Malchow () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') in the

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

(''Bezirk'') of

Lichtenberg Lichtenberg () is the eleventh borough of Berlin, Germany. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen. Overview The district contains the Tierpark Berlin in Friedrichsfelde, the larger of Berlin's ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. Until 2001 it was part of the former

Hohenschönhausen Hohenschönhausen () was a borough of Berlin, that existed from 1985 until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform. It comprised the localities of Alt-Hohenschönhausen (the core of the borough), Neu-Hohenschönhausen, Malchow, Wartenberg and Falken ...

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 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 ...

. A former civil parish of it,

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 ...

, was divided from Malchow in 1985, becoming an ''Ortsteil'' of the former borough of Weißensee (still part 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 ...

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. It borders with the localities of Wartenberg,

Neu-Hohenschönhausen Neu-Hohenschönhausen (, literally ''New Hohenschönhausen'') is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former Hohenschönhausen borough. History The locality, still inhab ...

and

Transport

The locality, crossed by the Außenring railway line, is not served by any station. The nearest

Berlin S-Bahn The Berlin S-Bahn () is a rapid transit railway system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It has been in operation under this name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff area ''Berliner Stadt-, Ring ...

stop is Wartenberg, on S75 line, that ends there. It has been projected to continue the S75 track in 2015 on the ''Außenring'' from Wartenberg to Karow, but a station for Malchow, hypothesized, is still not officially scheduled on the plan.Plan of the projects for the ''S-Bahn'' Berlin
The village's main road, Malchower Dorfstraße, is part of the B2, the German longest federal highway.

Photogallery

File:Nordufer Malchower See.JPG, View of the Malchower See File:Malchow Gutshaus 01.jpg, Malchow Gutshaus File:08-07-02 Kindergarten Malchow.JPG, Kindergarten Malchow

References

External links

Malchow page on www.berlin.de
{{Authority control Localities of Berlin * Populated places established in the 1340s