The beginning.
4001 BC. - The official prehistory of the German civilization, marked by the foundation of the German capital named Berlin, started probably some decades after the beginning of the fourth millennium BC.
We visualize the following event. It was a nice evening during the late summer of the year 4001 BC. Old Fritz, Otto and Carl are sitting in the sand around a campfire at the base of an imposing rock. That rock, named the Loreley, is located on the eastern bank of the Rhine River. It was after sunset and the last sunlight was still visible, filtered by cirrus clouds high above the men.
The panoramic view from the top of the Loreley over the course of the river is phenomenal. Below the water of the river flows from the south into a sharp left bent and after that into a right bent to follow its journey in northern direction. There is not much space for the river here. The present dangerous streaming on this spot is caused by the powerful compressed water flowing trough the narrowing riverbed. This had serious consequences during the course of history for many wooden (sailing) ships. They sailed on the cliffs and wrecked. A legend, almost the same as the mythological sirens in the Odyssey, was born here.
The three German leaders discussed until night about the future for their tribe. The idea to give up their nomadic existence was not new, but among the Teutonic population there was already a serious majority who wish to settle down permanently on a suitable spot. The tribe leaders made late that night the decision to build a permanent settlement some where during the next spring. For the minority, led by a skillful scout named Siegfried, who didn’t wish to give up their wandering existence was a solution found. They formed the first German scouting group. The band of scouts was named the Siegfried Group. Its task was to discover the whole continent, find opportunities for further expansion in the (far) future and discover as soon as possible the (potential) dangers that can threaten the young German civilization. The bravest scouts will be used as messengers to bring over all the important news.
Early spring 4000 BC. - While the Siegfried Group stayed in the camp, build on the eastern riverbank seven months before, the tribe leaders and their settler group walked away around the Loreley, and then further to the north. Later in the year they build a new camp east on a sport marked as location 1, situated on the Germany map 1
Germany map 1
At location 1, late March 4000 BC. - The time came to make the first important decision.
At location 2, mid April 4000 BC. - The spring came early that year, much earlier than expected. Because of that was in Siegfried’s camp the decision made to leave before the end of the month. The plan was to scout along the Rhine further in southern direction. The group was disturbed during their preparation; an alarm signal was heard from one of the watch posts. Some men approached the camp from the northeast. Soon came the signal “nothing is wrong” the approaching men were proved as two of their own tribe members. They were send by Fritz to inform the scouts about the decision to spend somewhat more time for searching to a better settlement location further in the northeast. Just in time Siegfried received the order to move in a large curve to the northeast, spotting the area at the east side of the intended settlement location.
The movement paths, followed by the two group’s, the settlers and the scouts, are shown in the first German map. It was during the summer of the year 3970 BC when the settler group founded the first German settlement, named Berlin, on a strategic location in a bend of the Spree River.