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– Overview:
– Contains Tierpark Berlin in Friedrichsfelde, one of Berlin’s zoological gardens
– Location of Stasi headquarters during Berlin’s partition
– Site of Stasi Museum and Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial
– Houses German-Russian Museum and venue of German armed forces’ surrender in 1945
– Ethnically diverse population with a significant Vietnamese community

– Subdivision:
– Lichtenberg divided into 10 localities
– Localities include Friedrichsfelde, Karlshorst, Lichtenberg, Falkenberg, Malchow
– Other localities are Wartenberg, Neu-Hohenschönhausen, Alt-Hohenschönhausen, Fennpfuhl, Rummelsburg

– History:
– Historic village of Lichtenberg incorporated as Berlin’s 17th borough in 1920
– East German government built high-rise housing estates in the 1970s
– Creation of Marzahn borough in 1979, later merged into Marzahn-Hellersdorf
– Marzahn-Hellersdorf established as a single borough in 2001

– Politics:
– District council governs Lichtenberg
– Responsible for passing laws and electing the city government
– Recent district council election held on 26 September 2021
– The Left party led in votes and seats
– Other parties include SPD, CDU, Grüne, AfD, FDP, and more

– External links:
– Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lichtenberg
– Lichtenberg entry in New International Encyclopedia from 1905
– Encyclopædia Britannica’s 1911 entry on Lichtenberg