Tegel

For other uses, see Tegel (disambiguation).

Tegel
Quarter of Berlin
Gorkistrasse in the old town
Tegel
Location of Tegel in Reinickendorf district and Berlin
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Reinickendorf
Founded	1558
Area
• Total	33.7 km2 (13.0 sq mi)
Population (2008-06-30)
• Total	33,417
• Density	990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	(nr. 1202) 13405, 13503, 13505, 13507, 13509
Vehicle registration	B

Catholic church St Bernard

Tegel is a locality (Ortsteil) in the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf on the shore of Lake Tegel. The Tegel locality, the second largest in area (after Köpenick) of the 96 Berlin districts, also includes the neighbourhood of Saatwinkel.

History

File:Schloss Tegel1.JPG

Tegel Palace

The Tegel Palace (or Humboldt Palace), originally a Renaissance manor house from 1558 and a hunting lodge of Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg, was bequested to the Humboldt family in 1797. Alexander von Humboldt and Wilhelm von Humboldt lived here for several years. In 1824 Wilhelm had the palace rebuilt in a Neoclassical style by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. In the park is a tomb, where Alexander, Wilhelm and other members of the Humboldt family are buried. From 1927 until 1931 Tegel Palace was the site of a sanatorium, founded by the psychoanalyst Ernst Simmel (1882-1947).

From 1898 on Tegel was the seat of the Borsig-Werke steam locomotive manufacturing company until it moved to Hennigsdorf in Brandenburg in 1931.

Between 1930 and 1934 an artillery firing range in the district was used by the Verein für Raumschiffahrt for experiments with liquid-fueled rockets. The principal names involved were its leader Rudolf Nebel and other staff members Hermann Oberth and Wernher von Braun.

Tegel was the site of a medium wave broadcasting station from 1933 to 1948. A wire hung in a wooden tower served as an antenna. This tower was demolished as part of the construction of Tegel International Airport at the end of 1948.

Tegel today

Tegel Port Bridge ("Sechserbrücke")

Tegel is chiefly known for being the location of Berlin-Tegel Otto Lilienthal, Berlin's main airport. It also houses the Tegel Penitentiary, Germany's largest prison with about 1,700 inmates as of 2007, known from Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz.

One of Berlin's largest shopping malls Borsighallen is located in the former locomotive manufacturing halls of the Borsigwerke. There is also the Villa Borsig at the shore of Lake Tegel, the former residence of the Borsig family. Today it is a school for future diplomats.

Beside this Tegel is an extensive residential district with some industry. With the large Lake Tegel, set in woodlands, the locality is also a popular destination for daytrippers. It boasts Berlin's oldest tree, called Dicke Marie ("Fat Maria").

Transportation

Westend is served by the Berlin S-Bahn line S25 at the station Berlin-Tegel. U-Bahn connection to the inner city is provided by the U6 line with the stations Otisstraße, Holzhauser Straße, Borsigwerke and Alt-Tegel.

See also

• Tegel Forest
• Lake Tegel

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) Tegel page of Reinickendorfer site
• Launch site of the Verein für Raumschiffahrt at Berlin-Tegel