Hohenschönhausen () was a
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English language, 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
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of
Berlin
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, that existed from 1985 until
Berlin's 2001 administrative reform. It comprised the present-day localities of
Alt-Hohenschönhausen (the core of the borough),
Neu-Hohenschönhausen,
Malchow,
Wartenberg and
Falkenberg
Falkenberg is a 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. The name consists of the Swedish ...
.
Overview
It was created in 1985 by splitting the localities of Hohenschönhausen,
Wartenberg,
Falkenberg
Falkenberg is a 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. The name consists of the Swedish ...
and the eastern part of
Malchow off the 1920
Weißensee borough. In 2001 it was absorbed by the borough of
Lichtenberg. The locality of Hohenschönhausen was then renamed
Alt-Hohenschönhausen while the
housing estate
A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex, housing development, subdivision (land), subdivision or community) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to count ...
s of Wartenberg, Falkenberg and Malchow formed the
Neu-Hohenschönhausen locality.
Culture
Alt-Hohenschönhausen is home to the
Hohenschönhausen Memorial Center on the site of a former
Stasi
The Ministry for State Security (, ; abbreviated MfS), commonly known as the (, an abbreviation of ), was the Intelligence agency, state security service and secret police of East Germany from 1950 to 1990. It was one of the most repressive pol ...
prison.
Stiftung Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
/ref> It is also the location of the large sports complex Sportforum Hohenschönhausen
Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, officially named Sportforum Berlin, is a multi-purpose sports complex in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin, Lichtenberg in Berlin. The Sportforum was also known as the Dynamo- ...
.
Hohenschönhausen Castle is located in Alt-Hohenschönhausen. The ''Association Hohenschönhausen Castle'' cares for the restoration and cultural revitalization of this manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...
and regularly organizes different events in the castle, such as exhibitions, readings, and concerts.
See also
* Alt-Hohenschönhausen
* Berlin–Hohenschönhausen tram
* Neu-Hohenschönhausen
References
External links
*
Former boroughs of Berlin
Lichtenberg
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