March 25. 2020
On the road in Brandenburg - the magazine
A general store with antiques, an open-air museum of curiosities: in Marwitz there is 2 hectares of space to browse and marvel at. Everything seems like a giant played with antiques.
Read articleMarch 1. 2019
Historically valuable
Door specialist Olaf Elias, with around 3,000 doors in stock, presents its treasures to the power tool company FESTOOL. Here, professional craftsmen, who carefully work on the old substance, can find beautiful old building doors, large house entrance doors as well as antique wooden doors for their customers. Of course, the huge warehouse offers further real historical treasures such as windows made of wood and iron or old brass fittings.
Read articleSeptember 21. 2018
Saving and recycling building history
Often at the last minute, Olaf Elias learns that, for example, an old villa in Berlin-Grunewald is being demolished. Then it is necessary to quickly contact the site manager and instruct the employees to carry out the recovery in order to save the irretrievable wall reliefs of the house facade.
Read articleJune 1. 2018
4.-6.5.18: General meeting in Marwitz and Berlin
For the 52nd member meeting our new 1st board Olaf Elias and Nicole Wilken had thought up something very special. The garden city Frohnau, a guided tour in the Hedwig Bollhagen workshops and Clärchen's Ballhaus in Berlin
Read articleJune 1. 2018
A marble pavilion from Alexandria
In Marwitz sammelt und verkauft Olaf Elias erhaltenswertes Material aus der Baugeschichte.
Read articleAugust 19. 2016
Paradise for collectors and lovers of old originals near Berlin
The company Historische Bauelemente - Olaf Elias presented itself at the denkmal in Leipzig with a broad auction offer during the last denkmal in 2014. This year, the company is once again significantly expanding its commitment during denkmal
Read articleMarch 1. 2016
"valuable again" Historical building elements on ZDF
Presenter Andrea Ballschuh goes on an antique hunt together with two experts. They examine aging old pieces or bizarre items of junk and decide whether they can be made valuable again. Refurbishing or reworking is the motto of the new show "valuable again".
A total of 5 episodes of the "refinement show" were broadcast on ZDF in 2016.
Read articleAugust 19. 2015
Make more beautiful with antique building materials - UHB-Members Country Style
The magazine Country Style introduces the companies of our members Martin Kölnberger, Jürgen Schaubhut, Erich Krause, Olaf Elias and Thomas Knapp, where you can find character pieces that give your personal living environment a very special aura.
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March 1. 2011
Salvage Cumberland - Historical building elements
Das Haus Cumberland in Berlin am Kurfürstendamm ist ein denkmalgeschütztes Gebäude. Es stammt aus dem Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, diente als Hotel und Sitz verschiedener Verwaltungen. Seit dem Jahr 2011 ist es restauriert und zum Geschäfts- und Wohnhaus umgebaut worden. Olaf Elias hat mit seinem Bergungsteam viele Badeinrichtungen, Türen und Fenster vor dem Umbau retten können.
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