| Köpenick | |
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| Coordinates | 52°26′45″N 13°34′38″E / 52.44583°N 13.57722°E |
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| Country | Germany |
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| State | Berlin |
| City | Berlin |
| Borough | Treptow-Köpenick |
| Quarter subdivisions | 8 zones |
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| Area | 34.9 km2 (13.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 34 - 115 m |
| Population | 59,201 (30 June 2008) |
| - Density | 1,696 /km2 (4,393 /sq mi) |
| Founded | 1209 |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | B |
| Postal codes | (nr. 0910) 12459, 12555, 12557, 12559, 12587 |
| Website | http://www.koepenick.net/ |
| Location of Köpenick in Treptow-Köpenick and Berlin | |
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Köpenick is a locality in the borough of Treptow-Köpenick in Berlin. It is located in the south-east of the city and is best known for the Hauptmann von Köpenick. Prior to Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, Köpenick was a borough in its own right — then with 128 km2 (49.4 sq mi) (14.3 % of the city area) Berlin's largest whilst least settled — including the localities of Köpenick, Oberschöneweide, Grünau, Schmöckwitz, Müggelheim, Rahnsdorf and Friedrichshagen.
The Stadion An der Alten Försterei is home of the 1. FC Union Berlin football club.
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Geography
Overview
A large percentage of Köpenick's area is covered with forests and water, most notably the Müggelsee lake. The historic town lies in the centre of the Berlin Urstromtal glacial valley at the confluence of the rivers Dahme and Spree. The Spree connects Köpenick with the Müggelsee and the Berlin city centre. Shortly before its conflux with the Spree, the Schlossinsel lies on the Dahme, a small island with Köpenick Castle. The Müggelberge hills in the south-east of Köpenick reach 115 m (377 ft), making them the highest natural point of Berlin.
Köpenick is sometimes called the "green lungs" of Berlin (Grüne Lunge Berlins). It also encompasses the neighbourhoods of Spindlersfeld and Wendenschloß.
Subdivision
Köpenick is divided into 8 zones:
- Altstadt
- Kietzer Vorstadt
- Dammvorstadt
- Köpenick-Nord
- Siedlung Dammfeld
- Elsengrund
- Uhlenhorst
- Wolfsgarten
- Amtsfeld-Kämmereiheide
- Salvador-Allende-Viertel
- Köllnische Vorstadt
- Spindlersfeld
- Wendenschloß
- Siedlung Kietzer Feld
History
Before Köpenick became part of Greater Berlin in 1920, it had a long history as an independent town. Its first known mentioning as a stronghold dates back to a 1209 deed issued by Margrave Conrad II of Lusatia, then under the name Copanic (from Old Slavic: Kopanica). It is therefore considered "older" than Berlin-Cölln, which was first mentioned in a 1237 deed. For the most part of Köpenick's history, the town was known as Cöpenick - the modern spelling of the name was not officially adopted until 1931.
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 emmisaries 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 devatation 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.
During the Cold War, Köpenick was part of East Berlin.
Until 2002 a large radio facility for MW and FM was located near the Uhlenhorst neighbourhood, including a 248 m (814 ft) 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.
Köpenick Castle
The castle (Schloss Köpenick) was originally built in 1558 as a hunting lodge by order of Elector Joachim II Hector of Brandenburg. The building in a Renaissance style was located on the river island at the site of the former medieval fort. Joachim II died here in 1571. In 1631 it served as the headquarters of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, where he - without results - asked his brother-in-law Elector George William for assistance in the Thirty Years' War.
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.
Transportation
Köpenick has access to the S3 line of the Berlin S-Bahn network at the stations Wuhlheide, Köpenick and Hirschgarten. It is also served by the S47 line at the Spindlersfeld terminus.
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Media related to Köpenick at Wikimedia Commons- (German) Köpenick official site
- (German) Köpenick page on www.berlin.de
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