In the northwest of Berlin you find Reinickendorf which is the twelfth borough of Berlin and the fifth biggest of the twelve. In the northwest of Reinickendorf you will find Heiligensee which is one the six villlages that were merged into Reinickendorf about a hundred years ago (Greater Berlin Act in 1920: the increase of population came with a rising demand for living space, so adjacent areas were incorporated).
The result is that we have six small village centres with a small church on a village green in each of them. I really should make that my next contribution but we still have so many rainy days that my photos keep on looking like these.
The village church probably dates back until the end of the 15th century. But as usual there must have been a wooden predecessor, in this case from at least (latest) 1308. The old Heiligensee centre with the church is located on a small strip between River Havel and the eponymous Lake Heiligensee (by the way the only lake in Berlin that is completely in private hands!).
I spend some of my weekends and holidays there at my boyfriend’s. Mostly Heiligensee is three degrees colder than the city centre but as a compensation it seems to have more sun. Rainclouds appear to come to a halt right over Tegel. Could this be linked to the airport? No one knows.
Days in Heiligensee consist of gardening, dreaming and philosophising, taking walks along the river but also a lot of hanging around in bed in a not quite perfect house (which of course has to come to an end with the beginning of spring).
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gruß, heike.
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