Jungfernheide, Collage, Klebeband auf Karton © Björn Paulissen

JUNGFERNHEIDE

On a search for the source
Arriving with the Ringbahn...your gaze wanders, searching. Where are the "Jungfern" (maiden), where is the "Heide" (moor)? The sparkly, colorfully dressed girls loitering in the station's tunnel have nothing to do with the name, and you don't even want to think about the boys hanging around, putting on their best masculine poses. Passengers hurry by; at the northern exit, a group is practicing what alcohol ... by Gernot Schaulinski

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Tips and Links for Jungfernheide
Taken literally the station's name implies young girls and wide-open nature but in fact refers to the nuns of an erstwhile cloister. But the area is still graced by green: from palace gardens and public parks to one of the city's largest garden colonies: Schlossgarten Charlottenburg | Kneipe Spree-Eck | Antiques Mile | Berliner Landgericht | Paul Herz Siedlung | Volkspark Jungfernheide | ...

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