Neu-Hohenschönhausen (, literally ''New Hohenschönhausen'') 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.

History

The locality, still inhabited in the 19th century, hadn't a different name from

Alt-Hohenschönhausen Alt-Hohenschönhausen (, literally ''Old Hohenschönhausen'') is a quarter (''Ortsteil'') in the borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Known also as Hohenschönhausen it was, until 2001, the main and the eponymous locality of the former Hoh ...

as part of it. The designation was used from the 1960s for this local part, to distinguish it from the old town.Historical maps of Berlin
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Geography

Position

Neu-Hohenschönhausen is located in the north-eastern part of Berlin. It borders with the localities of

Malchow Malchow () is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Geography It is situated on the river Elde, 25,5 km west of Waren, and 35 km north of Wittstock. History The site ...

Falkenberg Falkenberg is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 27,813 inhabitants in 2019 (out of a municipal total of about 45,000). It is located at the mouth of river Ätran (river), Ätra ...

, Wartenberg,

, Weißensee,

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 ...

(both in

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) and

Marzahn Marzahn () is a locality within the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin. Berlin's 2001 administrative reform led to the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf fusing into a single new borough. In the north the Marzahn locality includes ...

(in

Marzahn-Hellersdorf Marzahn-Hellersdorf () is the tenth borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf. Geography It is situated in the northeast of Berlin. Marzahn-Hellersdorf borders to the Berlin boroughs of Lichtenbe ...

district).

Subdivision

The locality is divided into 4 zones (''Ortsgebiete''): * Neubaugebiet Krummer Pfuhl * Neubaugebiet Vincent-van-Gogh-Straße * Neubaugebiet Mühlengrund * Neubaugebiet Zingster Straße

Transport

The locality is served by tram lines M4, M5 and M17 of the Berlin tram network and 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 ...

'' stations of

( S75 line and '' Regionalbahn'' regional rail), Gehrenseestraße (S75) and Wartenberg (S75).

Photogallery

File:Train station Berlin Hohenschoenhausen.jpg, S-Bahn and Regionalbahn station Berlin Hohenschönhausen File:Neubaugebiet Hohenschönhausen.JPG, The building complex Neubaugebiet of Vincent-van-Gogh-Straße and Pablo-Picasso-Straße File:Hohenschönhausen Prerower Platz 01.jpg, Prerower Platz File:Neu-Hohenschönhausen Zingster Straße 01.jpg, Buildings at Zingster Straße

Literature

*Walter Püschel: "''Spaziergänge in Hohenschönhausen''" - Haude & Spenersche Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Berlin 1995.

References

External links

Neu-Hohenschönhausen page on www.berlin.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Neu Hohenschonhausen Localities of Berlin * Populated places established in the 13th century