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Oberschöneweide

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.

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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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==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.