Schmöckwitz is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 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 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:...

. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick

Köpenick

Köpenick is a historic town and locality that is situated at the confluence of the rivers Dahme and Spree in the south-east of the German capital city of Berlin. It was formerly known as Copanic and then Cöpenick, only officially adopting the current spelling in 1931...

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History

The locality was founded in 1375 with the name of Smekewitz. In 1920 it merged into the city of 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:...

" and from 1949 to 1990 it was part of 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...

 

Overview

Located in south-eastern suburb of the city, Schmöckwitz represents the southernmost locality of Berlin, with its southernmost point at Rauchfangswerder, a little peninsula between the lakes of Zeuthener See

Zeuthener See

The Zeuthener See is a lake situated to the south-east of Berlin, the capital city of Germany, in the states of Berlin and Brandenburg. At an elevation of , its surface area is .-Overview:...

 (on Dahme river) and Großer Zug which represents, also with the lakes Krossinsee and Wernsdorfer See, the borders of Schmöckwitz with 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...

. The bordering municipalities are Gosen-Neu Zittau

Gosen-Neu Zittau

Gosen-Neu Zittau is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Neu Zittau is situated in the Spree valley, near the Oder-Spree-Canal....

 (in Oder-Spree

Oder-Spree

Oder-Spree is a Kreis in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are the district Märkisch-Oderland, the district-free city Frankfurt , Poland, the district Spree-Neiße and Dahme-Spreewald, and the Bundesland Berlin.-Geography:The district is named after the two major rivers in the...

 district), Königs Wusterhausen

Königs Wusterhausen

Königs Wusterhausen is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district of the state of Brandenburg in Germany.-Geographical location:Königs Wusterhausen – or "KW" as it is often called locally – lies on the Notte Canal and the river Dahme southeast of Berlin...

 (with the civil parishes of Wernsdorf and Ziegenhals), Eichwalde

Eichwalde

Eichwalde is a municipality of the Dahme-Spreewald district in Brandenburg, Germany, situated at the southeastern Berlin city limits. With 2.8 km² it is the smallest Brandenburg municipality by area, while its population density is the second highest .-Museen:The Old Firestation is a cultural...

 (also with Miersdorfer Werder) and Zeuthen

Zeuthen

Zeuthen may refer to:*Zeuthen, a town in Brandenburg, Germany*Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen, Danish mathematician*Zeuthen Strategy in Game theory...

; all of them in 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 :...

 district. The bordering localities within Berlin are Müggelheim

Müggelheim

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

 and Grünau

Grünau (Berlin)

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

. The first is separated by the lakes Seddinsee

Seddinsee

The Seddinsee is a lake situated in the south-eastern outskirts of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. The lake is aligned south-west to north-east, with its south-western end adjacent to the Berlin suburb of Schmöckwitz. Here the Seddinsee meets the Zeuthener See and Langer See, two lakes which...

 and Langer See

Langer See

The Langer See is a lake situated in the south-eastern outskirts of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. The lake is aligned south-east to north-west and forms part of the course of the River Dahme...

, the second by a portion of the Berliner Stadtforst .

The zone of Schmöckwitzwerder is crossed by the Oder-Spree Canal. Some islets belong to the locality: Klein Rohrwall is on Langer See; Werderchen, Weidenwall (both in front of the village), Seddinwall, Klein Seddinwall, Nixenwall, Dommelwall and Berg on Seddinsee; Zeuthener Wall on Zeuthener See.

Subdivision

Schmöckwitz counts 4 zones (Ortslagen):

• Karolinenhof
• Rauchfangswerder
• Schmöckwitzwerder
• Siedlung Schmöckwitz

Transport

The locality is crossed by the south-eastern branch of S-Bahn

Berlin S-Bahn

The Berlin S-Bahn is a rapid transit system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It consists of 15 lines and is integrated with the mostly underground U-Bahn to form the backbone of Berlin's rapid transport system...

rail, by the lines S46

S46 (Berlin)

The Berlin S-Bahn line 46 runs from Königs Wusterhausen to Westend. It operates over:*the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,*the Baumschulenweg–Neukölln link line, opened on 8 June 1896 and electrified in 1928 and...

 and 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,...

, with the nearest station at Eichwalde, in Brandenburg. It is also served by the tram line 68, which ends in the middle of the village and passes through Karolinenhof. It is also served by the ferry line

Ferry transport in Berlin

Berlin, the capital city of Germany, has an extensive network of rivers, lakes and canals. As a consequence ferry transport forms a part of the transport network of Berlin.-History:...

 F21 (from Krampenburg to Seeblick ). The bus lines

Bus transport in Berlin

The Bus transport in Berlin , operated by BVG, is the public bus service network of Berlin, Germany. Opened in 1846, it represents the oldest public transport service of the city...

serving the quarter are the 168 and 733.

External links

Schmöckwitz page on www.berlin.de