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Berlin's villages - Rixdorf

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Did you know that Berlin consists partly of villages that origins date back long ago? Today they are part of the metropolitis and you will find hardly traces of them.They gradually merged into the present capital, hustling and bustling with life and traffic. However, you can still find the remains of the former village like a church, a village green and sometimes a pond. Rixdorf is one of Neuköllns gems. If you leave the underground station Karl-Marx-Straße (U7) just walk along Herrenhuter or Uthmann Straße (note the beautiful old houses)  you will be there in no time. Here you are in a quaint village rather than a city. Neukölln was called Rixdorf, before it got its name in 1912. Rixdorf had a bad reputation and its inhabitants were glad when the name was changed on the birthday of Emperor William II on 27th January.   The Bohemian Village in Rixdorf In 1737 the Prussian King Frederick William I invited some protestant refugees from Bohemia to settle here. Nine double hous