Köpenick
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Coordinates: 52°26′45″N 13°34′38″E / 52.44583°N 13.57722°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Berlin |
City | Berlin |
Borough | Treptow-Köpenick |
Founded | 1232 |
Subdivisions | 8 zones |
Area | |
• Total | 34.9 km2 (13.5 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 115 m (377 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 67,148 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | (nr. 0910) 12459, 12555, 12557, 12559, 12587 |
Vehicle registration | B |
Website | Official website |
Köpenick (German pronunciation: [ˈkøːpənɪk] ⓘ) is a historic town and locality (Ortsteil) in Berlin, situated at the confluence of the rivers Dahme and Spree in the south-east of the German capital. It was formerly known as Copanic and then Cöpenick, only officially adopting the current spelling in 1931. It is also known for the famous imposter Hauptmann von Köpenick.
Prior to its incorporation into Berlin in 1920, Köpenick had been an independent town. It then became a
Köpenick is home to the Bundesliga football club 1. FC Union Berlin, who play at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei. Mellowpark, the largest outdoor skatepark in Europe, is located in the town.
Geography
Overview
A large percentage of Köpenick's surface area is made up of pine forests and expanses of water like lake Müggelsee, which is why it is often referred to as the "green lungs" of Berlin (Grüne Lunge Berlins). The Müggelberge hills in the south-east of Köpenick reach 115 m (377 ft), making them the highest natural point of Berlin.
The historic town lies in the center of the Berlin
The Spree links Köpenick with lake Müggelsee and inner Berlin, and further via the Havel and Elbe rivers with the North Sea. The Oder–Spree Canal links the Dahme, at nearby Schmöckwitz, with the Oder river, at Eisenhüttenstadt, thus providing a navigable connection between Köpenick, the Oder and thus the Baltic Sea.
Neighborhoods
Köpenick comprises nine neighborhoods:
- The old town (Altstadt)
- Kietzer Vorstadt
- Dammvorstadt
- The North (Köpenick-Nord) with:
- Amtsfeld and Kämmereiheide with:
- Köllnische Vorstadt
- Spindlersfeld
- Wendenschloß
- Kietzer Feld
Panorama
History
Duchy of Kopanica 12th century–c. 1180
March of Lusatia c.1180-1210
Margraviate of Meißen1210-1245
Margraviate of Brandenburg 1245–1356
Electorate of Brandenburg1356–1373
Kingdom of Bohemia 1373–1415
Electorate of Brandenburg1415–1701
Kingdom of Prussia 1701–1871
German Empire 1871–1918
Weimar Republic 1918–1933
Nazi Germany 1933–1945
Allied-occupied Germany 1945–1949
German Democratic Republic 1949–1990
Federal Republic of Germany 1990–present
While its origins are shrouded in mystery, Köpenick has had a long history as an independent town. In the 12th century, it was the residence of a Slavic
While Jaxa's
Köpenick may therefore be considered one of the oldest settlements in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, predating Spandau, Berlin and Cölln, which was first mentioned in a 1237 deed. For the most part of its history, the town was known as Cöp(e)nick.
The old Cöpenick consisted of three distinct parts that co-existed for centuries on the three banks of the Frauentog, a bight in the river Dahme: the castle with its garrison, the German-settled town of artisans, peasants and merchants, and the for still some time Sorbic-speaking Kietz, a hamlet containing the fishermen.
The castle was conquered by the
In 1631, the emissaries of
In 1906, Wilhelm Voigt, a shoemaker and drifter, masqueraded as a Prussian officer and commandeered a squad of soldiers to follow him to Cöpenick to take control of the town hall. Carl Zuckmayer perpetuated the incident in his play The Captain of Cöpenick, on which several film and television adaptations have been based.
By 1907, Cöpenick was the largest town in the county of
In the months that followed the Nazi's rise to power, SA storm troops abducted and brutally tortured residents they considered political adversaries. In June 1933 the terror culminated in the Week of Blood, that left at least 24 Nazi opponents across the political spectrum dead and many more maimed. One of the sites at which the atrocities took place, the prison annex to the district court at Mandrellaplatz, has been turned into a museum.[2] During World War II, Köpenick was the location of a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, mostly for Polish women, but also Czechoslovak, French, Greek, Belgian and Soviet, including of Romani descent.[3]
During the Cold War, Köpenick was part of the Soviet sector and thus East Berlin.
As a result of the
Until it was decommissioned in 2002, a large radio facility for MW and FM was located near the Uhlenhorst neighbourhood, including a 248 m (814 ft) self-radiating radio mast, which was insulated against earth. Following decommissioning, the FM services of this facility were moved to the Fernsehturm at Alexanderplatz and the AM transmitters were moved to a new aerial mast at Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg.
Köpenick Palace
The palace (Schloss Köpenick) was originally built in 1558 as a hunting lodge by order of
From 1677,
Culture
"Köpenick Summer" (Köpenicker Sommer) is an annual street festival which featuring music, shows and a festival parade led by the Captain of Köpenick (Hauptmann von Köpenick).
Transport
Both the rivers
Köpenick is served by
Sport
The Stadion An der Alten Försterei is home of the 1. FC Union Berlin football club.
Mellowpark is the biggest outdoor skatepark in Europe.
Grünau hosted the 1936 Olympic rowing competitions, and many athletes had lodgings there and nearby, like the American 8-man rowing team as described in Daniel James Brown's Boys in the Boat.
People
- Eugen Anton Theophil von Podbielski (1814-1879), prussian general
- Wilhelm Rietze (1903-1944), resistance fighter and communist
- Bruno Lüdke (1908-1944), German serial killer
- Maria Landrock (1923-1992), German actress
- Achim Hill (1935-2015), German rower
- Jochen Schümann (born 1954), German sailor
- Patrick Jahn (born 1983), German football player
- Georg Kössler (born 1984), German politician
- Tim Bendzko (born 1985), German singer-songwriter
- Laura Ludwig (born 1986), German beach volleyball player
- Jörn Schlönvoigt (born 1986), German actor and singer
References
- ^ "Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31. Dezember 2020" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. February 2021.
- ^ "Memorial of Köpenick Week of Blood June 1933".
- ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
- ISBN 0-85288-283-1.
- ^ "Liniennetzplan der Straßenbahn". BVG. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
External links
- Media related to Köpenick at Wikimedia Commons
- Köpenick travel guide from Wikivoyage
- (in German) Köpenick official site
- (in German) Köpenick page on www.berlin.de