Berlin – To celebrate the day there was cognac, wine and wild strawberries. In the former forester’s house on Liepnitzsee, the dishes were neatly served. “Eight men of music” were also present, as meticulously listed in squiggles on a handwritten invoice that has survived to this day. The rail line north of Berlin, which was shown to journalists during a press trip on June 13, 1901, developed splendidly from the start, even without such marketing. Now the Heidekrautbahn, which is equally important for day trippers from Berlin and commuters from Brandenburg, is 120 years old. That is celebrated – among other things with special trips.
Heidekrautbahn: That sounds provincial. Sure, the forest and lake-rich Schorfheide around Groß Schönebeck, one of the two terminus in the north, is one of your destinations. But the route that begins today in Karow also opens up places such as Wandlitz, Klosterfelde, Basdorf, Schönwalde and Zühlsdorf, says Reinhard Arf. “It is an important route with a large catchment area” – which deserves more attention from politicians, as the 69-year-old lawyer from Berlin says.
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