Johannisthal (Berlin)

Johannisthal
Quarter of Berlin
Trümmerfrau memorial
Johannisthal
Location of Johannisthal in Treptow-Köpenick and Berlin
Coordinates	52°26′36″N 13°30′8″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Treptow-Köpenick
Quarter subdivisions	7 zones
Basic statistics
Area	6.54 km2 (2.53 sq mi)
Elevation	34 m  (112 ft)
Population	17,650  (30 June 2008)
- Density	2,699 /km2 (6,990 /sq mi)
Founded	1753
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	B
Postal codes	(nr. 0904) 12487

Johannisthal is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow.

History

The first mention of the locality was on November 16, 1753. In 1880 it was served by a train station on the Berlin-Görlitzer Eisenbahn and in 1884 it was awarded by the title of Bad (bath), becoming Bad Johannisthal. From 1905 to 1906 it was built the town hall and in 1920 the town merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act". As part of East Berlin bordering with Neukölln (West Berlin), its borders were crossed by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989.

Geography

Overview

Located in the south-eastern side of the city, not too far from the river Spree, Johannisthal borders with the localities of Baumschulenweg, Niederschöneweide, Adlershof, Altglienicke and Rudow (this one in Neukölln district). Its urban park is the Königsheide.

Subdivision

Johannisthal counts 7 zones (Ortslagen):

• Alt-Johannisthal (Winckelmannstraße)
• Eisenbahnsiedlung (Friedrich-List-Straße, Hagedornstraße)
• Flugplatz-Siedlung (close to Johannisthal Air Field)
• Johannisthal-Süd (Springbornstraße)
• Kleinhaussiedlung (Am Alten Fenn)
• Komponisten-Viertel (Fielitzstraße)
• Schliemann-Siedlung (Eisenhutweg)

Transport

Johannisthal Air Field in 2006

Between Johannisthal and Adlershof, on September 26, 1909 it was opened the "Johannisthal Air Field", the first airport of Germany, officially closed in 1995.

As urban railways, the locality is served by the S-Bahn lines S45, S46, S47, S8, S85 and S9 at the stations of Schöneweide and Betriebsbahnhof Schöneweide, located at its eastern borders. It is also served by the tramway lines M17, 21, 27, 67 and mainly the 63, that ends in the middle of the quarter. Johannisthal is crossed, at its southern borders by the motorway A113. It is served by the exits n.4 ("Stubenrauchstraße") and n.5 ("Adlershof").

Personalities

Angelika Barbe (b. 1951) Amelie Beese (1886–1925) Luigi Colani (b. 1928) Heinrich Deiters (1887–1966) Ludwig Deiters (b. 1921) Friedrich Ebert (junior) (1894–1979) Horst Gibtner (1940–2006)

Bernhard Grzimek (1909–1987) Gregor Gysi (b. 1948) Klaus Gysi (1912–1999) Fritz Klein (b. 1924) Claudia Uhle (b. 1976) Dieter Zechlin (b. 1926)

External links

Media related to Johannisthal at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) Johannisthal page on www.berlin.de