Waidmannslust () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the
borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
(''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.
Subdivi ...
,
Berlin
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.
History
The locality was created in 1875 as a ''
Villenkolonie''.
[Waidmannslust page on www.reinickendorf.de]
/ref> In 1920 it merged in the city of Berlin 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 ...
. During 1949–1990 it was part of the French sector of West Berlin
West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under mi ...
.
Geography
Overview
Situated in the north-western suburb of Berlin, not too far from Tegel's forest and lake
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, it borders the localities of Hermsdorf, Lübars
Lübars () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf, Berlin.
History
First mentioned in 1247, it was an autonomous municipality merged into Berlin in 1920 with the " Greater Berlin Act". As a part of We ...
, 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 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'' ...
.
Subdivision
The locality is subdivided into 2 zones (''Ortslagen''):
* Schwarzwald-Siedlung (Rollberge Siedlung)
Transport
The locality is served by ''S-Bahn
The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban- suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble co ...
'', at Berlin Waidmannslust station, on S1, S26 and S85 lines.
It is also served by A 111 motorway, at the exit n.4, named "Waidmannsluster Damm/Hermsdorfer Damm".
Personalities
* Elga Brink
Elisabeth Margarete Biermann (née Brink, born Frey; 2 April 1905 – 28 October 1985), known professionally as Elga Brink, was a German film actress. Brink rose to prominence in the early 1920s, when she starred in many silent films. Her last sil ...
(1905–1985), actress
* Marlies Wanjura (b. 1945), former mayor of Reinickendorf borough
References
Literature
* Klaus Schlickeiser: "''Waidmannslust, Vom Wirtshaus zum Ortsteil Reinickendorfs''" - Berlin 2000,
* Manfred Mendes: "''Leben in Waidmannslust, Geschichten, Episoden, Berichte, Bilder''" - Mendes Eigenverlag, Berlin 2004
External links
Waidmannslust official website
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