Köpenick
Kopenick part of the German capital city of Berlin. It is at the meeting place of two rivers, the Dahme and Spree.
It is known for the famous imposter Wilhelm Voigt, the Captain of Kopenick.
Kopenick was an independent town until 1920. It then became a borough of Berlin, with an area of , making it Berlin's largest borough. In 2001, the borough of Kopenick was merged with that of Treptow to create the current borough of Treptow-Kopenick.
Geography
Overview
A lot of Kopenick's area is covered with forests and water, such as the Muggelsee lake.
The Spree connects Kopenick with the Muggelsee and the Berlin city centre. The Oder-Spree Canal links the Dahme, at nearby Schmockwitz, with the Oder river, at Eisenhuttenstadt, thus providing a navigable connection between Kopenick and the Oder.
There are so many forests and parks in Kopenick is sometimes called the "green lungs" of Berlin. The Muggelberge hills in the south-east of Kopenick reach , making them the highest natural point of Berlin.
Subdivision
Kopenick is divided into 8 zones:
Altstadt
Kietzer Vorstadt
Dammvorstadt
Kopenick-Nord
Siedlung Dammfeld
Elsengrund
Uhlenhorst
Wolfsgarten
Amtsfeld-Kammereiheide
Salvador-Allende-Viertel
Kollnische Vorstadt
Spindlersfeld
Wendenschloss
Siedlung Kietzer Feld
Panorama
History
For many years Kopenick was an independent town. Its was first mentioned as a stronghold in 1209. This means Kopenick is older than Berlin-Colln, which was first mentioned in a 1237 deed. For the most part of Kopenick's history, the town was known as Copenick.
In 1631, during the Thirty Years' War, the emissaries of George William, Elector of Brandenburg went to Kopenick to meet the approaching army of Gustav Adolph, King of Sweden, to try to stop the devastation of Brandenburg.
In 1906, a shoemaker called Wilhelm Voigt pretended to be a Prussian officer and took over the town hall of Kopenick. A play was made about the event, and later several films and television shows.
Sport
The Stadion An der Alten Forsterei is home of the 1. FC Union Berlin football club.
References
Other websites
Kopenick official site
Kopenick page on www.berlin.de