page_title: Tegel
section_title: Today
hierarchical_section_title: Tegel / Today
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Blick von der Sechserbrücke auf die Humboldtinsel, 2017
context_page_description: Tegel is a locality in the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf on the shore of Lake Tegel. The Tegel locality, the second largest in area of the 96 Berlin districts, also includes the neighbourhood of Saatwinkel.
context_section_description: Tegel is chiefly known for being the location of Berlin-Tegel Otto Lilienthal, Berlin's main airport.  It also houses the Tegel Penitentiary, Germany's largest prison with about 1,700 inmates as of 2007, known from Alfred Döblin's 1929 novel Berlin Alexanderplatz.
  One of Berlin's largest shopping malls Borsighallen is located in the former locomotive manufacturing halls of the Borsigwerke. There is also the Villa Borsig at the shore of Lake Tegel, the former residence of the Borsig family. Today it is a school for future diplomats.
  Beside this Tegel is an extensive residential district with some industry. With the large Lake Tegel, set in woodlands, the locality is also a popular destination for daytrippers. It boasts Berlin's oldest tree, an oak called Dicke Marie ("Fat Mary").
caption: Humboldt island in Tegel
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