Niederschönhausen (, literally "Lower Schönhausen") is a
locality
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(''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of
Pankow
Pankow () is the second largest and most populous Boroughs and quarters of Berlin, borough of the German capital Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weissensee (Berlin), W ...
in
Berlin
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,
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. It is also known as "Pankow-Schönhausen" to differ it from
Hohenschönhausen
Hohenschönhausen () was a borough of Berlin, 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, Warte ...
in Berlin-
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. From 1949 until 1960
Schönhausen Palace
Schönhausen Palace () is a Baroque palace at Niederschönhausen, in the borough of Pankow, Berlin, Germany. It is surrounded by gardens through which the Panke river runs. The palace is maintained by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundatio ...
and the adjacent
Majakowskiring
The Majakowskiring (named after Vladimir Mayakovsky) is an ellipse-shaped street in the Pankow district of Berlin, Germany, in the Niederschönhausen locality. It was famous as the residence of many senior figures in the government of the Ger ...
quarter were the residence of several members of the
East German
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government, commonly referred to as ''Pankow'' by the
West German
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media.
Geography
Overview
Located north of the Berlin city centre, Niederschönhausen borders with the localities of
Wilhelmsruh
Wilhelmsruh () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Pankow, Berlin. It is the city's smallest locality, after Halensee and Hansaviertel.
History
In the locality, originally part of Rosenthal, it was built a cou ...
,
Rosenthal
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in the north,
Französisch Buchholz
Französisch Buchholz (), also known simply as Buchholz, is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Pankow.
History
First mentioned in 1242 as ''Buckholtz'' in a document, it became the property of Frederick ...
in the east,
Pankow
Pankow () is the second largest and most populous Boroughs and quarters of Berlin, borough of the German capital Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weissensee (Berlin), W ...
in the south and the
Reinickendorf
Reinickendorf () is the twelfth borough of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest of the city area, including the Berlin Tegel Airport, Lake Tegel, spacious settlements of detached houses as well as housing estates like Märkisches Viertel.
Subd ...
locality (in the
homonymous borough) along the
Berlin Northern Railway
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line in the west. The locality comprises several green areas, as the
Schönholzer Heide, the
Brosepark, the
Schlosspark Pankow, the
Bürgerpark and the cemetery
Friedhof Pankow III
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*** Städtischer Friedhof III
*** Weißensee Cemetery
*** Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
* Friedhof Fluntern, Fluntern Ceme ...
.
Subdivision
Niederschönhausen is divided into 3 zones (''Ortslagen''):
*
Majakowskiring
The Majakowskiring (named after Vladimir Mayakovsky) is an ellipse-shaped street in the Pankow district of Berlin, Germany, in the Niederschönhausen locality. It was famous as the residence of many senior figures in the government of the Ger ...
*
Nordend
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See also
*L ...
*
Schönholz
Transport
The locality is served by the
tramway line M1 and by the
bus lines
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107, 150, 155 and 250. The ''
S-Bahn
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'' crosses Niederschönhausen at the borders between Schönholz and Reinickendorf and serves it at
Schönholz station (lines
S1,
S25 and
S85).
History
A settlement called ''Schonenhusen inferior'' or ''Nydderen Schonhusen'' was, like many others in the
Margraviate of Brandenburg
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, first mentioned in the 1375 doomsday book (''Landbuch'') of Emperor
Charles IV. The
linear village
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was probably founded about 1230 by German colonists in the course of the medieval ''
Ostsiedlung
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'' migration. The estates were purchased by the Elector
Frederick III ("
King in Prussia
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" as Frederick I from 1701), who had the local manor house rebuilt in a
Baroque
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style as a
Hohenzollern
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residence. In 1740 the new king
Frederick the Great
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left Schönhausen Castle (''Schloß Schönhausen'') to his consort
Elisabeth Christine who lived here until her death in 1797.
The residential area that arose after nearby Berlin had become the German capital is characterised by mansions and dwelling houses, developed primarily around the year 1910 on the former estates of Schönhausen Palace.
[Infos about the ''Schloß Schönhausen'']
This short-lived municipality of the former
Niederbarnim
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" emerge ...
district merged into Berlin with the "
Greater Berlin Act
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Hist ...
" in 1920.
Part of
East Berlin
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during the "
Cold War
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", Schönhausen Palace from 1949 served as the seat of East German President
Wilhelm Pieck
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and later as a guest house of the East German government.
Johannes R. Becher and several East German government officials resided in the secluded Majakowskiring quarter, until they moved to
Wandlitz
Wandlitz is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Berlin, and 15 km east of Oranienburg. The municipality was established in 2004 by merger of the nine villages ''Basdorf'', ' ...
in 1960. From 1961 to 1989 the western boundary of Niederschönhausen with
Reinickendorf
Reinickendorf () is the twelfth borough of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest of the city area, including the Berlin Tegel Airport, Lake Tegel, spacious settlements of detached houses as well as housing estates like Märkisches Viertel.
Subd ...
(in
West Berlin
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) was part of the
Berlin Wall
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.
In June 1990 Schönhausen Palace was a site of the
Two Plus Four
The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (),
more commonly referred to as the Two Plus Four Agreement (),
is an international agreement that allowed the reunification of Germany in October 1990. It was negotiated in 1990 betwee ...
talks that paved the way for
German reunification
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. Today the adjacent premises house the German
Federal Academy for Security Policy
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. The palace has been restored in its original Baroque condition and since 2009 is open to the public.
Photogallery
File:Max-Delbrück-Gymnasium, Berlin, Ostseite (2009).jpg, Max-Delbrück-Gymnasium
File:Schützenhaus Niederschönhausen (2004).jpg, A Club house in the Schönholzer Heide
File:Berlin Schlosspark Niederschönhausen.jpg, The Schlosspark
References
External links
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Localities of Berlin
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