Siemensstadt
Siemensstadt | |
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![]() Rapsstrasse | |
Coordinates: 52°32′26″N 13°15′47″E / 52.54056°N 13.26306°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Berlin |
City | Berlin |
Borough | Spandau |
Founded | 1913 |
Area | |
• Total | 5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi) |
Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 12,875 |
• Density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 13629 |
Vehicle registration | B |
Siemensstadt (German: [ˈziːmənsˌʃtat] ) is a locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the district (Bezirk) of Spandau.
History
The locality emerged when the company Siemens & Halske (S & H), one of the predecessors of today's Siemens, bought land in the area, in order to expand production of S & H and their subsidiary Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) as well. On the initiative of Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, 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.
During World War II, Siemensstadt was the location of a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp for men and women, mostly Hungarian Jews, but also Bulgarians, French, Italians, Yugoslavs, Dutch, Poles, Czechoslovaks, Russians and Ukrainians.[2]
Geography
Siemensstadt is situated on the eastern side of the Spandau district. It borders Spandau (locality), Haselhorst, Tegel (in Reinickendorf), Charlottenburg-Nord and Westend (both in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf). The Großsiedlung Siemensstadt 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 and Siemensdamm.
Images
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Siemens-Tower
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Wernerwerk (Werner's Factory)
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Wernerwerk II
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Wernerwerk XV
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Rapsstrasse, northern part
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Rapsstrasse
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Christophorus Church
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Rohrdamm
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Genoveva-Fountain
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Rieppelstrasse
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Rieppel- Ecke Dihlmannstrasse
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Maeckeritzstrasse
See also
References
- ^ "Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31. Dezember 2023". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. February 2024.
- ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 1284. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
External links
Media related to Siemensstadt at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German) Siemensstadt page on www.berlin.de