Subject: Re: Berlin maps<br/>
Date: Aug 09, 2002 @ 10:48<br/>
Author: Wolfgang Schwanke (Wolfgang Schwanke &lt;listen@wschwanke.de&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-176691990">Hi Stefan & group,<br/>
<br/>
I decided the Berlin files are of interest to everyone :). I wanted to <br/>
upload them into the files section, but received an error message that the <br/>
disk space for the group is exceeded, so I have no choice but to send them <br/>
as attachments. File size is squeezed down as much as possible, hope nobody <br/>
minds.<br/>
<br/>
spiegel_1988-13_a.jpg & spiegel_1988-13_b.jpg:<br/>
<br/>
A scan from an article in &quot;Der Spiegel&quot; issue 13/1988 about the territorial <br/>
exchange between West Berlin and GDR that took place that year. The bottom <br/>
photo on the first page shows Lohmühlenplatz, which you said you were <br/>
interested in. This photo <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dieberlinermauer.de/diemauer/mauer18/mauer18.html">http://www.dieberlinermauer.de/diemauer/mauer18/mauer18.html</a> is better <br/>
though, it shows what it&#39;s all about. The camera is hovering above the <br/>
sportsground next to the bridge, looking into Harzer Straße. The wall <br/>
blocked road access to that street via the bridge. There was a foot bridge <br/>
a couple of meters south to the main bridge (not visible in the photo) as a <br/>
replacement, giving easier access to the West Berlin houses east of the canal.<br/>
<br/>
(Incidentally, the text in <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dieberlinermauer.de/diemauer/mauer18/mauer18.html">http://www.dieberlinermauer.de/diemauer/mauer18/mauer18.html</a> contains an <br/>
error. It says that that bit was also called &quot;Entenschnabel&quot;. That&#39;s not <br/>
true. &quot;Entenschnabel&quot; exists, but it&#39;s somewhere else.)<br/>
<br/>
neukoelln_treptow_1991.jpg<br/>
<br/>
A map scanned from this book <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3861630303/">http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3861630303/</a> (which I recommend to <br/>
anyone  interested - it has the story of the neighbourhood, lots of photos <br/>
and maps). The map is from 1991. The dotted lines are Berlin borough <br/>
boundaries. Top left: Kreuzberg (West), bottom left: Neukölln (West), <br/>
Right: Treptow (East). The boundary surrounding Treptow is identical to the <br/>
wall when it still was. Since this map is post 1988, it shows the border <br/>
changes agreed then. You can see that Lohmühlenplatz is now in Neukölln. Of <br/>
course this exchange was only helpful for about a year between 1988 and 89, <br/>
but they couldn&#39;t know that then. You can also see the footbridge south of <br/>
Lohmühlenbrücke. To the best of my knowledge it&#39;s still there now, even <br/>
though it became unnecessary in 1988.<br/>
<br/>
The 1988 exchange was the second wave, the first one was in 1972. See <br/>
message 6622 <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/6622">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/6622</a> for <br/>
more details about that.<br/>
<br/>
Regards<br/>
<br/>
wolfgang</div>