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Berlin - Schwerbelastungskörper
In connection with Hitler's and Speers' plans for the construction of a new capital "Germania", architect Speer was rightly concerned about whether Berlin's sandy soils could withstand the heavy loads required by their dream castles. For the same reason, he had a "pressure gauge" built, which was to measure whether the subsoil could hold.
Schwerbelastungskörper
The pressure gauge is 18 meters high and weighs 12,650 tons. It occupies exactly 100 m2 and the pressure on the subsoil is 12.65 kg per cm2. The test also showed that the subsoil was unsuitable for such a large load. The concrete block had to sink a maximum of 6 centimeters, but it sank 18 after 3 years. The Arc de Triomphe, which should have been built on top, was planned to be 117 meters high and 170 meters wide - significantly larger than the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Hitler and Speers Germania dreams
Opening hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday:
Free entrance
Address:
General-Pape-Straße 100, Tor 1, 12101 Berlin
Public transport:
S-Bahn: S 1 Julius-Leber-Brücke / Bus: 104 bus stop Kolonnenbrücke / Bus: 106 bus stop Julius-Leber-Brücke
Guided tours:
Every Sunday but only in German - Sunday at 14.00
Free tour and no need to book in advance
Wanted
Interesting places
A B C
"Boxhagener Platz" - Old military hospital |
Bendlerblock" - Memorial and museum |
"Berlin Untervelten" - Berlin's "Underworld" |
"Bernauer Straße" - About the Berlin Wall etc. |
"Bornholmer Straße - Former border crossing east/west |
"Boxhagener Platz - Green area and flea market" |
D E F
"Europacenter" - Shopping center etc. |
Flakturm Humboldthain" - Bunker facility WW2 |
"Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg" - Busy airport |
"Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof" - Recreational area.
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"Escape tunnels between East and West Berlin - Kold krig
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"Friedhof Invalidenhof - Soldiers Cemetery |
G H I J K
"Old Danish Embassy" - Tiergarten |
Gedenkstätte Plötzensee" - Memorial |
"Glienicker Brücke" - Dividing East/ West |
- "Pallasstrasse bunker" Bunker i centrum |
" Weissensee Jewish Cemetery - Jewish cemetery |
Karlshorst - German-Russian Museum" |
L M N O P Q R S
"Majakowskiring" |
Prenzlauer Berg" - Memorial |
"Schöneberg town hall" - JFK tale" |
"Schwerbelastungs- |
" Friedhof Grunewald-Forst - Cemetery for suicides |
SS residences – Zehlendorf |
S T U V X Y Z
"Stasimuseum" - Stasimuseum |
Teufelsberg" - NSA in Grunewald |
"Tiergarten" - The Nordic Embassies" |
"Tiergarten - Siegessäule" 67 meter tall victory column |
"Villa Riefenstahl - Leni Riefenstahls House |
"Zionskirche Prenzlauerberg - Where Bonhoeffer preached |
Recreational areas:
"Grunewald"
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Strandbad Wannsee"
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"Tempelhofer Park" |
"Tiergarten" |
"Volkspark Friedrichshein - Recreational area |
"Volkspark Jungfernheide" - Recreational area |
Food and drinks:
"Biergarden am Neuen See" in the Tiergarten. |
Biergarden "Prater" - From 1837 and the oldest |
Biergarden "Schleusenkrug", "Biergarden in Tiergarten". |
"Mustafa’s Gemüse Kebap" - known all over Berlin |
"Restaurant Zillemarkt" Unfortunately closed by now |
"Zur letzten Instanz" - Oldest restaurant in Berlin |
