Die Kinder vom Alstertal


Die Kinder vom Alstertal is a German children's television series produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk and broadcast on the Kinderkanal from 1998 to 2004. There are 52 episodes in four seasons.

Series

The series is set in a large farmhouse near the North Sea with a station on the Hamburg U-Bahn. The main characters are seven children from three families living together in the house, and the series also features assorted animals, in particular the farm dog, Oskar, the farm cats, a tame rooster, Einstein, and a pony, Justus. It was a successor to Neues vom Süderhof, with the same director,, and Ursula Hinrichs, the grandmother in the former series, playing an aunt. Scriptwriters were Marlies Kerremans, Jörn Schröder and Horst Peter Lommer, with Arno Alexander as editor. Die Kinder vom Alstertal aimed to be more realistic and somewhat more complex than its predecessor.
Filming took place near Soltau at the Menkenhof.

Main cast