Falkenhagener Feld () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') of

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in the

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(''Bezirk'') of

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History

The project to build a residential complex in the rural area of west Spandau and close to the village of Falkenhagen, started in 1962. The locality, situated at the borders of

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with

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, was crossed by the Berlin Wall until 1989. In 2003 it became an autonomous ''Ortsteil'', separated (with Hakenfelde and

Wilhelmstadt Wilhelmstadt () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') of Berlin in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Spandau. History In the year 1945 the allied armed forces from the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom accomplished an exchange of territory, among the ...

) from the one of

.Infos and historical overview about Spandau district

Geography

Located in the north-western suburb of Berlin, Falkenhagener Feld borders with the

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...

er town of

Falkensee Falkensee is a town in the Havelland district, Brandenburg, Germany. It is the most populated municipality of its district and it is situated at the western border of Berlin. History The commune Falkensee was formed in 1923 by the merger of Falk ...

and its parish Falkenhagen (

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of the locality), in the district of

Havelland (district) Havelland () is a district or county in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Ostprignitz-Ruppin and Oberhavel, the city-state of Berlin, the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark, the city of Brandenb ...

. Its bordering localities of Berlin are Hakenfelde,

and Staaken. Close to the boundary with this one there are located the little lakes Spektelake and Großer Spektesee.

Transport

Falkenhagener Feld is not served by

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

s, it is simply traversed by the industrial track of the '' Osthavelländische Eisenbahn'' and the Berlin-Hamburg line (in south). It is served by the bus lines M37, 130, 131, 134, 137 and 337.

Photogallery

File:Spandau kirche stmarkus.jpg, St. Markus church File:Kisseln03.jpg, The cemetery of Kisseln File:Kisseln08.jpg, Graves at Kisseln cemetery

References

External links

Falkenhagener Feld page on www.berlin.de
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