Niederschöneweide

Niederschöneweide
Quarter of Berlin
View of an historical industrial building View of an historical industrial building
Niederschöneweide
Location of Niederschöneweide in Treptow-Köpenick and Berlin 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Treptow-Köpenick
Founded	1598
Area
• Total	3.49 km2 (1.35 sq mi)
Population (30 June 2008)
• Total	10,043
• Density	2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	(nr. 0905) 12439
Vehicle registration	B
Website	Official website

Niederschöneweide (Lower Schöneweide) is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. It is, with Oberschöneweide (Upper Schöneweide), part of the geographic quarter of Schöneweide. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow.

History

First mentioned in 1598 as Schöne Weyde, it became an autonomous municipality in 1850, growing as an industrial town at the end of 19th century. In 1920 it merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act". Between 1949 and 1990 it was part of East Berlin, and new residential complexes were established at Oberspree. All the industries on the territory were converted into Volkseigener Betrieb (VEB), the state-owned enterprises. In 1994, after German reunification, it started a plan for a redevelopment of many contaminated grounds on many areas, inheritance of the heavy industrial era. They must be cleared away and detoxicated with high costs.

Geography

Overview

Located in the south-eastern side of the city and crossed by the river Spree, Oberschöneweide borders with the localities of Oberschöneweide, Plänterwald, Baumschulenweg, Johannisthal, Adlershof and Köpenick. A bit of the urban parks Köllnische Heide, situated in Adlershof, belongs to the quarter.

Subdivision

Niederschöneweide counts 1 zone (Ortslage):

• Oberspree

Transport

As urban railways, Niederschöneweide is served both by S-Bahn and tramway lines. The railway stations serving the locality are Schöneweide (S45, S46, S47, S8, S85 and S9 lines+DB regional service), Betriebsbahnhof Schöneweide (S45, S46, S8, S85, S9) and Oberspree (S47). The tramway lines, crossing Brückenstraße and Michael-Brückner Straße, are the M17, 21, 27, 63 and 67.

Photogallery

• Niederschöneweide5.JPG

  Industrial building over the Spree

• Niederschöneweide4.JPG

  Old fire station

• Niederschöneweide3.JPG

  Stubenrauch bridge to Oberschöneweide

• Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J0627-0021-001, Berlin, Strandbad Oberspree.jpg

  The Oberspree beach in 1970

Personalities

• Ernst Schneller (1890–1944)

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) Niederschöneweide official website
• (German) Niederschöneweide page on www.berlin.de