Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow () is a German
locality
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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. ...
. 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 Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district), Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
Geography
It is situated on the river Elde, 25,5 km we ...
. 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 e ...
n municipality of
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 squ ...
. In 1920 they were merged into Berlin by 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 ...
". From 1936 to 1939 the northern area of the locality was used as a
sewage farm.
Geography
Located in the north-western suburb of Berlin, Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow borders with 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 squ ...
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, Bl ...
, in the district of
Barnim. 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
Heinersdorf () is a locality in the borough of Pankow in Berlin, Germany. It is located close to the centre of Pankow.
History
Heinersdorf was first mentioned in a 1319 document when it was sold by Margrave Waldemar of Brandenburg to the Ho ...
,
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 ...
,
Malchow
Malchow () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district), Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
Geography
It is situated on the river Elde, 25,5 km we ...
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 c ...
'' 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
External links
{{Boroughs of Berlin
Localities of Berlin
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Populated places established in the 1340s