located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity berlin albrechtshof station
The European ___MASK24___ or Great European ___MASK24___ is a ___MASK24___ in Europe and is a major feature ___MASK17___ one ___MASK17___ four major topographical units ___MASK17___ Europe - the " Central and Interior Lowlands ". It is the largest mountain - free landform in Europe , although a number ___MASK17___ highlands are identified within it . Staaken is a locality at the western rim ___MASK17___ ___MASK61___ within the borough ___MASK17___ Spandau . The Havel is a ___MASK63___ in ___MASK25___ - eastern ___MASK66___ , flowing through the German states ___MASK17___ Mecklenburg - Vorpommern , ___MASK77___ , Berlin and Saxony - Anhalt . It is a right tributary ___MASK17___ the Elbe ___MASK63___ and long . However , the direct distance from its source to its mouth is only . ___MASK77___ ( Lower Sorbian : " Bramborska ") is one of the sixteen federated states of Germany . It lies in the northeast of the country covering an area of 29 , 478 square kilometers and has 2 . 48 million inhabitants . The capital and largest city is Potsdam . ___MASK77___ surrounds but does not include the national capital and city - state Berlin forming a metropolitan area . The ___MASK13___ ( EU ) is a political and economic union ___MASK17___ member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area ___MASK17___ , and an estimated population ___MASK17___ over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system ___MASK17___ laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement ___MASK17___ people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed ___MASK17___ 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . The Spree is a ___MASK63___ that flows through the ___MASK23___ , ___MASK77___ and Berlin states of Germany , and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic . Approximately in length , it is a left bank tributary of the River Havel , which itself flows into the Elbe and then the North Sea . It is the ___MASK63___ on which the original centre of Berlin was built . An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure ___MASK17___ built environment . Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities , towns , conurbations or suburbs . In urbanism , the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets and in urban sociology or urban anthropology it contrasts with natural environment . The creation ___MASK17___ early predecessors ___MASK17___ urban areas during the urban revolution led to the creation ___MASK17___ human civilization with modern urban planning , which along with other human activities such as exploitation ___MASK17___ natural resources leads to human impact on the environment . ___MASK61___ is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its constituent 16 states . With a population of approximately 3 . 5 million people , ___MASK61___ is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union . Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre of the ___MASK61___ - ___MASK77___ Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , ___MASK61___ is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third of the city ' s area is composed of forests , parks , gardens , rivers and lakes . ___MASK61___ Albrechtshof is a railway station located in Staaken , a locality in the Spandau district of ___MASK61___ . It is , also with ___MASK61___ Staaken , the only Berliner DB station not served by the S - Bahn . ___MASK66___ , officially the Federal Republic ___MASK17___ ___MASK66___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area ___MASK17___ , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK66___ is the most populous member state ___MASK17___ the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK66___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is ___MASK61___ . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK80___ is the fifth ___MASK17___ the twelve boroughs (" Bezirke ") ___MASK17___ ___MASK61___ . It is the fourth largest and westernmost borough , situated at the confluence ___MASK17___ the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank ___MASK17___ the Havel , but the least populated .