THREE BUILDINGS – ONE TOUR
Beginning – Everyday life – Architecture
DUE TO CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATION WORK, THIS TOUR CANNOT BE BOOKED AT THIS TIME.
Themed tour on the layout, history and architecture of the Beelitz sanatoriums using the example of the three buildings of the first construction phase
DUE TO CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATION WORK, THIS TOUR CANNOT BE BOOKED AT THIS TIME.
Indoor – building tour – not barrier-free
During this informative 90-minute tour through the cook’s kitchen, the wash kitchen/laboratory and the women’s pavilion A4, you will gain an insight into interesting details about the architecture, technology and history of the Beelitz sanatoriums. – Based on the three buildings of the first construction phase, you will be introduced to individual, characteristic elements of the building design. You will gain an insight into the patients’ rooms, dining and bathing rooms, kitchen and other interesting rooms. Above all, however, you will hear interesting facts about everyday life in the sanatorium from the time of Kaiser Wilhelm to the present day.
This non-accessible tour takes you to numerous relics from the eventful German history of the past hundred years, which have been preserved here in Beelitz as if in a time capsule. Interesting facts from the different periods of use from the beginning of the 20th century, through the time as a Soviet military hospital, to the present day, are presented to you in an entertaining way.
Information about the everyday lives of the patients and how the sanatorium facilities functioned, as well as the reasons for their decay, are conveyed by the tour guide in an entertaining way using these impressive buildings as examples. The architecture of the buildings and their technology are explained in an understandable way using examples, and individual, exemplary elements of the surrounding historical garden design are also presented to you. Above all, however, you will discover exciting evidence of the past for yourself. Of course, you will have the opportunity to take photographs of the buildings, some of which have a morbid charm.
This 1.5-hour guided tour through various buildings in Quadrant A includes:
- Visit to the laboratory, cookery kitchen and the women’s pavilion A4
- Information on the sanatorium system in the imperial era
- architectural & technical information to understand the exemplary effect of the Beelitz sanatoriums
- Interesting background information from the everyday lives of patients and staff
- Price of the guided tour: € 15.00 per person*
*Participation in guided tours is only possible with an additional, valid admission ticket for the park grounds of BAUM & ZEIT with treetop path.
- Duration of the tour: 90 minutes
- The public tour starts at meeting point B.
- Please arrive at the respective meeting point approx. 10 minutes before the start of the guided tour. – If you arrive late at the meeting point for the guided tour, there is no entitlement to a refund or cancellation of the booked service.
- Wearing a safety helmet is mandatory throughout the building during the tour. – Safety helmets are provided free of charge.
- Maximum 30 participants. – Participation only possible from the age of 12. – The participation of Children & adolescents (from 12 years) are only permitted when accompanied by an adult.
- The tour is not barrier-free and there is no seating available during the tour
- Taking photos for private purposes is permitted. – Photo-shootings are not possible during the tour.
- Video recordings are only permitted with prior written consent.
- Dogs are not permitted in the park grounds, on the treetop path and during the guided tour.
- This tour can be booked for private groups via gruppen@baumundzeit.de.
- Private guided tours in English can be organized at short notice on request. – Other foreign languages on request.
DUE TO CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATION WORK, THIS GUIDE CANNOT BE BOOKED AT THIS TIME.
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DUE TO CONSTRUCTION & RENOVATION WORK, THIS GUIDE CANNOT BE BOOKED AT THIS TIME.
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How to find us
By car:
Address for navigation
Road to Fichtenwalde 13, 14547 Beelitz-Heilstätten
You can reach us via the A9 Berlin – Nürnberg departure 2 „Beelitz-Heilstätten“, or the Landesstraße 88. Parking lot 2 is open in winter.
By train:
You take the Regionalbahn Line 7 the route Berlin – Dessau, Get off at Beelitz – Heilstätten station and follow the signs for the Beelitz Heilstätten treetop walk (Baumkronenpfad). After a 5-minute walk you will reach the entrance at the “Pförtnerhaus” (gatehouse)