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Oberschöneweide (, literally Upper Schöneweide) is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. It is, with Niederschöneweide (Lower Schöneweide), part of the geographic area of Schöneweide. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick.

Key facts

German location.name
Oberschöneweide
German location.image_photo
Wilhelminenhofstr B-Oberschoeneweide 08-2017 img1.jpg
German location.image_caption
Industrial buildings over the Spree river
German location.type
Quarter
German location.City
Berlin
German location.image_coa
Coat of arms de-be oberschoeneweide 1987.png
German location.state
Berlin
German location.borough
Treptow-Köpenick
German location.elevation
34
German location.area
6.18
German location.postal_code
12459
German location.licence
B
German location.year
1598
German location.plantext
Location of Oberschöneweide in Treptow-Köpenick and Berlin
German location.image_plan
Map de-be oberschoeneweide.png

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Population
25345
Area
6.18
Elevation
36
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Karlshorst
Image
Wilhelminenhofstr B-Oberschoeneweide 08-2017 img1.jpg
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Commons category
Berlin-Oberschöneweide
Commons gallery
Berlin-Oberschöneweide
postal code
12459
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Oberschöneweide (, literally Upper Schöneweide) is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick. It is, with Niederschöneweide (Lower Schöneweide), part of the geographic area of Schöneweide. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick.

==History== First mentioned in 1598 as Schöne Weyde, it became an industrial town at the end of the 19th century. In 1920 it merged into Berlin as a result of the Greater Berlin Act.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oberschöneweide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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