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Berliner Zentrum Industriekultur
October 20, 2021
Cycling
From Lamp Factory to Business Center – Around 1900 this was the largest lamp factory in Europe. It produced novel electric lighting fixtures like chandeliers and table lamps. After WWII, the building was used by the VEB Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, an East German communications R&D center. It was rumored to be a “Stasi” operation, serving the needs of the Ministry for State Security. Telecommunications systems were produced for the entire Eastern Bloc. After German reunification the building became a home to artists, was sold several times, and then turned into a business center.
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Andreas Bikefan
June 23, 2022
Hiking
Between 1897 and 1900, the Frister lamp factory was built on the corner of Edisonstrasse and Wilhelminenhofstrasse 87 according to the plans of the construction company R. Guthmann Folger. In …
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PinionRadlerJan
August 13, 2024
Cycling
Oberschöneweide is a huge area of various old works, some of which date back to the Wilhelminian period. Beautiful architecture.
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Best routes near Frister Lamp Factory | 1897–1916
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