Rudow is a locality

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...

 (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of 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...

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History

The village was founded in 1373. Until 1920 it was a municipality of the former Teltow district, 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:...

". Due to its position at the borders of West Berlin

West Berlin

West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...

 with East Berlin

East Berlin

East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...

 and Brandenburg

Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

, 3/4 of its boundaries 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 1961 to 1989 .

Geography

Rudow is located in the southern suburb of Berlin, at the boundary with the Brandenburg

Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

er municipality of Schönefeld

Schönefeld

-Places in Germany:*Schönefeld, a municipality of Brandenburg near Berlin*Leipzig-Schönefeld, a quarter of Leipzig, Saxony*Schönefeld , a village in the town Beelitz, Brandenburg...

, in the district of Dahme-Spreewald

Dahme-Spreewald

Dahme-Spreewald is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Oder-Spree, Spree-Neiße, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Elbe-Elster and Teltow-Fläming, and by the city of Berlin.- History :...

. It borders with the Berliner localities of Buckow

Buckow (Berlin)

Buckow is a locality within the Berlin borough of Neukölln.-History:The village was founded in 1373 by German settlers probably at the place of an earlier Wends' village of the name Buk spelled along with its patronymic suffix -ow...

, Gropiusstadt

Gropiusstadt

Gropiusstadt is a locality within the Berlin borough of Neukölln. It was named after the architect who projected the complex: Walter Gropius.-History:...

, Britz

Britz

Britz is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Neukölln.-History:The village of Britzig was first mentioned in 1273. It was incorporated by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act...

, 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...

 and 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...

 (both in 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:...

 district). The Teltowkanal represents the border with Johannisthal.

Transport

Rudow is situated close to Berlin Schönefeld Airport and is served by the U-Bahn

Berlin U-Bahn

The Berlin is a rapid transit railway in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, and is a major part of the public transport system of that city. Opened in 1902, the serves 173 stations spread across ten lines, with a total track length of , about 80% of which is underground...

stations of Zwickauer Damm

Zwickauer Damm (Berlin U-Bahn)

Zwickauer Damm is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the .Finished in 1970 by R.G.Rümmler it was the end of the line U7 . The next station is Rudow.-References:...

 and Rudow

Rudow (Berlin U-Bahn)

Rudow is a Berlin U-Bahn station located on the . There is a bus link to Schönefeld Airport from here.Opened in 1972 by architect Rümmler it is the end station of the U7 line. Storage sidings for subway trains at the southern end measure about 350m. The next is Zwickauer Damm .- References :...

, both on U7 line. In a plan to expand the U-Bahn it has been projected to prolong the U7 from Rudow terminus to the airport station, with 2 new stops in the quarter: Ostburger Weg and Rudow Süd .

At Rudower borders with Johannisthal, the short motorway A113

Bundesautobahn 113

is a motorway in Germany. The motorway connects Neukölln to Schönefeld . Its latest part was released on 23 May 2008....

 (built over the rests of 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...

), follows the Teltowkanal and serves the locality at the exits n.3 (Johannisthaler Chaussee) and n.4 (Stubenrauchstraße).

External links

Rudow official website Alt-Rudow website