Lichtenrade

"Berlin-Lichtenrade" redirects here. For the railway station, see Berlin-Lichtenrade station.
Lichtenrade
Quarter of Berlin

Gymnasium Carl Zeiss
Lichtenrade

Coordinates: 52°24′00″N 13°24′00″E / 52.40000°N 13.40000°E / 52.40000; 13.40000Coordinates: 52°24′00″N 13°24′00″E / 52.40000°N 13.40000°E / 52.40000; 13.40000
Country Germany
State Berlin
City Berlin
Borough Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Founded 1375
Area
 • Total 10.1 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population (2008-06-30)
 • Total 49,451
 • Density 4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes (nr. 0706) 12305, 12307, 12309
Vehicle registration B

Lichtenrade is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the borough (Bezirk) of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Tempelhof.

History

The locality was first mentioned in 1375, named Lichtenrode. Autonomous Prussian municipality of the former Teltow district, Lichtenrade was incorporated into Berlin in 1920, with the "Greater Berlin Act". During World War II, a branch of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp was located in this locality.[1] After 1941, Prisoners of War from Ukraine were interned in the camp. During the Cold War it was a part of West Berlin bordering with East Germany. Its long boundary with Brandenburg was surrounded by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989.[2]

Geography

Located in the southern suburb of Berlin, it is one of the southernmost areas of the city, largely bounded by the Brandenburger municipalities of Schönefeld (Dahme-Spreewald district), Blankenfelde-Mahlow and Großbeeren (both in Teltow-Fläming district). It borders with the Berliner localities of Marienfelde, Mariendorf and Buckow (this one in the district of Neukölln).

Transport

Lichtenrade is served by the S-Bahn line S2 at the stations of Schichauweg and Lichtenrade. The locality is also crossed, from north to south, by the federal highway B96.

Photogallery

Personalities

References

  1. ↑ List of subcamps of Sachsenhausen on www.jewishgen.org
  2. ↑ (German) Detailed history of Lichtenrade on "Kirchgemeinde Lichtenrade" portal
  3. ↑ Meaning "Mother Earth"
  4. ↑ (German) Biography of Kalus Wowereit

Literature

Media related to Lichtenrade at Wikimedia Commons


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