Waßmannsdorf is a village and a civil parish (Ortsteil) of the German town of Schönefeld, located in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg. As of 2007 its population was of around 1,000.
History First mentioned in 1350 as Wasmanstorp, the village was an autonomous municipality until 2003, when it merged into Schönefeld. Historical chronicle of Waßmannsdorf From 1961 to 1989 its municipal borders with West Berlin were crossed by the Berlin Wall.
Geography Waßmannsdorf is located in the southeastern suburb of Berlin, near the districts of Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Neukölln and Treptow-Köpenick; and bordering with the quarter of Rudow. The nearest places are Großziethen, Selchow, Schönefeld and Blankenfelde-Mahlow. The village is 20 km far from Königs Wusterhausen, 28 from Ludwigsfelde and 34 from Potsdam.
Transport
Waßmannsdorf is situated close to the runway of the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport. Crossed by the Berlin outer ring, it is served by a new railway stationMap at berliner-stadtplan.com on the S-Bahn extension to the new airport "Erster S-Bahn-Zug fuhr zum neuen Flughafenbahnhof" (article and images on S-Bahn Berlin website) "Der Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg International" (article and map on S-Bahn Berlin website) (lines S45 and S9).Map of the reorganization of the rail system serving the new airport "Berlin Brandenburg" The village is also interested by the Expressway Potsdam-Schönefeld projects.
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External links
Waßmannsdorf page on Schönefeld municipal website Waßmannsdorf Fire Service SV Waßmannsdorf football club