Project 23: Water-Realm SpreeMystic flowing labyrinth |
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The plan was to build a new information and visitor centre in the Spree Forest to attract visitors from outside the region. An exhibition entitled »Water-Realm Spree« will showcase the conditions along the Spree, focusing on the themes of natural space, the water balance and climate change. The visitor centre will help to connect the Spree Forest with the new Lusatian Lake Land and the federal capital Berlin – in conceptional and tourism terms. |
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INITIAL SITUATIONAbout halfway along its course – nearly 400 kilometres long from its source near the German-Czech border to where it ends in the Havilland – the Spree has an inland delta: the Spree Forest, with a dense structure of 300 channels that creates a 1,400-kilometer network of waterways. With its wealth of plant and animal species, the Spree Forest is one of the most beautiful and unique river landscapes in Europe. It is a habitat for several threatened species – otters, beavers, bats, black storks, cranes, and sea-eagles. All the Spree Forest’s species and ecosystems depend on its characteristic wet, river-meadow biotopes. In 1991, the area was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. |
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THE PROJECT’S PROGRESSIn 2006, the »Water-Realm« Spree became an IBA project, and was expanded to include a modern visitor and exhibition centre on the Lübbener Schlossinsel (Lübben castle island). This modern science centre, with its state-of-the-art equipment, numerous exhibits and interactive elements focuses on providing an experience for visitors and are a modern way of spreading knowledge, with the goal of uniting tourism and sustainable development. The idea is to add a world-class attraction to the decentralised information centres in Burg, Lübbenau and Schlepzig in the Spree Forest. As a new gateway to the Spree Forest, the centre will do justice to the importance of the region for tourism, while giving it a new charm to target new visitor groups. |
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FUTURE PROSPECTSThe Water-Realm Spree should be completed by 2013. The most important condition for achieving this goal is securing financing and drawing up a detailed operation model. Suitable implementation strategies are being developed based on the present exhibition, and operation concepts and preparations are being made for an architecture competition. |
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Location as plannedSchlossinsel Lübben/ Burglehn Lübben Our partnersLandesumweltamt Brandenburg vertreten durch das Biosphärenreservat Spreewald Project AdviserPotsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK) |
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last update: 1/26/2017 13:13 |
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