Karlshorst
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Location of Karlshorst in Lichtenberg district and Berlin
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| Coordinates: 52°31′16″N 13°28′48″E / 52.52111°N 13.48000°ECoordinates: 52°31′16″N 13°28′48″E / 52.52111°N 13.48000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Berlin |
| City | Berlin |
| Borough | Lichtenberg |
| Founded | 1895 |
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| • Total | 6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-12-31) | |
| • Total | 21,057 |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | (nr. 1102) 10318 |
| Vehicle registration | B |
Karlshorst (literally meaning Karl's nest in German) is a locality in the borough of Lichtenberg in Berlin. Located there are a harness racing track and the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW), the largest University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, and the German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst.
Established in 1895 as the Carlshorst mansion's colony, Karlshorst from 1901 had access to the railway line from Berlin to Breslau (today Wrocław, Poland) and developed to a quite affluent residential area, sometimes referred to as "Dahlem of the East". The locality encompasses the Waldsiedlung, a garden city laid out between 1919 and 1921 according to plans by Peter Behrens.
In April 1945, as the Red Army approached the Reich's capital, Marshal Georgy Zhukov, commander of the 1st Belorussian Front, established his headquarters at a former Wehrmacht officer's mess hall in Karlshorst, where on May 8, the unconditional surrender of the German forces was presented to Zhukov by Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.
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