| Wedding and Gesundbrunnen (Berlin) | |
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Location  | |
| State | Germany |
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| Region | East Germany |
Wedding and Gesundbrunnen are two districts of the central district of Berlin.
To know
In the mid-eighteenth century Gesundbrunnen was transformed into a popular spa thanks to springs that emerged in Mount Humbdolt while in Wedding games of chance and prostitution spread. In 1864 a drug production unit was set up in Wedding which remained the property of Bayer until 2006. In 1904 the Rotaprint printing house employed more than 1,000 people. Wedding developed into a proletarian suburb known at the time of the Weimar Republic as Red Wedding.
Gesundbrunnen followed a similar fate due to the constant exodus from the surrounding countryside of job seekers. Huge condominiums were built in which workers lived in inhumane conditions.
The Gartenstadt_Atlantic is a residential complex of 50 houses one of the best examples of modernism. It was built in the 1920s to a design by the architect Rudolf Fränkel in the immediate vicinity of the Berlin Gesundbrunnen station (Behm corner Bellermannstraße) by the publisher Karl Wolffsohn.
Starting from 1920 the inhabitants of the two districts clashed several times with the militants of National Socialism.
After World War II, Wedding and Gesundbrunnen were assigned to the French sector. The wall that separated them from East Berlin ran through Bernauer Straße. The erection of the wall led to a degradation of the neighborhoods. Its inhabitants moved to the western districts and they were replaced by immigrants from Turkey and the Middle East. Still the population of Wedding is made up of a good 30% of immigrants. It remained a poor neighborhood. The fall of the wall did not lead to an economic boom that characterized the adjacent Prenzlauer Berg district. Its tourist interest is also limited. The crime has spread to the point that DHL stopped delivering to the area in 2016.
How to orient yourself
How to get
How to get around
What see
- 1 Berlin Wall Memorial (Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer), Bernauer Straße 111 (Bernauer Straße stations
and Nordbahnhof 
), ☎ 49 30 467 986 666. 
Tue-Sun 10 am-6pm. 
- 2 Volkspark Humboldthain (Gesundbrunnen stations and Humboldthain ). Rather large and close to the station, the park has a height of 84 m crowned by anti-aircraft defense towers (Flackturm) which today constitute a panoramic point over the center and the northern suburbs of Berlin.
and Nordbahnhof 
), ☎
Tue-Sun 10 am-6pm.
What to do
- 1 Plötzen lake (Plötzensee). Lake with artificial beach and establishment with cabins and rental of deck chairs and umbrellas.
Shopping
- 1 Aroma, Badstraße 48, Wedding (Subway station Pankstrasse, line № ), ☎ 49 176 70117817 (mobile), @[email protected]. Mon-Fri 11: 00-18: 00. Perfumery shop with copies of the great French perfume brands and also perfumes based on oil instead of alcohol.
How to have fun
- 1 Humboldthain Club, Hochstraße 46, ☎ 49 30 46905365. Tue 20: 00-04: 00, Fri-Sat 24: 00-10: 00.
- 2 Anita Berber, Pankstrasse 17, ☎ 49 176 61817262.
Where to eat
Moderate prices
- 1 Curry Baude, Badstr. 1-5, ☎ 49 30 4941414. Mon-Fri 06: 00-24: 00, Sat 09: 00.24: 00, Sun 09: 00-20: 00.
- 2 Hakiki, Tromsöer Str. 3 (Osloer Straße station). Kebab.
- 3 Ya Hala Chicken, Pankstrasse 51, ☎ 49 30 46067274.
- 4 Kiliçoglu Baklavaci, Luxemburger Str. 6. Pastry shop with Turkish sweets.
Average prices
- 5 Shalimar Restaurant, Bellermannstraße 17 A, ☎ 49 30 4944028. Mon-Sun 12: 00-23: 00. Renowned Pakistani cuisine restaurant.
- 6 Volta Restaurant, Brunnenstraße 73, ☎ 49 176 77556422.
High prices
- 7 Hackethal`s Gaststätte, ☎ 49 30 28387765.
Where stay
Moderate prices
- 1 [link not working]Amadeus Hostel Berlin, Brunnen Straße 70-71 (Voltastraße station on ). The Amadeus is considered a very cheap hostel. It was once renowned but today does not hold up well against the competition.
- 2 Smarthostel Berlin, Genter Straße 53 a / b (
Leopoldplatz), ☎ 49 30 45486454, fax: 49 30 45486500, @[email protected]. - 3 Steps Hotel, Liebenwalder Str. 22, ☎ 49 30 4579840.
Leopoldplatz), ☎