Siemensstadt | |
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Coordinates:52°32′26″N13°15′47″E / 52.54056°N 13.26306°E /52.54056; 13.26306 | |
Country | Germany |
State | Berlin |
City | Berlin |
Borough | Spandau |
Founded | 1913 |
Area | |
• Total | 5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi) |
Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 12,875 |
• Density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 13629 |
Vehicle registration | B |
Siemensstadt (German:[ˈziːmənsˌʃtat]ⓘ) is a locality (Ortsteil) ofBerlin in thedistrict (Bezirk) ofSpandau.
The locality emerged when the companySiemens & Halske (S & H), one of the predecessors of today'sSiemens, bought land in the area, in order to expand production of S & H and their subsidiarySiemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) as well. On the initiative ofGeorg 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 theGreater Berlin Act.
DuringWorld War II, Siemensstadt was the location of a subcamp of theSachsenhausen concentration camp for men and women, mostly Hungarian Jews, but also Bulgarians, French, Italians, Yugoslavs, Dutch, Poles, Czechoslovaks, Russians and Ukrainians.[2]
Siemensstadt is situated on the eastern side of the Spandau district. It bordersSpandau (locality),Haselhorst,Tegel (inReinickendorf),Charlottenburg-Nord andWestend (both inCharlottenburg-Wilmersdorf). TheGroßsiedlung Siemensstadt is situated close to Siemensstadt but in Charlottenburg-Nord.
Siemensstadt is served by theBerliner U-Bahn lineU7 at the stations ofPaulsternstrasse,Rohrdamm andSiemensdamm.
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