Alt-Hohenschönhausen is a German locality (Ortsteil) in the borough

Boroughs and localities of Berlin

Berlin is both a city and one of Germany’s federal states. It is made up of twelve boroughs , each with its own borough government, though all boroughs are subject to Berlin’s city and state government.-History:Each borough is made up of several officially recognized localities...

 (Bezirk) of Lichtenberg

Lichtenberg

Lichtenberg is the eleventh borough of Berlin, Germany. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen.-Overview:...

, Berlin. Known also as Hohenschönhausen it was, until 2001, the main and the eponym

Eponym

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ous locality of the former Hohenschönhausen

Hohenschönhausen

Hohenschönhausen was a borough of Berlin, that existed from 1985 until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform. It was composed by the localities of Alt-Hohenschönhausen , Neu-Hohenschönhausen, Malchow, Wartenberg and Falkenberg.-Overview:...

 borough.

History

The locality, first mentioned in 1230, was an autonomous municipality still 1920, when it merged in Berlin with the Greater Berlin Act

Greater Berlin Act

The Greater Berlin Act , in full the Law Regarding the Reconstruction of the New Local Authority of Berlin , was a law passed by the Prussian government in 1920 that greatly expanded the size of the German capital of Berlin.-History:...

. From 1 January 2001 the former borough of Hohenschönhausen; composed also by Neu-Hohenschönhausen

Neu-Hohenschönhausen

Neu-Hohenschönhausen is a German locality in the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former Hohenschönhausen borough.-History:...

, Malchow

Malchow (Berlin)

Malchow is a German locality in the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former Hohenschönhausen borough. With a population of 450 it is the least-populated Berliner Ortsteil.-History:...

, Wartenberg

Wartenberg (Berlin)

Wartenberg is a German locality within the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Hohenschönhausen.-History:...

 and Falkenberg

Falkenberg (Berlin)

Falkenberg is a German locality within the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Hohenschönhausen.-History:...

; was disestablished to merge into the enlarged Lichtenberg borough .

Position

Alt-Hohenschönhausen is situated in the eastern suburb of Berlin. It borders with the localities of Neu-Hohenschönhausen

Neu-Hohenschönhausen

Neu-Hohenschönhausen is a German locality in the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former Hohenschönhausen borough.-History:...

, Lichtenberg

Lichtenberg (locality)

Lichtenberg is a locality of Berlin in the homonymous district of Lichtenberg. Until 2001 it was an autonomous district with the localities of Fennpfuhl, Rummelsburg, Friedrichsfelde and Karlshorst.- History :...

, Fennpfuhl

Fennpfuhl

Fennpfuhl is a German locality in the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin. With a population of 30,932 in an area of , it is the second most densely populated locality in Berlin after Friedenau.-History:...

, Marzahn

Marzahn

Marzahn is a locality within the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin. Berlin's 2001 administrative reform led to the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf fusing into a single new borough...

 (in Marzahn-Hellersdorf

Marzahn-Hellersdorf

Marzahn-Hellersdorf is the tenth borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf.-Geography:It is situated in the northeast of Berlin...

 borough) and Weißensee (in Pankow

Pankow

Pankow is the third borough 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.- Overview :...

 borough).

Subdivision

The locality 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

Hohenschönhausen Castle

Hohenschönhausen Castle is a manor house in the borough Alt-Hohenschönhausen in Berlin, Germany...

 is located in Alt-Hohenschönhausen. The Association Hohenschönhausen Castle cares for the restoration and cultural revitalization of this manor house

Manor house

A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

 and regularly organizes different events in the castle, such as exhibitions, readings, and concerts.

Transport

The locality is served by some lines of Berliner tram network and by the S-Bahn

Berlin S-Bahn

The Berlin S-Bahn is a rapid transit system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It consists of 15 lines and is integrated with the mostly underground U-Bahn to form the backbone of Berlin's rapid transport system...

stations Berlin Gehrenseestraße (S75

S75 (Berlin)

S75 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Wartenberg to Spandau over:*a section of the Outer ring, completed in the early 1940s as part of the Outer freight ring,...

 line) and Berlin Hohenschönhausen (S75 + DB

Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...

); this one located in the western side of the quarter Neu-Hohenschönhausen.

External links

Alt-Hohenschönhausen page on www.berlin.de