Blankenburg is a German locality (Ortsteil) within 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 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 :...

, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Weißensee.

History

The locality, first mentioned in 1375 , was an autonomous municipality of the former Niederbarnim district, merged into Berlin in 1920 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:...

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Geography

Blankenburg is located in the north-eastern suburb of Berlin and borders with the localities of Französisch Buchholz

Französisch Buchholz

Französisch Buchholz , also known simply as Buchholz, is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Pankow.-History:...

, Karow

Karow (Berlin)

Karow is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Pankow. Until 2001 it was part of the former Weißensee borough.-History:The locality was founded in 1375 with the name of Kare...

, Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow

Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow

Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow is a German locality within the Berlin borough of Pankow. Until 2001 it was part of the former Weißensee borough.-History:...

, Heinersdorf and, in a brief point, Pankow

Pankow (locality)

Pankow is a locality of Berlin in the district of Pankow. Until 2001 it was an autonomous district with the localities of Niederschönhausen, Wilhelmsruh, Rosenthal, Blankenfelde, Buch and Französisch Buchholz.-History:...

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Transport

The locality is served by the Berlin 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...

lines S2

S2 (Berlin)

S2 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Bernau to Blankenfelde over:*the Berlin-Szczecin railway, opened on 1 August 1842 and electrified on 8 August 1924,...

, S8

S8 (Berlin)

S8 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Zeuthen to Hohen Neuendorf over:*the Görlitz line, opened in 1866 and electrified in 1929,*the Ring line, completed in 1877 and electrified in 1926,...

 and S9

S9 (Berlin)

S9 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Schönefeld Flughafen to Berlin-Blankenburg station over:*a very short section of the Outer ring, opened in 1951 and electrified in 1983,...

, at Blankenburg station, and by bus lines

Bus transport in Berlin

The Bus transport in Berlin , operated by BVG, is the public bus service network of Berlin, Germany. Opened in 1846, it represents the oldest public transport service of the city...

 150, 154 and 158. Blankenburger boundary with Französisch Buchholz is crossed by the motorway A114

Bundesautobahn 114

is a motorway in the north of the German capital Berlin. It connects the A 10 starting at the Autobahndreieck Pankow over a seven kilometers distance to the main center of Berlin. The motorway was released for traffic between 1973 and 1982....

and the nearest exit serving the locality is the n.4 ("Pasewalker Straße").

External links

Blankenburg official website