Blankenfelde () is a

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(''Ortsteil'') located within the

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borough (''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. ...

. Of the city's 95 localities, it is the least

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History

Blankenfelde was founded around 1375 and was integrated into Berlin in 1920 via the " Greater Berlin Act". After

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, it was part of East Berlin from 1949 to 1990. From 1961 to 1989, its western borders were part of the Berlin Wall.

Geography

Overview

Located in the northern outskirts of the city, Blankenfelde borders on 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 ...

municipalities of

Mühlenbecker Land Mühlenbecker Land is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. History The municipality shared its borders partly with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wal ...

in the

Oberhavel Oberhavel is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Barnim, the ''Bunde ...

district and

Wandlitz Wandlitz is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Berlin, and 15 km east of Oranienburg. The municipality was established in 2004 by merger of the nine villages ''Basdorf'', ' ...

in the district of

Barnim Barnim () is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) Poland, the district of Märkisch-Oderland, the city state of Berlin and the districts of Oberhavel and Uckermark. History The name "Barnim" emer ...

. Within Berlin, its neighboring localities are

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Französisch Buchholz Französisch Buchholz (), also known simply as Buchholz, is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Pankow. History First mentioned in 1242 as ''Buckholtz'' in a document, it became the property of Frederick Wi ...

, and Rosenthal in the borough of Pankow and

Lübars Lübars () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Reinickendorf, Berlin. History First mentioned in 1247, it was an autonomous municipality merged into Berlin in 1920 with the " Greater Berlin Act". As a part of We ...

in the Reinickendorf borough. Blankenfelde's largest lake is the

Arkenberger Baggersee Arkenberger Baggersee is an artificial lake in the Barnim Nature Park, close to the Blankenfelde locality in the Pankow borough of Berlin, Germany. Its surface area is 13 ha.''Gewässeratlas Von Berlin''. ed. Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung ...

, located in a rural part of the

Barnim Nature Park Barnim Nature Park () is a nature park and reserve in the state of Brandenburg, and partly in Berlin, Germany. It covers an area of 750 km2 (290 sq mi). It was established on September 24, 1998. Overview The park is located between the north ...

.Infos on the NPB official website
Click on "Naturpark", then click on "Region"

Subdivision

Blankenfelde is divided into 2 zones (''Ortslagen''): * Arkenberge * Stadtrandsiedlung Blankenfelde

Transport

Though crossed by the ''

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'' line S8, it has no direct access to the railway. Formerly, it was served by the now defunct branch of a local suburban line, the '' Heidekrautbahn'', to which an abandoned station bears witness. Plans to re-activate the former line as part of the Berlin public transport system have been hypothesized but not yet finalized.

Bus line A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

107 serves the area.

Photogallery

File:Berlin-Blankenfelde Bahnhof.JPG, The former Berlin-Blankenfelde station File:Berlin-Blankenfelde view from north.jpg, Northern view of Blankenfelde

References

External links

{{Authority control Localities of Berlin * Populated places established in the 1370s sv:Blankenfelde