Lübars () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the
borough
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History
In the Middle ...
(''Bezirk'') of
Reinickendorf,
Berlin
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.
History
First mentioned in 1247, it was an autonomous municipality merged into Berlin in 1920 with the "
Greater Berlin Act". As a part of
West Berlin
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bordering
East Germany
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, Lübars was crossed, from 1961 to 1989, by the
Berlin Wall, built beyond the
Tegeler Creek (''Tegeler Fließ''). Famous was the "
Checkpoint Qualitz
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Places
* Border checkpoint, a place on the land border between two states where travellers and/or goods are inspected
* Security checkpoint, erected and enforced within contiguous areas under military or paramilitary co ...
", a point of the wall named after Helmut Qualitz, a farmer from Lübars, who broke it on 16 June 1990 with his
tractor
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.
Geography
Overview
Situated in the north of Berlin and partially included in the area of
Barnim Nature Park, Lübars includes the small lakes of
Ziegeleisee
Ziegeleisee is a lake in Berlin, Germany. At an elevation of 35 m, its surface area is 4.7 ha.
History
During the Bronze Age - more than 3,000 years ago - clay was mined in the area of loam in order to produce pots and jars. Starting in 1840 the K ...
,
Klötzbecken and part of
Hermsdorfer See. The ''Tegeler Fließ'' separates Lübars from the
Brandenburg
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er municipalities, both in
Oberhavel district, of
Glienicke/Nordbahn and
Mühlenbecker Land (with its municipal seat of
Schildow). The Berliner bordering localities are
Hermsdorf,
Waidmannslust,
Wittenau,
Märkisches Viertel,
Blankenfelde and
Rosenthal
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A
* Abe M. Rosenthal (1922–2006), ''New York Times'' editor and columnist
*Albert Rosenthal (1863–1939), American portrait artist
* Albert ...
(both in
Pankow
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district). Lübars' principal recreation park is the
eponymous one, situated in its southwestern corner.
Subdivision
Lübars counts 3 zones (''Ortslagen''):
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AEG-Siedlung
*
Andreas-Rabe-Siedlung
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Kienwerder
Transport
The locality is not served by rail; only its southern borders with Märkisches Viertel are crossed by the
industrial railway Tegel-Friedrichsfelde.
Bus line 222 serves the locality.
Photogallery
File:Dorfkirche Lübars 01.jpg, Village church
File:Checkpoint Qualitz.jpg, Memorial plaque at "Checkpoint Qualitz"
File:Barnim2.JPG, Tegeler Fließ valley
File:Tegeler Fließ Grenzsperre 2009 NE.jpg, Tegeler Fließ with relics of the former GDR border barriers
References
Literature
* W. Ribbe, J. Schmädeke: "''Kleine Berlin-Geschichte''", Stapp Verlag, Berlin 1994,
External links
Lübars page of Reinickendorfer site
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Localities of Berlin
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