs Wall (Berliner Zoll-und Akzisemauer). ...
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Secrets of Berlin - mountains of rubble

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Berlin has got mountains. Well to be honest, the majority of them are not real, they are made of rubble and they are called Trümmerberge. What is a Trümmerberg? Wilhelm-Förster observatory at  Insulaner At the end of the Second World War about 70% of Berlin was destroyed.But where to put the rubble? That was a big problem! Finally, a solution was found. It was decided to pile it up . It was mostly transported with trains to choosen places. Provisional rails were laid. The real heroes were women - they diligently and painfully removed the rubble, then they piled it up thus creating artificial mountains. A monument of such a woman (by the sculptor Katharina Szelinski-Singer) can be found in the Volkspark Hasenheide. Later the hills were planted and parks were created. The Berliners call such mountains "Mont Klamott". The Insulaner and the Marienhöhe The Insulaner (75m) finished in 1951, is such a typical rubble ...
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