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Youth Traffic School Köpenick

In order for children to learn how to travel safely on their bicycles, traffic education is now an integral part of the primary school curriculum. The bicycle test is completed in 4th class. The Youth Traffic School (JVS) in Wuhlheide offers an opportunity to prepare for the practical part of this examination. Teachers, the Road Safety Team of Sections 65 and 66 of the Berlin Police and the JVS team work hand in hand. The offer is aimed primarily at school classes in year 4, who can prepare for the practical cycling test here under expert guidance.

For children from 4 years of age, the Youth Traffic School offers the courses “It´s busy on the road” and “Safety through visibility”. Over 60´s can be accommodated in the grounds of the Youth Traffic School under the slogan “Fit for pedelec 25?” Get to know the e-bike. There will also be open driving for all age groups on predetermined dates. In addition, regular training courses by the cooperation partner ADAC are on the program.

In addition to “classic” bicycles, the well-equipped fleet of vehicles of the Youth Traffic School has scooters, rollers and special bikes, go-karts and e-bikes (Pedelec 25).

HISTORY

As an extracurricular learning and experience space of the Treptow-Köpenick Youth Traffic School, the Youth Traffic School in Wuhlheide is an experience and a mobility education institution for children and adults. After a few years in private hands, it is now under the authority of the District Office of Treptow-Köpenick, Department of Continuing Education, School, Culture and Sport (School and Sports Office).

FEZ-Berlin

The FEZ is Europe’s largest non-profit children’s, youth and family centre. Covering more than 175,000 square meters of outdoor space and 13,000 square meters of indoor space, it presents a wide range of cultural offerings and open spaces that promise adventure, experience-oriented learning and fun. With its unique facilities and countless activities, it attracts around 800,000 visitors a year.

Even those who think they know the FEZ can discover it again and again. Under its roof, it combines the Astrid Lindgren Stage, the fascinating Orbital Space Centre, the multi-award-winning Alice Museum for Children, the Berlin Music Academy with recording studio and three concert halls, the fezino cinema and a swimming pool with a 50 m pool. In the outdoor area there are several playgrounds, the Eco Island with eco-garden and mini-rainforest as well as a bathing lake with sandy beach. With family events over 50 weekends, Berlin’s best holiday programme and educational opportunities for school classes, in which topics such as sustainability, technical understanding or domestic violence are addressed, the FEZ invites you to meet and exchange, play, experience and discover all year round.

With seven offers for children’s birthdays, the FEZ also ensures that these days are special for the birthday child and its guests. Companies, organisations and associations can use the excellent infrastructure of FEZ Berlin for congresses, receptions and other events.

Obviously, the many activities in the FEZ can make you hungry and thirsty. In the Rooftop Restaurant, the “canteen” of the FEZ, visitors can expect a daily changing lunch menu. The ground floor café Alfon’s Gastronomy and the Bistro on the 2nd floor serve delicious snacks, coffee and cake.

EVENTS

The FEZ programme can be found on the homepage Homepage of the Children’s, Youth and Family Centre.

HISTORY

The roots of the FEZ go back to the GDR period. The swimming pool in FEZ Berlin was opened on 3 October 1979. It has been part of the concept of the house since its inception. It was constructed in three years on the site of the former forester´s house and for the next 10 years formed the focal point of the Pioneer Park that had existed in the Wuhlheide since 1950. Even then, it was above all a place for recreational activities, but also for political education.

After reunification, the Pioneer Palace was transferred to the hands of the Ministry of Youth and Education of the Federal Republic of Germany. After a temporary period of closure, which served for reorientation, the house was reopened in 1991 as FEZ Berlin. Since 1995, the Management has been in the hands of KJfz-L-gBmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the state of Berlin, consisting of FEZ Berlin and Berlin Music Academy.

Park Railway Wuhlheide

Not only children’s eyes shine when the small trains chug through the Wuhlheide – on special days they are even pulled by rustic steam locomotives. The Park Railway Wuhlheide is a real railway that is operated by children from 9 years of age and young people under the guidance of volunteer adults. They take on many important tasks and functions, from conductors to local supervisors and train drivers to traffic controllers. In a training programme, children can acquire new qualifications as they get older. As a result, the Park Railway is not only a fantastic offer in the sense of technical leisure education, but also a measure of vocational training. For day care centres and schools, the Park Railway offers a practical opportunity to explain theoretically acquired knowledge with age-appropriate project instruction.

In addition to the “usual” approximate half-hour tours through the Wuhlheide, at weekends and during the school holidays, the Park Railway organises special themed tours all year round. These mirror festivals such as Easter or Christmas, commemorative days such as Children’s Day or seasonal events such as the first day of school. Depending on the occasion, the rides are combined with highlights such as the appearance of a Santa Claus, Nikolaus, an Easter egg hunt or a delicious snack. Visitors can experience the park at these events at different times of the year as well as during the day and sometimes even at night.

In addition, the Park Railway offers many possibilities to arrange unforgettable private celebrations or corporate events. For example, visitors can book special trips with catering or rent premises and historic trains.

EVENTS

With a colourful calendar of events, the Wuhlheide Park Railway attracts visitors to the park all year round – even during the off-season. There are winter rides in February, travel days for families and children’s groups at Easter and Children’s Day, sugar cone rides in August, special steam locomotive rides, Halloween rides or Santa Claus rides in December. A look at the event calendar of the Park Railway is always worthwhile. The event dates can be found on the website of the Park Railway.

HISTORY

The Wuhlheide Park Railway was originally one of 11 Pioneer railways in the GDR. It was opened on 10 June 1956 after only six months of construction with a length of 6.9 km. Like all Pioneer railways, it was initially a municipal institution. In 1978, it was the only one to be taken over by the management of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR), which used it primarily for training purposes. It was therefore important to have a modern railway, which meant that historical rolling stock was not preserved. It was not until the second half of the 1980s that a rethink began.

With the construction of the Pioneer Palace (now FEZ) in 1979, the line south of the Bathing Lake had to be relocated and the former “Badesee” station abandoned. In the course of this, a new station called the Pioneer Palace (today’s “Eichgestell”) was built. After reunification, the Pioneer railway was renamed the Berlin Park Railway, but remained in the hands of the DR. When the end of the sponsorship was announced in 1991, the Wuhlheide Park Railway was more or less on the verge of extinction. This prompted the people of Berlin and Brandenburg to come forward. Several supporting organisations were established, and it was also decided to connect the Park Railway to Wuhlheide S-Bahn station. After several extensions of its sponsorship, the DR finally handed over the Berlin Park Railway to the newly founded BPE Berlin Park Railway (BPE Berliner Parkeisenbahn Gesellschaft mbH) in 1993. The shareholders were several railway associations and private individuals. Shortly afterwards, the new line, which is 0.6 km long and financed by the Berlin Senate, was opened from Badesee station to Wuhlheide S-Bahn station. The following years were good years: the fleet grew steadily, the depot was given a new workshop hall and a so-called self-adjusting operation was set up in the Badesee signal box.

In 2006, in the 50th year of its existence, the Berlin Park Railway was renamed Park Railway Wuhlheide (“Parkeisenbahn Wuhlheide”). In 2010, the discovery of several cases of sexual abuse shook the image of the Park Railway. The persons concerned were immediately suspended from duty and dismissed. In order to come to terms with the events and to reorient the Park Railway, a round table was set up at the Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Science, which initiated a variety of preventative measures and a new educational concept.

Thanks to several sponsors and the tireless efforts of the volunteers, the Park Railway Wuhlheide is still an important crowd-puller in Wuhlheide. In 2018, it carried 70,000 passengers.

Parkbühne Wuhlheide

Germany’s second largest open-air stage is idyllically located in the heart of Wuhlheide. Every year the stage, which is a listed building in the form of an amphitheatre, is known far beyond Berlin and offers outstanding concert events with national and international stars. In 2008, the stage was awarded the “Live Entertainment Award” as “Location of the Year”.

The concert programme at the Parkbühne Wuhlheide has long been one of the highlights of Berlin’s cultural spectrum. From the Ärtzten and Seeed to Robbie Williams and Bruce Springsteen, from opera to hard rock, from free family concerts to large television recordings, breathtaking open-air concerts are offered here several times a year.

EVENTS

The current programme can be found on the website of the Parkbühne Wuhlheide www.wuhlheide.de.

HISTORY

The park stage was built on the occasion of the “3rd World Youth Festival” in summer 1951. On the walls of rubble, rows of seats for about 20,000 visitors were arranged in terraced oval form on the inside. Large open staircases led from the outside to the upper ring of the rampart and to the seats. In the following years, many cultural and political events took place here.

In 1996/1997, the venue was thoroughly renovated and modernized. The stage area with a playing surface of 22.5 x 16 m received a permanent tent roof on a steel construction, on which up to 16 tons of additional load for light and sound can be suspended. All functional and secondary rooms as well as the infrastructure were also completely rebuilt. The stage can now accommodate up to 17,000 spectators.

The reopening as “Parkbühne Wuhlheide” took place in June 1996 with a concert by the Brandenburg Philharmonic Potsdam. At the beginning of 2003, the open-air stage was renamed “Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide”. Since 2018, it has been called Parkbühne Wuhlheide again.

Model Park Berlin-Brandenburg

The Model Park presents over 80 models of sights in Berlin and Brandenburg on a scale of 1:25. The Berlin-Brandenburg Model Park presents visitors with more than 80 mock-ups of outstanding sights in Berlin and Brandenburg. Each individual mock-up was painstakingly crafted in 1:25 scale from countless individual parts to the original and recreated down to the last detail. The miniatures are embedded in a 3.5 hectares area that reflects the characteristics of the regional landscape.

During a tour, completely new, surprising perspectives can open up for visitors: you can see the dome of the Reichstag from above, discover Museum Island at a glance or grasp the dimensions of the Spandau Citadel. In this way, locals and tourists get to know the Berlin-Brandenburg region in a whole new and exciting way. The overall view of the architectural highlights also gives young and old a comprehensive overview of the history of the development of the two federal states.

Visitors can explore the Model Park on their own. For school classes, it is possible to book guided tours when registered. If you are looking for an original setting for an upcoming celebration or the next company event, the Model Park is also the right place. The Model Park team will be happy to put together an individual package for you. In addition to admission, the offer could include a barbecue or cake buffet, a drinks package or many other leisure activities. Just call and get advice.

EVENTS

Every year, the Model Park offers a children’s holiday programme in summer. From Monday to Friday, various events are available between 10.00 and 15.00, from craft activities to the Kids4Photo workshop for children and young people.

HISTORY

The Model Park Berlin-Brandenburg was built on the site of the former Ernst-Thälmann stadium, which was opened on 04.08.1951 on the occasion of the 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin. In GDR times a lively public sports facility, the stadium was not used sufficiently after the turn of the century. Over and over, wild boars damaged areas and fences. In 2004, the District decided not to invest any further in repairs and to use the area to build a model park.

The idea for this extraordinary project came from the independent agency BUS (education, retraining, social affairs) GmbH (BUS (Bildung, Umschulung, Soziales) gGmbH), which had developed it at the initiative of the employment agency Mitte (Arbeitsamt). An important motivation was to enable long-term unemployed people to work. The project started in 2000 with 36 employees in the model building workshop in Brunnenstraße (Mitte) with the construction of the first model – the “AEG Official Gate”. In order to be able to open the Model Park as soon as possible, further model-making workshops were built in other Berlin districts in the following years. These too were supported by the respective responsible Job Centres. In Spring of 2007, the Model Park Berlin-Brandenburg was able to open its doors to visitors at its current location with 45 architectural mock-ups.

Today, the models of the historic buildings are manufactured in a model-making workshop located in the grounds of the park. The in-house production covers all steps – from the creation of technical drawings to the production of components to the painting and design of the finished mock-ups. On request, the model-making workshop is also happy to produce models for external customers.

Waldkita Wuhlmäuse

In the Waldkita Wuhlmäuse, children from the age of 2 years are cared for until school enrolment. The pedagogical orientation of the Waldkita corresponds to the concept of forest pedagogy, which provides, among other things, for the care of children with and without disabilities. Details of the concept can be found on the website www.wakib.de.

Events

The Waldkita Wuhlmäuse regularly organises festivals, celebrations and projects throughout the year.

History

Waldkita Wuhlmäuse is a privately established day care centre, which has had its permanent place in the Wuhlheide since 20xx.

Eco Island of FEZ-Berlin

The Eco Island is a green oasis of learning and experience where school classes and families can connect with nature up close. Observing, learning, testing experimental working methods and feeling at home in nature – all this is possible at the same time on the Eco Island. It consists of three areas: the eco-garden, the greenhouse and the bee farm. All three form the stage for a variety of educational and experience-oriented offers, which convey age-appropriate and vivid scientific knowledge within the framework of project days. An overview of the current educational offers can be found here.

In the eco-garden, visitors will find suggestions for mixed beds, a spice and medicinal herb kingdom, a large fragrance and touch bed as well as a high bed. In addition, there is a garden pond, a clay oven as well as a clay pavilion, an insect hotel, a roof greening model, etc. With the use of renewable energy sources for electricity generation by means of photovoltaics, wind generators and hot water treatment by flat-plate solar panels, the eco-garden house offers suggestions for promoting environmentally conscious action. The tropical greenhouse includes a succulents house, a mini rainforest with pond and a multifunctional work space. Since 2013, the Eco Island has also operated a show facility for aquaponics which, with its combination of fish farming and plant breeding, shows a good example of sustainable management.

Visitors to the bee farm, which invites guests to observe bees with display cases and educational boards, will obtain an insight into the world of the beekeeper. They can observe the bustle of the bees through viewing windows and, equipped with hat and veil, watch as the bees build their honeycombs in the tree cavity. A special highlight every year is the opportunity to participate in the honey harvest and taste the new honey. Also popular is the demonstration of beeswax extraction from old honeycombs. In addition, under guidance visitors can independently produce candles and figures from beeswax.

Children’s birthday parties can also be celebrated on the Eco Island. There are two different offers that you can book by calling +49 30-53071-333.

Events

Project days and weeks regularly take place on the Eco Island – extracurricular educational courses, which are developed in cooperation with other areas of the FEZ Berlin and a network of partners.

At the weekends and in the summer holidays, families can do a lot of interesting things in the eco-garden. The standard offer includes a plant bazaar, the potting of young plants and a nature quiz. In addition, there are changing activities such as near-natural gardening, making herbs durable, baking in a clay oven, tasting honey, felting, geocaching and much more.

On Saturdays, the Eco Island beekeeper is on site at the bee farm from 13.00 to 17.00 and makes himself available to interested visitors.

History

The greenhouse and part of today’s eco-garden were opened 40 years ago together with the Pioneer Palace and belonged to the Department of Natural Sciences. In the morning there were activities for registered classes and groups, in the afternoon various working groups and courses for day care groups. Approximately 10 weekends a year, the greenhouse opened its doors to families.

In 1991, the garden area was expanded and a new concept for nature-oriented gardening with an eco-garden house and various biotopes was implemented. The so-called “Bee Farm”, consisting of two small garden sheds and a covered apiary at the edge of a large flower meadow, has been around for 25 years.

Nature and Environment House

The Nature and Environment House (HNU), which is open all year round, enables city children to meet nature. During the school year on weekdays, school classes as well as daycare groups can carry out excursions or project days. Supervised by trained educators, age-appropriate environmental education activities are offered, which are suitable as a complement to biology, social studies and project lessons. In addition, the Nature and the Environment House serves as an integration project for the meeting of disabled and non-disabled people. On weekends and holidays, the extensive complex is available to families with children for a sustainable nature experience.

The 17,000 sqm outdoor area is designed as a spacious garden with ponds, outdoor terrarium, animal enclosures, petting zoo and horse paddock including riding area. A total of 300 animals can be observed here. In the house itself there is a natural history exhibition on the topics “Forest” and “Wonder World Soil”, as well as terrariums, aquariums and aviaries, cabinets for experimentation and microscopy as well as an extensive collection of insects and specimens.

In addition, the HNU offers children the opportunity to celebrate a great birthday party with their friends on the premises, with crafts, pony rides and animal tours on the program. The birthday child can look forward to a colourful birthday table with lots of treats.

“Delicious” (“Lecker”) is also the motto of the Waldcafé in the HNU. Here, visitors can take a break and enjoy homemade hot and cold dishes. A chat on the terrace with coffee and cakes from the USE Patisserie is particularly popular.

Events

During the school year, educational events and working groups for pupils take place. There are also regular events such as the monthly Theme Sunday/Action X, which are adapted to the seasons and which also give adults a deeper insight into the mysteries of nature.

The Nature and Environment House regularly invites you to a craft workshop: try out printing techniques, make owls out of egg cartons or produce forest animals from natural materials – the offers are varied.

All events and dates can be found on the HNU website.

History

Since 1955, the Nature and Environment House has been providing children and young people with insights into the mysteries of nature – at that time as the Department of Natural Sciences of the Pioneer Park. as the Department In the Department of Natural Sciences there were the sections for hunting and forestry, small animal species as well as nature and environmental protection. Children could spend their free time in the working groups of young foresters, young biologists, young agrarians, young entomologists, young keepers, young gardeners and young terrarium keepers. Pony rides, handicrafts with natural materials and experimentation were also on the agenda at that time.

Behind the Department of Natural Sciences, a bear kennel was built in 1956, in which Bubi and Puppi, two bears from the Köllnische Park, and the Altai bear Iwo lived. Later, six raccoons were housed here.

In 2005 the USE GmbH took over the facility as a youth education workshop. With its programme, the USE aims to actively contribute to the conservation of our natural environment.

TC Blaugold Wuhlheide Tennis Club

At TC Blau-Gold Wuhlheide e.V. children, teenagers and adults can play tennis on four clay courts. The season runs from April to October. During this period, training sessions, point games and tournaments take place, for which long-term places are reserved. So that you are not disappointed, it is worth taking a look at the court reservations table, which is published on the Club´s website.

There are various different membership conditions available. For example, you can play until 02.00 Monday to Friday without full membership being required. Non-members are always welcome to view the Club facility. You can also take advantage of a time-limited free training offer.

After the training, the clubhouse with a barbecue area offers the opportunity to relax and chat with other players.

Events

You can find out about non-athletic events such as membership and parent meetings, work parties, and season opening ceremonies in the calendar of events posted on the club’s website.

SV Askania Coepenick 1913

At Askania Coepenick everything revolves around football, although the non-profit sports club is in principle open to other sports. It currently has 310 members who are active in training and playing. The possibility to train and play is open to children from the age of four and extends to the senior sector, which appeals to members over the age of 40. Although the youth section is the most popular, there are also men’s, women’s and Seniors teams in the club. The highlights of club life are the competitions in the league system of the Berlin Football Association (Berliner Fußballverband), in which Askania Coepenick participates with 16 teams. They are broken down into Juniors (m/f/d) U7 to U19, Seniors from U18 and Seniors Women from U16.

In the junior teams of Askania, all sports-enthusiastic children and young people from the age of 7 can participate, if they are interested in football, have a physical coordination ability according to their age and have the necessary understanding to learn the sport. The coaches decide whether these skills are sufficient in the context of team strength after a four-week, free trial membership.

The trainers and coaches of the club are very committed to the cause. In addition to regular training camps, they also organise extra-sports activities that are fun and strengthen the sense of belonging for the children and young people. These can be shared cinema experiences or visits to the children’s favourite TV shows. The young footballers are particularly thrilled when they get the opportunity to play with the 1. FC Union Berlin on the pitch.

It is easy to become a member. You can contact the trainers directly on the homepage or declare your wish to register here. In the second case, the athletic management of the club will contact you and connect you or your child with the right coach, who will discuss all other details with you.

Events

Celebrating together is a tradition at SV Askania Coepenick. Every year, the club organises a celebration at the opening of the season and a summer festival. Between these two festivities the Pentecost tournament takes place. All club members as well as the guest teams can participate in the sporting part of the events. In addition, a Football Plus offer with bouncy castle, tombola, karting, treats from the barbeque and drinks awaits you, which is also open to all visitors to the park.

In winter, various indoor tournaments take place.

History

The SV Askania Coepenick 1913 was founded on July 1, 2012. As the year “1913” suggests, it can look back on a long history. It owes this to the merger of two predecessor clubs – FC Karlshorst 95 and SG Oberspree 1913.

The SG Oberspree, was founded in 1913 which is already reflected in the name, was a Köpenicker club. After the Second World War, it was renamed Oberspree and then BSG Oberspree. After German reunification, it reverted back to its traditional name. The club never got beyond the District League, but at the Spartakiade in 1972 the then A-Youth team created a sensation: they played themselves up to 1st place and even left the 1st FC Union behind. Ronny Teuber, who then played for Union and subsequently played countless East German Major League games and international matches, was in goal.

The roots of FC Karlshorst, founded in 1995, lie in Lichtenberg. During the merger talks between the two clubs, of course the question of a new name was raised. Since the venue in the Wuhlheide belongs to Köpenick, the first name component was found quickly. The old spelling Coepenick is a reference to the long tradition of the SG Oberspree 1913. In order to stand out from other Köpenick clubs, they looked for an addition to their name and found it in history.

The area of today’s Köpenick was settled by Slavs from the 8th century to the middle of the 12th century. The Askanians, a German noble family, played a large role in the German settlement of the Slavic territory under Albrecht the Bear and founded the Mark Brandenburg. The decisive battle took place in 1157. Coincidentally, this number was once the postcode of Karlshorst. The name Askania Coepenick was invented in 1913 – a cross-section of the history of SG Oberspree and the local tradition of FC Karlshorst.