Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

• Name — Rüdersdorf bei Berlin • Image Photo — Rüdersdorf asv2022-06 img8 Museumspark.jpg • Image Caption — Open-air museum in Rüdersdorf • Image Coa — DEU Rüdersdorf bei Berlin COA.svg • Image Plan — Rüdersdorf bei Berlin in MOL.png • State — Brandenburg • District — Märkisch-Oderland • Elevation — 62 • Area — 70.39 • Postal Code — 15562 • Area Code — 033638 • Licence — MOL • Gemeindeschlussel — 12 0 64 428 • Divisions — 4 Ortsteile • Website — www.ruedersdorf.de • Mayor — Sabine Löser • Leader Term — 2019–27 Rüdersdorf bei Berlin (Rüdersdorf near Berlin) is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany, near Berlin. It is served by the Schöneiche bei Berlin tramway which runs from Rüdersdorf through Schöneiche to Berlin-Friedrichshagen station on the Berlin S-Bahn network. Bundesautobahn 10 passes through the town.

The municipality is situated 26 km east of Berlin centre and includes the three districts Hennickendorf, Herzfelde and Lichtenow. Rüdersdorf is noted for its open-cast limestone mine. Today, some parts of the mine are used as a museum Museumspark Rüdersdorf. Notable buildings in Berlin such as the Brandenburg Gate and the Olympiastadium were built with limestone from Rüdersdorf.

• Illustration — Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (blue line: population; dotted line: comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; grey background: time of Nazi rule; red background: time of communist rule) • Illustration — Recent population development and projections (population development before 2011 census (blue line); recent population development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

• Illustration — Coat of arms of the municipality Rüdersdorf bei Berlin The coat of arms of Gemeinde Rüdersdorf bei Berlin shows a rooted green lime tree with two red shields on its side. The shield towards the left of the trunk shows the silver hammer and pick as a symbol for the limestone quarrying: An industry which has shaped this municipality and is still present to this day. On the right side of the trunk, the shield symbolizes a silver turnip which represents the local agriculture. Both industries have been implanted back in the 13th century by the monks of the Zinna Abbey.

• Johanna Elberskirchen (1864–1943), activist • Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), opera composer • Andreas Thom (born 1965), footballer • Anne Wizorek (born 1981), author, journalist and feminist • Karla Woisnitza (born 1952), artist • Max Marzillier (born 2001), paralympic track-athlete

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