Ziegeleipark Mildenberg

Over het museum

In 1887, during construction of a railway bridge near Zehdenick, workers came across vast clay deposits. Within a few years, one of the largest brickmaking districts in Europe emerged along the Havel; around 1910, dozens of Hoffmann ring kilns here were firing hundreds of millions of bricks a year. Almost the entire output went by barge to Berlin, which is why the city is jokingly described as having been "built from the barge."

In the GDR the works continued as state-owned enterprises until production ended in the early 1990s after reunification. The surviving facilities in Mildenberg were turned into a museum park that has welcomed more than one million visitors since the late 1990s. The state of Brandenburg and the district of Oberhavel financed the restoration of numerous buildings; the park is operated by the district's economic and tourism development agency.

On around 40 hectares, original ring kilns, machine halls, workshops, and the Ziegelei Stackebrandt from 1927 show every stage of brickmaking, from the manual labor of the late 19th century to machine production. Exhibitions are devoted to Friedrich Hoffmann, the inventor of the ring kiln, to work in the state-owned enterprise (VEB), and to transport on the Havel; in the historic harbor lie a Finow-Maßkahn (barge) and a replica of a Kaffenkahn.

Narrow-gauge and clay-tipper railways run across the grounds and into the Naturpark Uckermärkische Seen. The park is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH).

Hoogtepunten

• Originally preserved ring kilns and machine brickworks
• Daily round trips on the brickworks railway; clay-tipper railway into the nature park
• Mold your own bricks at historic molding tables
• Ziegelei Stackebrandt with a working steam engine
• Historic harbor with a Finow-Maßkahn barge
• Steam locomotive days and adventure playground for families

Vaste collectie

• Bausteine für Berlin – Multimedia show in the firing tunnel of Ring Kiln III about brick production and transport to Berlin between 1890 and 1960.
• Friedrich Hoffmann und der Ringofen – Exhibition on the kiln-top floor about the Berlin master builder whose 1858 ring kiln patent industrialized brickmaking.
• Werktätige im VEB – Staged presentation in the machine brickworks about everyday working life in the GDR brick industry, with memories of former employees.

Beheerder

WInTO GmbH – Wirtschafts-, Innovations- und Tourismusförderung Oberhavel

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

The Ziegeleipark ticket covers park admission, train rides, and activities. Dogs on a leash free. Separate prices for major events. Card payment accepted; no online tickets. Rental of wheelchairs/rollators (€6/day), electric wheelchair, handcarts, bicycles, and go-karts.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Visitor center accessible via a permanent ramp; the historic buildings have uneven floors, narrow passages, and track beds (some with sleeper bridges); mobile ramps available. Event rooms on the second floor only reachable by stairs. Wheelchairs can ride the train (very wide models possibly not). Loan wheelchairs, rollators, and an electric mobility scooter. Tactile model of the grounds with Braille; no induction loop. Three accessible parking spaces approx. 150 m from the entrance. Trained staff; information at barrierefrei-brandenburg.de.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk
• Verschoonruimte
• Speeltuin / speelhoek

Adventure and water playground with a small animal enclosure, brick molds at old molding tables, treasure hunt from age 6 and explorer tour from age 9, GPS scavenger hunt. Handcarts and balance bikes to borrow, high chairs in the restaurants, baby changing areas in the women's and men's restrooms. Exhibitions are easy to navigate with a stroller; paths on the grounds are partly uneven and have tracks.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

GPS: Ziegelei 10, 16792 Zehdenick (district of Mildenberg). By boat via the marinas Alter and Neuer Hafen (Havel km 22); the park is on the Berlin–Copenhagen long-distance cycle route.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museumwinkel
• Kluisjes

Bistro in the visitor center (also without a ticket); Gasthaus "Alter Hafen" right on the Havel next door. Lockers (€1 coin). Picnic meadow; dogs welcome.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen
• Bruiloften / trouwceremonies

Tot 399 personen.

Ring Kiln II event center (up to 250 people seated, standing reception up to 399), kiln-top stage in Ring Kiln III, steam engine house; weddings in the Umlader (30), the narrow-gauge railway hall (80, mid-May–September), and the Altes Kesselhaus (old boiler house, 50).

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