| Siemensstadt | |
| Type: | Quarter |
| City: | Berlin |
| Coordinates: | 52.5406°N 13.2631°W |
| State: | Berlin |
| Borough: | Spandau |
| Elevation: | 35 |
| Area: | 5.66 |
| Postal Code: | 13629 |
| Licence: | B |
| Year: | 1913 |
| Plantext: | Location of Siemensstadt in Spandau district and Berlin |
| Image Plan: | Berlin Spandau Siemensstadt.png |
Siemensstadt (pronounced as /de/) 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 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.[1]
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 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.