Rummelsburg

Rummelsburg

Rummelsburg

Quarter of Berlin in Germany

For the town in Poland, see Miastko. For the train station, see Berlin-Rummelsburg railway station.

Rummelsburg (German: [ˈʁʊml̩sˌbʊʁk] ⓘ) is a subdivision or neighborhood (Ortsteil) of the borough (Bezirk) of Lichtenberg of the German capital, Berlin.

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History

Rummelsburg was founded in 1669. On 30 January 1889 it became a rural municipality, with the name of Boxhagen-Rummelsburg. Merged in 1912 in the town of Lichtenberg, in 1920 it was incorporated in Berlin with the Greater Berlin Act.[2]

Geography

Overview

Located in the eastern side of the city and crossed by Spree river in the western corner, Rummelsburg borders with Lichtenberg, Friedrichsfelde, Karlshorst, Friedrichshain (in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district), Plänterwald and Oberschöneweide (both in Treptow-Köpenick district). The lake Rummelsburger See belongs to the locality and separates it from Stralau, a zone of Friedrichshain.

Subdivision

Rummelsburg counts 1 zone (Ortslage):

  • Victoriastadt

Transport

The locality is served by several urban rail lines of S-Bahn and U-Bahn. The stations serving the locality are Rummelsburg (S3 line), Betriebsbahnhof Rummelsburg (S3), Nöldnerplatz (S5, S7, S75), partly Ostkreuz (S3, S4, S5, S7, S75, S8, S85, S9) and part of the DB station of Lichtenberg (S5, S7, S75, U5, Tram).

Personalities

Photogallery

  • Nöldnerplatz
  • The Rummelsburger See
  • Münsterlandplatz
  • Klingenberg power station

References

  1. [1]
    "Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31. Dezember 2020" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. February 2021.
  2. [2]
    (in German) Historical infos about Rummelsburg

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