The Tales of a Devilish Mountain

Although the artificial hill got its name from a lake nearby, its past is rather ambiguous and almost too coincidental. Not only is the Teufelsberg created out of World War Two rubble collected by the Allies. The trash was dumped on that specific location, because the former Nazi military-technical college (designed by Albert Speer) that occupied the space turned out to be impossible to destruct. The only solution, therefore, was covering it with bricks and other waste remaining from the war.



Devil's Mountain was given a recreational destination, but as soon as the Cold War started the American National Security Agency turned it into one of the world biggest spy stations. For more than 30 years it was used by several US and UK intelligence- and security-agencies.
Right after the German unification was proclaimed the prominent electronic masterpiece lost all its former importance and remained empty until an Berlin investor realized its potential. A try-out penthouse was created and plans for future use of the almost 10 acres of land were made. However, a law of building prohibitance was enforced and every renovation was to be ended.

Of course this incredible space didn't remain unnoticed to the rest of the world and the construction laws in bankrupt Berlin kept changing. So it found an interesting new investor: the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace. Their ultimate goal to teach the philosophy of transcendental meditation, however, lost all its credibility during the presentation of the project last year. The filmmaker's partner Raja Emmanuel, who's a Maharishi guru, constantly used the words 'unbesiegbares Deutschland' to explain his view of a new generation students. While this German 'invincibility' caused great consternation under the audience due to their reference to the country's past, Herr Lynch had no idea what was going. A translator was procured after a while , but I believe it was only after the meeting that Lynch realized the consequence of his friends words: no building on the Teufelsberg (stated by the Local Mayor Monika Thiemen)! Which means that the possibilities to reach a higher state of consciousness due to invincibility on the Teufelsberg have luckily been postponed.

This might give the director some time to get enlightened about a more useful cause for one of the few remaining Berlin treasures or at least to find a wiser partner. In the meantime it offers us, adventurers, some extra time to play hide and seek and fantasize about Lynchian times...

LINK Guru's Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k357ErdUQyk