Archive for the ‘History Berlin’ Category
Sunday, September 9th, 2012

Im Moment ist ja in Berlin die große Ausstellung zu 775 Jahre Berlin. Eine Feier zu diesem Jubiläum ist am 28. Oktober 2012. Auch um Friedrich II drehen sich in Berlin gerade so einige Ausstellungen wie im Deutschen Historischen Museum.
Doch wer sich darüber hinaus um weitere Details ausserhalb von Berlin interessiert, sollte einen Ausflug in das 40 Minuten entfernte Königs Wusterhausen machen. [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 1, 2, 775, 775 Jahre Berlin, älteste, Berlin, Berliner, DDR, Friedrich, Funkerberg, I, ii, Königs, lehrter, Sendemast, Stadt, Wusterhausen
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Thursday, September 6th, 2012

Today the 6th of September he died in 1962 in Berlin and thus a special Hanns Eisler celebration week has been planned in his honour.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the composer, the International Hanns Eisler Society (IHEG) is organising the Eisler Days from 6 to 11 September with concerts, historic films, a symposium and a “Long [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: "long night" of Eisler Music, 50 years since the death of celebrated Communist composer Hanns Eisler, Aaron Copland, Bertolt Brecht, Charlie Chaplin, Eisler was a dedicated Communist, eislermusic.com, HFM, hfm-berlin.de/, Hochschule für Musik Berlin, Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“ Berlin (HFM), Igor Stravinsky, International Hanns Eisler Society, Leonard Bernstein
Posted in Articles by Filip van der Plas, Berlin, Berlin Culture, Berlin Entertainment, Berlin Festivals, Berlin Opera, Berlin Orchestra, Composers, Culture, Electronic Music in Berlin, Events, History Berlin, Live Music Berlin, Local Berlin, Things to do in Berlin | No Comments »
Monday, September 3rd, 2012

Viele suchen ja in der Berliner Innenstadt heute nach den Resten des Berliner Mittelalters (siehe diese Artikel). Doch auch die 30er Jahre in Berlin scheinen eine sehr spannende Zeit gewesen zu sein. So hatte Berlin zu dieser Zeit für viele Ziele, die mit der Eisenbahn zu erreichen waren, einen eignen Bahnhof.
Darunter der Lehrter Bahnhof(Heute Berlin Hauptbahnhof), der Hamburger Bahnhof, der Stettiner Bahnhof [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 775, 775 Jahre Berlin, älteste, anhalter, Bahnhof, Berlin, Berliner, Bridge, Brücke, DDR, Hamburger, Jungfernbrücke, lehrter, Nordbahnhof, Reichsbank, Stadt, stettiner, Virginbridge
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Chancelor Angela Merkel leaves for China tomorrow accompanied by a usual large entourage of business delegates just so that there can be no confusion about the actual nature of the visit.
When she recently visited Canada for a day visit, she did the same thing. http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/08/16/merkel-meets-harper-cunning-bambi-meets-dour-elmer-fudd-ota-berlin-constituency-blog-commentary-by-emil-hoogensteyn/
“China, Germany sign $15 billion deals” wrote the China Daily about Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’ visit earlier this year and [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: .neurope.eu, chinadaily.com, Chinese Premier Wen, expatica.com, Its all about TRADE stupid!, merkel in china, merkel visits china, Merkel's 2nd visit to China in 2012, nytimes.cm
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, History Berlin, History Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | No Comments »
Sunday, August 19th, 2012

Wenn man in Berlin alte Gebäude sieht, stellt man sich sehr oft die Frage, was die ursprüngliche Verwendung dieses Gebäudes gewesen sein mag. Das Märkische Museum jedoch wurde tatsächlich bis 1904 als stadthistorisches Archiv unter Leitung von Ludwig Hoffmann erbaut.
Hoffmann hat das Gebäude auch in seiner Bauweise an die unterschiedlichen historischen Baustile aus Berlin und Brandenburg angeglichen.
Als stadthistorisches Museum ist es heute [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 775, 775 Jahre Berlin, architecture berlin, Architektur, Berlin, Berliner, DDR, Hoffmann, Märkische, Märkisches, Mauer, museum, Stadt, Stadtgeschichte, Stadtmauer, wall
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Thursday, August 16th, 2012

merkel ota-berlinGerman Chancelor Angela Merkel arrived in Ottawa earlier today on a whirlwind 24-hour visit to Canada.
”Euro crisis ‘elephant in the room’ for Harper-Merkel talks” – is what the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the CBC is calling this two-people summit.
The government news broadcaster has as its website headline – ‘No-nonsense’ politicians also likely to discuss trade and global security during chancellor’s visit’ http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/08/14/pol-merkel-visit-advancer-wednesday.html
And while much is being [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Cunning 'Bambi' meets irascible & dour 'Elmer Fudd', high-volume Mr Schlarmann, Merkel meets Harper
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, History Berlin, History Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 1 Comment »
Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Die Jungfernbrücke ist eine der sehr versteckten Sehenswürdigkeiten, die leider auch in der letzten Zeit nicht besonders häufig erwähnt wird. Der Grund dafür, dass diese Brücke nicht so häufig erwähnt wird, könnte sein, dass sie mit einem Sightseeing Bus nicht zu erreichen ist und ich auch jedesmal wenn ich dort bin, niemanden ausser ein paar Anwohner treffe. Dabei ist diese Zugbrücke die [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 775, 775 Jahre Berlin, älteste, Berlin, Berliner, Bridge, Brücke, DDR, Jungfernbrücke, Reichsbank, Stadt, Virginbridge
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Fernab von den großen touristischen Attraktionen, hält Berlin so einige Überraschungen bereit. An dieser Stelle habe ich auch noch keinen einzigen Sightseeing Bus gesehen, wobei ich finde, dass gerade in dem Jahr wo Berlin sein 775sten Geburtstag feiert, ein solcher Ort sehr wichtig ist.
Wenn von der Berliner Mauer geredet wird, ist zu einem sehr hohen Anteil immer die Rede von der Mauer, [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 775, 775 Jahre Berlin, Berlin, Berliner, DDR, Mauer, Stadt, Stadtmauer, wall
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Monday, May 28th, 2012
![623px-Grass[1] Günter Grass -Wikipedia foto -source Bild:Grass.jpg - Author - Florian K](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/623px-Grass12-300x288.jpg)
Many world leaders and many economists, have spoken about the economic woes of and in Greece – to not much practical or discernible effect as of yet.
However now a respected 84-year-old German literary figure in the form of Nobel laureate Günter Grass, has entered the fray and severely criticised the EU over its attitude to Greece and the Greeks saying they are [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Israel a danger to World Peace' Günter Grass, Grass critisizes Israel, Günter Grass, Günter Grass criticises EU over Greece, Günter Grass speaks out, Infantile reaction of Netanyahu/Lieberman right-wing government, keeptalkinggreece, Lagarde is disingenious and uses sophistry, Mondoweiss, MP George Galloway, Ms Christine Lagarde, SPD is 'fair-weather-freind' only, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Supporters gather around Grass, which greeks made the debts?
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, History Berlin, History Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

After a fire inside an electrical control panel, in which several cables were seriously damaged S-Bahn traffic has been seriously affected early this morning. The fire occurred around 0330 this morning between the newly renovated section of the Berliner S-Bahn at the bridge between the stations Treptow Park, and Ostkreuz and people in the area were woken by a single police helicopter [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: .lonelyplanet.com, Berliner S-bahn problems, Berliner S-bahn problems continue, BVG Berlin, delays today 22nd May on Berliner S-bahn, Fire in cable room between Treptower Park and Ostkreuz S-Bahn, fotos by Berlin observer and OTA-Berlin contributor Ms Cindy Su, Ostkreuz, S-Bahn delay, S-bahn down again due to cable fire
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

After a fire inside an electrical control panel, in which several cables were seriously damaged S-Bahn traffic has been seriously affected early this morning.
The fire occurred around 0330 this morning between the newly renovated section of the Berliner S-Bahn at the bridge between the stations Treptow Park, and Ostkreuz and people in the area were woken by a single police helicopter which [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: .lonelyplanet.com, Berliner S-bahn problems, Berliner S-bahn problems continue, BVG Berlin, delays today 22nd May on Berliner S-bahn, Fire in cable room between Treptower Park and Ostkreuz S-Bahn, Ostkreuz, S-Bahn delay, S-bahn down again due to cable fire
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