Pankow () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') of

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in the

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(''Bezirk'') of

Pankow Pankow () is the most populous and the second-largest borough by area of Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee; the resulting borough retained the name Pankow. ...

. Until 2001 it was an autonomous district with the localities of Karow,

Niederschönhausen Niederschönhausen (, literally "Lower Schönhausen") is a locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Pankow in Berlin, Germany. It is also known as "Pankow-Schönhausen" to differ it from Hohenschönhausen in Berlin- Lichtenberg ...

, Wilhelmsruh, Rosenthal, Blankenfelde,

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and Französisch Buchholz.

History

The village of Pankow is named after the small Panke river, a tributary of the

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. The settlement was first mentioned in a 1311 deed by the

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, though the " Four Evangelists"

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had already been erected about 1230. In 1691 Elector Frederick III acquired

Schönhausen Palace Schönhausen Palace (german: Schloss Schönhausen) is a Baroque palace at Niederschönhausen, in the borough of Pankow, Berlin, Germany. It is surrounded by gardens through which the Panke river runs. The palace is maintained by the Prussian Pa ...

, in neighboring

, from the heirs of General

Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow (1637 – 26 December 1690) was a general and statesman of Brandenburg-Prussia. Grumbkow came from a family of Pomeranian nobility whose first mention was the brothers Bisbranus, Gneomarus and Tezlaus in 1277. Grumb ...

, which promoted the development of the Pankow village. As Pankow grew, due to industrialization, in the 19th century, it became a suburb – and popular day-trip destination – of Berlin. It was finally incorporated into the city by the Greater Berlin Act of 1920. In the

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

period, from 1949 to 1990, Pankow, together with Niederschönhausen, was a prominent quarter of East Berlin. From 1949 to 1960 Schönhausen Palace was the presidential residency of East Germany, and throughout the period many embassies were located in the vicinity.
Die Geschichte Pankows

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. Bezirksamt Pankow. ''Berlin.de''. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

Geography

Pankow is situated in the south-western side of its district. It borders the localities of

, Französisch Buchholz, Karow, Heinersdorf, Weissensee,

Prenzlauer Berg Prenzlauer Berg () is a locality of Berlin, forming the southerly and most urban district of the borough of Pankow. From its founding in 1920 until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a district of Berlin in its own right. However, that year it was incor ...

and Gesundbrunnen. Between 1961 and 1990, the Berlin Wall passed through Pankow (in East Berlin) and Gesundbrunnen (in

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Transportation

The locality is served by the Berliner S-Bahn lines S1, S2, S25, S85; by the

U-Bahn Rapid transit in Germany consists of four U-Bahn systems and fourteen S-Bahn systems. The U-Bahn commonly understood to stand for Untergrundbahn (''underground railway'') are conventional rapid transit systems that run mostly underground, while ...

line U2, and by several lines of tramway.

Photogallery

File:Dorfkirche Pankow 05.jpg, Pankow Church File:Georgskirche-pankow.jpg,

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church of St.George File:Berlin_Pankow_Maelzerei.jpg, Former malthouse File:Berlin Pankow orphanage.jpg, Former Jewish orphanage File:Abzweig-nordgraben.jpg, The canal of Blankenburg

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