Place:Heiligensee, Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany

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NameHeiligensee
TypeVillage
Coordinates52.616667°N 13.233333°E
Located inBrandenburg, Preußen, Germany     (1815 - 1920)
Also located inBerlin, Brandenburg, Preußen, Germany     (1920 - 1946)
West-Berlin, Berlin, Germany     (1946 - 1990)
Berlin, Germany     (1990 - present)
See alsoReinickendorf, Brandenburg, Preußen, Germanypost-1920 borough location

Note: In keeping with the 1900-rule at WeRelate, places in Germany are organized as they were in 1900 when Germany was known as the German Empire.

In 1308, the village of Heiligensee was founded.

In 1815, Heiligensee village became part of Brandenburg (province) in Preußen, Germany.

In 1920, Heiligensee village became part of the new borough of Reinickendorf, located in the city of Berlin in Brandenburg (province) in Preußen, Germany.

In 1946, the city of Berlin was divided into East Berlin and West Berlin. Heiligensee, as a neighborhood, remained a part of Reinickendorf borough and was located in West Berlin.

In 1990, the city of Berlin was reunited. Heiligensee, as a neighborhood, remained a part of Reinickendorf borough.

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Heiligensee is a locality within Reinickendorf, a borough of the German capital, Berlin. It has 17,780 inhabitants and an area of .

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