Rathaus Köpenick
Köpenick
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Do you know Berlin's only surviving river swimming bath, Flussbad Gartenstrasse? Do you know what lies hidden in Fischerkietz, a neighbourhood that was once the home of fishermen?
Learn more about these landmarks as well as other interesting places near Rathaus Köpenick. The information terminal categories also provide additional tips, from "most visited" to "outdoors". You can also follow the blue signposts to get to know Berlin.
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All texts researched, written, and edited (unless otherwise indicated) by:
Berliner Forum für Geschichte und Gegenwart (bfgg), Monica Geyler, Reinhard von Bernus
Altstadt Köpenick
Text source: Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick von Berlin, Wirtschaftsförderung
Picture credits:
1. Reconstruction attempt of a view of Köpenick, 13th century, Drawing: Bernd Fischer, Museum Köpenick, Photo: Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Katzengraben, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Central library Köpenick by Bruno Fioretti Marquez, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
The town hall – lavishly adorned
Picture credits:
1. Staircase, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Portal, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. View from Luisenhain, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
360° Köpenick – The panorama
Picture credits:
1. Picnic and ball games, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Floral splendour, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. View from Fischerkietz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Schloss Köpenick with Museum of Decorative Arts
Picture credits:
1. Wappensaal with covered porcelain tablet, 2019, Christian Fuchs, bfgg
2. View from east, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Frauentog Bay
Picture credits:
1. The “Washerwoman” at the Frauentog, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. View on the Frauentog, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Huguenots in Köpenick – prison in the street named “Freedom”
Picture credit:
1. Former prison, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Former synagogue
Text source: Stefanie Endlich
Picture credits:
1. Synagogue, 1916, Waldemar Titzenthaler, Landesarchiv Berlin
2. Synagogue, circa 1910, postcard, Museum Köpenick
3. Estrade of the Synagogue, 1934, photographer unknown, Privatarchiv Nicola Galliner
Museum Köpenick
Picture credits:
1. Exhibition on the history of fishing, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Exhibition on the theme of laundry, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Museum Köpenick, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
A neighbourhood called “Kietz“
Picture credits:
1. The old coat of arms with two silver fish, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Kietz, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. Kietz – front door, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
The Captain of Köpenick
Text source: Wilhelm Voigt
1. Wilhelm Voigt, Wie ich Hauptmann von Köpenick wurde, Leipzig 1909, Kapitel 16
Picture credits:
1. Wilhelm Voigt, 1908, N.N., ullstein bild 00841260
2. Contemporary caricature “Simplicissimus”, 1906, N.N., ullstein bild 00266847
Henriette Lustig
Text source: Claudia von Gelieu
Picture credits:
1. House of the parents of Henriette Lustig, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Henriette Lustig with her husband, n.y., N.N., Museum Köpenick
3. Portrait: Claudia von Gelieu, 2018, Claudia von Gelieu privat
Court-martial in the Armorial Hall
Text source:
1. König Friedrich Wilhelm I nach Theodor Fontane: Theodor Fontane, Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, Dritter Teil, Kapitel 151, Berlin-Weimar, 1977
Picture credits:
1. Hans Hermann von Katte – Woodcut, circa 1880, n.y., N.N., akg-images
2. Unknown Painter circa 1850: Crown Prince Friedrich – copy of a painting by Antoine Pesne from 1729 (excerpt), Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg – SPSG GKI3527
3. Antoine Pesne: King Friedrich Wilhelm I. - Excerpt from a painting, after 1733, n.y., A. Psille, Deutsches Historisches Museum - DHM
“Dedicated to my sister Luise“
Picture credits:
1. View to the Dahme, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Promenade at the Dahme, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. “Sich-Erhebende“, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
4. Pier, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Berlin's only surviving river swimming baths
Picture credit:
1. Flussbad Gartenstraße, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Memorial for the victims of “Köpenick's week of bloodshed“
Text source: Stefanie Endlich
Picture credits:
1. Memorial site “Unser friedlicher Aufbau“, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. Memorial site “Unser friedlicher Aufbau“, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
3. “Köpenick's week of bloodshed (June 1933)” memorial site, 2018, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
Geo-coordinates: 51° 49' 37“ N, 13° 28' 27“ E
Picture credits:
1. Traffic signs at the mouth of the Dahme river, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. View of the Dahme-Spree confluence, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
“Wild Horses”
Text source: Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick von Berlin, Wirtschaftsförderung
Picture credits:
1. “Wild Horses“, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
2. “Wild Horses“, 2019, Berthold Weidner, bfgg
In accordance with the Joint Agreement for the Improvement of Regional Economic Structures (GRW), the information panels were funded by the German government as well as the Berlin senate, represented by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, with additional financing provided by the Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection.
