Humboldt Island
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| Waters | Tegeler Fließ on Lake Tegel | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 35 '28 " N , 13 ° 16' 29" E | |
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| length | 616 m | |
| width | 58 m | |
| surface | 1.69 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Humboldt Island , named in honor of Alexander von Humboldt , is a narrow and elongated island in the Tegeler Hafen in the north of the Tegeler See in the Berlin district of Reinickendorf . It lies between the Tegeler Fließ , the main tributary of the Tegeler See, and the Tegeler Hafen. The island is 616 meters long and a maximum of 58 meters in the northeast, but only 17 meters wide over long stretches. It extends to the Tegeler Hafenbrücke in the southeast. The access there via a spiral staircase in one of the bridge pavilions is closed to the public. Other entrances are the Gabrielensteg in the northwest and the Mühlensteg in the northeast.
A second island in the Tegeler Hafen is the Tegeler Insel , only 50 meters away , which incorrectly bears the name of the Humboldt Island on some unofficial maps. Seven city villas with 49 condominiums have been built there since May 2013. Both island projects are part of the district development plan for the area around the Tegeler Hafen, which also includes the Seegalerie building project on Karolinenstrasse, which was completed at the beginning of 2014 .
history
The island was artificially created when the Tegel industrial port opened in 1908 at the beginning of the 20th century and was used by the Niederbarnimer Railway as part of the Tegel – Friedrichsfelde industrial railway to develop the port. The last relic of this era was an engine shed that was demolished in 2014.
Some employees of the Niederbarnimer Railway were given allotment gardens on the island and after the railway operations ceased, further allotments were created in the 1980s. In 2006 47 arbor owners who had to vacate their parcels tried in vain to acquire the island themselves.
In the following year, the Düsseldorf company Martrade Immobilien bought the property to invest in an extensive development project. After an approval phase lasting several years, including clarifications regarding water law, the groundbreaking took place in mid-June 2014. A total of 78 residential properties with five different house types are to be built, including four floating homes . The houses on the south shore of the island will have their own boat mooring. The project with an investment volume of around 40 million euros is due to be completed in the course of 2018.
literature
- Klaus Schlickeiser: Walks in Tegelort and Konradshöhe, around Lake Tegel and Tegel Airport . Osthavelland-Druck, Velten 2006, ISBN 3-927611-24-7 , p. 66.
Individual evidence
- ↑ for example Stadtplandienst.de
- ^ Tegel: District construction projects on the water . In: BZ April 2, 2014.
- ↑ Turntable Online Forums • 04 - Historic Railway • [B] Demolition of the Lokschuppen industrial railway Tegeler Hafen (mB). Retrieved March 9, 2017 .
- ^ Rainer W. During: Humboldtinsel: Floating apartments instead of allotment gardens . In: Der Tagesspiegel . November 2, 2010.
- ^ Christiane Flechtner: New home between the quay wall and Fliess . In: Berliner Morgenpost . June 13, 2014.
- ↑ 78 residential properties for the Humboldt Island in the Tegeler Hafen . In: Property Magazine. June 13, 2014.