Neu-Hohenschönhausen

Neu-Hohenschönhausen
Quarter of Berlin
Skyline of Neu-Hohenschönhausen
Neu-Hohenschönhausen
Location of Neu-Hohenschönhausen in Lichtenberg district and Berlin
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Lichtenberg
Founded	1230
Area
• Total	5.16 km2 (1.99 sq mi)
Population (2008-06-30)
• Total	53,698
• Density	10,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	(nr. 1109) 13051, 13053, 13057, 13059
Vehicle registration	B

Neu-Hohenschönhausen (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 inhabited in the 19th century, hadn't a different name from Alt-Hohenschönhausen as part of it. The designation was used from the 1960s for this local part, to distinguish it from the old town.

Geography

Position

Neu-Hohenschönhausen is located in the north-eastern part of Berlin. It borders with the localities of Malchow, Falkenberg, Wartenberg, Alt-Hohenschönhausen, Weißensee, Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow (both in Pankow district) and Marzahn (in Marzahn-Hellersdorf district).

Subdivision

The locality is divided into 4 zones (Ortsgebiete):

• Neubaugebiet Krummer Pfuhl
• Neubaugebiet Vincent-van-Gogh-Straße
• Neubaugebiet Mühlengrund
• Neubaugebiet Zingster Straße

Transport

The locality is served by tram lines M4, M5 and M17 of the Berlin tram network and by the S-Bahn stations of Hohenschönhausen (S75 line and Regionalbahn regional rail), Gehrenseestraße (S75) and Wartenberg (S75).

Photogallery

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  S-Bahn and Regionalbahn station Berlin Hohenschönhausen

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  The building complex Neubaugebiet of Vincent-van-Gogh-Straße and Pablo-Picasso-Straße

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  Prerower Platz

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  Buildings at Zingster Straße

Literature

• Walter Püschel: "Spaziergänge in Hohenschönhausen" - Haude & Spenersche Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Berlin 1995. ISBN 3-7759-0398-4

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

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