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Annual review 2024
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The tea house in the English Garden – reconstruction now!
On the night of September 7-8, 2024, there was a fire that destroyed the striking thatched roof and the interior of the popular excursion destination. The sight saddens us all. It is now a desolate place that should quickly become a center of attraction again. The teahouse in the English Garden is owned by the […]
20th Anniversary Buergerverein Hansaviertel e.V.
A reason to celebrate! The Hansaviertel citizens’ association celebrated its 20th anniversary on Wednesday, May 15, at the Akademie der Künste at Hanseatenweg 10. The Senator for Urban Development, Building and Housing, Christian Gaebler, and the City Councillor for Building in Mitte, Ephraim Gothe, were there to congratulate the association and pay tribute to its […]
Announcement by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK): Decision on the World Heritage nominations
On 4 December 2023, the Conference of Culture Ministers passed its resolution based on the recommendation of the Advisory Board. Unfortunately, it is not in favour of our proposal. There are also no provisions in this tentative procedure. Many committed and tireless people, together with the State Monuments Office and many others from the Berlin […]
Exhibition Opening: Life in a Monument
Life in a Monument – A Double Exhibition by Bettina Cohnen and THE LINK Talk with the artist Bettina Cohnen and the curators Hendrik Bohle and Jan Dimog. What is it like to live and work in modernist monuments? What makes living in the Hansaviertel and Karl-Marx-Allee special? Why do both areas represent the once […]
Kulturspeicher Hansaviertel
Hansa Quarter Cultural Warehouse The exhibition in the Hansa Library from 19.09.2022 – 28.09.2022 shows design concepts from the 4th semester Bachelor of the Faculty of Architecture at the HTWK Leipzig. All designs were created during a seminar with Prof. Frank Schüler in the summer semester 2022. On the area bordering the Hansa Quarter to […]
65 years after the Interbau: On the road in the Hansaviertel
Info Radio Kultur 06 June 2022: 65 years ago, the International Building Exhibition Interbau opened and the Hansaviertel was presented to the world public. The redesign was based on the ideas of modernism and brought together the “Who’s Who” of the architectural scene. What can still be seen of it today? A contribution by Corinne […]
Summer Party
OFFEN FÜR KULTUR celebrates one year of Sunday programs at the Hansa Library! From hula-hoop to book presentation and from silent movie theater to stick bread at the campfire, OFFEN FÜR KULTUR has played the Hansa Library over the past twelve months and invites you to music, dance and much more on June 26! Download […]
Children of today – in the city of tomorrow
Children of today – in the city of tomorrow As part of the World Heritage Initiative of the State Monuments Office (in cooperation with the associations and civic initiatives), a project group from the Hansaviertel has launched a website on which CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF TODAY provide information about their lives in the CITY […]
Reopening „Verein und Wein“ at Hansaplatz
This smoldering fire had it all. The acrid smell of fire permeated the entire inventory such as counters, bench and cabinets, as well as almost all books, maps, posters, pictures. Now everything has been restored. Thanks to the many helpers who made this possible!
Toilet house
Stylish and clean, it stands between St. Ansgar and the S-Bahn viaduct. It should help keep the bushes cleaner. We wish it would!
UNESCO World Heritage application – Karl-Marx-Allee and Interbau 1957
The application has been submitted! Under the link: https://hansaviertel.berlin/unesco/antrag/ you will find all the documents prepared by the Supreme Authority for the Protection of Monuments/UNESCO World Heritage, which have been forwarded to the office of the Conference of Ministers of Culture for responsibility. 16 federal states have submitted about 32 tentative proposals. Over the next two […]
Das alte Hansa-Viertel – Gestalt und Menschen von Bertram Janiszewski
(The old Hansa Quarter – Shape and people by Bertram Janiszewski) The first edition has been out of print for a long time. After editing the text by Ruth Papst and obtaining the image rights, it was published shortly before Christmas. Price: 27 Euro Available at the “Verein und Wein”.
“Verein und Wein” Reopening 2021
Open since the end of October: Our store “Verein and Wine”, freshly renovated, with a new layout, with new furniture and very important: with new co-tenants. Because of Corona, promised rentals have fallen through. With the spontaneous promise of Pinar and Bora Caliskan we were able to win a wine merchant for the store again. […]
Workshop of the citizen association Hansaviertel e.V.
On 10 December 2018, the Hansaviertel e.V. citizens’ association held a workshop at the Academy of the Arts on behalf of Ephraim Gothe, City Councillor for Urban Development, Social Affairs and Health, under the title “denk mal pflegen – denk mal weiter”. The Bürgerverein Hansaviertel e.V. is concerned about the declining quality of the outdoor […]
New Year’s reception despite construction site
On 21 January the Bürgerverein Hansaviertel e.V. celebrated its traditional New Year’s reception in the Hansabibliothek. Although there was still a construction site around, many members and guests had come there. Everyone was welcomed by the new director of the Hansa Library, Raimar Oestreich, who expressed his hope to be able to welcome the Bürgerverein […]
Repair of the Hansa Library
The renovation of the Hansa Library is a challenge for customers and employees alike. Because it is also open during construction work. The fact that the old Hansa Library, which currently has around 45,000 media units, over 90,000 visitors and 200,000 loans a year, free Internet workstations and automatic return machines at the entrance, is […]
Art in urban space – Pilot project in the Hansaviertel
Art in public space is currently a far-reaching and widely practiced way of gaining visibility and attention for urban space. On the recommendation of the Art Advisory Committee of the Senate Administration for Culture and Europe, the Department of Art and Culture of the Mitte district of Berlin will develop a pilot project for art […]
Inauguration of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Gedächtniskirche tower
On 18 June 2018, the Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Tiergarten celebrated the end of renovation work on the Kaiser Friedrich Memorial Church with a devotion and a reception. A total of 1.3 million euros were invested, mainly for the tower renovation: for the load-bearing reinforced concrete construction, for the spiral staircase made of reinforced concrete, for the […]
Closure of the Hansabibliothek (public library)
The Hansa Library is one of the most popular libraries in the Mitte district. The building, an architectural gem from the 1950s, was designed by Werner Düttmann in 1956/57 and is now a listed building. But it is threatened with closure. The Hansa Library was built as part of the Interbau in 1957. Its construction […]
60 years Interbau 1957
After the anniversary celebration on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Hansaviertel, the Bürgerverein can draw a positive balance. “We are very satisfied”, says Matthias Rudolph, Chairman of the Bürgerverein Hansaviertel e.V., who celebrated the 60th anniversary of the event on Hansaplatz together with the GRIPS Theatre. Around 3,000 visitors found their way […]
50 Years of GRIPS Theatre
The new season at the GRIPS Theatre is a special one. The theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary. As the artistic director of the Children and Youth Theatre, Philipp Harpain, said, four world premieres and one German premiere are on the programme for the anniversary season. A special highlight will be the anniversary celebration, which is […]
2.5 million euros for the Hansaviertel
The Hansaviertel receives 2.5 million euros from the Federal Programme “National Urban Development Projects” for measures on listed buildings and open spaces. The “National Urban Development Projects” programme is broadly diversified in terms of content in order to take account of urban development projects with different objectives. On 18 November 2015, the Parliamentary State Secretary […]
Window of remembrance
When the “Window of remembrance” (in the Hansaplatz underground station on the library side) was opened to the public in January 2014, it was a moving moment for those who initiated and implemented the project. Now, four years later, the moment was no less moving to inaugurate the revised “Window of remembrance”. This was done […]
Quast medal for the citizens association Hansaviertel e.V.
On 8 January 2018 the Bürgerverein Hansaviertel e.V. received the Ferdinand-von-Quast medal from the hands of Senator of Culture Klaus Lederer. This medal has been awarded since the 750th anniversary of the city of Berlin in 1987. It is named after Ferdinand von Quast, the architect and employee of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who was born […]
