What is Bernau bei Berlin?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_coa = Wappen_Bernau_bei Berlin.png |coordinates = {{coord|52|40|00|N|13|34|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Bernau_bei_Berlin_in_BAR.png |state = Brandenburg |district = Barnim |elevation = 68 |area = 103.73 |population = 35546 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |postal_code = 16321 |area_code = 03338 |licence = BAR, BER, EW |Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 60 020 |divisions = Hauptort und 4 [[Ortsteil]]e |website = [https://www.bernau-bei-berlin.de/ www.bernau-bei-berlin.de] |mayor = André Stahl |party = [[The Left (Germany)|Die Linke]] }} '''Bernau bei Berlin''' (English ''Bernau near Berlin'') is a [[Germany|German]] city in the [[Barnim]] district. The city is located about {{convert|10|km|mi|1|abbr=on|lk=on}} northeast of [[Berlin]]. In 1842 a railway line was opened. One of the first electrical suburban railway lines in the world has been opened in 1924. This line of the [[Berlin S-Bahn]] connected Bernau with station [[Stettiner Bahnhof]] (today [[Berlin Nordbahnhof]]) in Berlin. The [[Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund]] (ADGB) (''General German Confederation of Trade Unions'') opened its school in 1930. The [[Waldsiedlung]] (engl. residential area in the wood) is a district of the city where the political leaders of the [[GDR]] lived isolated from the people. == Twinned cities == * {{flag|France}} - [[Champigny-sur-Marne]] * {{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}} - [[Meckenheim (Rheinland)|Meckhenheim]] * {{flag|Poland}} - [[Skwierzyna]] ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commons-inline|Bernau bei Berlin}} * [http://www.bernau-bei-berlin.de Official website of the city] (German) [[Category:Barnim]]