A golden herbal liqueur

 

 The name of this herbal liqueur is "Danziger Goldwasser". It has been produced since 1598 in the free city of Danzig. It is a strong root and herbal liqueur with 40% ABV. There are small flakes of 22 karat gold in it. 

In 1598 the mystic of alchemy was at its height and gold was believed to have many desirable medical properties at that time. So they thought that the gold would make the effect of the herbs and roots much stronger.

In 1922 an second factory was opened in Berlin. After 1945, when Danzig became part of Poland (Gdansk) only the Berlin factory was allowed to produce genuine Danziger Goldwasser, because only in Berlin the original ricipe is used.

Berlin, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche

You will find the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche at the Breitscheid square. The church was opened 1895 and completly destroyed in 1945. The new church was completed in 1963.

The nickname of the church by Berliners is "Broken Tooth with Lipstick and Powder box"  

Berlin, Breitscheidplatz

The "Breitscheidplatz" is the most importent place in the former West-Berlin.

World Fountain

Europa Center

Clock of Flowing Time

New mosque in Germany

In Germany there are about 4,3 million muslims living about 5% of the total population. 63 % of the muslims in Germany come from the Turkey. And so you can find mosque in Germany too. Sometimes it is not so easy to get the permission for a new mosque and it will take some time but here I show to you three new mosque in cities with different population. And more new mosque are planned. This is only a sign, that there are some changes in living together in the last years.

new Mosque in Duisburg

new Mosque in Berlin

new Mosque in Luenen

Berlin, Reichstag building

The Reichstag building was opend in 1894 as the first parliament of the German Empire. In 1933 it was destroyed by a fire. The reconstruction started in 1995 and was completed in 1999. Since April 1999 the Reichstag is seat of the German Bundestag. You can visit this building and walk to the top of the glass dome. From the dome you have a 360 degree view of the cityscape of Berlin.

Giant Panda in Berlin Zoo

The original Elephant Gate built in 1899 was completely destroyed in the last war and reconstructed in 1984.

The most popular resident of the Berlin Zoo is the Giant Panda BaoBao born in 1978 anf in Berlin Zoo since 1980