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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Oberhavel

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
31.29 km²

Population
  
25,729 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
03302

State
  
Brandenburg

Elevation
  
33 m (108 ft)

Postal codes
  
16761

Local time
  
Thursday 7:13 PM

Postal code
  
16761

Hennigsdorf

Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 72% Humidity

Points of interest
  
CLIMB UP! - Kletterwald ® in Hennigsdorf, Wildgehege im Spandauer Forst, Badestelle Nieder Neuendorf

Hennigsdorf is a town in the district of Oberhavel, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated north-west of Berlin, just across the city border, which is formed mainly by the Havel river.

Contents

Map of 16761 Hennigsdorf, Germany

History

The municipality shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961–1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.

In 1951/2, the Havel Canal was constructed to link Hennigsdorf with Paretz, thus avoiding a passage through the reach of the River Havel, between Spandau and Potsdam, that was under the political control of West Berlin. The canal is still in use, providing a shorter route for shipping from west of Berlin to the Oder–Havel Canal and Poland.

Subdivision

Hennigsdorf consists of 3 districts:

  • Hennigsdorf
  • Nieder Neuendorf (since 1923)
  • Stolpe-Süd (since May 1, 1998)
  • Neighbouring places

  • Velten
  • Hohen Neuendorf
  • Berlin
  • Schönwalde-Glien
  • Oberkrämer
  • International relations

    Hennigsdorf is twinned with:

  • Kralupy nad Vltavou (Czech Republic)
  • Choisy-le-Roi (France)
  • Alsdorf (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
  • Sport

    Hennigsdorf is home to Stahl Hennigsdorf Rugby, a rugby union club. The team, formed in 1948 under the leadership of Erwin Thiesies, was the most successful side during the East German era of the town, having won 27 national championships from 1952 to 1990. The Yu-Gi-Oh! duelist Leon Schreit has also won the Yu-Gi-Oh! National Championship 2013 in Amsterdam.

    Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.

    Famous people

  • Michael Hartmann (1974– ), footballer
  • Frank Klawonn (1966– ), rower
  • Dirk Kummer (1966– ), actor, director, writer
  • Martin Männel (1988– ), footballer
  • Erich Muhsfeldt (1913–1948), holocaust perpetrator
  • Erich Priebke (1913–2013), Nazi war criminal
  • Karsten Schmeling (1962– ), rower
  • Erwin Thiesies (1908–1993), rugby union player who died in Hennigsdorf
  • References

    Hennigsdorf Wikipedia