Alt-Hohenschönhausen

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Alt-Hohenschönhausen
Quarter of Berlin
Bruno-Taut-Siedlung
Alt-Hohenschönhausen
Location of Alt-Hohenschönhausen in Lichtenberg district and Berlin
Coordinates	52°35′55″N 13°30′27″E / 52.59861°N 13.5075°E / 52.59861; 13.5075Coordinates: 52°35′55″N 13°30′27″E / 52.59861°N 13.5075°E / 52.59861; 13.5075
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Lichtenberg
Quarter subdivisions	8 zones
Basic statistics
Area	9.33 km2 (3.60 sq mi)
Elevation	52 m  (171 ft)
Population	41,780  (30 June 2008)
- Density	4,478 /km2 (11,598 /sq mi)
Founded	1230
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	B
Postal codes	(nr. 1110) 13053, 13055

Alt-Hohenschönhausen (Old Hohenschönhausen) is a district (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 Hohenschönhausen borough. In 2008 the population was in excess of 41,000.

History

Alt-Hohenschönhausen was first mentioned in 1230. It was an autonomous municipality until 1920 when it was incorporated in Berlin with the Greater Berlin Act. On January 1, 2001 the former borough of Hohenschönhausen consisting of Alt-Hohenschönhausen as well as the localities Neu-Hohenschönhausen, Malchow, Wartenberg and Falkenberg was merged with the borough of Lichtenberg into the contemporary borough of Lichtenberg ^[1].

Geography

Position

Alt-Hohenschönhausen is situated on the Barnim Plateau in the northeast of Berlin. It borders on the localities of Neu-Hohenschönhausen, Lichtenberg, Fennpfuhl, Marzahn (in Marzahn-Hellersdorf borough) and Weißensee (in Pankow borough).

Subdivision

The district is divided into 8 zones (Viertel):

• Dorfkern
• Gartenstadt
• Märkisches Viertel
• Siedlung Dingelstädter Straße
• Siedlung Malchower Weg
• Villenviertel am Oranksee
• Weiße Taube
• Wilhelmsberg

Culture

Hohenschönhausen Castle is located in Alt-Hohenschönhausen. The Association Hohenschönhausen Castle cares for the restoration and cultural revitalization of this manor house and regularly organizes different events in the castle, such as exhibitions, readings, and concerts.

Transport

Personal transport

The road network in Alt-Hohenschönhausen focuses mainly on some of the historic major roads of the Berlin network, such as Main Street (Hauptstraße) and Konrad Wolf Street (Konrad-Wolf-Straße). According to some estimates, daily traffic on some of the busiest roads in the area can reach 32,000 movements.

Public transport

The district is served by the M4, M5, M6, 16, M17 and 27 lines of the Berlin tram network and by the S-Bahn stations Berlin Gehrenseestraße (S75 line) and Berlin Hohenschönhausen (S75 + DB).

Photo gallery

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  Protestant Tabor Church on the main road

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  Main road

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  The Obersee lake

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  Gottfriedstraße in Gartenstadt

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  The Siedlung Flusspferdhof

See also

• Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial

References

Further reading

• Anke Huschner: Geschichte der Berliner Verwaltungsbezirke. Hohenschönhausen. Band 15. Stapp Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-87776-070-8.
• Bärbel Ruben: Hohenschönhausen wie es früher war. 1. Auflage. Wartberg Verlag GmbH, 1999, ISBN 3-86134-532-3.
• Walter Püschel: Spaziergänge in Hohenschönhausen. Haude & Spenersche Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-7759-0398-4.
• Peter Erler, Hubertus Knabe: Der verbotene Stadtteil. Stasi-Sperrbezirk Berlin-Hohenschönhausen. Jaron Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-89773-506-7.

External links

Media related to Alt-Hohenschönhausen at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) Alt-Hohenschönhausen page on www.berlin.de

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