Tegel

Tegel
Quarter of Berlin
Gorkistrasse in the old town
Location of Tegel in Reinickendorf district and Berlin
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Coordinates: 52°35′00″N 13°17′00″E / 52.58333°N 13.28333°E / 52.58333; 13.28333
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Reinickendorf
Founded	1558
Area
• Total	33.7 km2 (13.0 sq mi)
Elevation	52 m (171 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[1]
• Total	36,697
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	(nr. 1202) 13405, 13503, 13505, 13507, 13509
Vehicle registration	B

Tegel (German:

The Tegel Palace (or Humboldt Palace), originally a Renaissance manor house from 1558 and a hunting lodge of Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg, was bequeathed to the Humboldt family in 1797. Alexander von Humboldt and Wilhelm von Humboldt lived here for several years. In 1824 Wilhelm had the palace rebuilt in a Neoclassical style by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. In the park is a tomb, where Alexander, Wilhelm, and other members of the Humboldt family are buried. From 1927 until 1931 Tegel Palace was the site of a sanatorium, founded by the psychoanalyst Ernst Simmel (1882-1947).

From 1898 on Tegel was the seat of the Borsig-Werke steam locomotive manufacturing company until it moved to Hennigsdorf in Brandenburg in 1931.

Between 1930 and 1934 an

During World War II, Tegel was the location of a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp,^[2] and a Nazi prison with several forced labour subcamps in the region.^[3]

Tegel was the site of a

Besides this, Tegel is an extensive residential district with some industry. With the large Lake Tegel, set in woodlands, the locality is also a popular destination for daytrippers. It boasts Berlin's oldest tree, an oak called Dicke Marie ("Fat Mary").

Transportation

Tegel is served by the

• Lake Tegel

Gallery

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  Tegel Palace
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  Catholic church St Bernard
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  Humboldt island in Tegel
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  Dicke Marie ("Fat Mary") is a registered natural monument, said to be the oldest tree in Berlin.

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