baerensiegel | Short Trips and Lost Places

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How many times did I pass this building in my life? Honestly it may be more than a thousand times. It’s right next to the main street towards the airport, the Autobahn, a friend of mine, my university and an industrial area. In December 2013 there were some buildings in front, but they’ve already been removed.
The complex of two buildings was built in 1904 and the C.A.F Kahlbaum Spritfabrik GmbH (Carl August Friedrich Kahlbaum Spirit [alcohol] Ltd). Since 1920 the factory was leased to the state. In the First World War the German state had a monopole on producing spirit, because the earnings were needed for the war. After 1945 spirituous beverages were produced at this location by VEB Spiritus Adlershof (Berlin Beverage industry). Till 1960 the alcohol of distilleries in the vicinity was delivered by train, but was changed to trucks afterwards. The factory was very productive. It exported its best spirit (Primasprit for food and pharmaceutical industry) to West Germany.

: View from the main street (Adlersgestell)

: Was Jesus here?

: Construction’s going on

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These posts will show pictures of my Urban Exploration of lost places.
These are buildings that are usually abandoned once were cinemas, cultural centres or industrial complexes.

I used to live in a part of Berlin, where there are and have been many abandoned industrial and cultural buildings.

Many interesting buildings are already wrecked, like the old buildings of the East German TV Broadcast, a swimming pool, a cultural centre or a cinema. They ground was needed for new TV buildings, a university and supermarkets.

1. Tuchfabrik A&A Lehmann / VEB BMHW #Dec ’13	2. Chemical cleaning factory W. Spindler / VEB Rewatex #Dec ’13	3. Abandoned railway area I #Dec ’13
4. Bärenquell Brauerei #Dec ’13	5. VEB Kühlautomat Berlin #Dec ’13	6. Chemiewerk Rüdersdorf #Jan ’14
7. Spreepark Berlin – amusement park #May ’14	8. Russia I – Plane cemetery, telescope, bucket-wheel excavator #Aug ’12	9. VEB Bärensiegel Adlershof #Jun ’14
10. Chernobyl / Prypiat #Jul ’12		12. VEB Fotochemie #Jan ’16