Tierpark
Friedrichsfelde
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Text sources and picture credits
Text sources and picture credits
All texts researched, written, and edited (unless otherwise indicated) by:
Berliner Forum für Geschichte und Gegenwart (bfgg), Monica Geyler, Reinhard von Bernus
introduction
Friedrichsfelde
Picture credits:
1. Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2018, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Wilhelmine Reichard, circa 1820, Lithografie von Adolf Kunike, Abertina Wien
3. Dathepromenade, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Friedrichsfelde
Picture credits:
1. Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2018, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Wilhelmine Reichard, circa 1820, Lithografie von Adolf Kunike, Abertina Wien
3. Dathepromenade, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
most visited
Highly diverse: Tierpark Berlin
Text source: Kommunikation, Zoo Berlin
Picture credits:
1. Polar bear in the Tierpark Berlin, 2019, Steffen Freiling, Zoo Berlin
2. Giraffes in the Tierpark Berlin, 2019, Steffen Freiling, Zoo Berlin
3. Air show of the birds of prey in the Tierpark, 2019, N.N., Zoo Berlin
Grand plans for the Tierpark
Text source: Kommunikation, Zoo Berlin
Picture credits:
1. Visualisation Tiger enclosure, 2016, N.N., Zoo Berlin
2. Visualisation outdoor facilities of the Alfred-Brehm-Haus, 2016, N.N., Zoo Berlin
Schloss Friedrichsfelde
Text source: Kommunikation, Zoo Berlin
Picture credits:
1. Festival hall, 2019, Christian Fuchs, bfgg
2. Schloss Friedrichsfelde, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Prefabricated housing predates the GDR
Text source: Museum Lichtenberg
Picture credits:
1. Splanemann Housing Estate, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Splanemann Housing Estate, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Highly diverse: Tierpark Berlin
Text source: Kommunikation, Zoo Berlin
Picture credits:
1. Polar bear in the Tierpark Berlin, 2019, Steffen Freiling, Zoo Berlin
2. Giraffes in the Tierpark Berlin, 2019, Steffen Freiling, Zoo Berlin
3. Air show of the birds of prey in the Tierpark, 2019, N.N., Zoo Berlin
Grand plans for the Tierpark
Text source: Kommunikation, Zoo Berlin
Picture credits:
1. Visualisation Tiger enclosure, 2016, N.N., Zoo Berlin
2. Visualisation outdoor facilities of the Alfred-Brehm-Haus, 2016, N.N., Zoo Berlin
Schloss Friedrichsfelde
Text source: Kommunikation, Zoo Berlin
Picture credits:
1. Festival hall, 2019, Christian Fuchs, bfgg
2. Schloss Friedrichsfelde, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Prefabricated housing predates the GDR
Text source: Museum Lichtenberg
Picture credits:
1. Splanemann Housing Estate, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Splanemann Housing Estate, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
unexpected
P2, Q3A, MGH, WHH, WBS70
Text source: Museum Lichtenberg
Picture credits:
1. Hans Loch quarter, 1974, postcard, Museum Lichtenberg
2. Prefabricated buildings in the vicinity of Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Prefabricated buildings in the vicinity of Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
4. Prefabricated buildings in the vicinity of Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
5. Prefabricated buildings in the vicinity of Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
6. Prefabricated buildings in the vicinity of Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
An old village centre at the feet of the 11-storey high-rises
Text source: Museum Lichtenberg
Picture credits:
1. Village green and Paul-Gerhard-Kirche, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Village green and Paul-Gerhard-Kirche, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
The Gestapo Zwangslager Wuhlheide
Text source: Stefanie Endlich
Picture credits:
1. Memorial stone in the Tierpark, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Commemorative plaques in front of the zoo management office, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Layout plan of the “Reichsbahn-Lager Wuhlheide“, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Family grave
Picture credits:
1. Bust of Peter Joseph Lenné by Senta Baldamus, 2019, Christian Fuchs, bfgg
2. Burial site of the von Treskow family, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
P2, Q3A, MGH, WHH, WBS70
Text source: Museum Lichtenberg
Picture credits:
1. Hans Loch quarter, 1974, postcard, Museum Lichtenberg
2. Prefabricated buildings in the vicinity of Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Prefabricated buildings in the vicinity of Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
4. Prefabricated buildings in the vicinity of Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
5. Prefabricated buildings in the vicinity of Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
6. Prefabricated buildings in the vicinity of Heinrich-Dathe-Platz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
An old village centre at the feet of the 11-storey high-rises
Text source: Museum Lichtenberg
Picture credits:
1. Village green and Paul-Gerhard-Kirche, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Village green and Paul-Gerhard-Kirche, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
The Gestapo Zwangslager Wuhlheide
Text source: Stefanie Endlich
Picture credits:
1. Memorial stone in the Tierpark, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Commemorative plaques in front of the zoo management office, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Layout plan of the “Reichsbahn-Lager Wuhlheide“, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Family grave
Picture credits:
1. Bust of Peter Joseph Lenné by Senta Baldamus, 2019, Christian Fuchs, bfgg
2. Burial site of the von Treskow family, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
personal
“A little airport building”
Text source: Heiner Müller
1. Heiner Müller, Krieg ohne Schlacht. Leben in zwei Diktaturen, Kiepenheuer & Witsch Verlag, Köln 1992
Picture credits:
1. Heiner Müller in Texas, USA, 1976, Jack D. Zipes, Int. Heiner-Müller Gesellschaft
2. Heiner Müller's former residence, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Professor Heinrich Dathe
Text source: Heinrich Dathe
1. Heinrich Dathe, Im Tierpark belauscht. Tierpark Buch Nr. 8. Wittenberg, 1965
Picture credits:
1. Heinrich Dathe with an Asian black bear, 1961, Werner Krisch, BArch Bild 183-82785-0001
2. Placard from “Zugunruhe“, 2018, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Opening of the zoo, 2 July 1955, G. Weiß, BArch Bild 183-31492-0001
Support for animals
Text source: Andreas Knieriem
Picture credits:
1. Andreas Knieriem, 2019, N.N., Zoo Berlin
2. Volunteers for earth-works at the Tierpark, in the 1950s, N.N., Zoo Berlin
Barely distinguishable from her TV movie roles
Picture credits:
1. Monica Geyler, 2019, Reinhard von Bernus, bfgg
2. Reinhard von Bernus, 2019, Monica Geyler, bfgg
3. Memorial to Agnes Kraus, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
4. Agnes Kraus in her role as Sister Agnes, 1974, N.N., DEFA/Dt. Rundfunkarchiv
“A little airport building”
Text source: Heiner Müller
1. Heiner Müller, Krieg ohne Schlacht. Leben in zwei Diktaturen, Kiepenheuer & Witsch Verlag, Köln 1992
Picture credits:
1. Heiner Müller in Texas, USA, 1976, Jack D. Zipes, Int. Heiner-Müller Gesellschaft
2. Heiner Müller's former residence, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Professor Heinrich Dathe
Text source: Heinrich Dathe
1. Heinrich Dathe, Im Tierpark belauscht. Tierpark Buch Nr. 8. Wittenberg, 1965
Picture credits:
1. Heinrich Dathe with an Asian black bear, 1961, Werner Krisch, BArch Bild 183-82785-0001
2. Placard from “Zugunruhe“, 2018, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Opening of the zoo, 2 July 1955, G. Weiß, BArch Bild 183-31492-0001
Support for animals
Text source: Andreas Knieriem
Picture credits:
1. Andreas Knieriem, 2019, N.N., Zoo Berlin
2. Volunteers for earth-works at the Tierpark, in the 1950s, N.N., Zoo Berlin
Barely distinguishable from her TV movie roles
Picture credits:
1. Monica Geyler, 2019, Reinhard von Bernus, bfgg
2. Reinhard von Bernus, 2019, Monica Geyler, bfgg
3. Memorial to Agnes Kraus, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
4. Agnes Kraus in her role as Sister Agnes, 1974, N.N., DEFA/Dt. Rundfunkarchiv
outdoors
Osterwäldchen and Kraatz-Tränke-Graben
Picture credits:
1. Kraatz-Tränke-Graben, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Osterwäldchen, 2019, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
University of Applied Sciences
Picture credits:
1. The festival hall, 2013, Peter Schaffrath, HTW Berlin Pressestelle
2. The HTW at Treskowallee, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
International garden design at the Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World)
Text source: Grün Berlin
Picture credits:
1. Aerial cableway, 2018, Ole Bader, Grün Berlin
2. Chinese tea house, 2019, N.N., Grün Berlin
For nature lovers
Picture credits:
1. Sheep, 2019, Jens Scharon, NABU
2. Ruderal vegetation, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Remains of railway tracks, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Osterwäldchen and Kraatz-Tränke-Graben
Picture credits:
1. Kraatz-Tränke-Graben, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Osterwäldchen, 2019, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
University of Applied Sciences
Picture credits:
1. The festival hall, 2013, Peter Schaffrath, HTW Berlin Pressestelle
2. The HTW at Treskowallee, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
International garden design at the Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World)
Text source: Grün Berlin
Picture credits:
1. Aerial cableway, 2018, Ole Bader, Grün Berlin
2. Chinese tea house, 2019, N.N., Grün Berlin
For nature lovers
Picture credits:
1. Sheep, 2019, Jens Scharon, NABU
2. Ruderal vegetation, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Remains of railway tracks, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
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