Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow () is a German

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

(''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 history of this locality is related to the neighboring quarter 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 ...

. Originally the ''Siedlung'' was a civil parish of it, and Malchow an 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

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 ...

. In 1920 they were merged into Berlin by the " Greater Berlin Act". From 1936 to 1939 the northern area of the locality was used as a

sewage farm Sewage farms use sewage for irrigation and fertilizing agricultural land. The practice is common in warm, arid climates where irrigation is valuable while sources of fresh water are scarce. Suspended solids may be converted to humus by microbes an ...

Geography

Located in the north-western suburb of Berlin, Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow borders with the

er municipality 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" emer ...

. The Berliner localities bordering with the ''Siedlung'' are Karow,

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 ...

, Heinersdorf, Weißensee and, in

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 ...

borough,

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 inha ...

and Wartenberg.

Transport

The locality is crossed in the north by the Außenring railway line, but is not served by any station. A big project planned for 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 ...

'' in 2015 would extend the S75 line on the ''Außenring'' from the end station of Wartenberg to Karow. A station serving both ''Malchows'', although hypothesized, is still not officially scheduled on the plan.Plan of the projects for the ''S-Bahn'' Berlin
A road crossing the southern side of the residential area, Malchower Chaussee, is part of the B2, the German longest federal highway.

Photogallery

File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P015365, Berlin, Stadtrandsiedlung, Wohnbaracken.jpg, The village in 1930 File:Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow Nachtalbenweg 03.jpg, The street ''Nachtalbenweg'' File:Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow Ullerplatz 02.jpg, A park in Ullerplatz

References

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{{Boroughs of Berlin Localities of Berlin * Populated places established in the 1340s