Schuttberg

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Schuttberg

Hill built of rubble or rubbish

Schuttberg (English: debris hill) is a German term for a mound made of rubble or out of a rubbish heap.

Olympiaberg in Olympiapark, Munich
View from top of Birkenkopf in Stuttgart
The Grüner Heiner in Stuttgart-Weilimdorf
The Teufelsberg in Berlin
The Humboldthöhe in Berlin
The Volkspark Prenzlauer Berg (Oderbruchkippe) in Berlin

Many were amassed following the extensive damage from strategic bombing during World War II. These types are more specifically termed Trümmerberg (rubble mountain) and are known colloquially by various namesakes such as Mont Klamott (Mount Rag), Monte Scherbelino (Mount Shard), and Scherbelberg (Shard Mountain). Most major cities in Germany have at least one Schuttberg.

Known Schuttberge

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Berlin

The amount of debris in Berlin is about 15 percent of the total rubble in the whole of Germany.[3]

Frankfurt am Main

To remove and recycle the rubble the city authorities in the autumn of 1945 created the non-profit Trümmerverwertungsgesellschaft which was tasked with removing the rubble and recycling it. Initially the removed rubble was piled up on a rubble mountain called Monte Scherbelino, before the material was recycled and processed to such an extent that by 1964 the pile of rubble had completely disappeared.

Nuremberg

Silberbuck is in the Dutzendteich recreation area and former Reichsparteitagsgelände. The Silbersee is at the base of the disposal. The lake is contaminated with various toxic substances. Although swimming in the water is prohibited, about 50 people have lost their lives in the water since the end of World War II.[citation needed]

Sources

  1. [1]
    kleingartenverein-sw25-muenchen.de Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "Einleitung: Silbersee und Silberbuck im Südosten von Nürnberg - eine gefährliche Sondermülldeponie im Grundwasserbereich". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  3. [3]
    Keiderling, Gerhard. "Berlin ist endlich trümmerfrei" [Berlin is finally free of rubble]. Berlinische Monatsschrift (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2022-10-04 – via berlin-geschichte.de.
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