Schönefeld
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Location of Schönefeld within Dahme-Spreewald district
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| Coordinates | 52°23′18″N 13°30′17″E / 52.38833°N 13.50472°ECoordinates: 52°23′18″N 13°30′17″E / 52.38833°N 13.50472°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Dahme-Spreewald |
| Local subdivisions | 6 Ortsteile |
| Mayor | Dr. Udo Haase (AFE) |
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| Area | 81.57 km2 (31.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) |
| Population | 13,256 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 163 /km2 (421 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | LDS |
| Postal code | 12529 |
| Area codes | 030, 03379, 033762 |
| Website | Official website |
Schönefeld is a suburban municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg, Germany. It borders the southeastern districts of Berlin.
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[edit] Geography
In the north, Schönefeld is bordered by the Lichtenrade, Gropiusstadt, Buckow, Rudow, Altglienicke and Bohnsdorf localities of Berlin. In the south, it borders Mittenwalde, in the west, Blankenfelde-Mahlow and in the east, Schulzendorf and Zeuthen.
It is located next to one of Berlin's two airports, Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF), which is to be replaced in by Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport, currently under construction and also to be located in Schönefeld, partly on land now occupied by the existing airport.
[edit] Civil parishes (Ortsteile)
- Schönefeld
- Großziethen
- Selchow
- Kiekebusch
- Waltersdorf
- Waßmannsdorf
The settlement of Kienberg, part of Waltersdorf, was cleared of residents to permit expansion of the airport.
[edit] History and monuments
The first preserved mention of Schönefeld dates to 1242. The village church has a large baroque altar. Waltersdorf and Waßmannsdorf both have village churches dating to the first half of the 13th century.
In the Großziethen cemetery is a memorial to 200 prisoners of war and forced laborers who died during World War II.
Before German reunification Schöneberg shared its borders partly with the former West Berlin (at Neukölln and Tempelhof-Schöneberg[2]), and so from 1961 to 1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.[3][4]
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
- Berlin Schönefeld Airport
- Berlin Schönefeld station is served by regional and some long-distance trains and Berlin S-Bahn lines S45 and S9
- An S-Bahn station is planned at the airport, and an S-Bahn station at Waßmannsdorf, between there and the existing station, is under construction
- Autobahnen A13, A113 and nearby A10 (Berliner Ring) and A117
- Bundesstraßen B96A and B179
[edit] Economy
The Airport-Center, an industrial area in Waltersdorf, and Berlin Schönefeld Airport are important sources of revenue for Schönefeld.
The furniture retailer Höffner and its subsidiary the discount furniture retailer Sconto Möbel are headquartered in Schöneberg. Dachser has a branch office there.
Before its disestablishment, Interflug had its head office on the grounds of the airport.[5]
Bremenfly also had its head office in Schönefeld.[6]
[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities
Schönefeld is twinned with Bayangol, a district of the capital of Mongolia, Ulan Bator (since 1999).
[edit] Notable people
- Rosemarie Clausen, theatrical photographer, born in Großziethen in 1907
[edit] See also
- Berlin-Schönefeld Airport
- Berlin Schönefeld Flughafen station
- Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport
[edit] References
- ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg am am 30. Dezember 2010 nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden. Gebietsstand: 31.12.2010" (in German). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de//Publikationen/OTab/2011/OT_A01-04-00_124_201012_BB.pdf.
- ^ Source: "ADAC StadtAtlas - Berlin-Potsdam". ed. 2007 - pages 232, 233, 234 - ISBN 3-8264-1348-2
- ^ Map and info about the wall on "Berlin Wall Online" (German)
- ^ Info, maps and pictures (see the sections "Lichterfelde-Schönefeld" and "Schönefeld-East Side Gallery")
- ^ "World Airline Directory," Flight International, 26 March 1988, p. 82. (pdf)
- ^ ""Imprint", Bremenfly. Retrieved on 15 September 2010.
[edit] Sources
- Bernd Kuhlmann. Schönefeld bei Berlin - 1 Amt, 1 Flughafen und 11 Bahnhöfe. Berlin: Gesellschaft für Verkehrspolitik und Eisenbahnwesen, 1996. ISBN 3-89218-038-5 (German)
[edit] External links
Media related to Schönefeld at Wikimedia Commons
- This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
