Schönefeld

Not to be confused with Schönfeld. For other uses, see Schönefeld (disambiguation).
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Schönefeld
Schönefeld village church
Schönefeld
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Dahme-Spreewald
Local subdivisions 6 Ortsteile
Mayor Dr. Udo Haase (AFE)
Basic statistics
Area 81.57 km2 (31.49 sq mi)
Elevation 44 m  (144 ft)
Population 13,256 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 163 /km2 (421 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate LDS
Postal code 12529
Area codes 030, 03379, 033762
Website Official website

Schönefeld is a suburban municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg, Germany. It borders the southeastern districts of Berlin.

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Geography

In the north, Schönefeld is bordered by the Lichtenrade, Gropiusstadt, Buckow, Rudow, Altglienicke and Bohnsdorf localities of Berlin. In the south, it borders Mittenwalde, in the west, Blankenfelde-Mahlow and in the east, Schulzendorf and Zeuthen.

It is located next to one of Berlin's two airports, Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF), which is to be replaced in by Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport, currently under construction and also to be located in Schönefeld, partly on land now occupied by the existing airport.

Civil parishes (Ortsteile)

The settlement of Kienberg, part of Waltersdorf, was cleared of residents to permit expansion of the airport.

History and monuments

The first preserved mention of Schönefeld dates to 1242. The village church has a large baroque altar. Waltersdorf and Waßmannsdorf both have village churches dating to the first half of the 13th century.

In the Großziethen cemetery is a memorial to 200 prisoners of war and forced laborers who died during World War II.

Before German reunification Schöneberg shared its borders partly with the former West Berlin (at Neukölln and Tempelhof-Schöneberg[2]), and so from 1961 to 1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.[3][4]

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Economy

The Airport-Center, an industrial area in Waltersdorf, and Berlin Schönefeld Airport are important sources of revenue for Schönefeld.

The furniture retailer Höffner and its subsidiary the discount furniture retailer Sconto Möbel are headquartered in Schöneberg. Dachser has a branch office there.

Before its disestablishment, Interflug had its head office on the grounds of the airport.[5]

Bremenfly also had its head office in Schönefeld.[6]

Twin towns — Sister cities

Schönefeld is twinned with Bayangol, a district of the capital of Mongolia, Ulan Bator (since 1999).

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg am am 30. Dezember 2010 nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden. Gebietsstand: 31.12.2010" (in German). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de//Publikationen/OTab/2011/OT_A01-04-00_124_201012_BB.pdf. 
  2. ^ Source: "ADAC StadtAtlas - Berlin-Potsdam". ed. 2007 - pages 232, 233, 234 - ISBN 3-8264-1348-2
  3. ^ Map and info about the wall on "Berlin Wall Online" (German)
  4. ^ Info, maps and pictures (see the sections "Lichterfelde-Schönefeld" and "Schönefeld-East Side Gallery")
  5. ^ "World Airline Directory," Flight International, 26 March 1988, p. 82. (pdf)
  6. ^ ""Imprint", Bremenfly. Retrieved on 15 September 2010.

Sources

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sch%C3%B6nefeld Schönefeld] at Wikimedia Commons
This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
Towns and municipalities in Dahme-Spreewald