1. Die Steinmühle
Die Steinmühle wurde 1303 als Getreidemühle von den Zisterziensermönchen aus dem Kloster Zinn erbaut und von diesen betrieben. Bis 1766 wurde die Mühle als Getreidemühle genutzt, bis der damalige Mühlenmeister eine Genehmigung zur Anlegung einer Schneidemühle (Sägewerk) erhielt.
1845 wurde sie wieder abgerissen und danach als Ölmühle wiederaufgebaut. Ende 19. Jahrhunderts wurde auf Dampfkraft erweitert und die Mühle zur Strohpapierstoff-Fabrik umgebaut. Sie wurde auch weiter als Dampfmühle genutzt. 1918 firmiert die Mühle als „G. Thiele Steinmühle“. Inhaber war Emil Gericke, der Schwiegersohn von G.Thiele. 1934 wurde die Dampfmaschine durch einen Motor ersetzt und die Mühle vergrößert.
Kellergewölbe der Königsstadt Brauerei im Prenzlauer Berg
Königsstadt brewery in Prenzlauer Berg
The "Brauerei Königstadt AG" was founded as "Wagner's Bairisch-Bier-Brauerei" from 1849 on one of the former "windmill mountains" on the outskirts of Berlin and taken over in 1861 by "d'Heureus & Busse". As early as 1971, after the Franco-German War, this brewery was converted into a public limited company. It produced beer between 1851 and 1921. The rush for these shares was so great that their issue was limited to just three days.
Amazingly, Berlin was primarily a wine-growing region until 1740. In Berlin's glacial valley with the Spree and Havel, the temperatures were milder than elsewhere in the north German lowlands and the hills, especially today's Prenzlauer Berg, with their slopes facing southwest, were lit by the sun relatively intensely. Even today, names such as "Weinbergsweg", "Weinmeisterstraße" or "Weinstraße" are reminiscent of this wine tradition. That year there was a very, very harsh winter and the few grapevines that had survived it eventually fell victim to a parasitic disease in the two following years in a row. This was the only way that the subsequent beer boom in Berlin came about.
The Königstadt AG brewery prospered from 1871 and became one of the largest breweries in Berlin. Their name was derived from the names "Königsstadt" or "Königstor" for large parts of today's Prenzlauer Berg, after the first Prussian King Friedrich I after his coronation in Königsberg in 1701 through this suburb and the "Königstor", located on the At the corner of Greifswalder Strasse and Prenzlauer Berg, he had moved into his Berlin residence.
In 1903 a restaurant, a hall, a shopping mall, further restaurants, bowling alleys and a music pavilion were built. The C. Habel brewery was incorporated into the Königstadt AG brewery in 1906.
After the takeover by the “Kindl Brewery” in 1921, the brewery in Saarbrücker Strasse was shut down. Kindl got rid of such a competitor. The site became a commercial center with small businesses, which was called: small craft businesses such as farriers, car workshops, plumbers, glaziers, carpenters, clerks, etc.
A new administration building was erected in the 1950s. The war-damaged hall building was demolished in the 1960s.
The area is still subject to a so-called "mixed use". Only a few fell victim to the wrecking ball because most of the buildings are listed. The malt house, the tap hall, the kiln, a warehouse, the boiler house, the bottle cellar and the ice machine house still exist. I visited the huge cellar during a guided tour. The ice cellar and the information from our guide on the history of the house were impressive.
Source: www.prenzlberger-ansichten.de
Lokrundschuppen in Leipzig
On a train station site in Leipzig there is still the disused post station and immediately next to it is a round locomotive shed. The Postbahnhof was no longer accessible during our visit in 2018 because the entire site is being renovated. But I was able to take a few photos over the fence. The Postbahnhof opened in 1912 and was the largest in the world at the time. It was closed in 1995 because the mail traffic was shifted to the street.
What was accessible, however, was the round locomotive shed with administration building, a former depot of the Reichsbahn. The administration building could be explored through the cellar, but the upper area had already collapsed. A friend represented himself in a mud hole in the basement. So we withdrew very quickly. The inspection of the engine shed itself was more interesting. In addition to the usual graffiti, some relics from GDR times could be seen. The turnstile for the locomotives was still mechanically intact. The halls were full of graffiti. But interesting things such as posters and slogans from GDR times could still be seen.
