Country Germany City Berlin Elevation 52 m (171 ft) Area 8.1 km² Borough Marzahn-Hellersdorf | State Berlin Founded 1375 Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Thursday 9:00 AM University Alice Salomon University | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 88% Humidity Points of interest Kienberg, Museumswohnung WBS 70, IGA‑Seilbahn | ||
Hellersdorf is a locality in the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin. Between 1986 and Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was a borough in its own right, consisting of the current area of Hellersdorf as well as Kaulsdorf and Mahlsdorf.
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Map of Hellersdorf, Berlin, Germany
History
Before German reunification in 1989 it was part of East Berlin. Situated at the eastern part of Berlin, the area is mainly a large housing estate from the 1980s, made up of Plattenbau (concrete slab) buildings.
The historic village of Helwichstorpp was first mentioned in a 1375 land registry of Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg, then also Margrave of Brandenburg. The city of Berlin acquired the former Hellersdorf manor in 1886; it was finally incorporated by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act as a part of the Lichtenberg borough. During German reunification on October 3, 1990, a small part of Honow (primarily around the last two stations of U5) was annexed by this borough.
Subdivision
Hellersdorf is divided into 3 zones (Ortslagen):
Transportation
Hellersdorf is served by the U5 line of the Berlin U-Bahn at the stations Kaulsdorf-Nord, Neue Grottkauer Straße, Cottbusser Platz, Hellersdorf, Louis-Lewin-Straße and Hönow.