Friedrichshain is no longer an independent district in Berlin, as the trendy district has officially been part of the Kreuzberg district since the district reform in 2001. It owes its name to the Volkspark Friedrichshain, which is still part of the district. The district also borders on the Spree. The Osthafen was an important economic port, especially when the GDR still existed. This was at least true until the Berlin Wall was built. After that, the port was considered a border and restricted area.

Friedrichshain consists of 6 sub-areas. The district has been this size since the 1920s. Until that time, the city limits ran through the middle of today's town. Names like Frankfurter Tor etc. still bear witness to this today. In the 19th century, industry settled in the area and numerous tenements were built for workers in the food, paper, textile industries, etc. The district became a motor of Berlin's urban development in the 19th century. This is how e.g. arose B. Berlin's first waterworks in Friedrichshain in 1856. The first gasworks had been built here eleven years earlier. The first municipal hospital was also opened there in 1874 after a six-year construction period. It was created in the area of ​​the Volkspark Friedrichshain, the area of ​​which was expanded during this time.  

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the part of the city was one of Berlin's working-class districts. Politically, social democracy was very strong here. In the 1920s and early 1930s, there were fierce battles between left-wing and Nazi groups on the streets of the district. As a result of such a street battle, the SA man Horst Wessel was killed. This is what the National Socialists called Friedrichshain Horst-Wessel-Stadt between 1933 and 1945.

After the fall of the Wall, Friedrichshain had many old buildings and large industrial complexes that needed to be renovated. Many buildings had to be given new uses because they were no longer used. The industrial complex that Georg Knorr built for food production is currently largely used by the state insurance company.

The historic buildings in Friedrichshain have been carefully restored. This is how new living and working space was created. Today it is mainly students and artists who live here, and the alternative scene shapes the life and culture of the district. Anyone visiting Friedrichshain should visit the homepage, the Friedrichshainer, because there you will find up-to-date information about events in the neighborhood. This is how visitors find out, for example: B. what is currently going on in the former multiplex cinema, which was converted into an event center in 2005. It is worth staying in Friedrichshain when visiting Berlin, e.g. B. in the AO, in Comenius etc.

There is always something to see in Friedrichshain and there is always something going on in the district's bars. Strolling in Friedrichshain is fun because a colorful crowd lives here. But numerous sights such as the East Side Galery and churches such as the Samaritan Church, the Church of the Resurrection, etc. are also worth a visit. Large-scale industry has disappeared from Friedrichshain, but large institutions and numerous companies in the cultural industry such as MTV and Universal Music have settled in Friedrichshain over the last two decades.

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