Glienicke/Nordbahn is located on the northern outskirts of Berlin. The addition of "Nordbahn" (Northern Railway) refers to the proximity to the 19th century-built railway line Berlin-Stralsund, the Prussian Northern Railway. The town is bordered to the south and west by the district Reinickendorf of Berlin (localities Frohnau, Hermsdorf (Berlin) and Lübars) and Schönfließ, Mühlenbecker Land. Between 1961 and 1990 was situated at the eastern border of the Berlin Wall. The village is a typical Angerdorf (meadow) of the Mark Brandenburg. The highest point of the village is the "Langeberg" with 55 m.ü.NN.
From Glienicke there are 16 kilometres (10 miles) to Oranienburg, 40 km (25 mi) to Potsdam, 290 km (180 mi) to Stralsund near the Baltic See, 290 km (180 mi) to Hamburg and 140 km (90 mi) to Cottbus.
History
First mentioned as Glyneck in 1412.
Devastated during the War of Thirty Years.
Reestablished from 1670.
During the Cold War, Glienicke shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so between 1961 and 1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.
After the reunification of Germany, Glienicke developed as a preferred suburb of Berlin.
Demography
After (East) Berlin, Glienicke/Nordbahn is the most densely populated municipality of any type in what was formerly East Germany, ahead of third-place Eichwalde (both are classified as rural municipalities, or Gemeinden), and well ahead of larger municipalities with city ("Stadt") status, such as Leipzig, Halle, and Dresden.
Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)
Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line)
Glienicke/Nordbahn: Population development within the current boundaries[3]
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1875
201
—
1890
251
+1.49%
1910
912
+6.66%
1925
1,823
+4.73%
1933
3,713
+9.30%
1939
5,187
+5.73%
1946
5,232
+0.12%
1950
5,392
+0.76%
1964
4,997
−0.54%
1971
4,930
−0.19%
1981
4,774
−0.32%
1985
4,768
−0.03%
1989
4,483
−1.53%
1990
4,407
−1.70%
1991
4,370
−0.84%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1992
4,327
−0.98%
1993
4,365
+0.88%
1994
4,515
+3.44%
1995
4,641
+2.79%
1996
4,965
+6.98%
1997
5,338
+7.51%
1998
5,943
+11.33%
1999
6,947
+16.89%
2000
7,709
+10.97%
2001
8,324
+7.98%
2002
8,714
+4.69%
2003
8,929
+2.47%
2004
9,140
+2.36%
2005
9,597
+5.00%
2006
9,879
+2.94%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
2007
10,270
+3.96%
2008
10,461
+1.86%
2009
10,774
+2.99%
2010
11,005
+2.14%
2011
11,085
+0.73%
2012
11,357
+2.45%
2013
11,667
+2.73%
2014
11,942
+2.36%
2015
12,155
+1.78%
2016
12,159
+0.03%
2017
12,227
+0.56%
2018
12,218
−0.07%
2019
12,358
+1.15%
2020
12,430
+0.58%
Pictures
Central Pond.
Lutheran Church.
Central Pond at Night.
Memorial for the local opening of the Berlin Wall on March 3, 1990.
Gustav Bauer (1870-1944), 1919-1920 Chancellor, lived from 1940 to 1944 in Glienicke / Nordbahn, in the cemetery of the parish Glienicke / Nordbahn buried
Walter Felsenstein (1901-1975), director, had his residence in Glienicke / Nordbahn
Erich Schwabe (1909-2015), military leader of the volunteer fire department Glienicke / Nordbahn (1964–1976),[6][7] oldest firefighter of Brandenburg[8]
![Chapel of the Cemetery.[4]](File:Friedhofskapelle_Glienicke.JPG)
