Farmsen-Berne is a quarter of

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, Germany, in the borough of Wandsbek. More than 34,000 inhabitants live in an area of 8.3 km². Farmsen () and Berne () are part of the area of Walddörfer (lit. ''forest villages'').

Geography

Farmsen-Berne borders the quarters of

Rahlstedt Rahlstedt () is a quarter (''Stadtteil'') in the Wandsbek borough (''Bezirk'') of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2020, the population was 92,511. History The quarter was first mentioned in 1248 with the name of "''R ...

, Tonndorf, Wandsbek, Bramfeld,

Sasel Sasel () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany in the Wandsbek Wandsbek () is the second-largest of seven boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes through her ...

, and

Volksdorf Volksdorf () is a Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of Hamburg. It is situated in the north east of the city, about 15 km from the centre of the city. Volksdorf belongs to the borough of Wandsbek. It covers an area of 11.6 km² and h ...

. The stream of

Berner Au Berner Au is a small river of Hamburg, Germany. It flows into the Wandse near Tonndorf (a district of Wandsbek). See also *List of rivers of Hamburg A list of rivers of Hamburg, Germany: A *Alster B *Berner Au * Bille *Bredenbek D * Deepenh ...

flows through Farmsen-Berne and, behind the pond of Kupfermühlenteich, into Wandse river.

History

In 1296, the former villages of Farmsen and Berne were first mentioned. Farmsen was then called ''Vermerschen'', deriving of ''Fridumareshusen'' or ''Fridumaresheim'', founded by a

Franconia Franconia (german: Franken, ; Franconian dialect: ''Franggn'' ; bar, Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: ''Fränkisch''). The three administrative regions of Lower, Middle and Upper Fr ...

n settler named Fridumar. The name Berne has its origin in ''Baren'', meaning a small stream - Berner Au in this case.Horst Beckershaus: ''Die Namen der Hamburger Stadtteile. Woher sie kommen und was sie bedeuten'', Hamburg 2002, , p. 40 Farmsen-Berne was an

exclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

of Hamburg in

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

n territory. In 1937, the villages were incorporated into

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by the Greater Hamburg Act, which came into force in 1938.Farmsen-Berne
Hamburg.de, in German

Politics

These are the results of Farmsen-Berne in the Hamburg state election:

Transportation

Hamburg U-Bahn The Hamburg U-Bahn is a rapid transit system serving the cities of Hamburg, Norderstedt and Ahrensburg in Germany. Although referred to by the term U-Bahn (the "U" commonly being understood as standing for "underground"), most of the system's ...

line U1, the former Walddörfer railway, was built since 1912 in the area and has three stops in Farmsen-Berne: Trabrennbahn, Farmsen, Oldenfelde and Berne, of which Farmsen station is the largest. It has four tracks, and a railway repair workshop is located here.

References

External links

Farmsen-Berne
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