KöpenickKöpenick (German pronunciation:) is a historic locality (Ortsteil) in Berlin, situated at the confluence of the rivers Dahme and Spree in the southeast of the German capital. It was formerly known as Copanic and then Cöpenick, only officially adopting the current spelling in 1931. Prior to its incorporation into Berlin in 1920, Köpenick had been an independent town. It then became a borough of Berlin, and with an area of 128 km (49 sq mi), Berlin's largest.
FriedrichshagenFriedrichshagen (German pronunciation:) is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick. HistoryThe colony of Friedrichsgnade was founded on May 29, 1753, by King Frederick II of Prussia. Autonomous Prussian municipality of the former district of the Province of Brandenburg until 1920, it merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act."
MüggelturmThe Müggelturm (“Müggel Tower”) is a popular day-trip destination in Köpenick, in southeastern Berlin, Germany. It is located to the south of the Müggelsee lake in the Müggelberg hills atop the Kleiner Müggelberg (“Small Müggelhill”).
RahnsdorfRahnsdorf (German pronunciation:) is a locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin, Germany, located in the southeast of the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick. HistoryRahnsdorf was first mentioned in 1375, having been founded as a fishermen's village with its own church. The latter burned down almost completely in 1872 and thus had to be rebuilt thereafter.
Treptow-KöpenickTreptow-Köpenick (German pronunciation:) is the ninth borough of Berlin, Germany, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Treptow and Köpenick. The borough was formerly part of East Berlin. OverviewAmong Berlin's boroughs it is the largest by area with the lowest population density. The Johannisthal Air Field, Germany's first airfield, was located in Treptow-Köpenick, between Johannisthal and Adlershof.
MüggelheimMüggelheim (German pronunciation:) is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick. HistoryThe village was founded on June 1, 1747, by 20 families from Odernheim am Glan, in Rhineland-Palatinate. By 1920 it was still an autonomous municipality, the lesser populated one (186 inhabitants) merging into the German capital with the "Greater Berlin Act".
BerlinBerlin is the capital and largest city of Germany. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union (EU). The metropolis is also one of the states of Germany, being the third-smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, bordering Brandenburg's capital Potsdam to the southwest.
GermanyCountry in EuropeGermany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Western and Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north with the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states have a total population of over 83 million, making it the most populous member state of the European Union (EU).
Weichselian glaciationThe Weichselian glaciation is the glaciation of the northern parts of Europe in the Last Glacial Period. It corresponds to the Würm glaciation in the Alpine region. It was characterized by a large ice sheet (the Fennoscandian ice sheet) that spread out from the Scandinavian Mountains and extended as far as the east coast of Schleswig-Holstein, northern Poland and Northwest Russia.
PleistoceneFirst epoch of the Quaternary PeriodSubdivision of the Quaternary according to the ICS, as of 2024.Vertical axis scale: Millions of years agoEtymologyName formalityFormalUsage informationCelestial bodyEarthRegional usageGlobal (ICS)DefinitionChronological unitEpochStratigraphic unitSeriesTime span formalityFormalLower boundary definitionBase of magnetic polarity chronozone C2r (Matuyama).Extinction of the haptophytesDiscoaster pentaradiatus and Discoaster surculusLower boundary GSSPMonte San Nicola Section, Gela, Sicily, Italy37°08′49″N14°12′13″E / 37.1469°N 14.2035°E / 37.1469; 14.2035Lower GSSP ratified2009 (as base of Quaternary and Pleistocene)Upper boundary definitionEnd of the Younger DryasstadialUpper boundary GSSPNGRIP2 ice core, Greenland75°06′00″N42°19′12″W / 75.1000°N 42.3200°W / 75.1000; -42.3200Upper GSSP ratified2008 (as base of Holocene)The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from c. 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.
LakeA lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from the ocean, although they may be connected with the ocean by outflowing rivers. Lakes, like other bodies of water, are part of the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth.
Kettle (landform)A kettle (also known as a kettle hole, kettlehole, pothole, or, in parts of the United Kingdom, pingo) is a depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. The kettles are formed as a result of blocks of dead ice left behind by retreating glaciers, which become surrounded by sediment deposited by meltwater streams as there is increased friction.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.