Alt-Treptow (ˌʔaltˈtʁeːptoː, Old Treptow) is a German

Germany

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 locality in the borough

Boroughs and localities of Berlin

Berlin is both a city and one of Germany’s federal states. It is made up of twelve boroughs , each with its own borough government, though all boroughs are subject to Berlin’s city and state government.-History:Each borough is made up of several officially recognized localities...

 of Treptow-Köpenick

Treptow-Köpenick

Treptow-Köpenick is the ninth borough of Berlin, Germany, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Treptow and Köpenick.-Overview:...

 in Berlin

Berlin

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. Known also as Treptow it was, until 2001, the main and the eponym

Eponym

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ous locality of the former Treptow

Treptow

Treptow is a former borough in the southeast of Berlin. It merged with Köpenick to form Treptow-Köpenick in 2001.-Geography:The district was composed by the localities of Alt-Treptow, Plänterwald, Baumschulenweg, Niederschöneweide, Johannisthal, Adlershof, Altglienicke and Bohnsdorf....

 borough.

History

The locality, first inhabited in 6th century by Slavic peoples

Slavic peoples

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, was first mentioned in 1568 with the name of Trebow. It merged into Berlin with the Greater Berlin Act

Greater Berlin Act

The Greater Berlin Act , in full the Law Regarding the Reconstruction of the New Local Authority of Berlin , was a law passed by the Prussian government in 1920 that greatly expanded the size of the German capital of Berlin.-History:...

 in 1920. From 1961 to 1989 its north and western borders were crossed by the Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...

. From January 1, 2001 the former borough of Treptow, composed also by Plänterwald

Plänterwald

Plänterwald is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow and the site of its former town hall .-History:...

, Baumschulenweg

Baumschulenweg

Baumschulenweg is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow...

, Niederschöneweide

Niederschöneweide

Niederschöneweide is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. It is, with Oberschöneweide , part of the geographic quarter of Schöneweide...

, Johannisthal

Johannisthal (Berlin)

Johannisthal is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow.-History:The first mention of the locality was on November 16, 1753...

, Adlershof

Adlershof

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, Altglienicke

Altglienicke

Altglienicke is a locality of Berlin in the district of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was par of the former borough of Treptow.-History:The village of Glinik was first mentioned in 1375...

 and Bohnsdorf

Bohnsdorf

Bohnsdorf is a district in the borough Treptow-Köpenick of Berlin, Germany. It is located in the south-east of the city.-Position:The locality is situated in the southeastern suburb of Berlin and borders with Altglienicke, Grünau, and with the municipality of Schönefeld, in the Brandenburg district...

; was disestablished to merge into the new Treptow-Köpenick borough .

Geography

Alt-Treptow is situated in the south-eastern suburb of Berlin and half of its territory is occupied by the Treptower Park

Treptower Park

Treptower Park is a park along the river Spree in Alt-Treptow, in the district of Treptow-Köpenick, south of central Berlin. The park is a popular place for recreation of Berliners and a tourist attraction...

. It borders with the localities of Plänterwald

Plänterwald

Plänterwald is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Treptow and the site of its former town hall .-History:...

, Neukölln

Neukölln (locality)

Neukölln is an inner-city locality of Berlin in the homonymous borough of Neukölln, including the historic village of Rixdorf and numerous Gründerzeit apartment blocks. The Ortsteil is densely settled a with a population of 154,127 inhabitants and is the most populated one of Berlin...

 (in Neukölln

Neukölln

Neukölln is the eighth borough of Berlin, located in the southeastern part of the city and was part of the former American sector under the Four-Power occupation of the city...

 borough), Friedrichshain

Friedrichshain

Friedrichshain is a part of Berlin's borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, and like Kreuzberg across the river it has its own distinct character, with the result that the new double name is hardly ever used outside government administration. From its creation in 1920 until Berlin's 2001...

 and Kreuzberg

Kreuzberg

Kreuzberg, a part of the combined Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte since 2001, is one of the best-known areas of Berlin...

 (in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg is the second borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former East Berlin borough of Friedrichshain and the former West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg...

 borough). Bordered in north by the Spree

Spree

The Spree is a river that flows through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany, and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic...

 river it counts in its territory an islet named "Insel der Jungend" (Youth Island).

Transport

The locality is served by the S-Bahn

Berlin S-Bahn

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at Berlin Treptower Park

Berlin Treptower Park railway station

Treptower Park is a railway station in the Alt-Treptow locality of Berlin. It is served by the S-Bahn lines , , , and and so represents an important interchange point on the Berlin S-Bahn network. The station consists of two island platforms, enabling cross-platform interchange between lines...

 station, on the lines S4

S4X (Berlin)

S41 and S42 operate a circular service on the Ringbahn section of the Berlin S-Bahn. The S41 operates clockwise around the circle, the S42 operates counter-clockwise....

, S8

S8 (Berlin)

S8 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Zeuthen to Hohen Neuendorf over:*the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,*the Ring line, completed in 1877 and electrified in 1926,...

, S85

S85 (Berlin)

S85 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Grünau to Waidmannslust over:*the Berlin–Görlitz railway, opened on 13 September 1866 and electrified on 4 January 1929,*the Ringbahn, opened on 17 July 1871 and electrified in 1926 and...

 and S9

S9 (Berlin)

S9 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Schönefeld Flughafen to Berlin-Blankenburg station over:*a very short section of the Outer ring, opened in 1951 and electrified in 1983,...

.

See also

• Treptowers
  Treptowers
  The Treptowers is a complex of buildings with a distinctive high-rise in the Alt-Treptow district of Berlin, Germany. Completed in 1998, the complex is located on the Spree River...
  
  
• Treptower Park
  Treptower Park
  Treptower Park is a park along the river Spree in Alt-Treptow, in the district of Treptow-Köpenick, south of central Berlin. The park is a popular place for recreation of Berliners and a tourist attraction...
  
  
• Molecule Man
• Spreepark
  Spreepark
  Spreepark was an entertainment park in the north of the Plänterwald in the Berlin district Treptow-Köpenick . It was also well known by its earlier name Kulturpark Plänterwald.-History:...
  
  

• Badeschiff
  Badeschiff
  The Badeschiff is a floating public swimming pool in Berlin, the capital city of Germany. Situated in the East Harbour section of the River Spree, the Badeschiff allows citizens to swim in a sanitary environment near the river...
  
  
• Osthafen
• Insel der Jugend
• Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)
  Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)
  The Soviet War Memorial, is a vast war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin's Treptower Park. It was built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate 5,000 of the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in April–May 1945...
  
  

External links

Alt-Treptow page on www.berlin.de