Kupfergraben (Spree)

The Spreekanal (SpK) with a length of two kilometres[1] belongs to the federal waterway Spree-Oder-Wasserstraße,[2] for which the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Berlin is responsible.

The name Kupfergraben probably refers to a foundry that existed here from the 16th century to 1875 and where, among other things, copper (Kupfer) was processed.

From the middle of the 16th century, the Kupfergraben, then called the Cöllnischer Stadtgraben, formed part of the lower canal of the Berlin city lock.

The design by the Berlin-based architects and artists group realities:united for the establishment of the Flussbad Berlin at Kupfergraben won the main prize for the European region in the 2011 regional competition for sustainable architecture and infrastructure projects organized by the Holcim Foundation.

[3][4] In 2012, the same design won the bronze prize in the global competition for the Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction.