Berlin (Seedorf)

Berlin
Berlin
Village of Seedorf
	Potsdamer Straße
	Location of Berlin
	Berlin Berlin
	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)
• 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	http://www.gemeinde-seedorf.de/verzeichnis/mandat.php?mandat=234182&kategorie=66

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]