It is served by the Schöneiche bei Berlin tramway which runs from Rüdersdorf to Berlin-Friedrichshagen station on the Berlin S-Bahn network.

Demography

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  Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi Germany; Red Background: Time of communist East Germany)
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  Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)

Notable people

• Georg Luger (1849–1923), designer of the famous Luger pistol
• Max Fechner (1892–1973), politician (SPD / SED), 1924–1933 Deputy of the Prussian Landtag, 1949–1953 Minister of Justice of the GDR
• Margarete Herzberg (1921–2007), operatic mezzosoprano

'Ottokar Domma (1924–2007), journalist and writer

• Heinz Schröder (1928–2009), puppet player (Pittiplatsch and Schnatterinchen, Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster)
• Waltraud Kretzschmar (1948–2018), handball player
• Frank Terletzki (born 1950), footballer
• Bernhard Hochwald (born 1957), olympic shooter
• Frank Pastor (born 1957), footballer
• Lisa Buckwitz (born 1994), bobsledder, olympic gold medalist 2018

Gallery

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  "Heimathouse" (oldest existing house and village museum)