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Buckow (Berlin)
Buckow ( or ) is a locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln. History The village was founded in 1373 by German settlers probably at the place of an earlier Wends' village of the name ''Buk'' (a Beech tree) spelled along with its patronymic suffix ''-ow''. Until 1920 Buckow was a municipality of the former Teltow district, merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act". From 1961 to 1989 its borders with Brandenburg were crossed by the Berlin Wall due to its position in the boundaries of West Berlin with East Germany. In ''Goldammerstraße'' 34 is situated an historical smock mill, the '' Jungfernmühle'', one of the oldest of Berlin. It was built in 1753 (or 1757) and it has only shutter wing and wind rose mockups w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckow (Berlin)
Buckow ( or ) is a locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln. History The village was founded in 1373 by German settlers probably at the place of an earlier Wends' village of the name ''Buk'' (a Beech tree) spelled along with its patronymic suffix ''-ow''. Until 1920 Buckow was a municipality of the former Teltow district, merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act". From 1961 to 1989 its borders with Brandenburg were crossed by the Berlin Wall due to its position in the boundaries of West Berlin with East Germany. In ''Goldammerstraße'' 34 is situated an historical smock mill, the '' Jungfernmühle'', one of the oldest of Berlin. It was built in 1753 (or 1757) and it has only shutter wing and wind rose mockups w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gropiusstadt
Gropiusstadt () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln. It was named after the architect who projected the complex: Walter Gropius. History Building of the quarter, initially named Britz-Buckow-Rudow and projected in a modernist style by Walter Gropius, ended in 1960. In Berlin, Gropius also projected the Sommerfeld House, the Interbau and the Großsiedlung Siemensstadt quarter. As part of West Berlin, its borders with Brandenburg (part of East Germany) were crossed by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989. As of 2001 it was still an autonomous ''Ortsteil''. It became infamous as the place in which the German writer Christiane F. lived from childhood to adolescence, author of the novel "'' Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo''". Geography Located in the south-eastern suburbs of Berlin, a short section of Gropiusstadt borders on to Schönefeld, a municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg. It also borders on to the Berlin districts of Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin U-Bahn
The Berlin U-Bahn (; short for , "underground railway") is a rapid transit system in Berlin, the capital and largest city of Germany, and a major part of the city's public transport system. Together with the S-Bahn, a network of suburban train lines, and a tram network that operates mostly in the eastern parts of the city, it serves as the main means of transport in the capital. Opened in 1902, the serves 175 stations spread across nine lines, with a total track length of , about 80% of which is underground. Trains run every two to five minutes during peak hours, every five minutes for the rest of the day and every ten minutes in the evening. Over the course of a year, U-Bahn trains travel , and carry over 400 million passengers. In 2017, 553.1 million passengers rode the U-Bahn. The entire system is maintained and operated by the , commonly known as the BVG. Designed to alleviate traffic flowing into and out of central Berlin, the U-Bahn was rapidly expanded until the city w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipschitzallee (Berlin U-Bahn)
Lipschitzallee is a Berlin U-Bahn The Berlin U-Bahn (; short for , "underground railway") is a rapid transit system in Berlin, the capital and largest city of Germany, and a major part of the city's public transport system. Together with the S-Bahn, a network of suburban train li ... station located on the . This station was opened in 1970 (architect Rümmler) and was planned to be named Heroldweg. However it was named Lipschitzallee (after the SPD politician Lipschitz). The next station is Wutzykallee.J. Meyer-Kronthaler, ''Berlins U-Bahnhöfe'', Berlin: be.bra, 1996 References U7 (Berlin U-Bahn) stations Berlin U-Bahn stations located underground Buildings and structures in Neukölln Railway stations in Germany opened in 1970 {{Berlin-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannisthaler Chaussee (Berlin U-Bahn)
Johannisthaler Chaussee is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the . It was opened in 1970 by its architect , and got the addition "Gropiusstadt" in 1972. The station is located in the district of Gropiusstadt Gropiusstadt () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln. It was named after the architect who projected the complex: Walter Gropius. History Building of the quarter, initially named Britz-Buckow-Rudow and p ..., from which the station also got its nickname. In the station list of the BVG this station carries the abbreviation 'Jt'. When the shopping mall "Gropius Passagen" was opened, the station was refurbished and got a direct entrance to the shopping mall. The station was designed by Rainer G. Rümmler. The station has a central platform with a central staircase leading to the Gropius Passagen shopping center and an exit on the northern platform that leads to a vestibule. The original entrance halls, as they existed in 1970, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dahme-Spreewald
Dahme-Spreewald ( dsb, Wokrejs Damna-Błota) is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Oder-Spree, Spree-Neiße, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Elbe-Elster and Teltow-Fläming, and by the city of Berlin. History The Spreewald region has always been a centre of Sorbian culture. In medieval times the cities of Lübben and Luckau had successively been capitals of the margravate of Lower Lusatia. From 1815 on Lower Lusatia was a part of Prussia. Throughout the 19th century the region remained an agriculturally used area, some urbanisation taking place in the very north (close to Berlin) only. When the state of Brandenburg was newly founded in 1990, the districts of Lübben, Luckau and Königs Wusterhausen had been established. In 1993 the three districts were merged. Geography The Spree river enters the district in the southeast and leaves to the northeast. The wooded regions along its banks are called Spreewald. The Spreewald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schönefeld
Schönefeld (meaning ''beautiful field'') is a suburban municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg, Germany. It borders the southeastern districts of Berlin. The municipal area encompasses the old Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) and the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER). Geography It is located about southeast of the Berlin city centre, next to Berlin's only airport, Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER). In the north, Schönefeld adjoins to the Berlin boroughs of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Neukölln, and Treptow-Köpenick with the localities of Lichtenrade, Gropiusstadt, Buckow, Rudow, Altglienicke, and Bohnsdorf. In the south, it borders Mittenwalde, in the west, Blankenfelde-Mahlow and in the east, Schulzendorf and Zeuthen. Civil parishes The Schönefeld municipal area comprises six districts (''Ortsteile''), former municipalities in their own right which were incorporated in 2003: *Schönefeld proper * Großziethen * Selchow * Kiekebusch * Waltersdorf *Waßmannsdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Tempelhof-Schöneberg () is the seventh borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Tempelhof and Schöneberg. Situated in the south of the city it shares borders with the boroughs of Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in the north, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and Steglitz-Zehlendorf in the west as well as Neukölln in the east. Subdivision Tempelhof-Schöneberg consists of six localities as from north to south: * Schöneberg * Friedenau * Tempelhof * Mariendorf * Marienfelde * Lichtenrade Demographics As of 2010, the borough had a population of 335,060, of whom about 105,000 (31%) were of non-German origin. The largest ethnic minorities were Turks constituting 7% of the population; Poles at 4%; Yugoslavians at 3%; Arabs at 2.5%; Afro-Germans at 1.5% and Russians at 1.3%. Politics District council The governing body of Tempelhof-Schöneberg is the district council (''Bezirksverordnetenversammlung''). It has responsibility for passing laws and electing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariendorf
Mariendorf () is a locality in the southern Tempelhof-Schöneberg borough of Berlin. Geography Mariendorf is situated between the localities of Tempelhof in the north and Marienfelde and Lichtenrade in the south. To the west it shares a border with the Lankwitz locality of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, to the east with Britz and Buckow, parts of the borough of Neukölln. History Mariendorf was mentioned for the first time in a document of 1348, when it was held by the Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Order of Saint John (the ''Johanniterorden''). The ''Johanniter'' sold Mariendorf, together with Tempelhof and Marienfelde, to the city of Berlin and Coelln in 1435. In 1800, Mariendorf had 162 inhabitants. Beginning in 1872, a ''Villenkolonie'' ("mansion colony") was developed in the south end of Mariendorf, and by 1900 the village had 5,764 inhabitants. The ''Trabrennbahn'' (harness racing track) opened in 1913, and in 1920 Mariendorf became formally amalgamated into the greater city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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