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Karow (Berlin)

Field	Value
name	Karow
image_photo	2009-09-22-luftbild-berlin-by-RalfR-03.jpg
image_caption	aerial view of the quarter
type	Quarter
City	Berlin
coordinates
state	Berlin
borough	Pankow
elevation	60
area	6.65
pop_ref
population
population_as_of
postal_code	13125
licence	B
year	1375
plantext	Location of Karow in Pankow and Berlin
image_plan	Berlin Pankow Karow.png
website	Official website

Karow () is a German locality (Ortsteil) within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Pankow. Until 2001 it was part of the former Weißensee borough.

History

The locality was first mentioned in 1375 with the name of Kare. Autonomous Prussian municipality of the former Niederbarnim district, Karow was incorporated into Berlin in 1920, with the "Greater Berlin Act".

Geography

Overview

Located in the north-eastern suburb of Berlin, it borders with the localities of Buch, Französisch Buchholz, Blankenburg and Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow. It also borders, on the east, with the Brandenburger town of Ahrensfelde, in the district of Barnim. Part of its territory, close to the natural reserve Karower Teiche (in Buchholz) is included in Barnim Nature Park.

Subdivision

Karow counts 1 zone (Ortslage):

Stadtrandsiedlung Buch

Transport

The locality is served by the S-Bahn station of Karow, on the line S2. This station is also the endpoint of a local railway, the Heidekrautbahn.

The Berliner beltway (A10, known as "Berliner Ring") crosses Karow and separates it from Buch. An exit serving the quarter (n.3 "Bucher Straße") is located on the short motorway A114.

Photogallery

File:Alt-Karow.JPG|The old centre "Alt-Karow" File:Berlin-Karow-Bahnhof.jpg|Berlin-Karow station building File:Berlin Karower Teiche asv2022-07.jpg|View of the Karower Teiche

References

Literature

Martin Eckart Pfannschmidt: "Geschichte der Berliner Vororte Buch und Karow", Berlin 1927

References

{{Population Germany
(2005). "Duden Aussprachewörterbuch". Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus AG.
{{in lang. de [http://www.alt-karow.de/chronik/chronik.php Historical chronicles about Karow] {{webarchive. link. (24 April 2010)
[http://www.np-barnim.de/ Infos on the NPB official website]. Click on "Naturpark", then click on "Region"

Wikipedia Source

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