Rummelsburg
Quarter of Berlin
Tuchollaplatz ( Victoriastadt)
Location of Rummelsburg in Lichtenberg district and Berlin
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Coordinates: 52°30′00″N 13°29′33″E / 52.50000°N 13.49250°E / 52.50000; 13.49250
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Lichtenberg
Founded	1669
Subdivisions	1 zone
Area
• Total	4.52 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31) [1]
• Total	25,697
• Density	5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes	(nr. 1112) 10317
Vehicle registration	B

Rummelsburg (German: [ˈʁʊml̩sˌbʊʁk] ^ⓘ) is a subdivision or neighborhood (Ortsteil) of the borough (Bezirk) of Lichtenberg of the German capital, Berlin.

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. ^[2]

Geography

Overview

Located in the eastern side of the city and crossed by Spree river in the western corner, Rummelsburg borders with Lichtenberg, Friedrichsfelde, Karlshorst, Friedrichshain (in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district), Plänterwald and Oberschöneweide (both in Treptow-Köpenick 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 S-Bahn and U-Bahn. The stations serving the locality are Rummelsburg ( S3 line), Betriebsbahnhof Rummelsburg (S3), Nöldnerplatz ( S5, S7, S75), partly Ostkreuz ( S3, S4, S5, S7, S75, S8, S85, S9) and part of the DB station of Lichtenberg (S5, S7, S75, U5, Tram).

Personalities

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

Photogallery

• 
  Nöldnerplatz
• 
  The Rummelsburger See
• 
  Münsterlandplatz
• 
  Klingenberg power station

References

External links

Media related to Rummelsburg at Wikimedia Commons

• (in German) Rummelsburg page on www.berlin.de