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For the zone and residential community, see Großsiedlung Siemensstadt.

Siemensstadt (German: [ˈziːmənsˌʃtat] ⓘ) is a locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the district (Bezirk) of Spandau.

History

The locality emerged when the company Siemens & Halske (S & H), one of the predecessors of today's Siemens, bought land in the area, in order to expand production of S & H and their subsidiary Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) as well. On the initiative of Georg 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 the Greater Berlin Act.

During World War II, Siemensstadt was the location of a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp for men and women, mostly Hungarian Jews, but also Bulgarians, French, Italians, Yugoslavs, Dutch, Poles, Czechoslovaks, Russians and Ukrainians.[2]

Geography

Siemensstadt is situated on the eastern side of the Spandau district. It borders Spandau (locality), Haselhorst, Tegel (in Reinickendorf), Charlottenburg-Nord and Westend (both in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf). The Großsiedlung Siemensstadt is situated close to Siemensstadt but in Charlottenburg-Nord.

Transport

Siemensstadt is served by the Berliner U-Bahn line U7 at the stations of Paulsternstrasse, Rohrdamm and Siemensdamm.

Images

  • Siemens-Tower
    Siemens-Tower
  • Wernerwerk (Werner's Factory)
    Wernerwerk (Werner's Factory)
  • Wernerwerk II
    Wernerwerk II
  • Wernerwerk XV
    Wernerwerk XV
  • Rapsstrasse, northern part
    Rapsstrasse, northern part
  • Rapsstrasse
    Rapsstrasse
  • Christophorus Church
    Christophorus Church
  • Rohrdamm
    Rohrdamm
  • Genoveva-Fountain
    Genoveva-Fountain
  • Rieppelstrasse
    Rieppelstrasse
  • Rieppel- Ecke Dihlmannstrasse
    Rieppel- Ecke Dihlmannstrasse
  • Maeckeritzstrasse
    Maeckeritzstrasse

See also

References

  1. ^ "Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31. Dezember 2020" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. February 2021.
  2. ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 1284. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.

External links

Media related to Siemensstadt at Wikimedia Commons

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemensstadt