{"id":75362,"date":"2025-07-14T12:22:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T10:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=75362"},"modified":"2026-09-26T12:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:34:43","slug":"pankower-tor-toads","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/at-night\/pankower-tor-toads\/","title":{"rendered":"Pankower Tor: the toads missing from the building plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"cover--lead-in has-spacing--m\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__content typo--tiempos\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine-category\/at-night\/\" rel=\"category tag\">At night<\/a><\/div>\r\n        <h2 class=\"cover--lead-in__headline headline-size--s\">\r\n            Pankower Tor: the toads missing from the building plan        <\/h2>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__text\">\r\n                <p>Berlin wants to build 2,000 homes here \u2013 but strictly protected amphibians are holding up the major project. A case study.<br \/>\n<strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/hagen-plasswich\/\">Hagen Plasswich<\/a> (text), <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/annabel-karmelk\/\">Annabel Karmelk<\/a> (photos)<\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__author\">\r\n                \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/annabel-karmelk\/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/annabel-karmelk-thumb-68x68.png\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/annabel-karmelk-thumb-68x68.png 68w, 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width=\"1920\"\r\n                height=\"1085\"\r\n                alt=\"A natterjack toad on the Pankower Tor site, held gently by its hind legs in a scientist\u2019s hands in the dark and lit by a torch.\"\r\n                style=\"object-position: 38% 98.82%\"\r\n            \/>\r\n        <\/figure>\r\n\r\n        \r\n    \r\n<\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\"><strong>When it gets dark,<\/strong> Frederic Griesbaum sets off. Head torch, net, notebook. The biologist works for the Museum f\u00fcr Naturkunde, Berlin\u2019s natural history museum, and specialises in amphibians. This evening, his route once again takes him to the site of the disused marshalling yard in Pankow. Among ponds, gravel and birch trees, he searches for one of the last populations of the natterjack toad in Berlin \u2013 around 800 individuals still live here, according to cautious estimates. A small population, but one with a big impact.<br><br>The natterjack toad is strictly protected and threatened with extinction in Berlin. Nationally it is classed as highly endangered. For years, Griesbaum has been documenting its behaviour here, counting animals and analysing the water. Spring is mating season \u2013 a sensitive window. The males gather at shallow ponds and call for females with metallic sounds. The calls can be heard kilometres away and give clues to where the species is found.<br><br>What looks like wasteland is in fact a network of habitats of particular ecological value: open ground with little vegetation, shallow pools that fill only temporarily, hardly any disturbance. Unremarkable to most people \u2013 an ideal habitat for the natterjack. By day, the nocturnal animals hide under stones or in loose gravel, safe from predators. But the site is set to disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--m no-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-1050x788.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-1050x788.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-670x503.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9637-150x113.jpg 150w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"788\"\n                alt=\"A puddle at the old marshalling yard in Berlin-Pankow.\" \n            \/>\n            \n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"post__image__caption--soehne\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>At dusk<\/strong> the male natterjacks gather at the shallow ponds on the old marshalling yard in Berlin-Pankow. With metallic calls they try to attract females, hoping to mate. The habitat is temporary but crucial to the species\u2019 survival.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n \n\n<div class=\"photo-grid grid-layout--2col-5 has-spacing--m\">\n\n            \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-768x576.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-1050x788.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-670x503.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0072-150x113.jpg 150w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"576\" \n                        alt=\"Frederic\u2019s enthusiasm for the natterjack toad doesn\u2019t come out of nowhere: he has long been fascinated by different species of frogs and toads and has explored a wide range of habitats.\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                                            <figcaption class=\"photo-grid__image__caption--soehne\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Measuring on site:<\/strong> Frederic Griesbaum records the size, weight and external features of every natterjack toad he finds \u2013 important data for species protection.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-768x576.jpg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-1050x788.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-670x503.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9919-150x113.jpg 150w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"576\" \n                        alt=\"Swab from a natterjack toad\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                                            <figcaption class=\"photo-grid__image__caption--soehne\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Griesbaum then takes a skin swab.<\/strong> The sample is tested in the lab for pathogens \u2013 such as the chytrid fungus, which threatens amphibians worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n            \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_af21b60c425d2175377e90419c3f7389\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p><strong>As this is a protected species<\/strong> with only one known remaining population, the state of Berlin is legally obliged to take appropriate measures here.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/griesbaum-52x52.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Frederic Griesbaum<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\"><strong>The 27-hectare site has lain derelict since 1997.<\/strong> Now the <a href=\"https:\/\/krieger.de\">Krieger Group<\/a> wants to build on it: the <a href=\"https:\/\/pankower-tor.de\/ueber-das-projekt\">Pankower Tor<\/a> district, with flats, a nursery, offices, medical facilities and a furniture store. Well connected, energy-efficient, urban. But the price would be high \u2013 because the new district would wipe out one of the last refuges for specialised species in the capital.<br><br>Around 58 per cent of the planned area is to be sealed. What today absorbs rainwater and slowly releases it would in future be covered with concrete, asphalt and underground car parks. The natural ponds \u2013 gone. The natterjacks \u2013 driven out.<br><br>Conservation groups such as <a href=\"https:\/\/berlin.nabu.de\/news\/2024\/34665.html\">NABU<\/a> have therefore taken legal action against an exemption that was supposed to allow the development despite the species\u2019 protected status. No official halt to construction was ever imposed, but the conflict over species protection has slowed the project down. A compromise is now being discussed: parts of the site could be kept as habitat while others are built on. Whether that will work is an open question \u2013 a new lawsuit is already being prepared.<br><br>Griesbaum knows that relocating the toads only works if the new habitat closely matches the old one in structure, soil and microclimate. Simply moving them to a nature reserve isn\u2019t enough. \u2018The site is without doubt a political issue,\u2019 he says, \u2018and, in my personal view, a prime example of capital interests that, with the help of the state, are destroying nature bit by bit.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <figure class=\"post-image--cover has-spacing--m\">\n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0005-scaled.jpg\"  alt=\"Close-up of a natterjack toad.\" \/>\n            \n            \n        <\/figure><!-- post-image--cover -->\n\n    \n\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_f88587ed92133a9af71067877091be1e\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p>The site is without doubt a political issue and, in my personal view, <strong>a prime example of capital interests<\/strong> that, with the help of the state, are destroying nature bit by bit.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/griesbaum-52x52.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Frederic Griesbaum<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\"><strong>The natterjack toad is a survivor. <\/strong>It settles on building sites, in gravel pits and on wasteland. What looks to investors like \u2018uneconomic land\u2019 is ideal for it. At the same time, it is part of wider ecological systems: it eats insects, is food for birds and mammals and, as a pioneer species, creates living conditions for other species. Its disappearance would have consequences \u2013 not only for biodiversity but for the city\u2019s climate as a whole.<br><br>Representatives of the property industry accuse conservationists of trying to artificially preserve a species on an inhospitable site \u2013 and of blocking housing development in the process. But that falls short. Because this isn\u2019t just about toads. It\u2019s about how a growing city can build without completely destroying its last ecological refuges.<br><br>One possible solution would be a combination of rewilding and ecologically compatible development. Griesbaum\u2019s research could help lay the necessary groundwork \u2013 scientifically sound, not politically motivated. \u2018As this is a protected species with only one known remaining population, the state of Berlin is legally obliged to take appropriate measures here,\u2019 he says.<br><br>It is still unclear what will happen next. The only certainty: the fate of the natterjack toads in Pankow is an example of the tensions that arise when cities grow. And of the decisions that have to be made \u2013 between density and diversity, returns and refuges.<\/p>\n\n\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--m no-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-1050x788.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-1050x788.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-670x503.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9878-150x113.jpg 150w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"788\"\n                alt=\"Scientist Frederic Griesbaum shines a head torch into a crevice in the rocks, looking for natterjack toads on the Pankower Tor site.\" \n            \/>\n            \n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"post__image__caption--soehne\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>The natterjack toad<\/strong> spends the day in shady crevices and under stones, protected from the sun and from drying out. Only in the evening does it leave its hiding place and make its way to the nearby water.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_6f929876e039c2b7c812ff49e61b432b\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--xl has-spacing--s width--default\">\n        <p><strong>Recommended by the editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/collecting\/the-worlds-largest-playmobil-collection\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Collecting<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                The world&#8217;s largest Playmobil collection: 400,000 figures                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>It all began in a child&#8217;s bedroom \u2013 today Oliver Schaffer owns the world&#8217;s largest Playmobil collection, with more than 400,000 figures. 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