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A northern European version of Louisiana Bayou country, the Spreewald is a watery landscape of canals, forests and meadows.
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At the age of two she was taken to the little town of Spreewald on the outskirts of Berlin where she lived together with her mother and grandfather, a railway man, through the end of World War II.
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Ideally suited for raising cucumbers, which like the iron-rich soil and all that water, and for nature-filled getaways from gritty Berlin, the Spreewald allows you to spend a weekend sampling the local specialty -- pickles, of the sweet, sour and spicy varieties -- in a picturesque setting.
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The European Union helped out in 1999 by stipulating that only locally grown and canned pickles could be labeled Spreewald.
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The 2003 German comedy "Good Bye, Lenin!" features an East Berlin woman who longs for Spreewald pickles the way she longs for the security of the old Communist system, and her cravings -- at least for the pickles -- proved contagious for legions of West Germans.
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The Spreewald owes a good part of its current success to Unesco, which rushed in after the collapse of communism and declared much of the region an official biosphere reserve in 1991.
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Spreewald Tourist Office If you've never tasted a perfect pickle, then it's time you went to Lübbenau, an idyllic town 100 kilometers southeast of Berlin in the heart of Germany's Spreewald region.
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Recently, Spreewald pickles have become cult objects.
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If you've never tasted a perfect pickle, then it's time you went to Lübbenau, an idyllic town 100 kilometers southeast of Berlin in the heart of Germany's Spreewald region.
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For Mr. Krügermann, the Spreewald taste comes from the use of locally grown, freshly cut herbs.
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