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Strange event that has happened with BVG?
On 09.04 I was going to uni… This event has happened in German. I do understand German at academic level, however I am unsure whether I understood everything correctly, so I am asking here in English.
On 09.04 I was going to uni and a BVG worker started doing ticket checks in the train. I took my student card out as I always did, the man looked at it, said something along the lines of "not being enough" (I wasn't paying attention). Then he requested my identification card and took me out of the train. There, he explained to me (as far as I understand) that physical student cards are not sufficient anymore and that I should provide an electronic proof? I was asked to bring them a proof within 7 days and was given a Zahlungsaufforderung.
Anyway, I did that today (16.04), brought my ID, student card and electronic proof to the BVG building. The worker that took care of my case asked me whether I was carrying my identity card then. I said yes (as the Zahlungsaufforderung paper said, I did provide my Aufenthalt), he left with my student card for a minute, came back, scanned my electronic proof on my phone and said I don't have to do anything. He also mentioned that I should NOT give my identification in such cases. I was not sure if I understood him correctly, so I repeated what he said and asked why. He confirmed what he said (I think), but I couldn't catch what he exactly said. He said something something call police, make stress? Anyway, he said I can leave and everything was settled, so I just left.
But I had read on the Zahlungsaufforderung paper that I would be paying a 7 euro fine. However, I wasn't requested to pay anything there. And why did the man ask me NOT to give my identity next time? Did I perhaps misunderstand? Can someone explain please? Thanks
I apologize if the flair is incorrect. I did not think my question was "interesting" so I had to go with this one.
What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.
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