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stadtbürgerliche Rückversicherung

English translation: helping to safeguard the city's archaeological heritage

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German term or phrase:stadtbürgerliche Rückversicherung
English translation:helping to safeguard the city's archaeological heritage
Entered by: philgoddard

22:26 Oct 18, 2013
German to English translations [PRO]
History
German term or phrase: stadtbürgerliche Rückversicherung
This is from an article on recent archeological finds in Berlin.

Während der Grabung am Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts entstandenen Berliner Rathaus zwang der Fund einer mehrschiffigen Tuchhalle 2010 zur Umplanung der im Bau befindlichen U-Bahnlinie 5. Architekt Oliver Collignon überarbeitete den Entwurf der Station „Berliner Rathaus“ mehrfach. Die stattlichen Reste des Rathauses werden künftig jedoch nicht von dort, sondern vom Keller des Roten Rathauses zugänglich sein: *stadtbürgerliche Rückversicherung* und ein Angebot für Touristinnen und Touristen, die bislang lediglich im nahen Nikolaiviertel nach der mittelalterlichen Stadt suchen.

One translation of "stadtbürgerlich" is civic, but "Rückversicherung" obviously doesn't mean reinsurance. Can anyone enlighten me, please?
philgoddard
United States
safeguarding (Berlin's) urban archaeological heritage
Explanation:
I don't think the reinsurance concept would work very well here. At this point, I don't see how this could be dealt with other than by rearranging the whole thing...

From now on, the impressive remains of the (old medieval) town hall will no longer be accessible from there but from the basement of Red City Hall. This will safeguard Berlin's urban archaeological heritage and provide new vistas for tourists who until now only had the nearby Nikolai Quarter to look for traces of medieval Berlin.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2013-10-19 15:15:21 GMT)
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http://books.google.com/books?id=3uFdey9AKlUC&pg=PA206&lpg=P...
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Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 14:10
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2safeguarding (Berlin's) urban archaeological heritage
Michael Martin, MA
2 +2testimony to the long/rich history of the city [city's community]
Steffen Walter
4ensuring the preservation of the city's architectural fabric
Helen Shiner


Discussion entries: 6





  

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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
testimony to the long/rich history of the city [city's community]


Explanation:
Just an attempt to set the ball rolling.

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 20:10
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 58
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Steffen. I know this sounds nice in the context, but I'm not sure it really conveys what the German is saying.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: sounds like you are speaking about a city you know (and love)
1 hr
  -> :-)
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): wonderful rendition
2 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ensuring the preservation of the city's architectural fabric


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_preservation

History of Historic Preservation
Although the actual term "historic preservation" did not become popular until the 1960s, the act of conserving historic places dates back to the mid-17th Century. At this time, wealthy Englishmen consistently collected historic artifacts, leading to their preservation. It was not until 1913 though that historic preservation became a part of English law. In that year the Ancient Monuments Act in the United Kingdom officially preserved structures there with historical interest.
In 1944, preservation became a major component to planning in the U.K. when the Town and Country Planning Act put the preservation of historic places into the forefront of laws and approval of planning projects. In 1990, another Town and Country Planning Act passed and the protection of public buildings grew even more.

In the United States, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities was founded in 1889 in Richmond, Virginia as the first state historic preservation group in the country. From there, other areas followed suit and in 1930, Simons and Lapham, an architectural firm, helped created the first historic preservation law in South Carolina. Shortly thereafter, the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana became the second area to fall under a new preservation law.

The preservation of historic places then hit the national scene in 1949 when the U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation developed a specific set of goals for preservation. The organization’s mission statement claimed that it aimed to protect structures providing leadership and education and that it also wanted to "save America’s diverse historic places and revitalize [its] communities."
http://geography.about.com/od/urbaneconomicgeography/a/histo...

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 105
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Helen.

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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
safeguarding (Berlin's) urban archaeological heritage


Explanation:
I don't think the reinsurance concept would work very well here. At this point, I don't see how this could be dealt with other than by rearranging the whole thing...

From now on, the impressive remains of the (old medieval) town hall will no longer be accessible from there but from the basement of Red City Hall. This will safeguard Berlin's urban archaeological heritage and provide new vistas for tourists who until now only had the nearby Nikolai Quarter to look for traces of medieval Berlin.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2013-10-19 15:15:21 GMT)
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http://books.google.com/books?id=3uFdey9AKlUC&pg=PA206&lpg=P...

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 14:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 74
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, I think it must be something along these lines. I went for "helping to safeguard Berlin's archeological heritage". Thank you.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rosa Paredes: I feel this captures the original nicely. Grüsse.
13 hrs
  -> Danke, Rosa!
agree  Eleanore Strauss: preserving would also be appropriate
14 hrs
  -> Yes, it would. Thanks!
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