Friedrichshagen

Friedrichshagen
Quarter of Berlin
"Berliner Bürgerbräu" building over the Müggelspree
Friedrichshagen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Berlin
City Berlin
Borough Treptow-Köpenick
Quarter subdivisions 1 zone
Basic statistics
Area 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Elevation 34 m  (112 ft)
Population 17,285  (30 June 2008)
 - Density 1,235 /km2 (3,198 /sq mi)
Founded 1753
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate B
Postal codes (nr. 0911) 12587
Website Official website

Friedrichshagen is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick.

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History

The colony of Friedrichsgnade was founded on May 29 1753 by the prince Frederick II of Prussia. Autonomous Prussian municipality of the former Niederbarnim district until 1920, it merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act" [1]. From 1949 to 1990 it was part of East Berlin [2].

Geography

Overview

Located in the south-eastern suburb of Berlin, Friedrichshagen borders with the Brandenburger municipalities of Hoppegarten (in Märkisch-Oderland district), and Schöneiche (in Oder-Spree). It is also bounded by the Berliner localities of Köpenick and Rahnsdorf. The residential area is surrounded in north by a big portion of the Berliner Stadtforst (city forest), and in south by the river Müggelspree (tributary of the Spree), and by the western side of Müggelsee, the biggest lake in Berlin.

Subdivision

Friedrichshagen counts 1 zone (Ortslage):

Transport

As urban railways, the locality is served by S-Bahn line S3, at the stations of Friedrichshagen and Hirschgarten. It is also served by the tram lines 60 and 61. The line 88, not operated by BVG and partially separated from the citizen network, connects Friedrichshagen station to Schöneiche and Rüdersdorf.

Photogallery

References

Literature

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Berlin-Friedrichshagen Friedrichshagen] at Wikimedia Commons