Rummelsburg

Quarter of Berlin in Germany

52°30′00″N 13°29′33″E / 52.50000°N 13.49250°E / 52.50000; 13.49250CountryGermanyStateBerlinCityBerlin BoroughLichtenberg Founded1669Subdivisions1 zoneArea • Total4.52 km² (1.75 sq mi)Elevation50 m (160 ft)Population • Total25,697 • Density5,700/km² (15,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesVehicle registrationB

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

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

• Adolph Schlicht (1840–1910)
• Heinrich Zille (1858–1929)
• Margarete Steffin (1908–1941)

Photogallery

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  Nöldnerplatz
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  The Rummelsburger See
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  Münsterlandplatz
• 
  Klingenberg power station

References

External links

Media related to Rummelsburg at Wikimedia Commons

• (in German) Rummelsburg page on www.berlin.de