Rahnsdorf

For the railway station, see Berlin-Rahnsdorf station.

Rahnsdorf
Quarter of Berlin
The settlement of Neu-Venedig (New Venice)
Rahnsdorf
Location of Rahnsdorf in Treptow-Köpenick and Berlin
Coordinates	52°26′0″N 13°42′0″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Treptow-Köpenick
Quarter subdivisions	4 zones
Basic statistics
Area	21.5 km2 (8.3 sq mi)
Elevation	34 m  (112 ft)
Population	8,891  (30 June 2008)
- Density	414 /km2 (1,071 /sq mi)
Founded	1375
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	B
Postal codes	(nr. 0912) 12589

Rahnsdorf is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick.

History

The locality was first mentioned in 1375, originally created as fishermen's village, which has its own church. After 1872, when it burned down almost completely, it was rebuilt. In 1902 the Villenkolonie of Wilhelmshagen was built in the east of the village with Tabor Church. In 1920 Rahnsdorf merged into the city of Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act" and from 1949 to 1990 it was part of East Berlin.

Geography

Overview

Located in the south-eastern suburb of Berlin, Rahnsdorf is the easternmost locality of the city. The easternmost point is represented by Springeberg, a ground located in front of Falkensee lake, bordering with Woltersdorf and Erkner, two municipalities of Oder-Spree district, Brandenburg. Similar to an exclave it is linked to Berliner mainland with a road (Woltersdorfer Landstraße) forming a strip, as in Steinstücken. The other municipality bordering with Rahnsdorf is Schöneiche, also part of Oder-Spree. Another particularty of Rahnsdorfer borders with Brandenburg is represented by Landjägerallee, a road parallel to railway that forms a thin and long strip belonging to Erkner surrounded by Berliner territory. The localities of Treptow-Köpenick bordering with Rahnsdorf are Friedrichshagen, Köpenick and Müggelheim.

Surrounded by a big portion of the Berliner Stadtforst (city forest), Rahnsdorf counts 2 lakes in its territory: the eastern portion of Müggelsee (the biggest lake in Berlin), and the western one of Dämeritzsee. Between the Müggelspree river, an affluent of the Spree representing the border with Müggelheim, and the old town, it is located Neu-Venedig (New Venice), a residential settlement so named because it is crossed by numerous artificial canals.

Subdivision

Schmöckwitz counts 4 zones (Ortslagen):

• Alt-Rahnsdorf
• Hessenwinkel
• Neu-Venedig
• Wilhelmshagen

Transport

As urban railways, the locality is served by S-Bahn line S3, at the stations of Rahnsdorf and Wilhelmshagen. It is also served by the tramway lines 61 and 87. The second, not operated by BVG and separated from the citizen network, connects Rahnsdorf station to Woltersdorf. Another separated line (88) crosses a little portion of the locality without stops. Rahnsdorf counts also two ferry lines, F23 and F24, running over Müggelspree, at Müggelwerderweg and Kruggasse.

Personalities

• Karl Hillert (1927–2004), sculptor, painter, graphic designer

Photogallery

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  The Strandbad Rahnsdorf on Müggelsee

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  Village church

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  The Triglawbrücke bridge at Hessenwinkel

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  The Woltersdorfer Tram (Line 87) at Rahnsdorf (1990)

External links

Media related to Rahnsdorf at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) Rahnsdorf page on www.berlin.de