Gropiusstadt

Gropiusstadt
Gropiusstadt
Quarter of Berlin
	Overview of the Gropiusstadt Complex
	Location of Gropiusstadt in Neukölln district and Berlin
	Gropiusstadt Gropiusstadt
	Coordinates: 52°25′33″N 13°27′41″E / 52.42583°N 13.46139°E
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Neukölln
Founded	1960
Area
• Total	2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation	52 m (171 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	38,869
• Density	15,000/km2 (38,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	12351, 12353
Vehicle registration	B
Website	Official website

Gropiusstadt (German: [ˈɡʁoːpi̯ʊsˌʃtat] ^ⓘ) is a locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Neukölln. It was named after the architect who projected the complex: Walter Gropius.

History

Building of the quarter, initially named Britz-Buckow-Rudow and projected in a modernist style by Walter Gropius,^[2] ended in 1960. In Berlin, Gropius also projected the Sommerfeld House, the Interbau and the Großsiedlung Siemensstadt quarter. As part of West Berlin, its borders with Brandenburg (part of East Germany) were crossed by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989. As of 2001 it was still an autonomous Ortsteil.^[3]

It became infamous as the place in which the German writer Christiane F. lived from childhood to adolescence,^[4] author of the novel "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo".

Geography

Located in the south-eastern suburbs of Berlin, a short section of Gropiusstadt borders on to Schönefeld, a municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg. It also borders on to the Berlin districts of Britz, Rudow and Buckow.