fˈɜːst mˈɛnʃənd ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd, ɪt wʌz ɐn ɔːtˈɑːnəməs mjuːnˈɪsɪpˈælᵻɾi mˈɜːdʒd ˌɪntʊ bɜːlˈɪn ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti wɪððə "ɡɹˈeɪɾɚ bɜːlˈɪn ˈækt".
First mentioned in 1200, it was an autonomous municipality merged into Berlin in 1920 with the "Greater Berlin Act".