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Siemensstadt

Coordinates: 52°32′26″N 13°15′47″E / 52.54056°N 13.26306°E / 52.54056; 13.26306
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Siemensstadt
Rapsstrasse
Rapsstrasse
Location of Siemensstadt in Spandau district and Berlin
Siemensstadt is located in Germany
Siemensstadt
Siemensstadt
Siemensstadt is located in Berlin
Siemensstadt
Siemensstadt
Coordinates: 52°32′26″N 13°15′47″E / 52.54056°N 13.26306°E / 52.54056; 13.26306
CountryGermany
StateBerlin
CityBerlin
BoroughSpandau
Founded1913
Area
 • Total5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Elevation
35 m (115 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[1]
 • Total12,875
 • Density2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
13629
Vehicle registrationB

Siemensstadt (German: [ˈziːmənsˌʃtat] ) is a locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the district (Bezirk) of Spandau.

History

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The locality emerged when the company Siemens & Halske (S & H), one of the predecessors of today's Siemens, bought land in the area, in order to expand production of S & H and their subsidiary Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) as well. On the initiative of Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, S & H started to build new factories in 1899. Soon also residential buildings were erected. The locality was incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920 by the Greater Berlin Act.

During World War II, Siemensstadt was the location of a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp for men and women, mostly Hungarian Jews, but also Bulgarians, French, Italians, Yugoslavs, Dutch, Poles, Czechoslovaks, Russians and Ukrainians.[2]

Geography

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Siemensstadt is situated on the eastern side of the Spandau district. It borders Spandau (locality), Haselhorst, Tegel (in Reinickendorf), Charlottenburg-Nord and Westend (both in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf). The Großsiedlung Siemensstadt is situated close to Siemensstadt but in Charlottenburg-Nord.

Transport

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Siemensstadt is served by the Berliner U-Bahn line U7 at the stations of Paulsternstrasse, Rohrdamm and Siemensdamm.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31. Dezember 2023". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. February 2024.
  2. ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 1284. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
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