Schöneiche is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Oder-Spree Oder-Spree is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the district Märkisch-Oderland, the district-free city Frankfurt (Oder), Poland, the districts Spree-Neiße and Dahme-Spreewal ...

District of

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, 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 ar ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It is situated directly at the edge to

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 ...

Friedrichshagen Friedrichshagen () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick. History The colony of ''Friedrichsgnade'' was founded on May 29, 1753 ...

and next to

Rüdersdorf Rüdersdorf is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany, near Berlin. It is served by the Schöneiche bei Berlin tramway which runs from Rüdersdorf through Schöneiche to Berlin-Friedrichshagen station on the B ...

and Woltersdorf, Brandenburg on the eastern edge of the German capital

. It is served by the

Schöneiche bei Berlin tramway The Schöneiche bei Berlin tramway is the tramway network of the city of Schöneiche bei Berlin, Germany. Route The route starts at the Friedrichshagen S-Bahn station, located on line S3. It also connects to lines 60 and 61 of the Berlin tram ...

which runs from

Berlin-Friedrichshagen station Berlin-Friedrichshagen station is a station of the Berlin S-Bahn in district of Friedrichshagen in the Berlin district of Treptow-Köpenick. It is located north of the village of Friedrichshagen on the Berlin-Frankfurt (Oder) railway. History ...

on 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 ...

network.

Demography

File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Schöneiche.pdf, Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

; Red Background: Time of communist

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 ...

) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Schöneiche.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the

Census in Germany A national census in Germany (german: Volkszählung) was held every five years from 1875 to 1910. After the World Wars, only a few full population censuses have been held, the last in 1987. The most recent census, though not a national census, wa ...

in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Notable people

Georg Luger Georg Johann Luger (March 6, 1849 – December 22, 1923) was an Austrian designer of the famous Luger pistol and the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge. Early life and military service Georg Luger was born in Steinach am Brenner, Tyrol to Dr. Ba ...

(1849–1923), designer of the famous Luger pistol *

Max Fechner Max Fechner (27 July 1892 – 13 September 1973) was a German politician who served as Minister of Justice of East Germany from 1949 to 1953 Life and career Fechner was born in Berlin and was a trained tool maker. He joined the SPD in 1910, was ...

(1892–1973), politician (SPD / SED), 1924–1933 Deputy of the Prussian Landtag, 1949–1953 Minister of Justice of the GDR *

Margarete Herzberg Margarete Herzberg (10 February 1921 – 29 March 2007) was a German operatic mezzo-soprano. Life Born in Osnabrück, Herzberg studied singing at the Leipzig Conservatory with Gertrud Bartsch. The mezzosoprano belonged to the ensemble of the ...

(1921–2007), operatic mezzosoprano '

Ottokar Domma Ottokar Domma (pseudonym; properly Otto Häuser) (20 May 1924, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia – 15 July 2007, Woltersdorf) was a German journalist and writer specialising in satire. He was most famous for his series on adventures of a semi-fictio ...

(1924–2007), journalist and writer *

Heinz Schröder Heinz Schröder (April 24, 1928 – April 22, 2009) was a German puppeteer. He became known in East Germany (German Democratic Republic) for puppeteering popular characters such as Pittiplatsch and Herr Fuchs (Mr. Fox) in the children's progr ...

(1928–2009), puppet player (Pittiplatsch and Schnatterinchen, Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster) *

Waltraud Kretzschmar Waltraud Kretzschmar ( Hermann then Czelake, 1 February 1948 in Kloster Lehnin – 7 February 2018) was an East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the 1970s, she was considered ...

(1948–2018), handball player *

Frank Terletzki Frank Terletzki (born 5 August 1950) is a German football coach and former player of BFC Dynamo. Early life Frank Terletzki grew up in East Berlin. He came to football relatively lately, after his father Karlheinz had brough him to local side ...

(born 1950), footballer *

Bernhard Hochwald Bernhard Hochwald (born 27 June 1957 in Schöneiche) is a German sport shooter. He competed in skeet shooting events at the Summer Olympics in 1980, 1988, 1992, and 1996. He is married to the shooter Katja Klepp and the bobsledder Raimund Bethge ...

(born 1957), olympic shooter *

Frank Pastor Frank Pastor (born 7 December 1957) is a German former professional footballer who played as a strikerfor Hallescher FC Chemie and BFC Dynamo. He won several titles with BFC Dynamo and became th league top goal scorer in 1986–87 season. Pa ...

(born 1957), footballer *

Lisa Buckwitz Lisa-Marie Buckwitz (born 2 December 1994) is a German bobsledder. She won a gold medal in the two-woman event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Buckwitz started off as a heptathlete. Buckwitz t ...

(born 1994), bobsledder, olympic gold medalist 2018

Gallery

Heimathaus Schöneiche 01.jpg, "Heimathouse" (oldest existing house and village museum)

References

External links

Localities in Oder-Spree {{Brandenburg-geo-stub