# Adlergestell

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The **Adlergestell** in the [Berlin](/source/Berlin) district of [Treptow-Köpenick](/source/Treptow-K%C3%B6penick) is the longest road in Berlin at 11.9 kilometers. It runs from the district of [Niederschöneweide](/source/Niedersch%C3%B6neweide) to the district of [Schmöckwitz](/source/Schm%C3%B6ckwitz) on the southeastern outskirts of the city. The [Berlin–Görlitz railway](/source/Berlin%E2%80%93G%C3%B6rlitz_railway) runs parallel to the Adlergestell.

## Naming

The name has been handed down through the ages. It is known that the term "Gestell" was used for the forest roads cut out in the [forest](/source/Forest), through which felled [timber](/source/Timber) was transported away. This word meaning lives on in the hunter-language still today.[1] Where the name-addition "Adler" comes from, is not known. [Folk etymology](/source/Folk_etymology) refers to [eagles](/source/Eagle) on [tree trunks](/source/Tree_trunks) that served as [signposts](/source/Signposts) for the [Prussian king](/source/Prussian_king) when he rode to the castle of [Königs Wusterhausen](/source/K%C3%B6nigs_Wusterhausen). However, it may also refer to the same root as the name of the Adlershoff estate, which gave its name to the village of [Adlershof](/source/Adlershof), which is now a Berlin district of Adlergestell.

The name Adlergestell is circulated that it was formerly called *Kurfürstenweg* or *Reichsapfelstraße*, because the trees bordering it were decorated with an [apple](/source/Apple) and an [eagle](/source/Eagle) in the time of the [Prince-elector](/source/Prince-elector). The street began at that time in Berlin at the *Alte Jakobstraße*, continued along the *Köpenicker Straße*, through the middle of the *Cöllnische Heide* and past today's [Berlin-Grünau station](/source/Berlin-Gr%C3%BCnau_station).[2]

## Traffic

Today's Adlergestell begins as a continuation of the *Michael-Brückner-Straße* (formerly: *Grünauer Straße*) in [Niederschöneweide](/source/Niedersch%C3%B6neweide) at the overpass of the [S-Bahn line to Spindlersfeld](/source/Sch%C3%B6neweide%E2%80%93Spindlersfeld_branch_line) with the property number 73. The road here has six lanes as part of the [Bundesstraße 96a](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_96a) and runs in a straight line for about 5.5 kilometers via Adlershof to Grünau. It runs parallel to the [Berlin–Görlitz railway](/source/Berlin%E2%80%93G%C3%B6rlitz_railway), which was based on the Adlergestell in its layout.

From [Berlin-Grünau station](/source/Berlin-Gr%C3%BCnau_station), the road runs about 6.5 kilometers through the Berlin forest to [Schmöckwitz](/source/Schm%C3%B6ckwitz), the southernmost district of Berlin. There it ends with property number 786.

The Adlergestell is one of the most important arterial roads in southern Berlin. During the [GDR](/source/GDR) era, most of the road traffic from [East Berlin](/source/East_Berlin) in a southern and western direction (to [Dresden](/source/Dresden), [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig), [Magdeburg](/source/Magdeburg)) ran over the Adlergestell in the direction of [Schönefeld](/source/Sch%C3%B6nefeld). Until 1962, it ran from Adlershof via *Köpenicker Straße* and the [Altglienicke](/source/Altglienicke) district, then over the expressway (today: *Am Seegraben*), which was opened in April 1962, along the [Bundesstraße 96a](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_96a). Since October 1962 it has been possible to change from the Bundesstraße 96a at the [Treptow](/source/Treptow) junction to the current [Bundesautobahn 117](/source/Bundesautobahn_117). The opening of the last section of the [Bundesautobahn 113](/source/Bundesautobahn_113) in the direction of the [Neukölln](/source/Neuk%C3%B6lln) junction on 23 May 2008 led to a relief of the Adlergestell.

## Development (selection)

Along the road, with the development of the settlement areas, residential houses were also built. The core of [Schmöckwitz](/source/Schm%C3%B6ckwitz) is particularly noteworthy in this respect.[3] Berlin's transport links, in particular the parallel running railroad line, which has a railroad station in each of the districts mentioned, contributed to the settlement. Some of the surviving buildings are listed as Berlin monuments, such as the *Bahnbetriebswerk Berlin-Schöneweide*[4] and the *Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Berlin-Schöneweide*[5] as well as parts of the Adlershof housing estate (Siedlung Adlershof) (between *Adlergestell* and *Anna-Seghers-Strasse*)[6] Furthermore, the Bärensiegel factory building on the corner of *Glienicker Weg*,[7] the old fire station, the streetcar station, and the school in Schmöckwitz[8] as well as other residential buildings[9] are preserved as architectural monuments.

## Bike traffic

On the Adlergestell there is a damaged cycle path that is subject to compulsory use, which is criticized by cycling associations as being in urgent need of rehabilitation.[10] It consists of a 50 centimeter wide strip of road, which is shared by cyclists and pedestrians.[11] According to the answer to a written question by the member of parliament [Maik Penn](/source/Maik_Penn) ([CDU](/source/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany)) from 2019, traffic accidents on the Adlergestell have been particularly frequent in the years before, in which cyclists were injured, some of them severely.[12]

On June 30, 2020, the Bezirksamt of [Treptow-Köpenick](/source/Treptow-K%C3%B6penick) established a [pop-up cycle path](/source/Pop-up_cycle_path) on the right of the three lanes on a 2.5-kilometer stretch between *Sterndamm* and *Rudower Chaussee* out of town.[13]

## References

1. F. A. Brockhaus, Mannheim (1995): [Brockhaus Enzyklopädie](/source/Brockhaus_Enzyklop%C3%A4die) (19. Auflage), Band 26, Deutsches Wörterbuch A-GULB, S. 1319.

1. [Hans E. Pappenheim](/source/Hans_E._Pappenheim): *[Die Joachim-Friedrich-Gedenkstätte bei Berlin.](http://www.diegeschichteberlins.de/geschichteberlins/berlin-abc/stichworteag/527-joachim-friedrich-gedenkstaette.html)* In: *Der Bär von Berlin*, Berlin 1965, S. 195–200.

1. [Baudenkmalskomplex Alt-Schmöckwitz 1–15, Dorfkern Schmöckwitz, mit Anger, Kirchplatz und Dorfkirche; Adlergestell 778/786](https://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/liste_karte_datenbank/de/denkmaldatenbank/daobj.php?obj_dok_nr=09045531)

1. [Adlergestell, Bahnbetriebswerk Schöneweide, Lokschuppen, Wasserturm, Übernachtungsgebäude, Dienstgebäude aus den Jahren 1902–1906](https://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/liste_karte_datenbank/de/denkmaldatenbank/daobj.php?obj_dok_nr=09045261)

1. [Baudenkmalskomplex Adlergestell 133–149, S-Bahn-Ausbesserungswerk Niederschöneweide, Halle und Verwaltungsgebäude, Pförtnerhaus, Wohnhaus, 1926–1932 von Fritz Hane; Kameradschaftshaus, 1938–1939 von Eger & Gräber; Berufsschule, 1951/1952 von Günter Worlitzsch](https://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/liste_karte_datenbank/de/denkmaldatenbank/daobj.php?obj_dok_nr=09045287)

1. [Baudenkmalskomplex Wohnanlage 1929/1930 mit: Abtstraße 1–11, Adlergestell 261, Anna-Seghers-Straße 114–116](https://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/liste_karte_datenbank/de/denkmaldatenbank/daobj.php?obj_dok_nr=09045271); [Baudenkmal Wohnanlage mit Gartenhof Adlergestell 267–267a, 269–269a; 1929–1930 von Franz Vogt; Anna-Seghers-Straße 134–136, Radickestraße 67–75](https://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/liste_karte_datenbank/de/denkmaldatenbank/daobj.php?obj_dok_nr=09045269)

1. [Baudenkmal Fabrik Bärensiegel, Adlergestell 327, 1904-06 von Max Jacob](https://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/liste_karte_datenbank/de/denkmaldatenbank/daobj.php?obj_dok_nr=09045251)

1. [Baudenkmale Adlergestell 778–786, Feuerwache, Straßenbahnhof und Schule, 1900–1912 von Kurt Berndt](https://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/liste_karte_datenbank/de/denkmaldatenbank/daobj.php?obj_dok_nr=09045532)

1. Institut für Denkmalpflege (ed.) (1984), "Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmale der DDR. Hauptstadt Berlin-II" (in German), Berlin: Henschelverlag, p. 402/403

1. ["B96a: Nach 15 Jahren immer noch kein vernünftiger Radweg"](https://changing-cities.org/b96a-nach-15-jahren-immer-noch-kein-vernuenftiger-radweg/). 2019-08-09.

1. ["Gefahrenstellen im Augenschein"](https://www.linksfraktion-treptow-koepenick.de/aktuelles/detail/news/gefahrenstellen-im-augenschein/)

1. ["Neue Wege für mehr Radfahrer in Treptow-Köpenick"](https://abendblatt-berlin.de/2019/04/13/neue-wege-fuer-mehr-radfahrer-in-treptow-koepenick/). *[Berliner Abendblatt](/source/Berliner_Abendblatt)*. 2019-04-13.

1. ["Pop-Up-Radweg Adlergestell"](https://www.berlin.de/ba-treptow-koepenick/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2020/pressemitteilung.954405.php) (in German). 2020-07-01.

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