Reinickendorf () is a locality () of
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
in the
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle Ag ...
() 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.
Subdivi ...
. It had a population of 83,972 in 2020.
Geography
The locality is situated in the south-western side of its district. It borders the localities of
Tegel
Tegel () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') in the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf on the shore of Lake Tegel. The Tegel locality, the second largest in area (after Köpenick) of the 96 Berlin districts, also includes the neighbourhood of ''Saatwinkel'' ...
in the west,
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 to ...
and
Borsigwalde
Borsigwalde () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf, Berlin. Until 2012 was a zone (''Ortslage'') part of Wittenau.
History
The locality, named after the engineer August Borsig, was first settled in ...
in the north. To the east are
Wilhelmsruh
Wilhelmsruh () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Pankow, Berlin. It is the city's smallest locality, after Halensee and Hansaviertel.
History
In the locality, originally part of Rosenthal, it was built a co ...
,
Niederschönhausen
Niederschönhausen (, literally "Lower Schönhausen") is a locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Pankow in Berlin, Germany. It is also known as "Pankow-Schönhausen" to differ it from Hohenschönhausen in Berlin-Lichtenberg. Fr ...
and
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. P ...
, all three in the
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. P ...
borough, to the south
Gesundbrunnen and
Wedding
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, both in the borough of
Mitte
Mitte () is the first and most central borough of Berlin. The borough consists of six sub-entities: Mitte proper, Gesundbrunnen, Hansaviertel, Moabit, Tiergarten and Wedding.
It is one of the two boroughs (the other being Friedrichshain-Kreuzb ...
.
History
The name of the former Reinickendorf village can be traced back to a peasant ''Reinhardt'' (''Reineke'' in
Low German
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), who settled here around 1230. The locality was first mentioned in a 1345 deed and acquired by the City of Berlin in 1397. The late 19th century saw a significant increase in population, when Reinickendorf received direct access to Berlin with the opening of the ''Nordbahn'' railway line to
Neustrelitz
Neustrelitz (; East Low German: ''Niegenstrelitz'') is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the Zierker See in the Mecklenburg Lake District. From 1738 ...
in 1877.
Reinickendorf was incorporated into the City of Berlin by the 1920
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 ...
. In 1928, architect Otto Rudolf Salvisberg designed the ''Weiße Stadt'' (White City), part of the Berlin
Modernist Housing Estates
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (german: Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne) is a World Heritage Site designated in 2008, comprising six separate subsidized housing estates in Berlin. Dating mainly from the years of the Weimar Republic (1919–193 ...
, a UNESCO
World Heritage Site
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.
Transportation
Reinickendorf is served by the
Berlin S-Bahn
The Berlin S-Bahn () is a rapid transit railway system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It has been in operation under this name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff area ''Berliner Stadt-, Ring ...
lines
S1,
S25,
S85 and by the
U-Bahn
Rapid transit in Germany consists of four U-Bahn systems and fourteen S-Bahn systems. The U-Bahn commonly understood to stand for Untergrundbahn (''underground railway'') are conventional rapid transit systems that run mostly underground, while ...
line
U8. The S-Bahn stations are
Schönholz,
Wilhelmsruh
Wilhelmsruh () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Pankow, Berlin. It is the city's smallest locality, after Halensee and Hansaviertel.
History
In the locality, originally part of Rosenthal, it was built a co ...
,
[Station located at the border between the localities of Reinickendorf and ]Wilhelmsruh
Wilhelmsruh () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Pankow, Berlin. It is the city's smallest locality, after Halensee and Hansaviertel.
History
In the locality, originally part of Rosenthal, it was built a co ...
Alt-Reinickendorf,
Karl Bonhoeffer Nervenklinik and
Eichborndamm. The U-Bahn stations are
Rathaus Reinickendorf,
Karl Bonhoeffer Nervenklinik,
Lindauer Allee,
Paracelsus Bad,
Residenzstraße and
Franz Neumann Platz.
Photogallery
image:S-Bahnhof Berlin - Alt Reinickendorf.jpg, S-Bahn station Alt-Reinickendorf
image:Berlin - Rathaus Reinickendorf (Altbau).jpg, City hall
File:Berlin_Reinickendorf_church.jpg, Church
See also
*
Berlin-Reinickendorf (electoral district)
Berlin-Reinickendorf is an electoral constituency (German language, German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as cons ...
*
Berlin-Reinickendorf station
References
External links
Reinickendorf page of borough site
{{Authority control
Localities of Berlin
Populated places established in the 13th century