Siemensstadt () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') 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

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

(''Bezirk'') of

Spandau Spandau () is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs () of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel. It is the smallest borough by population, but the fourth largest by land ...

History

The locality emerged when the company

Siemens & Halske Siemens & Halske AG (or Siemens-Halske) was a German electrical engineering company that later became part of Siemens. It was founded on 12 October 1847 as ''Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske'' by Werner von Siemens and Johann Geo ...

(S & H), one of the predecessors of today's

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', '' ...

, bought land in the area, in order to expand production of S & H and their subsidiary

Siemens-Schuckert Siemens-Schuckert (or Siemens-Schuckertwerke) was a German electrical engineering company headquartered in Berlin, Erlangen and Nuremberg that was incorporated into the Siemens AG in 1966. Siemens Schuckert was founded in 1903 when Siemens & Ha ...

werke (SSW) as well. On the initiative of

Georg Wilhelm von Siemens Georg Wilhelm von Siemens (30 July 1855, Berlin – 14 October 1919, Arosa, Switzerland) was a German telecommunications industrialist of the Siemens family. Known as Wilhelm von Siemens, he was the second son of Werner von Siemens by firs ...

S & H started to build new factories in 1899. Soon also residential buildings were erected. The locality was incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920 by 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 ...

Geography

Siemensstadt is situated in the eastern side of Spandau district. It borders with

(locality),

Haselhorst Haselhorst () is a locality in the borough of Spandau in Berlin. It is located between Siemensstadt and the Old Town of Spandau and is separated from the Hakenfelde locality by the River Havel. Overview The manor of Haselhorst was incorporate ...

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

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 ...

Charlottenburg-Nord Charlottenburg-Nord (, literally "Charlottenburg North") is a locality (''Ortsteil'') in the northern part of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough of Berlin, Germany. It is chiefly composed of after-war housing estates, allotment gardens and comm ...

and Westend (both in

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf () is the fourth borough of Berlin, formed in an administrative reform with effect from 1 January 2001, by merging the former boroughs of Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf. Overview Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf covers the w ...

). The

Großsiedlung Siemensstadt The Siemensstadt Settlement (german: Großsiedlung Siemensstadt; also known as ''Ring Settlement'' or ''Ringsiedlung'') is a nonprofit residential community in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district of Berlin. It is one of the six Modernist Hou ...

is situated close to Siemensstadt but in Charlottenburg-Nord.

Transport

Siemensstadt is served by the Berliner U-Bahn line U7 at the stations of Paulsternstrasse,

Rohrdamm Rohrdamm is a station on the Berlin U-Bahn line U7 in the Siemensstadt district. Designed by architect Rümmler, the station was opened on 1 October 1980, as part of the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz to Rohrdamm. Until the second ...

and Siemensdamm.

Images

Siemensturm 04.jpg, Siemens-Tower Wernerwerk-Hochhaus, Siemensdamm 02.jpg, Wernerwerk (Werner's Factory) SiemensstadtFürstenbrunnerWeg.jpg, Wernerwerk II Wohlrabedamm - Wernerwerk XV (09085805) Berlin-Siemensstadt 002.jpg, Wernerwerk XV Berlin Rapsstr Nord.jpg, Rapsstrasse, northern part Berlin Rapsstr Plastiken.jpg, Rapsstrasse File:Christophorus-Kirche Siemensstadt.jpg, Christophorus Church Berlin Rohrdamm 37.jpg, Rohrdamm Berlin Harriesstr Genoveva.jpg, Genoveva-Fountain Berlin Dieppelstr 18.jpg, Rieppelstrasse Berlin Dieppelstr Dihlmannstr.jpg, Rieppel- Ecke Dihlmannstrasse Berlin Maeckeritzstr.jpg, Maeckeritzstrasse

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