Rummelsburg

For the town in Poland, see Miastko. For the train station, see Berlin-Rummelsburg station.

Rummelsburg
Quarter of Berlin
Tuchollaplatz (Victoriastadt)
Location of Rummelsburg in Lichtenberg district and Berlin
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Lichtenberg
Founded	1669
Subdivisions	1 zone
Area
• Total	4.52 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2008-06-30)
• Total	17,567
• Density	3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	(nr. 1112) 10317
Vehicle registration	B

Rummelsburg is a German locality (Ortsteil) in the borough (Bezirk) of Lichtenberg, Berlin.

History

The locality was founded in 1669 and on January 30, 1889 became a rural municipality, with the name of Boxhagen-Rummelsburg. Merged in 1912 in the town of Lichtenberg, in 1920 it was incorporated in Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act" .

Geography

Overview

Located in the eastern side of the city and crossed by Spree river in the western corner, Rummelsburg borders with Lichtenberg, Friedrichsfelde, Karlshorst, Friedrichshain (in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district), Plänterwald and Oberschöneweide (both in Treptow-Köpenick district). The lake Rummelsburger See belongs to the locality and separes it from Stralau, a zone of Friedrichshain.

Subdivision

Rummelsburg counts 1 zone (Ortslage):

• Victoriastadt

Transport

The locality is served by several urban rail lines of S-Bahn and U-Bahn. The stations serving the locality are Rummelsburg (S3 line), Betriebsbahnhof Rummelsburg (S3), Nöldnerplatz (S5, S7, S75), partly Ostkreuz (S3, S4, S5, S7, S75, S8, S85, S9) and part of the DB station of Lichtenberg (S5, S7, S75, U5, Tram).

Personalities

• Adolph Schlicht (1840–1910)
• Heinrich Zille (1858–1929)

Photogallery

• 
  Nöldnerplatz
• 
  The Rummelsburger See
• 
  Münsterlandplatz
• 
  Klingenberg power station

External links

Media related to Rummelsburg at Wikimedia Commons

• Template:De icon Rummelsburg page on www.berlin.de