Islander (mountain)

islander
	Aerial view
height	78 m
location	Berlin ( Germany )
Coordinates	52 ° 27 '27 " N , 13 ° 21' 4" E Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '27 " N , 13 ° 21' 4" E
Type	Mountain of rubble

The Insulaner is a mountain of rubble in the Schöneberg district of Berlin on the border with the Steglitz district . The 78 meter high mountain is the oldest mountain of rubble in Berlin. It is located between Prellerweg , Sembritzkistraße and Munsterdamm near the Priesterweg S-Bahn station .

Emergence

The islander was created in 1946–1951 from around 1.8 million cubic meters of rubble from the city that was destroyed in World War II. For the deposition of the rubble, an area was determined on the edge of the Rauhen Berge , which was marked by gravel construction and consisted of a sand area with adjoining allotment gardens . To transport the rubble there, a provisional route for a wagon train was set up from the Bavarian Quarter in Schöneberg .

The rubble was not heaped evenly - for example in a pyramidal or conical shape - to form a dump, rather an asymmetrical hill with two knolls and slopes of varying degrees of steepness and flat was created. Then they covered the ruins with an approximately one meter thick clay - and humus layer and finally planted willows , poplars and hornbeam .

Surname

The name of the rubble mountain was determined through an ideas competition in which 180 Schöneberg school classes took part. Two school classes came up with the name and won 100 marks in this competition. The proposed name was based on the then popular cabaret Die Insulaner on the radio station RIAS . On August 11, 1951, the islander officially received his name. The Berlin vernacular had already given the mountain the name Mont Klamott .

particularities

Since the area around the islander was less densely populated when it was built, it was decided in the early 1960s to build the Wilhelm Foerster observatory on the summit plateau in order to avoid light pollution . A weather station is located on the platform of the observatory opened in 1963 . In 1965 the planetarium was added at the Insulaner at the foot of the mountain. The observatory and planetarium are protected as architectural monuments.

View from the Insulaner to the northwest with the corner of Grazer Damm / Prellerweg, around 1950
Memorial plaque on the Insulaner for Günter Neumann , founder of the cabaret
Die Insulaner
Memorial plaque on the islanders for the creation 1946–1951
Path on the slope of the islander

In addition to the astronomical observations from the observatory , the Schöneberg Town Hall , the Europa Center , the Steglitz roundabout and the Lichterfelde power station can be seen from the summit of the Insulaner when the view is clear .

In addition to the observatory and the planetarium, the Insulaner has a toboggan run and a mini golf course , and the Am Insulaner summer pool is located in the immediate vicinity in the Steglitz area .

Today the rubble mountain is covered with diverse and lush vegetation , so that it is hardly noticeable that this hill is of artificial origin.

The Insulaner also gives its name to the nearby elementary school on the Insulaner .

literature

Islanders . In: Sabine Huth, Cordula Rinsche: Palaces, Parks & Gardens . 3. Edition. FAB Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-927551-40-6 , pp. 131-132.

Web links

Commons : Insulaner (Berg) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Sigrid Wiegand: The islander is built on sand. In: Neighborhood Home Schöneberg e. V. (Ed.): District newspaper , issue No. 19, March 2005, p. 7 ( PDF ). Retrieved May 14, 2019.
↑ Islanders . In: Sabine Huth, Cordula Rinsche: Palaces, Parks & Gardens . 3. Edition. FAB Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-927551-40-6 , pp. 131-132, here p. 131.
↑ ^a ^b Michael Lorenz: The islander turns 50 . In: Rainer Peterburs (Ed.): Yearbook 2001 for Steglitz . Verlag Presse Peterburs, Berlin 2001 (with the collaboration of the historical Lankwitz working group, Steglitz district office of Berlin (press office), Steglitz local history association).
↑ ^a ^b Birgitt Eltzel: A hymn for Mont Klamott . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 20, 2004, accessed on February 26, 2013.

[1] Sigrid Wiegand: The islander is built on sand. In: Neighborhood Home Schöneberg e. V. (Ed.): District newspaper , issue No. 19, March 2005, p. 7 ( PDF ). Retrieved May 14, 2019.

[2] Islanders . In: Sabine Huth, Cordula Rinsche: Palaces, Parks & Gardens . 3. Edition. FAB Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-927551-40-6 , pp. 131-132, here p. 131.

[Jahrbuch-3] Michael Lorenz: The islander turns 50 . In: Rainer Peterburs (Ed.): Yearbook 2001 for Steglitz . Verlag Presse Peterburs, Berlin 2001 (with the collaboration of the historical Lankwitz working group, Steglitz district office of Berlin (press office), Steglitz local history association).

[hymne-4] Birgitt Eltzel: A hymn for Mont Klamott . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 20, 2004, accessed on February 26, 2013.