Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow () is a German locality within the Berlin borough of

Pankow Pankow () is the second largest and most populous Boroughs and quarters of Berlin, borough of the German capital Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weissensee (Berlin), W ...

. Until 2001 it was part of the former Weißensee borough.

History

The history of this locality is related to the neighboring quarter of

Malchow Malchow () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district), Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Geography It is situated on the river Elde, 25,5 km we ...

. Originally the ''Siedlung'' was a civil parish in it, and Malchow an autonomous

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n municipality of

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. In 1920 they were merged into Berlin by the "

Greater Berlin Act The Greater Berlin Act (), officially Law Regarding the Creation of the New Municipality of Berlin (), was a law passed by the Prussian state government in 1920, which greatly expanded the size of the Prussian and German capital of Berlin. Hist ...

". 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

er municipality of Ahrensfelde, in the district of Barnim. The Berliner localities bordering with the ''Siedlung'' are Karow, Blankenburg, Heinersdorf, Weißensee and, in

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borough, Neu-Hohenschönhausen,

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 the ''

S-Bahn The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region predominantly in German language, German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit syst ...

'' in 2015 would extend the S75 line on the ''Außenring'' from the end station of Wartenberg to Karow. A station serving both ''Malchows'', although hypothesized, is still not officially scheduled on the plan.Plan of the projects for the ''S-Bahn'' Berlin
A road crossing the southern side of the residential area, Malchower Chaussee, is part of the B2, the German longest federal highway.

Gallery

File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P015365, Berlin, Stadtrandsiedlung, Wohnbaracken.jpg, The village in 1930 File:Clp 20100407 Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow Nachtalbenweg 3.jpg, The street ''Nachtalbenweg'' File:Clp 20100407 Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow Ullerplatz 2.jpg, A park in Ullerplatz

References

External links

{{Boroughs of Berlin Localities of Berlin * Populated places established in the 1340s