Nestled just outside of the Ringbahn of Berlin, lay a historical little hub, a calm enclave carved out of a point in time when German Industry was at its height and technological discoveries were erupting regularly. Named after the British Queen, the area of Victoriastadt housed workers that spun wools and finery for her kingdoms consumption at high quantities. Initiating a spring of manufacturing from textiles to concrete, train brakes and pellet balls. Some relics still preserved, but virtually unnoticeable to commuters unless seen from an observing bike ride or by train window, for which the little city is surrounded by these silver snakes that guide trains. The train tracks create the boarders of Victoriastadt and their screaming lullaby is the soundtrack that signifies encapsulated mirages that poignantly speed by to be there one moment and gone the next. However all is well in the small gentle stadt, holding safe a close-knit community of artisans, historians, families and so on… a collection of people that are the result of over a century of evolutions. Though Victoriastadt is no longer an area to house workers to be employed by its nearby factories, the residue of its origins still remain. For instance, a switch-line booth may not hold the telephonic machinery it was intended for, but its shell houses a cultural craft of a newly developed artisanal kind. A tower that once dropped liquefied molton metals for its prize bounty, sits in remission above a block of row houses. And the robust bridges that safely elevate speeding trains above Victoriastads entry points, harbor mysteries of light sculptures beneath them. Glowing angels in hiding, waiting like dignified guardians, light the way to curiosity seekers that are beheld to uncover the hidden magic of a city within a city that awaits them.
Episode tip: Listen for the trains wisking by the background of this episode.
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SHOW NOTES:
Articles explored for this episode:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriastadt
https://www.everestate.com/blog/neighbourhood-profile-victoriastadt-in-lichtenberg
https://karte.industriekultur.berlin/standort/ehem-knorr-bremse-hauptwerk/
to visit some of the closed monuments once a year in September:
https://www.berlin.de/en/events/2860241-2842498-heritage-day.en.html
Music by Rossano Snel @rossanofrombrazil serenading from the depths of the Schrotkugelturm
Story, Narration, Illustration & Image copyright Lacy Barry @lacy_barry 2020, hiding in plain sight in the Linienverzweiger
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Nestled just outside of the Ringbahn of Berlin, lay a historical little hub, a calm enclave carved out of a point in time when German Industry was at its height and technological discoveries were erupting regularly. Named after the British Queen, the area of Victoriastadt housed workers that spun wools and finery for her kingdoms consumption at high quantities. Initiating a spring of manufacturing from textiles to concrete, train brakes and pellet balls. Some relics still preserved, but virtually unnoticeable to commuters unless seen from an observing bike ride or by train window, for which the little city is surrounded by these silver snakes that guide trains. The train tracks create the boarders of Victoriastadt and their screaming lullaby is the soundtrack that signifies encapsulated mirages that poignantly speed by to be there one moment and gone the next. However all is well in the small gentle stadt, holding safe a close-knit community of artisans, historians, families and so on… a collection of people that are the result of over a century of evolutions. Though Victoriastadt is no longer an area to house workers to be employed by its nearby factories, the residue of its origins still remain. For instance, a switch-line booth may not hold the telephonic machinery it was intended for, but its shell houses a cultural craft of a newly developed artisanal kind. A tower that once dropped liquefied molton metals for its prize bounty, sits in remission above a block of row houses. And the robust bridges that safely elevate speeding trains above Victoriastads entry points, harbor mysteries of light sculptures beneath them. Glowing angels in hiding, waiting like dignified guardians, light the way to curiosity seekers that are beheld to uncover the hidden magic of a city within a city that awaits them.
Episode tip: Listen for the trains wisking by the background of this episode.
To support Secret Place Berlin, please visit our Patron at www.patreon.com/secretplaceberlin
Follow us on Instagram @secretplaceberlin
SHOW NOTES:
Articles explored for this episode:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriastadt
https://www.everestate.com/blog/neighbourhood-profile-victoriastadt-in-lichtenberg
https://karte.industriekultur.berlin/standort/ehem-knorr-bremse-hauptwerk/
to visit some of the closed monuments once a year in September:
https://www.berlin.de/en/events/2860241-2842498-heritage-day.en.html
Music by Rossano Snel @rossanofrombrazil serenading from the depths of the Schrotkugelturm
Story, Narration, Illustration & Image copyright Lacy Barry @lacy_barry 2020, hiding in plain sight in the Linienverzweiger
When the summer approaches in Berlin, lakes and waterways become the splendor of Berlin residents. Spending many joyful afternoons at waterside, wading in its shores and floating on its surfaces. In and around Berlin, there is a menagerie of lakes and rivers to choose from, and leisure seekers take to its shorelines with joy and happiness, baptizing themselves in their waters each year. But what of some of the relics and hidden lore found on and at the depths of these beloved waters? In Episode 7 of Secret Place Berlin, come with me as I take you on a discovery in two cherished lakes or ‘see’s’ in German, of the mythical sea creatures that reside on its surface and the not so mythical that dwell beneath.
SHOW NOTES:
‘Der Nök vom Treptower Karpfenteich’ is Käthe Wetzel’s poem about the Nök
News articles citing the famous Monster of Schlachtensee have been sourced from various Berlin news outlets; The Welt, Der Tagesspiegel, Berliner Zeitung and various others.
The story of the SS soldier remains found a in the giant catfish was found at Snopes.com
To support Secret Place Berlin, please visit our Patron at www.patreon.com/secretplaceberlin
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Follow us on Instagram @secretplaceberlin
Music by Rossano Snel @rossanofrombrazil form the mysterious watery depths. https://www.rossanosnel.com/ with special thanks to Maria Laskowska
Story, Narration, Illustration & Image copyright Lacy Barry 2020, floating dreamingly on the waters surface.
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Nestled just outside of the Ringbahn of Berlin, lay a historical little hub, a calm enclave carved out of a point in time when German Industry was at its height and technological discoveries were erupting regularly. Named after the British Queen, the area of Victoriastadt housed workers that spun wools and finery for her kingdoms consumption at high quantities. Initiating a spring of manufacturing from textiles to concrete, train brakes and pellet balls. Some relics still preserved, but virtually unnoticeable to commuters unless seen from an observing bike ride or by train window, for which the little city is surrounded by these silver snakes that guide trains. The train tracks create the boarders of Victoriastadt and their screaming lullaby is the soundtrack that signifies encapsulated mirages that poignantly speed by to be there one moment and gone the next. However all is well in the small gentle stadt, holding safe a close-knit community of artisans, historians, families and so on… a collection of people that are the result of over a century of evolutions. Though Victoriastadt is no longer an area to house workers to be employed by its nearby factories, the residue of its origins still remain. For instance, a switch-line booth may not hold the telephonic machinery it was intended for, but its shell houses a cultural craft of a newly developed artisanal kind. A tower that once dropped liquefied molton metals for its prize bounty, sits in remission above a block of row houses. And the robust bridges that safely elevate speeding trains above Victoriastads entry points, harbor mysteries of light sculptures beneath them. Glowing angels in hiding, waiting like dignified guardians, light the way to curiosity seekers that are beheld to uncover the hidden magic of a city within a city that awaits them.
Episode tip: Listen for the trains wisking by the background of this episode.
To support Secret Place Berlin, please visit our Patron at www.patreon.com/secretplaceberlin
Follow us on Instagram @secretplaceberlin
SHOW NOTES:
Articles explored for this episode:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriastadt
https://www.everestate.com/blog/neighbourhood-profile-victoriastadt-in-lichtenberg
https://karte.industriekultur.berlin/standort/ehem-knorr-bremse-hauptwerk/
to visit some of the closed monuments once a year in September:
https://www.berlin.de/en/events/2860241-2842498-heritage-day.en.html
Music by Rossano Snel @rossanofrombrazil serenading from the depths of the Schrotkugelturm
Story, Narration, Illustration & Image copyright Lacy Barry @lacy_barry 2020, hiding in plain sight in the Linienverzweiger
