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Schmargendorf

Schmargendorf
Quarter of Berlin
Town hall
Town hall
Schmargendorf  is located in Germany
Schmargendorf
Schmargendorf
Coordinates: 52°28′38″N 13°17′17″E / 52.47722°N 13.28806°E / 52.47722; 13.28806Coordinates: 52°28′38″N 13°17′17″E / 52.47722°N 13.28806°E / 52.47722; 13.28806
Country Germany
State Berlin
City Berlin
Borough Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Founded 1354
Area
 • Total 3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Elevation 45 m (148 ft)
Population (2011-06-31)
 • Total 20,009
 • Density 5,600/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes (nr. 0403) 14193, 14199
Vehicle registration B

Schmargendorf is a south-western locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the district (Bezirk) of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Until 2001 it was part of the former district of Wilmersdorf.

Schmargendorf borders with the localities of Grunewald (with Grunewald Forest) in the west, Halensee in the north, Wilmersdorf in the north and east, as well as Dahlem (this one in Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough) in the south. The northeastern border with Berlin's inner city is marked by the Ringbahn line of the Berlin S-Bahn and the Stadtring motorway.

The village in the Margraviate of Brandenburg was first mentioned as des or ’s Margreven Dorp (literally English: the Margrave's Village) in 1354, contracted to Low German Smargendorp and later adapted to High German standard as Schmargendorf. It was probably established about 1220 by German settlers in the course of the Ostsiedlung under the co-ruling Ascanian Margraves John I and Otto III of Brandenburg, after the former Slavic territories had been conquered by their great-grandfather Albert the Bear.


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