Karow () is a German

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(''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin 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. P ...

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

History

The locality was first mentioned in 1375 with the name of ''Kare''. Autonomous

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

n municipality of the former

Niederbarnim 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" emerge ...

district, Karow was incorporated into Berlin in 1920, with the "

Greater Berlin Act The Greater Berlin Act (german: Groß-Berlin-Gesetz), officially Law Regarding the Creation of the New Municipality of Berlin (german: Gesetz über die Bildung einer neuen Stadtgemeinde Berlin), was a law passed by the Prussian state government i ...

Geography

Overview

Located in the north-eastern suburb of Berlin, it borders with the localities of

Buch Buch (the German word for book or a modification of the German word '' Buche'' for beech) may refer to: People * Buch (surname), a list of people with the surname Buch Geography ;Germany: *Buch am Wald, a town in the district of Ansbach, Bavaria * ...

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 ...

Blankenburg Blankenburg may refer to: Places * Blankenburg am Harz, a German town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt * Blankenburg Castle (Harz), the castle in Blankenburg am Harz (see above) * Bad Blankenburg, a German town in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt dis ...

and

Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Pankow. Until 2001 it was part of the former Weißensee borough. History The history of this locality is related to the neighboring quarter ...

. It also borders, on the east, with the

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, 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 ar ...

er town of

Ahrensfelde Ahrensfelde is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Barnim Plateau at the city limits of Berlin, about northeast of the city centre. The municipal area comprises the villages of Ahrensfelde, Blum ...

, 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" emerge ...

. Part of its territory, close to the natural reserve '' Karower Teiche'' (in Buchholz) is included in

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

Karow counts 1 zone (''Ortslage''): *

Stadtrandsiedlung Buch Stadtrandsiedlung is a German word meaning "suburban settlement". It may refer to several places in Germany: * Stadtrandsiedlung, a quarter in downtown Greifswald * Stadtrandsiedlung (''Am Stadtrand''), a neighbourhood in Potsdam * Stadtrandsied ...

Transport

The locality is served by the ''

S-Bahn The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban- suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble co ...

'' station of Karow, on the line S2. This station is also the endpoint of a local railway, the '' Heidekrautbahn''. The Berliner

beltway A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...

( A10, known as "''Berliner Ring''") crosses Karow and separates it from Buch. An exit serving the quarter (n.3 "Bucher Straße") is located on the short motorway A114.

Photogallery

File:Alt-Karow.JPG, The old centre "Alt-Karow" File:Berlin-Karow-Bahnhof.jpg, Berlin-Karow station building File:Karower Teiche1.JPG, View of the ''Karower Teiche''

References

Literature

Martin Eckart Pfannschmidt Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austral ...

: "''Geschichte der Berliner Vororte Buch und Karow''", Berlin 1927

External links

Karow official site

Site about Alt-Karow
{{Authority control Localities of Berlin * Populated places established in the 1370s