Coca-Cola branch in Lichterfelde
The Coca-Cola Lichterfelde branch was the Berlin headquarters of the Coca-Cola Company from 1936 to 1992 . As the main location in Billy Wilder's film comedy " Eins, Zwei, Drei ", the administration and factory building , which is now a listed building, gained greater fame.
Beginnings of the site
In 1936 the first Coca-Cola bottling plant was built in Berlin in a former brewery building on the property at Hildburghauser Strasse 224. The first delivery took place for the Olympic Games that were just beginning . During the Second World War , the company was shut down due to a lack of raw materials. By the end of the war, the facilities were largely destroyed by bombs.
Reconstruction began in the same place in 1945, and the plant was put back into operation three years later. In the early days, mainly the US armed forces stationed in Berlin were supplied from here.
Construction and use of the current building
In 1957 the ruins of the old brewery building were torn down. An administration and factory building in the style of post-war modernism was built according to plans by the architect Hans Simon . Typical elements of this time included the facade with vertical concrete struts and glass mosaic stones.
In 1992 the Coca-Cola branch left the location and opened a new bottling plant in the Berlin district of Hohenschönhausen . In the following years the building in Lichterfelde was left to decay and suffered vandalism damage.
In 2012 what was once around 18 hectares was divided. Around 3.7 hectares now fall on the Hildburghauser Straße 224/228 property. The listed production and administration building was extensively renovated and a motor vehicle workshop moved into. The rest of the site is earmarked for residential development.
Film location
In the film One, Two, Three , shot by Billy Wilder in the summer of 1961 , the administration building truly represents the Berlin Coca-Cola headquarters. From here, the Coca-Cola development behind the Iron Curtain was to be promoted.
The (now vacant) building in the German film Good Bye, Lenin from 2003 offered the same film background . The scene concerned is about a fictitious agreement between Coca-Cola and the GDR .
See also
Web links
- Many detailed photos on "Monument of the Month June 2012" (PDF; 2.4 MB)
- The Lichterfelder Coca-Cola story. In: Community letter of the parish Petrus-Giesensdorf , 1/2011
- Former Coca-Cola headquarters on YouTube
- Coca-Cola headquarters in the movie "Good Bye, Lenin"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- ↑ Film locations on imdb.com
- ↑ Berlin production and sales location of Coca-Cola ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Living near the former Coca-Cola bottling factory ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Berliner Morgenpost from November 19, 2012
Coordinates: 52 ° 25 '9.2 " N , 13 ° 19' 5.8" E