Country Germany City Berlin Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 4.52 km² Local time Friday 6:13 PM | State Berlin Founded 1669 Postal codes (nr. 1112) 10317 Elevation 50 m Borough Lichtenberg | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 41% Humidity Points of interest Spree, Museum Lichtenberg im Stadth, Shot Ball Tower | ||
Rummelsburg is a German locality (Ortsteil) in the borough (Bezirk) of Lichtenberg, Berlin.
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Map of Rummelsburg, Berlin, Germany
History
The locality was founded in 1669 and on January 30, 1889 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.
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):
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).