Lichtenrade () is a German locality ( Ortsteil) within the borough ( Bezirk) of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Tempelhof.
History
The locality was first mentioned in 1375, named
Lichtenrode. Autonomous
municipality of the former Teltow district, Lichtenrade was incorporated into Berlin in 1920, with the "Greater Berlin Act". During World War II, a branch of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp was located in this locality.
[ List of subcamps of Sachsenhausen on www.jewishgen.org] After 1941, prisoners of war from
Ukraine were interned in the camp. During the
Cold War it was a part of
West Berlin bordering with
East Germany. Its long boundary with Brandenburg was surrounded by the
Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989.
[ Detailed history of Lichtenrade on "Kirchgemeinde Lichtenrade" portal]
Geography
Located in the southern suburb of Berlin, it is one of the southernmost areas of the city, largely bounded by the
municipalities of Schönefeld (
Dahme-Spreewald district), Blankenfelde-Mahlow and Großbeeren (both in Teltow-Fläming district). It borders with the Berliner localities of
Marienfelde,
Mariendorf and Buckow (this one in the district of Neukölln).
Transportation
Lichtenrade is served by the
Berlin S-Bahn line S2 at the stations of Schichauweg and Lichtenrade. The locality is also crossed, from north to south, by the federal highway B96.
Photogallery
File:Mälzerei lichtenrade 2010.JPG|The former malthouse
File:Dorfkirche Lichtenrade.jpg|Village church
File:Heinrich Missfeldt - Lichtenrade - Mutter Erde fec.jpg|The sculpture " Mutter Erde" [Meaning "Mother Earth"] by Heinrich Mißfeldt
File:Carl Zeiss Oberschule Neubau.jpg|Gymnasium Carl Zeiss
File:Berlin-Lichtenrade Panorama East Berlin.JPG|Panoramic view
Personalities
Literature
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Barbara Gehrts: " Nie wieder ein Wort davon?". Union Verlag, Stuttgart 1975,
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