Siemensstadt ( German: [ˈziːmənsˌʃtat] ) is a locality ( Ortsteil ) of Berlin in the district ( Bezirk ) of Spandau .
12-437: The locality emerged when the company Siemens & Halske (S & H), one of the predecessors of today's Siemens , bought land in the area, in order to expand production of S & H and their subsidiary Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) as well. On the initiative of Georg Wilhelm von Siemens , S & H started to build new factories in 1899. Soon also residential buildings were erected. The locality
24-551: Is situated close to Siemensstadt but in Charlottenburg-Nord. Siemensstadt is served by the Berliner U-Bahn line U7 at the stations of Paulsternstrasse , Rohrdamm and Siemensdamm . [REDACTED] Media related to Siemensstadt at Wikimedia Commons Siemens %26 Halske Siemens & Halske AG (or Siemens-Halske ) was a German electrical engineering company that later became part of Siemens . It
36-493: The Obshchestvo Elektricheskogo Osveshcheniia (Company for Electric Lighting), also known as the 1886 Company . When Siemens & Halske merged parts of its activities with Schuckert & Co. , Nuremberg in 1903 to become Siemens-Schuckert , Siemens & Halske AG specialized in communications engineering. During World War I , rotary engines of advanced and unusual design were produced under
48-831: The Siemens-Halske brand, like the Siemens-Halske Sh.I and Sh.III . Siemens & Halske also produced large numbers of MG08/15 machineguns deployed for service of the Kaiser Imperial forces in World War I . Later, Siemens established several company subsidiaries for which the Siemens & Halske AG functioned as a holding company. During the Second World War , Siemens & Halske employed slave labour from concentration camps. Among other things, they produced field telephones of
60-672: The company in 1867. Werner von Siemens' brother Karl Heinrich, together with Werner's sons Arnold and Georg Wilhelm , grew the firm and erected new Siemens & Halske premises along the banks of the western Spree river, in the Berlin suburb of Charlottenburg, in 1897. The firm's vast new site continued to grow, and from 1899 onwards it was known as Siemensstadt . Siemens & Halske quickly expanded with representatives in Great Britain and Russia as well as its own cable-manufacturing plants at Woolwich and Saint Petersburg . The company's rise
72-483: The first electrical interurban tram in Austria-Hungary . 1882 saw the opening of the experimental " Elektromote " track, an early trolleybus concept in the Berlin suburb of Halensee . The rising popularity of telegraphs and electrical tramways, as well as in generators and electric motors, ensured steady growth for Siemens & Halske. Werner von Siemens retired in 1890, while Johann Georg Halske had already left
84-628: The initiative of Georg Wilhelm von Siemens , S & H started to build new factories in 1899. Soon also residential buildings were erected. The locality was incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920 by the Greater Berlin Act . During World War II , Siemensstadt was the location of a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp for men and women, mostly Hungarian Jews, but also Bulgarians, French, Italians, Yugoslavs, Dutch, Poles, Czechoslovaks, Russians and Ukrainians. Siemensstadt
96-476: The type "Feldfernsprecher 33". Siemensstadt Siemensstadt ( German: [ˈziːmənsˌʃtat] ) is a locality ( Ortsteil ) of Berlin in the district ( Bezirk ) of Spandau . The locality emerged when the company Siemens & Halske (S & H), one of the predecessors of today's Siemens , bought land in the area, in order to expand production of S & H and their subsidiary Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) as well. On
108-465: Was founded on 12 October 1847 as Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske by Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske . The company, located in Berlin - Kreuzberg , specialised in manufacturing electrical telegraphs according to Charles Wheatstone 's patent of 1837. In 1848, the company constructed one of the first European telegraph lines from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main . Siemens & Halske
120-760: Was incorporated into Berlin on 1 October 1920 by the Greater Berlin Act . During World War II , Siemensstadt was the location of a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp for men and women, mostly Hungarian Jews, but also Bulgarians, French, Italians, Yugoslavs, Dutch, Poles, Czechoslovaks, Russians and Ukrainians. Siemensstadt is situated on the eastern side of the Spandau district. It borders Spandau (locality), Haselhorst , Tegel (in Reinickendorf ), Charlottenburg-Nord and Westend (both in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf ). The Großsiedlung Siemensstadt
132-525: Was not alone in the realm of electrical engineering. In 1887, Emil Rathenau had established Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG), which became a long-time rival. In 1881, Siemens & Halske built the Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway , the world's first electric streetcar line, in the southwestern Lichterfelde suburb of Berlin, followed by the Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram near Vienna ,
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#1732855758774144-642: Was supported by Werner von Siemens' patent of the electric generator ( dynamo ) in 1867. Carl Wilhelm Siemens represented the company in Great Britain . They developed a cable-manufacturing plant in Woolwich . Carl Heinrich von Siemens represented the company in Russia. He established the Russian branch of the company in 1853, gaining a contract to build the telegraph system. In 1886 they obtained permission to establish
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