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Neu-Hohenschönhausen
Neu-Hohenschönhausen (, ) is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former Hohenschönhausen borough. History As early as the 19th century, the name Neu-Hohenschönhausen was applied to a settlement west of the old village of Hohenschönhausen, now occupied by the Sportforum and its surrounding neighborhood. Today this area bears a different name. Geography Position Neu-Hohenschönhausen is located in the north-eastern part of Berlin. It borders with the localities of Malchow, Falkenberg, Wartenberg, Alt-Hohenschönhausen, Weißensee, Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow (both in Pankow district) and Marzahn (in Marzahn-Hellersdorf district). Subdivision The locality is divided into 4 zones (''Ortsgebiete''): * Neubaugebiet Krummer Pfuhl * Neubaugebiet Vincent-van-Gogh-Straße * Neubaugebiet Mühlengrund * Neubaugebiet Zingster Straße Transport The locality is served by tram lines M4, M5 and M17 of the Berl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohenschönhausen
Hohenschönhausen () was a borough of Berlin, that existed from 1985 until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform. It comprised the present-day localities of Alt-Hohenschönhausen (the core of the borough), Neu-Hohenschönhausen, Malchow, Wartenberg and Falkenberg. Overview It was created in 1985 by splitting the localities of Hohenschönhausen, Wartenberg, Falkenberg and the eastern part of Malchow off the 1920 Weißensee borough. In 2001 it was absorbed by the borough of Lichtenberg. The locality of Hohenschönhausen was then renamed Alt-Hohenschönhausen while the housing estates of Wartenberg, Falkenberg and Malchow formed the Neu-Hohenschönhausen locality. Culture Alt-Hohenschönhausen is home to the Hohenschönhausen Memorial Center on the site of a former Stasi prison. It is also the location of the large sports complex Sportforum Hohenschönhausen. Hohenschönhausen Castle is located in Alt-Hohenschönhausen. The ''Association Hohenschönhausen Castle'' care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falkenberg (Berlin)
Falkenberg () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Boroughs and localities of Berlin, borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg, Berlin, Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001, it was part of the borough of Hohenschönhausen. History The settlement, inhabited by farmers from the Barnim, was first mentioned in 1370 on a document of Otto V, Duke of Bavaria. Until 1920, it was a municipality of Niederbarnim district, merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act". Geography Situated in northeastern suburb of Berlin, Falkenberg is bounded by the Brandenburger municipality of Ahrensfelde, in Barnim district. It borders with the Berliner localities of Wartenberg (Berlin), Wartenberg, Neu-Hohenschönhausen and Marzahn (in Marzahn-Hellersdorf). Transport Falkenberg is not directly served by the ''Berlin S-Bahn, S-Bahn'', but the station of Berlin-Ahrensfelde station, Berlin-Ahrensfelde (line S7 (Berlin), S7) is not too far from the settlement. The Berlin tram, tramway terminal stop "Falken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wartenberg (Berlin)
Wartenberg () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Hohenschönhausen. History The locality was established in the course of the German ''Ostsiedlung'' after the establishment of the Margraviate of Brandenburg by Albert the Bear in 1157. It was first mentioned in a 1270 margravial deed as ''Wardenberge'' and again in the 1375 domesday book of Emperor Charles IV. The estates of Wartenberg manor were acquired by the City of Berlin in 1882. Until 1920, it was a municipality in the former Niederbarnim district of the Prussian Brandenburg Province, then merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act". Geography Overview Wartenberg is located in the north-eastern suburb of Berlin and borders with the Brandenburger village of Lindenberg (part of Ahrensfelde municipality), in Barnim district. It borders with the Berliner localities of Falkenberg, Neu-Hohenschönhausen, Malchow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alt-Hohenschönhausen
Alt-Hohenschönhausen (, ) is a locality (''Ortsteil'') in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Known also as Hohenschönhausen it was, until 2001, the main and the eponymous locality of the former Hohenschönhausen borough. In 2008 the population was in excess of 41,000. History Early history The earliest evidence of settlement in Alt-Hohenschönhausen are from the Bronze Age, and when the settlement history of the wider Berlin area is taken into consideration, there could have been settlements there since 10,000BC. Alt-Hohenschönhausen was first mentioned in 1230. In the initial centuries of the Common Era the area was mainly inhabited by the Sprevane and Hevelli tribes. By the 13th century the area had been colonised by Germans, particularly from the settlement of Schönhausen, during the eastward migration and settlement of Germans in the medieval period. By the 14th century, the prefix ''Hoh'' (high) was added to the name of the village to distinguish itself f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow
Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow () is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Pankow. Until 2001 it was part of the former Weißensee borough. History The history of this locality is related to the neighboring quarter of Malchow. Originally the ''Siedlung'' was a civil parish in it, and Malchow an autonomous Prussian municipality of Brandenburg. In 1920 they were merged into Berlin by the "Greater Berlin Act". From 1936 to 1939 the northern area of the locality was used as a sewage farm. Geography Located in the north-western suburb of Berlin, Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow borders with the Brandenburger municipality of Ahrensfelde, in the district of Barnim. The Berliner localities bordering with the ''Siedlung'' are Karow, Blankenburg, Heinersdorf, Weißensee and, in Lichtenberg borough, Neu-Hohenschönhausen, Malchow and Wartenberg. Transport The locality is crossed in the north by the Außenring railway line, but is not served by any station. A big project planned for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lichtenberg, Berlin
Lichtenberg () is the eleventh Boroughs of Berlin, borough of Berlin, Germany. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen. The borough was formerly part of East Berlin. Overview The district contains the Tierpark Berlin in Friedrichsfelde, the larger of Berlin's two zoological gardens. During the period of Berlin's partition between West and East, Lichtenberg was the location of the headquarters of the Stasi, the East Germany, East German state security service. Prior to the establishment of the East Germany, GDR it housed the main office of the Soviet Military Administration in Berlin, and before that it was an officers' mess of the Wehrmacht. The complex is now the location of the Stasi Museum. The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial is on the site of the main remand prison of the Stasi. Additionally, Lichtenberg is the location of the German-Russian Museum, the historical venue of the unconditional surrender of the German armed forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malchow (Berlin)
Malchow () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') in the Boroughs and localities of Berlin, borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg, Berlin, Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former Hohenschönhausen borough. With a population of 450 (2008) it is the least-populated Berliner ''Ortsteil''. History The locality was first mentioned in 1344. Until 1920 it was an autonomous municipality merged into Berlin with the Greater Berlin Act. A former civil parish of it, Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow, was divided from Malchow in 1985, becoming an ''Ortsteil'' of the former borough of Weissensee (Berlin), Weißensee (still part of Pankow district in 2001). Geography Malchow is located in the north-eastern suburb of Berlin, and counts in its territory a little lake named Malchower See (Berlin), Malchower See. It borders with the localities of Wartenberg (Berlin), Wartenberg, Neu-Hohenschönhausen and Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow. Transport The locality, crossed by the Berliner Außenring, Au� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Localities Of Berlin
Berlin is divided into boroughs or administrative districts (). In Berlin, the term is officially shortened to (districts). The boroughs are further divided into quarters (). These smaller localities are officially recognised, but have no administrative bodies of their own. Quarters and many of their subunits, the neighborhoods (), typically have strong identities that sometimes predate their inclusion into the modern boundaries of Berlin. Both the boroughs and the quarters function differently to other subdivisions in Germany due to Berlin's dual status as an Independent city#Germany, independent city () as well as a federated state of Germany () in its own right. Since 2001, Berlin has been made up of twelve boroughs, each with its own administrative body. However, because Berlin is a single municipality (), its boroughs have limited power, acting only as agencies of Berlin's state and city governments as laid out in the Greater Berlin Act, Greater Berlin Act of 1920. The borou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Gehrenseestraße Station
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.6 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regionalbahn
The ''Regionalbahn'' (; lit. Regional train; abbreviated ''RB'') is a train categories in Europe, type of Regional rail, local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany. It is similar to the Regionalzug (R) and Regio (Swiss railway train), Regio (R) train categories in neighboring Austria and Switzerland, respectively. Service ''Regionalbahn'' trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of ''RB'' trains within S-Bahn networks - these may only call at selected stations. Thus, they rank below the ''Regional-Express'' train, which regularly stops only at selected stations on its route. Operators ''RB'' trains are subject to franchising by the States of Germany, federal states of Germany; whilst many ''RB'' trains are still operated by DB Regio, the local traffic division of the former monopolist Deutsche Bahn, franchises often go to other companies, like Abellio Deutschland, Eurobahn or Transdev Germany. There is no obligation to use the term ''Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
