Plänterwald

For the railway station, see Berlin-Plänterwald station.

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Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Treptow-Köpenick
Founded	1760
Area
• Total	3.01 km2 (1.16 sq mi)
Population (2008-06-30)
• Total	10,618
• Density	3,500/km2 (9,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	(nr. 0902) 12435, 12437
Vehicle registration	B
Website	Official website

Plänterwald is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow and the site of its former town hall.

History

The name Plänterwald derives from the German word Plenterwald, referred to a timber forest. The 89 hectares of the forest were first economically used in 1760, and in 1969 the northern side became part of the Spreepark (better known as Cultural Park Plänterwald ). In 1920, as part of the former municipality of Treptow, it merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act". Crossed by the "Berlin Wall" on its borders with Neukölln from 1961 to 1989, the locality became autonomous in 1997, separated from Alt-Treptow and Baumschulenweg.

Geography

Located in south-east Berlin and crossed by the river Spree, Plänterwald borders with the localities of Alt-Treptow, Oberschöneweide (separated by the Spree), Baumschulenweg and Neukölln. The Spree also divides it from the peninsula of Stralau (a zone of Friedrichshain, in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district) and Rummelsburg (in Lichtenberg).

Transport

The locality is served by the S-Bahn lines S8, S85 and S9 at the homonymous railway station. It is also served by several bus lines.

Photogallery

• Bundesarchiv Bild 183-T1027-0311, Berlin, Rathaus Treptow.jpg

  Treptow town hall in 1978

• Mahnmal für die Treptower Maueropfer.jpg

  Monument to 15 victims from Treptow, killed at the Berlin Wall

• Bundesarchiv Bild 183-72353-0001, Berlin, Treptow, Gaststätte "Eierhäuschen".jpg

  The Eierhäuschen in 1960

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) Plänterwald official website
• (German) Plänterwald page on www.berlin.de