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TEGEL.
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cross the wood-girt Tegeler See, which branches off towards the
N.E., to Tegel.
Tegel may be reached direct from Berlin by tramway (see p. 16;
No. 25, 26, 31), or by railway (8 M.; suburban service on the Krem-
men line, from the Stettin Station). Stations: l'/4 M. Gesund¬
brunnen (p. 167); 3 M. Pankow (p. 167); 33/,j M. Schonholz (comp.
p. 167); 5 M. Reinickendorf (26,000 inhab.), with numerous fac¬
tories; 6'/4 M. Wittenau (Dalldorf, 7s 00 inhab.), with the large
Berlin Lunatic and Idiot Asylum (tramway No. 28, p. 16); 8 M.
Tegel.
Tegel (Restaurants: Strand-schloss, Kaiser-Pavilion, both on
the lake) is a village with 16,100 inhabitants. To the S. are Borsig's
Engine Factory (comp. p. 166), the extensive Berlin Gas Works,
and a penitentiary. To the N. ('/4 hr. from the station) is Schloss
Tegel (Schloss Restaurant), rebuilt by Schinkel in 1822 in the style
of a Roman villa. Formerly in the possession of the Humboldt
family, it now belongs to the allied family of Heiuz. The house
contains plaster casts and a number of original antique sculptures
(adm. in the absence of the family; fee). In the park (adm. 25 pf.)
are the graves of William (d. 1835) and Alexander (d. 1859) von
Humboldt, marked by a replica of Thorvaldsen's statue of Hope (in
the chateau). To the S. of the park, on the lake, is the Kurhaus
Scldoss Tegel. Numerous pleasant walks in the woods of the vicinity.
After flowing through two lakes of some size, the Spree unites
at Kbpeniek with the Dahme, the lower course of which is toler¬
ably broad, and thence flows on towards the Oberbaum-Briicke
(p. 170) as the Upper Spree (Oberspree). This reach is the chief
resort of the boating circles of Berlin, and the settlements on its
wooded banks are very popular (served by the suburban trains on
the Silesian and Gorlitz lines).
A Steamhoat Trip ox the Upper Spree is recommended (p. 24),
especially as it affords also an opportunity of estimating Berlin's
importance as an industrial centre. Beyond the Siid-Ring (p. 13)
the steamer touches at Stralau (left) and Treptow (right; comp.
p. 170), adjoined by the Eierhauschen. Then, opposite each other,
the manufacturing localities of Ober-Schoueweide (on the left;
18,000 inhab.), with a cable factory of the Allgemeine Elektrizitats-
Gesellschaft (p. 167), and Nieder-Schbneweide (on the right; 4200
inhab.). The stations mentioned on p. 24 are restaurants; railway-
stations see p. 203. To the right, belonging to Kopenick, is
Spindlersfeld, the large cleaning and dyeing establishment of
Messrs. Spindler (pp. 100, 202). —The voyage ends :it Kopenick
(Ratskeller Restaurant), a thriving town with 27,700 inhab. and