Lübars () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of

Reinickendorf Reinickendorf () is the twelfth borough of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest of the city area, including the Berlin Tegel Airport, Lake Tegel, spacious settlements of detached houses as well as housing estates like Märkisches Viertel. Subdi ...

, Berlin.

History

First mentioned in 1247, it was an autonomous municipality merged into Berlin in 1920 with the "

Greater Berlin Act The Greater Berlin Act (german: Groß-Berlin-Gesetz), officially Law Regarding the Creation of the New Municipality of Berlin (german: Gesetz über die Bildung einer neuen Stadtgemeinde Berlin), was a law passed by the Prussian state government i ...

". As a part of

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bordering

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

, Lübars was crossed, from 1961 to 1989, by the

Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (german: Berliner Mauer, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the governme ...

, built beyond the Tegeler Creek (''Tegeler Fließ''). Famous was the " Checkpoint Qualitz", a point of the wall named after Helmut Qualitz, a farmer from Lübars, who broke it on 16 June 1990 with his

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Geography

Overview

Situated in the north of Berlin and partially included in the area of

Barnim Nature Park Barnim Nature Park () is a nature park and reserve in the state of Brandenburg, and partly in Berlin, Germany. It covers an area of 750 km2 (290 sq mi). It was established on September 24, 1998. Overview The park is located between the north ...

, Lübars includes the small lakes of

Ziegeleisee Ziegeleisee is a lake in Berlin, Germany. At an elevation of 35 m, its surface area is 4.7 ha. History During the Bronze Age - more than 3,000 years ago - clay was mined in the area of loam in order to produce pots and jars. Starting in 1840 the K ...

, Klötzbecken and part of Hermsdorfer See. The ''Tegeler Fließ'' separates Lübars from the

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 squar ...

er municipalities, both in

Oberhavel Oberhavel is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Barnim, the ''Bunde ...

district, of

Glienicke/Nordbahn Glienicke/Nordbahn is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located right north of Berlin. Situation Glienicke/Nordbahn is located on the northern outskirts of Berlin. The addition "Nordbahn" (Northern Railway ...

and

Mühlenbecker Land Mühlenbecker Land is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. History The municipality shared its borders partly with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall ...

(with its municipal seat of Schildow). The Berliner bordering localities are Hermsdorf,

Waidmannslust Waidmannslust () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf, Berlin. History The locality was created in 1875 as a '' Villenkolonie''. In 1920 it merged in the city of Berlin with the Greater Berlin Act. ...

Wittenau Wittenau () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf, Berlin. History Originally named Dalldorf it was first mentioned in 1332. In 1869 the city of Berlin had acquired land in the Dalldorf in order ...

Märkisches Viertel Märkisches Viertel (, ''MV'') is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf in Berlin. Its name refers to the March of Brandenburg (german: Mark Brandenburg). Overview It consists of a large housing estate of ...

, Blankenfelde and Rosenthal (both in

Pankow Pankow () is the most populous and the second-largest borough by area of Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee; the resulting borough retained the name Pankow. ...

district). Lübars' principal recreation park is the eponymous one, situated in its southwestern corner.

Subdivision

Lübars counts 3 zones (''Ortslagen''):Source: "

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Transport

The locality is not served by rail; only its southern borders with Märkisches Viertel are crossed by the industrial railway Tegel-Friedrichsfelde.

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222 serves the locality.

Photogallery

File:Dorfkirche Lübars 01.jpg, Village church File:Checkpoint Qualitz.jpg, Memorial plaque at "Checkpoint Qualitz" File:Barnim2.JPG, Tegeler Fließ valley File:Tegeler Fließ Grenzsperre 2009 NE.jpg, Tegeler Fließ with relics of the former GDR border barriers

References

Literature

* W. Ribbe, J. Schmädeke: "''Kleine Berlin-Geschichte''", Stapp Verlag, Berlin 1994,

External links

Lübars page of Reinickendorfer site
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