Capernaum Church

The lake road is a 3.2 -mile main thoroughfare that runs from southwest to northeast mostly in the district of Wedding Berlins Mitte district, and a feeder to the motorway A 100.

Road

The lake road is part of the open road ring around the center of Berlin, which begins as A 100 in Neukölln and leads up to Friedrichshain. The road begins in the south as a continuation of the Berlin city motorway A100, exit lake road at the border between the districts of Plotzensee and Moabit. After 500 meters you cross the Hohenzollern Canal, reaching the district of Wedding. It leads south on Plotzensee to which it owes its name, and heads towards the junction with the African and Amrumer road.

In this section are located on the north side of the St. Paul, Nazareth and St. John's Cemeteries and opposite the site of the Rudolf- Virchow -Klinikum. The intersection with the miller road are planned by the Heinrich Jennen and 1923 opened Metro Station lake road and the main entrance to the municipal cemetery urn lake road.

Further, the road runs south of St. Philip and the urban urn cemetery and the cemetery to the Apostle Louise - Schroeder- place and goes there on the border with healthy well into the Oslo road.

History

The road runs through the territory of the former combing Heath. It was created as part of the subdivision of this forest area in 1827. Thus they became a part of one of Peter Joseph 1841 plan designed to enclose the entire area of the former Berlin by a belt road. Their development was carried out at the beginning of the 20th century. The lake road was formerly in the south even further along the north shore of the "New connection channel " to the Habsburg shore. On this route now runs the Berlin city motorway A 100, which starts at the lake road bridge.

At its eastern end, today's Louise - Schroeder- place - then Oskar place - was the lake road originally diagonally continue to Letteallee. This end, however, was renamed on November 15, 1957 in Reginhardstraße. The direct connection between Oskar place and today Reginhardstraße was resolved in favor of clearer guidance intersection.

At the southern end of the lake road is the sewage pumping station lake road. Here already the waste water was pumped to the north of Berlin in 1886 situated sewage after Schenkendorfstraße, Müller field, Lindenhof and Schönerlinde. In 1997, modernized plant transports the wastewater to the treatment plant Ruhleben today.

On the other side of the street, the former prison Plotzensee is made ​​(hereinafter referred Berlin popularly known as " The Roach ") with the nearby military bathhouse. On the grounds of the prison there is also the memorial Plotzensee. Former military bathhouse on Plotzensee is an outdoor pool with boat rentals.

Here acted the shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt, who, in the uniform of a captain showing up on October 16, 1906 stationed in the lake road team in the swimming school guard from Plotzensee taking command, drove her to Köpenick and there took over the Council casket. By Carl Zuckmayers written in 1931 novel The Captain of Köpenick. A German fairy tale went of a prank in the history of literature.

The lake road has been designed from the outset rather broad with a green center strip. From the situated at the southern end of the road Beusselstraße over the former Oskar place further to Prenzlauer Berg drove on the median strip trams since the early 1930s.

After the January 15, 1953 ended the joint tram operation between East and West Berlin and 1964 the lake road traversed full length tram line has been set 3, was the extension of the former lines 23 and 24 is a Tramway on 25 October 1997 the lake road rebuilt to Virchow Clinic, which is now traversed by the lines M13 and 50.

Along the lake road are the buildings of the former miner Electricitäts -Werke Aktiengesellschaft; from 1932 were there in the Osram plant B ( "mountain man " ) produces light bulbs. Meanwhile, the listed building, the property is rented out as " Osramhöfe " otherwise.

Building

In the lake road are the following notable buildings that are all under monument protection:

Institute for Fermentation Industry and Biotechnology

The building was built in 1901-1905.

On the site now houses the Research and Teaching Institute for Brewing (VLB ) of the German Brewers Federation.

Kapernaumkirche

In the years 1900-1902 at that time still undeveloped area to the plans of Karl Siebold from Bethel ( Bielefeld) built. The land and the money to build the church were donated to the church in order to achieve an appreciation of the surrounding construction purposes, which the founder of Count Edward Charles of Oppersdorf belonged. Between 1909 and 1911 the parish hall was added to the church, which adjoins to the west to a city block.

Osramhöfe

Use as administrative buildings and light bulb factory of Bergmann Electricitäts -Werke Aktiengesellschaft. From 1932 Glühlampenwerk B Osram GmbH. Known as " Osramhöfe " buildings were constructed from 1904. The commercial units operate today under the name Carreé lake road.

Tenement

The building was built in 1899-1900 by Arnold Kuthe and decorated with numerous architectural decoration which is completely preserved.