Location of Staaken in the Spandau borough of Berlin

Church of Berlin-Staaken

R. VI in front of the Zeppelin halls

Occupied Berlin, territorial exchange visible at the western rim

Staaken is a locality at the western rim of Berlin within the borough of Spandau. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Berlin is both a city and one of Germany's federal states. It is made up of twelve boroughs ( Bezirke in German also known as districts or For the Spandau machine gun see Maschinengewehr 08. For the 1980s New Romantic group see Spandau Ballet. In the west it shares border with the Brandenburg municipalities of Falkensee and Dallgow-Döberitz in the Havelland district. Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. Falkensee is a town in the Havelland district Brandenburg, Germany. Dallgow-Döberitz is a Municipality in the Havelland district in Brandenburg, Germany. Havelland is a geograhical region and district in Brandenburg, Germany. Buildings range from small detached houses in the west to larger 1960s and 1970s housing estates in the east. A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development The locality of Staaken also includes the neighborhood of Albrechtshof.

History

First mentioned in a 1273 deed as Stakene the former village became a part of Berlin by the Greater Berlin Act of 1920. The Greater Berlin Act (Groß-Berlin-Gesetz in full the Law Regarding the Reconstruction of the New Local Authority of Berlin (Gesetz über die Bildung einer neuen Stadtgemeinde The development of the area started with the construction of the Staaken garden city by architect Paul Schmitthenner in 1914. The garden city movement is an approach to Urban planning that was founded in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Paul Schmitthenner ( 15 December 1884 - 11 November 1972) was a German Architect and city planner from Lauterburg Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

At the beginning of World War I the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin company acquired large estates in Staaken, where from 1915 on it manufactured zeppelin airships and R.VI biplane strategic bombers. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH is a German company which during the early 20th century was a leader in the design and manufacture of Rigid airships Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A Zeppelin is a type of Rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on designs he had outlined The Zeppelin-Staaken RVI was a four-engined German Biplane Strategic bomber of World War I, and the only so-called ''Riesenflugzeug'' A biplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft with two main Wings The first powered heavier-than-air Aircraft, the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer A strategic bomber is a heavy type Aircraft designed to drop large amounts of ordnance onto a distant target for the purposes of debilitating an enemy's In 1919 the regulations of the Treaty of Versailles finished the production and the area was transformed into an airfield. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. An aerodrome is an area on land or water (including any buildings installations and equipment used for the arrival and departure of aircraft There had been regular Zeppelin flights to Friedrichshafen and even to London from 1919 on, though in the following years most of the aviation moved to Tempelhof Airport. Friedrichshafen is a town on the northern side of Lake Constance ( Bodensee) in southern Germany, near the borders with Switzerland and Austria London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Aviation refers to activities involving man-made flying devices ( Aircraft) including the people organizations and regulatory bodies involved with them For the United States Air Force military use of this facility see Tempelhof Central Airport Berlin-Tempelhof Airport also The former zeppelin manufacturing halls were locations for various film productions, e. Filmmaking is the process of making a Film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting shooting editing and finally distribution to an audience g. parts of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang ( December 5, 1890 &ndash August 2, 1976) was an Austrian German - American Metropolis is a silent Science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Lang and Thea von Harbou. In 1929 the estate was sold to the City of Berlin, while parts of the airport were still used by the Lufthansa airline for flight training, competition and maintenance purposes. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an Aircraft. In Albrechtshof the Demag (Deutsche Maschinenfabrik AG) built Panther tanks during World War II using forced labour of over 2,500 prisoners held in the nearby Falkenhagen labour camp, a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Demag is a German Heavy equipment manufacturer Its business began in 1906 as a Dock Cranes manufacturer under the name Deutsche Maschinenfabrik The Panther ( was a Tank fielded by Germany in World War II that served from mid-1943 to the end of the European war in 1945 World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Unfree labour is a generic or collective term for those work relations especially in modern or early modern history in which people are employed against their will Falkensee is a town in the Havelland district Brandenburg, Germany. Arbeitslager is a German language word which means Labor camp. Sachsenhausen (zaksənˈhaʊzən was a Concentration camp in Germany, operating between 1936 and 1945

After World War II Staaken was divided by a territorial exchange contract between the Allies United Kingdom and Soviet Union from August 30, 1945. The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The western half with the former airport became a municipality in the Soviet occupation zone and in 1952 a part of the former Potsdam district within the GDR, while the eastern half remained in West Berlin. The Soviet Occupation Zone ( German: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ or Ostzone; Советская зона Германии Sovetskaya zona Germanii Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also see Potsdam New York (in the USA For the Potsdam Conference see Potsdam Conference. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 In exchange territories of the East German municipality of Groß-Glienicke with the runways of Gatow Airport were transferred to Berlin's British sector. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Also see Potsdam New York (in the USA For the Potsdam Conference see Potsdam Conference. A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. From 1961 to 1989 the Berlin wall ran through Staaken. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including Both parts were reunited as a locality of the Spandau borough with the German reunification on October 3, 1990. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung took place twice after 1945 first in 1957 the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)

Transportation

Staaken is served by RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn trains of the Deutsche Bahn AG at the stations Staaken and Albrechtshof. The Regionalbahn (abbreviated RB is a type of Regional train in Germany. Deutsche Bahn AG ( DB AG, DBAG or DB) is the German national Railway company A S-Bahn connection to Albrechtshof is planned. The Berlin S-Bahn is a Rapid transit system operated by S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn. This station had also been the site of a railroad border crossing, it was closed in 1961 after East German railroad engineer Harry Deterling fled from the GDR by breaking through the barriers with a whole train. The Berlin border crossings were created as a result of the postwar division of Germany. A railroad engineer, railway engineer, locomotive engineer, train operator, train driver or engine driver is a person who operates " Republikflucht " (flight from the republic and " Republikflüchtling(e " (fugitives from the republic were the terms used by authorities in the German The term separation barrier is a Euphemism for walls or fences constructed to limit the movement of people across a certain line or Border, or to separate two populations The event was dramatized in the 1963 West German film Durchbruch Lok 234 (The Breakthrough). West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( A new border crossing opened in 1976 at the Staaken station.

The Bundesstraße 5 federal highway runs through the locality along the Heerstraße, the road border crossing for transit traffic to Hamburg from 1951 to 1982. The Bundesstraße 5 or B5 is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southeasterly direction from the Danish border near Niebüll Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany

Fort Hahneberg

The area south of the Heerstraße is the site of a large fortification, built between 1882 and 1888 on and inside the Hahneberg hill. Fortifications are Military Constructions and Buildings designed for defense in Warfare Humans have constructed defensive works for It was meant to protect the Spandau arms industry and the only realized one of a planned four fortresses system. The arms industry is a global Industry and Business which Manufactures and sells Weapons and Military technology and equipment. The fort lost its military significance shortly afterwards due to the development of brisant explosive shells. A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking Brisance is a measure of the rapidity with which an Explosive develops its maximum Pressure. A shell is a payload-carrying Projectile, which as opposed to shot, contains an explosive or other filling though modern usage includes large solid projectiles Until 1945 it was used as barracks housing troops of the Spandau garrison. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Barracks are living quarters for personnel on a Military post Garrison (various spellings (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip" is the collective term for a body of Troops

Notable people

Figure skater Katarina Witt was born in the GDR municipality of Staaken on December 3, 1965. Figure skating is an athletic Sport in which individuals pairs or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging Katarina Witt (born December 3, 1965) is a German figure skater, in Germany she was commonly affectionately called "Kati" Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.

See also

• Challenge 1930
• Challenge 1932

Coordinates: 52°32′N 13°08′E / 52.533, 13.133