Altglienicke

Altglienicke
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Coordinates: 52°25′00″N 13°32′00″E / 52.41667°N 13.53333°E / 52.41667; 13.53333Coordinates: 52°25′00″N 13°32′00″E / 52.41667°N 13.53333°E / 52.41667; 13.53333
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Treptow-Köpenick
Founded	1375
Subdivisions	1 zone
Area
• Total	7.89 km2 (3.05 sq mi)
Elevation	34 m (112 ft)
Population  (2008-06-30)
• Total	26,101
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	(nr. 0906) 12524
Vehicle registration	B
Website	Official website

Altglienicke (German pronunciation: [altˈɡliːnɪkə] (listen), literally Old Glienicke) is a locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the borought (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow.

History[]

The village of Glinik was first mentioned in 1375. The Berlin Wall cut through Altglienicke (in East Berlin) and Rudow (in West Berlin) from 1961 until 1990. It was also the location for a joint American and British intelligence operation.

Geography[]

Position[]

The locality is situated in the south-western side of Treptow-Köpenick. It borders with Rudow (in Neukölln), Johannisthal, Adlershof, Grünau, Bohnsdorf and the municipality of Schönefeld, in the Dahme-Spreewald district of Brandenburg.

Subdivision[]

Altglienicke counts 1 zone (Ortslage):

Transportation[]

Altglienicke is served by the Berliner S-Bahn lines S45 and S9, with the stations of Altglienicke and Grünbergallee. Close to the locality is the Berlin Schönefeld Flughafen station, by the "Berlin Schönefeld" international airport.

See also[]

• Berlin Altglienicke railway station

External links[]

Media related to Altglienicke at Wikimedia Commons

• (in German) Altglienicke official website

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