Berlin (Seedorf)
Berlin | |
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![]() Potsdamer Straße | |
Coordinates: 54°02′09.6″N 10°26′51.19″E / 54.036000°N 10.4475528°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Schleswig-Holstein |
District | Segeberg |
Municipal assoc. | Trave-Land |
Town | Seedorf |
Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 520 |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 23823 |
Dialling codes | 04555, 04559 |
Vehicle registration | SE |
Website | www.amt-trave-land.de |
Berlin is a German civil parish (Ortsteil) of the municipality of Seedorf, in the district of Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein. With 520 inhabitants in 2011,[1] it is the most populated settlement of the municipality.
History
First mentioned in 1215, it is considered as the oldest "Berlin" in the world.[2]
Geography
Berlin is located in the natural park of the Holsteinische Schweiz, not too far from the Seekamp lake, and its principal roads link Eutin and Ahrensbök to Bornhöved. It is 5 km (3.1 mi) far from Seedorf, 26 km (16 mi) from Bad Segeberg, 33 km (21 mi) from Neumünster, 48 km (30 mi) from Kiel, 51 km (32 mi) from Lübeck, 86 km (53 mi) from Hamburg and 357 km (222 mi) from Berlin.
Tourism
Due to its name, the Little Berlin is a receptive place for some tourists. Several references to the capital are located in the village, as for example the name of many streets and squares, as Potsdamer Platz, the central Potsdamer Straße, Kurfürstendamm, Unter den Linden, Wilmersdorfer Straße, Lichterfelde, Uhlandstraße and Heerstraße.[3] In Potsdamer Platz is located a stone, placed on June 18, 1964,[2] with an inscription representing the bear symbol of the capital and another recording "BERLIN 357 km berlin
".[4]
Gallery
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Village entrance
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Pub Berliner Eck
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Fire station
References
- ^ a b Berlin, citypopulation.de, accessed 28 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Berlin". Amt Trave-Land. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Map of Berlin with street names on Google Maps
- ^ Picture of the stone Archived 2016-11-06 at the Wayback Machine on Panoramio
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- (in German) Berlin webpage on Seedorf site
- Berliner pictures on Panoramio