Coordinates | 44°25′57″N26°6′14″N |
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Name | Köpenick |
Image photo | Berlin-Köpenick - Rathaus 3.jpg |
Of city coa | Coat_of_arms_of_Berlin.svg |
Type | Quarter |
Article | of |
City | Berlin |
Lat deg | 52 | lat_min 26 | lat_sec 45 |
Lon deg | 13 | lon_min 34 | lon_sec 38 |
State | Berlin |
Borough | Treptow-Köpenick |
Divisions | 8 zones |
Elevation | 34 - 115 |
Area | 34.9 |
Population | 59201 |
Population as of | 2008-06-30 |
Density | 1695 |
Postal code | (nr. 0910) 12459, 12555, 12557, 12559, 12587 |
Licence | B |
Year | 1209 |
Plantext | Location of Köpenick in Treptow-Köpenick and Berlin |
Image plan | Map de-be koepenick.png |
Website | Official website }} |
Prior to its incorporation into Berlin in 1920, Köpenick was an independent town. It then became a borough of Berlin, with an area of , making it Berlin's largest borough. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, the borough of Köpenick was merged with that of Treptow to create the current borough of Treptow-Köpenick.
The Spree connects Köpenick with the Müggelsee and the Berlin city centre. The Oder-Spree Canal links the Dahme, at nearby Schmöckwitz, with the Oder river, at Eisenhüttenstadt, thus providing a navigable connection between Köpenick and the Oder.
Köpenick is sometimes called the "green lungs" of Berlin (Grüne Lunge Berlins). The Müggelberge hills in the south-east of Köpenick reach , making them the highest natural point of Berlin.
The former Slavic castle from about 800 was conquered by the Ascanian margraves John I and Otto III of Brandenburg in 1245, defeating their rivals Margrave Henry III of Meissen and the Archbishop of Magdeburg territory.
In 1631, during the Thirty Years' War, the emissaries of George William, Elector of Brandenburg met at Köpenick - then some distance outside Berlin - with the approaching army of Gustav Adolph, King of Sweden, in a vain effort to stop the ongoing devastation of Brandenburg.
In 1906, a shoemaker called Wilhelm Voigt masqueraded as a Prussian officer and took over the town hall of Köpenick. Carl Zuckmayer perpetuated the incident in his play The Captain of Köpenick, the model for several Der Hauptmann von Köpenick films and television shows.
Under the terms of the Greater Berlin Act of 1920, Köpenick became a borough of Berlin, with an area of , making it Berlin's largest borough. Besides the locality of Köpenick, the former borough included the localities of Oberschöneweide, Grünau, Schmöckwitz, Müggelheim, Rahnsdorf and Friedrichshagen. In 1931, the current name was officially adopted.
During the Cold War, Köpenick was part of East Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, the borough of Köpenick was merged with that of Treptow to create the current borough of Treptow-Köpenick.
Until 2002 a large radio facility for MW and FM was located near the Uhlenhorst neighbourhood, including a self-radiating radio mast, which was insulated against earth. The FM services of this facility were moved to the Fernsehturm at Alexanderplatz and the AM transmitters were moved to a new aerial mast at Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg.
Frederick I of Prussia had the lodge rebuilt and enlarged from 1677 and lived here together with his first wife Elizabeth Henrietta of Hesse-Kassel. In 1730 Frederick II of Prussia, then Crown Prince, and his friend Hans Hermann von Katte faced the court-martial for desertion at Schloss Köpenick. Today the castle surrounded by a small park serves as a museum of decorative art, run by the Berlin State Museums.
Köpenick is served by Köpenick, Wuhlheide and Hirschgarten stations on the S3 line of the Berlin S-Bahn network, and by the Spindlersfeld terminus of S47 line. Köpenick is also a node on the Berlin tram network, with routes 27, 60, 61, 62, 63, 67 and 68 passing through the locality.
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