Grünau is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 locality

Boroughs and localities of Berlin

Berlin is both a city and one of Germany’s federal states. It is made up of twelve boroughs , each with its own borough government, though all boroughs are subject to Berlin’s city and state government.-History:Each borough is made up of several officially recognized localities...

 (Ortsteil) within the Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 borough (Bezirk) of Treptow-Köpenick

Treptow-Köpenick

Treptow-Köpenick is the ninth borough of Berlin, Germany, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Treptow and Köpenick.-Overview:...

. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick

Köpenick

Köpenick is a historic town and locality that is situated at the confluence of the rivers Dahme and Spree in the south-east of the German capital city of Berlin. It was formerly known as Copanic and then Cöpenick, only officially adopting the current spelling in 1931...

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History

During 1747 and 1753 some settlements were founded by Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II was a King in Prussia and a King of Prussia from the Hohenzollern dynasty. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was also Elector of Brandenburg. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel...

, as Müggelheim, Friedrichshagen

Friedrichshagen

Friedrichshagen is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick.-History:...

 and Grünau itself. The village, founded in 1749, was first mentioned in 1754 with the name of Grüne Aue. Until 1920 it was a Prussia

Prussia

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n municipality of the former district of Teltow, merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act

Greater Berlin Act

The Greater Berlin Act , in full the Law Regarding the Reconstruction of the New Local Authority of Berlin , was a law passed by the Prussian government in 1920 that greatly expanded the size of the German capital of Berlin.-History:...

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For the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

, the city hosted the canoeing

Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It had been a demonstration sport twelve years earlier at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of nine events were contested at the 1936 Games, all in canoe sprint for men.The competitions were...

 and rowing

Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only.The competitions were held from August 11, 1936 to August 14, 1936. They were held on a regatta course at Grünau on the Langer See.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

 events at the regatta course on the Langer See

Langer See

The Langer See is a lake situated in the south-eastern outskirts of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. The lake is aligned south-east to north-west and forms part of the course of the River Dahme...

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Overview

Located in the south-eastern suburb of Berlin, Grünau is bounded (in south-west) by the Brandenburg

Brandenburg

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er town of Schönefeld

Schönefeld

-Places in Germany:*Schönefeld, a municipality of Brandenburg near Berlin*Leipzig-Schönefeld, a quarter of Leipzig, Saxony*Schönefeld , a village in the town Beelitz, Brandenburg...

 (in Dahme-Spreewald

Dahme-Spreewald

Dahme-Spreewald is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Oder-Spree, Spree-Neiße, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Elbe-Elster and Teltow-Fläming, and by the city of Berlin.- History :...

 district). The Berliner bordering localities are Bohnsdorf

Bohnsdorf

Bohnsdorf is a district in the borough Treptow-Köpenick of Berlin, Germany. It is located in the south-east of the city.-Position:The locality is situated in the southeastern suburb of Berlin and borders with Altglienicke, Grünau, and with the municipality of Schönefeld, in the Brandenburg district...

, Altglienicke

Altglienicke

Altglienicke is a locality of Berlin in the district of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was par of the former borough of Treptow.-History:The village of Glinik was first mentioned in 1375...

, Adlershof

Adlershof

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, Köpenick

Köpenick

Köpenick is a historic town and locality that is situated at the confluence of the rivers Dahme and Spree in the south-east of the German capital city of Berlin. It was formerly known as Copanic and then Cöpenick, only officially adopting the current spelling in 1931...

, Müggelheim

Müggelheim

Müggelheim is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick.-History:...

 and Schmöckwitz

Schmöckwitz

Schmöckwitz is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Köpenick.-History:The locality was founded in 1375 with the name of Smekewitz...

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The quarter is surrounded by the Berliner Stadtforst and traversed by the river Dahme (tributary of the Spree

Spree

The Spree is a river that flows through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany, and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic...

) in the southern shore. In the lake Langer See

Langer See

The Langer See is a lake situated in the south-eastern outskirts of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. The lake is aligned south-east to north-west and forms part of the course of the River Dahme...

, formed on the river, the islet of Großer Rohrwall belongs to Grünau.

Subdivision

Grünau is divided into 3 zones (Ortslagen):

• An der Regattastrecke
• Grünau-Ost
• Grünau-West

Transport

As urban rail, the locality is served by the S-Bahn

Berlin S-Bahn

The Berlin S-Bahn is a rapid transit system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It consists of 15 lines and is integrated with the mostly underground U-Bahn to form the backbone of Berlin's rapid transport system...

lines S46

S46 (Berlin)

The Berlin S-Bahn line 46 runs from Königs Wusterhausen to Westend. It operates over:*the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,*the Baumschulenweg–Neukölln link line, opened on 8 June 1896 and electrified in 1928 and...

, S8

S8 (Berlin)

S8 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Zeuthen to Hohen Neuendorf over:*the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,*the Ring line, completed in 1877 and electrified in 1926,...

 and S85

S85 (Berlin)

S85 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Grünau to Waidmannslust over:*the Berlin–Görlitz railway, opened on 13 September 1866 and electrified on 4 January 1929,*the Ringbahn, opened on 17 July 1871 and electrified in 1926 and...

 (at the homonymous railway station); and by the tramway lne 68. It also counts the BVG

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe

The is the main public transport company of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It manages the city's U-Bahn underground railway, tram, bus and ferry networks, but not the S-Bahn urban rail system....

 ferry line

Ferry transport in Berlin

Berlin, the capital city of Germany, has an extensive network of rivers, lakes and canals. As a consequence ferry transport forms a part of the transport network of Berlin.-History:...

 F12 in Wassersportallee, that links Grünau to Köpenick across the river Müggelspree.

Personalities

• Karl Dönitz
  Karl Dönitz
  Karl Dönitz was a German naval commander during World War II. He started his career in the German Navy during World War I. In 1918, while he was in command of , the submarine was sunk by British forces and Dönitz was taken prisoner...
  
   (1891–1980), admiral and politician, last president of Nazi Germany
  Nazi Germany
  Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
  
  
• Stefan Heym
  Stefan Heym
  Helmut Flieg was a German-Jewish writer, known by his pseudonym Stefan Heym. He lived in the United States between 1935 and 1952, before moving back to the part of his native Germany which was, from 1949–1990, German Democratic Republic...
  
   (1913–2001), writer. He lived several years in a villa
  Villa
  A villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...
  
  of the locality

External links

• 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 996–1029. Grünau page on www.berlin.de