Friedrichshain
Sign in to saveFriedrichshain () is a quarter (Ortsteil) of the borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany. From its creation in 1920 until 2001, it was a freestanding city borough. Formerly part of East Berlin, it is adjacent to Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg and Lichtenberg.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Friedrichshain
- German location.image_photo
- Oberbaumbrücke mit U-Bahn.jpg
- German location.type
- Quarter
- German location.City
- Berlin
- German location.image_coa
- Escudo del distrito Friedrichshain de Berlin (1991-2003).svg
- German location.state
- Berlin
- German location.borough
- Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- German location.divisions
- 3 zones
- German location.elevation
- 52
- German location.area
- 9.78
- German location.postal_code
- 10243, 10245, 10247, 10249
- German location.licence
- B
- German location.year
- 1920
- German location.plantext
- Location of Friedrichshain in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Berlin
- German location.image_plan
- Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Friedrichshain.png
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Friedrichshain () is a quarter (Ortsteil) of the borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany. From its creation in 1920 until 2001, it was a freestanding city borough. Formerly part of East Berlin, it is adjacent to Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg and Lichtenberg.
Friedrichshain is named after the Volkspark Friedrichshain, a vast green park at the northern border with Prenzlauer Berg. In the Nazi era, the borough was called Horst-Wessel-Stadt. Friedrichshain is one of the trendy districts of Berlin and has experienced gentrification.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Friedrichshain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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