Müggelheim

Müggelheim
Quarter of Berlin
Old school and village church
Müggelheim
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Berlin
City Berlin
Borough Treptow-Köpenick
Quarter subdivisions 3 zones
Basic statistics
Area 22.2 km2 (8.6 sq mi)
Elevation 34 m  (112 ft)
Population 6,350  (31 December 2008)
 - Density 286 /km2 (741 /sq mi)
Founded 1747
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate B
Postal codes (nr. 0914) 12559
Website Official website

Müggelheim 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 village was founded on June 1, 1747, by 20 families from Odernheim am Glam, in Rhineland-Palatinate [1]. Still 1920 it was an autonomous municipality, the lesser-populated one (186 inhabitants) merging into the German capital with the "Greater Berlin Act".[2]

Geography

Overview

Müggelheim, sourrounded by the Berliner Stadtforst [3], is located in the south-eastern suburb of Berlin, at the borders with the Brandenburger municipalities of Erkner and Gosen-Neu Zittau, Oder-Spree district. It borders with the Berliner localities of Rahnsdorf, Köpenick, Grünau and Schmöckwitz.

The lakes Seddinsee and Langer See are the southern borders of the locality, who has got in its territory other three lakes which are the Große Krampe, a little portion of the Müggelsee (named Kleiner Müggelsee), and the little Bauersee.

Subdivision

Müggelheim counts three zones (Ortslagen):

Transport

The locality is not served by urban rails: nearest S-Bahn station is Wilhelmshagen, located in Rahnsdorf. It is served by the bus lines M69 and 369, and by the ferry lines F21 (from Krampenburg to Schmöckwitz), F23 (from Müggelwerderweg to Kruggasse, in Rahnsdorf) and F24 (from Spreewiesen to Kruggasse).

Photogallery

References

  1. ^ (German) History of Müggelheim on its official website
  2. ^ (German) Historical infos on www.koepenick.net
  3. ^ One of the largest forests in Berlin
  4. ^ The little peninsula in front of Schmöckwitz

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Berlin-M%C3%BCggelheim Müggelheim] at Wikimedia Commons