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Gutshaus Hohenschönhausen

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Tour stop 1

Hohenschönhausen manor house

You start your tour on Hauptstraße.

Paul Schmidt (1868–1948) lived in the Hohenschönhausen manor house from 1910 to 1929 in what is today Hauptstraße 44. His inventions included the dry cell battery (1896) and the first German torch in Germany (DAIMON) which he had patented in 1906. In the office and factory complex at Große-Leege-Straße 97/98 (a listed building), Schmidt produced radios up to 1925. Then his business failed.

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Manor House Hohenschönhausen

Since the end of 2021, the housing cooperative NEUES BERLIN is the new owner of the former manor house from 1692 and the associated property at Hauptstraße 44. In order to secure the future of the oldest
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