Rummelsburg () is a subdivision or neighborhood (''Ortsteil'') of the

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(''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg of the German capital,

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History

Rummelsburg was founded in 1669. On 30 January 1889 it 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''.Historical infos about Rummelsburg
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Geography

Overview

Located in the eastern side of the city and crossed by

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river in the western corner, Rummelsburg borders with Lichtenberg, Friedrichsfelde,

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, Friedrichshain (in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district),

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and

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(both in

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district). The lake Rummelsburger See belongs to the locality and separates 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 ''

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'' and '' U-Bahn''. The stations serving the locality are Rummelsburg ( S3 line), Betriebsbahnhof Rummelsburg (S3), Nöldnerplatz ( S5, S7, S75), partly

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( S3, S4, S5, S7, S75, S8, S85, S9) and part of the DB station of Lichtenberg (S5, S7, S75, U5,

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Personalities

* Adolph Schlicht (1840–1910) * Heinrich Zille (1858–1929) * Margarete Steffin (1908–1941)

Photogallery

File:Berlin-Noeldnerplatz.JPG, Nöldnerplatz File:Berlin, Rummelsburger See, Wohnanlage Hauptstrasse.jpg, The Rummelsburger See File:Muensterlandplatz 2.jpg, Münsterlandplatz File:Berlin-Rummelsburg Kraftwerk Klingenberg.jpg, Klingenberg power station

References

External links

Rummelsburg page on www.berlin.de
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