When I saw the movie "Der Krieger und Die Kaiserin" I wanted to visit Wuppertal. So one of my friends from Essen took me there. Unfortunately the Schwebebahn was not running that day due to repair work. And I have't been back. There's a picture of a circus elephant jumping out of one of the cars into the river below. My friend said the elephant actually survived the fall. I believe it was built at the end of the 19th century in the Kaiserreich. Now that's the power of German engineering, baby!