Waidmannslust () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within 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 ...

(''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 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 ...

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

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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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