Gesundbrunnen (Berlin)
| Gesundbrunnen | |
|---|---|
| Quarter of Berlin | |
Panorama from the Humboldthain
|
|
 Gesundbrunnen
|
|
|
Location of Gesundbrunnen in Mitte district and Berlin
 |
|
| Coordinates: 52°32′55″N 13°23′25″E / 52.54861°N 13.39028°ECoordinates: 52°32′55″N 13°23′25″E / 52.54861°N 13.39028°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Berlin |
| City | Berlin |
| Borough | Mitte |
| Founded | 1251 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2009-06-30) | |
| • Total | 81,110 |
| • Density | 13,000/km2 (34,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | (nr. 0106) 13347, 13355, 13357, 13359, 13409 |
| Vehicle registration | B |
Gesundbrunnen (colloquially Plumpe, i.e. pump) is a locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the borough (Bezirk) of Mitte. It was created as a separate entity by the 2001 administrative reform, formerly the eastern half of the former Wedding district (merged into Mitte) and locality. Gesundbrunnen has the highest percentage of non-German residents of any Berlin locality, at 35.1% as of the end of 2008.
The locality is situated in Berlin's inner city, at the north-eastern rim of the central Mitte borough. Bernauer Straße separates it from the locality of Mitte in the south and Reinickendorfer Straße from Wedding in the west. In the north Gesundbrunnen borders with Reinickendorf (in the Reinickendorf borough) while in the east the Mauerpark and the Nordbahn railway line forms the border with Prenzlauer Berg and Pankow, both localities of the Pankow borough. Gesundbrunnen was laid out in what came to be known as the Wilhelmine Ring, an area whose street network was laid out in the Hobrecht-Plan.
The locality adopted its name from a mineral spring first documented by chemist Andreas Sigismund Marggraf about 1748, later site of the Luisenbad spa, named after Queen Louise of Prussia. The area became a popular destination for day-trippers and, after its incorporation into the city of Berlin in 1861, a densely settled working-class district. From 1905 the sports field near the Berlin-Gesundbrunnen station, later Stadion am Gesundbrunnen, was the home ground of the Hertha BSC Berlin football club.
...
Wikipedia