Kaulsdorf () is a locality within the
borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Marzahn-Hellersdorf () is the tenth borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf.
Geography
It is situated in the northeast of Berlin. Marzahn-Hellersdorf borders to the Berlin boroughs of Lichtenbe ...
of
Berlin
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. Kaulsdorf was incorporated into
Greater Berlin
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by the
Prussian
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Greater Berlin Act
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in 1920. From then on it belonged to the former borough of Lichtenberg until 1979, when it became part of the then borough of Marzahn. In 1986 Marzahn's eastern areas, including Kaulsdorf, were separated to form the new Borough of Hellerdorf, which was merged in 2001 to form the current borough. Kaulsdorf has, as of 2006, a population of 18,822 and encompasses an area of 8,7 km².
History
The village was first mentioned as ''Caulstorp'' in a 1347 deed of gift by
margrave
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Louis I of Brandenburg to the ''Kaland''
monastic
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brotherhood in
Bernau. During the
Thirty Years' War
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it was completely devastated by armed conflicts and
epidemic
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Epidemics ...
s.
Geography
Subdivision
Kaulsdorf is divided into 3 zones (''Ortslagen''):
*
Alt Kaulsdorf
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Kaulsdorf-Nord
*
Kaulsdord-Süd
Buildings
The
village church (aka Jesus Church) dates back to the 14th century, its
Romanesque apse
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may be preserved from a predecessing building. The steeple was attached in 1875 and today houses a small museum.
For the
Modern
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Phil ...
Catholic
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church ''St. Martin'' built in 1929-1930,
Charles Crodel
Charles Crodel (September 16, 1894 – November 11, 1973) was a German painter and stained glass artist.
Life
Crodel was born in Marseille, he studied in 1914 with Richard Riemerschmid, one of the founders of the Deutscher Werkbund, at the M ...
from 1942 to 1946 created 26 windows and nine round windows as well as a
mosaic
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wall and an
enamel work for the altar.
Transportation
Kaulsdorf is served by the
S-Bahn
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train line
S5 at the station ''Wuhletal'' and ''Kaulsdorf'' as well as by the
U-Bahn
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line
U5 at the stations
Wuhletal and
Kaulsdorf-Nord.
References
External links
Biesdorf page on info-marzahn-hellersdorf.de
{{Boroughs of Berlin
Localities of Berlin
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Populated places established in the 1340s