Blankenfelde is a German locality

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...

 (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (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 :...

. Per population density

Population density

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 it is the lesser one into the city .

History

Founded around 1375 and 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:...

", it was part of East Berlin

East Berlin

East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...

 (1949–1990). During the period 1961-1989 its western borders were crossed by the Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...

 .

Overview

Located in the northern suburb of the city, it borders with the Brandenburg

Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

er municipalities of Mühlenbecker Land

Mühlenbecker Land

Mühlenbecker Land is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany.-History:The municipality shared its borders partly with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall....

 (Schildow, in Oberhavel

Oberhavel

Oberhavel is a Kreis in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts Uckermark, Barnim, the Bundesland Berlin, and the districts Havelland and Ostprignitz-Ruppin.-Geography:The district is located along...

 district) and Wandlitz

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...

 (in Barnim

Barnim

Barnim is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by Poland, the district of Märkisch-Oderland, the city state of Berlin and the districts of Oberhavel and Uckermark.- History :...

 district). The Berliner bordering localities are Buch

Buch

Buch is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.-Coat of arms:The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules an Orb Argent banded Or and crossed of the second.-Geography:...

, Französisch Buchholz

Französisch Buchholz

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

, Rosenthal

Rosenthal (Berlin)

Rosenthal is an affluent locality within the Berlin borough of Pankow. The old village first mentioned in a 1356 deed as Rosendalle became a part of Greater Berlin in 1920 .-Overview:The Rosenthal locality includes the Nordend neighborhood....

 and Lübars

Lübars

Lübars is a German locality within the borough of Reinickendorf, Berlin.-History:First mentioned in 1247, it was an autonomous municipality merged into Berlin in 1920 with the "Greater Berlin Act". As a part of West Berlin bordering East Germany, Lübars was crossed, from 1961 to 1989, by the...

 (this one part of Reinickendorf

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.-Subdivision:...

). The biggest lake located in the quarter is the Badesee Arkenberge, located in a rural area part of the Barnim Nature Park

Barnim Nature Park

Barnim Nature Park is a nature park and reserve in the state of Brandenburg, and partly in Berlin, Germany. It covers an area of 750 km² . It was established on September 24, 1998.-Overview:...

 .

Subdivision

Blankenfelde counts 2 zones (Ortslagen):

• Arkenberge
• Stadtrandsiedlung Blankenfelde

Transport

Crossed 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...

line 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,...

, it is not served by railways. It counts an abandoned station on the former branch of a local suburban line, the Heidekrautbahn. The project to convert this line as part of Berliner urban rail was hypothesized but not yet finalized. The bus line

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...

serving the quarter is the 107.

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