Energy Museum Berlin
The Energy Museum Berlin in the Teltowkanalstraße 9 of the Berlin district in Lankwitz shows in the former power plant Steglitz , the largest ever operated in Germany battery storage power station , historical equipment of energy production and application .
The museum has an extensive archive that is open to anyone interested. Information on the history and technology of the energy supply as well as on the exhibits and evidence of the museum is available in several databases .
exhibition
An insight into the following areas is provided on an exhibition area of around 1800 m²:
- Power plant technology
- power grid
- Public lighting , such as street lighting
- Protection technology, such as network protection
- measuring technology
- Occupational safety
- Application technology , such as radios
- Communication technology
history
museum
On May 10, 2001, the non-profit support group for the collection of historical plant parts and devices from the technology of the electricity and heat supply Berlin e. V. founded by employees and retirees of the former Bewag AG . This sponsoring association is open to anyone interested and operates the museum with the aim of presenting the multifaceted history of energy supply and electrical engineering, especially in Berlin, which was nicknamed the Electropolis at the beginning of the 20th century .
The Energie-Museum Berlin is run on a voluntary basis, so a visit to the museum is only possible by prior arrangement. Visitors can go exploring themselves using a guide or be guided by an expert. Admission and guided tours are free.
power plant
The community of Steglitz built according to the plans of Hans Heinrich Müller u. a. Between 1910 and 1911 it took eight months to build its own power plant on the Teltow Canal , which was inaugurated on March 15, 1911. The site was also the depot for the Steglitz tramway .
The former carriage hall, a steel frame construction , is no longer preserved, the workshop hall of the power plant is said to have originally been used by the tram depot. After Steglitz became a district of Berlin in 1920 as a result of the Greater Berlin Act , the depot came to the Berlin tram , which shut it down in 1929 and transferred the area including the power station to Bewag .
The Steglitz power plant was converted into a battery storage power plant in 1984. For the power grid operated as an island system in West Berlin at that time , this was required as a frequency control device and immediate reserve system. The system had a peak output of 17 MW, which could be delivered for 20 minutes after a full charge, and in the optimal case could store a total of 14.4 MWh of electrical energy. After the reunification of Germany , the power grids were connected , and at the end of 1994 the plant was shut down. Today it is a listed building . The Steglitz substation operated by Vattenfall is located next to the Berlin Energy Museum .
The building was built according to the plans of the architect Clemens Mletzko as a concrete-brick composite construction with a flat roof. It is three-story and has a basement. The building stands out due to its architectural design in the overall picture of the other buildings on the power plant site and forms a contrast to the old power plant and administration buildings of the architect Hans Heinrich Müller , whose facades are faced with dark brown Rathenow hand-painted bricks and decorated with red and white bricks.
Web links
- Website of the Berlin Energy Museum
- Memory of the Elektropolis Berlin at the museums' energy route
- Energy Museum Berlin at Museumsportal Berlin
- Energie-Museum Berlin on YouTube (video)
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information on the Steglitz power plant
Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 37 ″ N , 13 ° 19 ′ 48 ″ E