Borsigwalde () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, 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 ...

(''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. Subd ...

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. Until 2012 was a zone (''Ortslage'') part of

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 ...

.Documents on www.berlin.de
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History

The locality, named after the engineer

August Borsig Johann Karl Friedrich August Borsig (; 23 June 1804 – 6 July 1854) was a German businessman who founded the ''Borsig-Werke'' factory. Borsig was born in Breslau (Wrocław), the son of cuirassier and carpenter foreman Johann George Borsig. Aft ...

, was first settled in 1899 and, on 1 October 1920, incorporated into Berlin with the

Greater Berlin Act The Greater Berlin Act (), officially Law Regarding the Creation of the New Municipality of Berlin (), was a law passed by the Prussian state government in 1920, which greatly expanded the size of the Prussian and German capital of Berlin. Hist ...

. Part of

as a simple ''Ortslage'', Borsigwalde became the 11th locality of Reinickendorf (and the 96th of Berlin) on 24 April 2012, following a decision by the boroughs assembly of 14 March. The decision was announced in the

official gazette A government gazette (also known as an official gazette, official journal, official newspaper, official monitor or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices. It is usually establish ...

on 18 May 2012.Official Gazette (''Amtsblatt'') Nr. 20, page 771 (including a map of quarter's borders)
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Geography

Located in north of Berlin and in the middle of Reinickendorf, Borsigwalde borders with 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 ''Saatwinke ...

(west and south),

(southeast) and

(north and east). It is not too far from the

Lake Tegel Lake Tegel () () is the second largest lake in Berlin, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. I ...

and on its north-eastern corner is located the Reinickendorf town hall.

Transport

Borsigwalde is less than 1 km from

Berlin-Tegel Airport Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport () was the primary international airport of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The airport was named after aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal and was the fourth busiest airport in Germany, with over 24 millio ...

and is linked to it by the A 111 motorway. The border with Tegel is crossed by the ''

S-Bahn The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region predominantly in German language, German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit syst ...

'' line S25, and

Eichborndamm station Eichborndamm is a railway station in the Reinickendorf neighbourhood of the homonymous borough in Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region pr ...

serves the locality.

Gallery

File:Borsigwalde Borsigwalder Weg-002.JPG, View of ''Borsigwalder Weg'' File:Berlin-Borsigwalde Karte.png, Road map of Borsigwalde

References

External links

Borsigwalde official website

Images of Borsigwalde: yesterday and today
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