Reinickendorf | |
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Location of Reinickendorf in Reinickendorf district and Berlin  | |
  Reinickendorf  Reinickendorf | |
| Coordinates:52°34′00″N13°20′00″E / 52.56667°N 13.33333°E /52.56667; 13.33333 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Berlin |
| City | Berlin |
| Borough | Reinickendorf |
| Founded | 1230 |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 52 m (171 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 84,652 |
| • Density | 8,100/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 13403, 13407, 13409 |
| Vehicle registration | B |
Reinickendorf (German pronunciation:[ˈʁaɪnɪkn̩ˌdɔʁf]ⓘ) is a locality (Ortsteil) ofBerlin in theborough (Bezirk) ofReinickendorf. It had a population of 83,972 in 2020.
The locality is situated in the south-western side of its district. It borders the localities ofTegel in the west,Wittenau andBorsigwalde in the north. To the east areWilhelmsruh,Niederschönhausen andPankow, all three in thePankow borough, to the southGesundbrunnen andWedding, both in the borough ofMitte.
The name of the former Reinickendorf village can be traced back to a peasantReinhardt (Reineke inLow German), who settled here around 1230. The locality was first mentioned in a 1345 deed and acquired by the City of Berlin in 1397. The late 19th century saw a significant increase in population, when Reinickendorf received direct access to Berlin with the opening of theNordbahn railway line toNeustrelitz in 1877.
Reinickendorf was incorporated into the City of Berlin by the 1920Greater Berlin Act. In 1928, architect Otto Rudolf Salvisberg designed theWeiße Stadt (White City), part of the BerlinModernist Housing Estates, a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site.[2]
DuringWorld War II, Reinickendorf was the location of a subcamp of theSachsenhausen concentration camp for Hungarian Jewish and Polish women.[3]
Kriegsgräberstätte Reinickendorf is adjacent to the S-Bahn station and is accessed from Freitheitsweg or via a footpath on the south side of the station. In addition to one grave from 1919, inside the gate is a plot containing burials of military personnel and civilians from the Battle for Berlin and, in particular, 24th April 1945. Beyond this plot is another containing deaths occurring during the winter of 1945/46. To the west side are further immediate post-war civilian graves amounting to 500 burials. The total number of burials in the cemetery is around 2,370.
Reinickendorf is served by theBerlin S-Bahn linesS1,S25,S85 and by theU-Bahn lineU8. The S-Bahn stations areSchönholz,Wilhelmsruh,[4]Alt-Reinickendorf,Karl Bonhoeffer Nervenklinik andEichborndamm. The U-Bahn stations areRathaus Reinickendorf,Karl Bonhoeffer Nervenklinik,Lindauer Allee,Paracelsus Bad,Residenzstraße andFranz Neumann Platz.
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 Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (2) | |
 Lichtenberg (11) | |
 Marzahn-Hellersdorf (10) | |
 Mitte (1) | |
 Neukölln (8) | |
 Pankow (3) | |
 Reinickendorf (12) | |
 Spandau (5) | |
 Steglitz-Zehlendorf (6) | |
 Tempelhof-Schöneberg (7) | |
 Treptow-Köpenick (9) | |
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