Lichtenrade

{{redirect|Berlin-Lichtenrade|the railway station|Berlin-Lichtenrade station}}

{{Infobox German location

|name = Lichtenrade

|name_local =

|image_photo = Lichtenrade Dorfkirche, November 2008 - panoramio.jpg

|image_caption = Village church in winter

|type = Quarter

|City = Berlin

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|state = Berlin

|district =

|borough = Tempelhof-Schöneberg

|divisions =

|elevation = 50

|area = 10.1

|pop_ref = {{Population Germany|key=11|datref=QUELLE}}

|population = {{Population Germany|key=110706}}

|population_as_of = {{Population Germany|key=11|datref=STAND}}

|postal_code = 12305, 12307, 12309

|area_code =

|licence = B

|year = 1375

|plantext = Location of Lichtenrade in Tempelhof-Schöneberg and Berlin

|image_plan = Berlin Tempelhof-Schoeneberg Lichtenrade.png

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Lichtenrade ({{IPA|de|lɪçtn̩ˈʁaːdə|lang|De-Lichtenrade.ogg}}) is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the borough (Bezirk) of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Tempelhof.

History

The locality was first mentioned in 1375, named Lichtenrode. Autonomous Prussian municipality of the former Teltow district, Lichtenrade was incorporated into Berlin in 1920, with the "Greater Berlin Act". During World War II, a branch of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp was located in this locality.[http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/MainCampsEng.html List of subcamps of Sachsenhausen on www.jewishgen.org] After 1941, prisoners of war from Ukraine were interned in the camp. During the Cold War it was a part of West Berlin bordering with East Germany. Its long boundary with Brandenburg was surrounded by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989.{{in lang|de}} [http://www.kirchengemeinde-lichtenrade.de/Geschichte/pfr-klein.htm Detailed history of Lichtenrade on "Kirchgemeinde Lichtenrade" portal]

Geography

Located in the southern suburb of Berlin, it is one of the southernmost areas of the city, largely bounded by the Brandenburger municipalities of Schönefeld (Dahme-Spreewald district), Blankenfelde-Mahlow and Großbeeren (both in Teltow-Fläming district). It borders with the Berliner localities of Marienfelde, Mariendorf and Buckow (this one in the district of Neukölln).

Transportation

Lichtenrade is served by the S-Bahn line S2 at the stations of Schichauweg and Lichtenrade. The locality is also crossed, from north to south, by the federal highway B96.

Photogallery

File:Mälzerei lichtenrade 2010.JPG|The former malthouse

File:Dorfkirche Lichtenrade.jpg|Village church

File:Heinrich Missfeldt - Lichtenrade - Mutter Erde fec.jpg|The sculpture "Mutter Erde" Meaning "Mother Earth" by Heinrich Mißfeldt

File:Carl Zeiss Oberschule Neubau.jpg|Gymnasium Carl Zeiss

File:Berlin-Lichtenrade Panorama East Berlin.JPG|Panoramic view

Personalities

References

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Literature

  • Barbara Gehrts: "Nie wieder ein Wort davon?". Union Verlag, Stuttgart 1975, {{ISBN|3-423-07813-8}}