Rummelsburg

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

Rummelsburg
Quarter of Berlin
Tuchollaplatz (Victoriastadt)
Rummelsburg
Location of Rummelsburg in Lichtenberg district and Berlin
Coordinates: 52°30′00″N 13°29′33″E / 52.50000°N 13.49250°E / 52.50000; 13.49250Coordinates: 52°30′00″N 13°29′33″E / 52.50000°N 13.49250°E / 52.50000; 13.49250
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Lichtenberg
Founded	1669
Area
• Total	4.52 km² (1.75 sq mi)
Population (2008-06-30)
• Total	17,567
• Density	3,900/km² (10,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	(nr. 1112) 10317
Vehicle registration	B

Rummelsburg is a German locality (Ortsteil) in the borough (Bezirk) of Lichtenberg, Berlin.

History

The locality was founded in 1669 and on January 30, 1889 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.^[1]

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

Nöldnerplatz
The Rummelsburger See
Münsterlandplatz
Klingenberg power station

References

↑ (German) Historical infos about Rummelsburg

External links

Media related to Rummelsburg at Wikimedia Commons

(German) Rummelsburg page on www.berlin.de

Boroughs and localities of Berlin

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf	Charlottenburg Charlottenburg-Nord Grunewald Halensee Schmargendorf Westend Wilmersdorf

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg	Friedrichshain Kreuzberg

Lichtenberg	Alt-Hohenschönhausen Falkenberg Fennpfuhl Friedrichsfelde Karlshorst Lichtenberg Malchow Neu-Hohenschönhausen Rummelsburg Wartenberg

Marzahn-Hellersdorf	Biesdorf Hellersdorf Kaulsdorf Mahlsdorf Marzahn

Mitte	Gesundbrunnen Hansaviertel Mitte Moabit Tiergarten Wedding

Neukölln	Britz Buckow Gropiusstadt Neukölln Rudow

Pankow	Blankenburg Blankenfelde Buch Französisch Buchholz Heinersdorf Karow Niederschönhausen Pankow Prenzlauer Berg Rosenthal Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow Weißensee Wilhelmsruh

Reinickendorf	Borsigwalde Frohnau Heiligensee Hermsdorf Konradshöhe Lübars Märkisches Viertel Reinickendorf Tegel Waidmannslust Wittenau

Spandau	Falkenhagener Feld Gatow Hakenfelde Haselhorst Kladow Siemensstadt Spandau Staaken Wilhelmstadt

Steglitz-Zehlendorf	Dahlem Lankwitz Lichterfelde Nikolassee Steglitz Wannsee Zehlendorf

Tempelhof-Schöneberg	Friedenau Lichtenrade Mariendorf Marienfelde Schöneberg Tempelhof

Treptow-Köpenick	Adlershof Alt-Treptow Altglienicke Baumschulenweg Bohnsdorf Friedrichshagen Grünau Johannisthal Köpenick Müggelheim Niederschöneweide Oberschöneweide Plänterwald Rahnsdorf Schmöckwitz

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