Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 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 :...

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

History

The history of this locality is related to the neighboring quarter of 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:...

. Originally the Siedlung was a civil parish of it, and Malchow an autonomous Prussia

Prussia

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n municipality of Brandenburg

Brandenburg

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. In 1920 they merged into Berlin with the "Greater Berlin Act

Greater Berlin Act

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". From 1936 to 1939 the northern area of the locality was used as sewage farm

Sewage treatment

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Geography

Located in the north-western suburb of Berlin, Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow borders with the Brandenburg

Brandenburg

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er municipality of Ahrensfelde

Ahrensfelde

Ahrensfelde is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 13 km northeast of Berlin ....

, in the district of 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 :...

. The Berliner localities bordering with the Siedlung are 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...

, Blankenburg

Blankenburg

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, Heinersdorf, Weißensee and, in Lichtenberg

Lichtenberg

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

 borough, 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:...

 and 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:...

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Transport

The locality, crossed in the north by the Außenring railway line, is not served by any station. In a big project regarding the S-Bahn

Berlin S-Bahn

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it has been planned to continue the 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 in 2015 on the Außenring from the end station of Wartenberg to Karow. A station serving both Malchows, although hypothesized, is still not officially scheduled on the plan .

A road crossing southern side of the residential area, Malchower Chaussee, is part of the B2, the German longest federal highway.

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