Eiche (Potsdam)
| Eiche | |
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| Ortsteil of Potsdam | |
Village church
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 Eiche
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| Coordinates: 52°24′17″N 12°59′26″E / 52.40472°N 12.99056°ECoordinates: 52°24′17″N 12°59′26″E / 52.40472°N 12.99056°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Brandenburg |
| District | Potsdam |
| City | Potsdam |
| Population (2008-12-31) | |
| • Total | 4,480 |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 14469 |
| Dialling codes | 0331 |
| Vehicle registration | P |
Eiche is a locality (Ortsteil) of Potsdam with 4480 inhabitants (2008). It was incorporated into the city of Potsdam in 1993.
Eiche is situated about 4.5 km west of Potsdam city centre on the road to Golm at the foot of several hills, among them Großer Herzberg (73 m a.s.l) north of the village, Kleiner Herzberg (67 m a.s. l.) and Kahler Berg (66 m a.s.l.) to the east and Ehrenpfortenberg (55 m a.s.l) to the west. Neighbouring places are Golm in the west, Bornim in the north, Bornstedt in the east, and Wildpark in the south, all of them are districts of Potsdam.
Eiche was first mentioned in a document dating from 1193. Until the substantial extensions starting in 1881, it remained a linear settlement. A new church in neo-classical style was built in 1771 on orders from Frederick the Great to plans by the architect Georg Christian Unger. Until 1935 the village was part of Osthavelland district. On 1 August 1935 it was incorporated into the city of Potsdam, on 25 July 1952 it was split off again in order to join neighbouring Golm in the joint municipality Eiche-Golm in Potsdam-Land district. On 1 January 1962 this municipality was split in its constituent parts, making Eiche an independent municipality again until it was re-incorporated into Potsdam on 6 December 1993. A new residential quarter was built in the 1990s on the fields of Altes Rad north of the village.
Barracks built on today's Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße in 1890/1891 housed initially an infantry training battalion. In the era of the Weimar Republic the buildings were used by the Prussian higher police school which educated officer candidates for the Schutzpolizei. In 1935 the barracks were transferred to the German air force, and from 1936 on they were rebuilt after a standardised design as a school for non-commissioned officers. The main buildings are still standing.
In the era of the GDR the barracks were first used by Kasernierte Volkspolizei, later by Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft, in particular the counter-terrorist unit Diensteinheit IX. Now units and facilities of the police of the state of Brandenburg are using the premises.
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