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Pankow (locality)

Field	Value
name	Pankow
image_photo	Pankow Bürgerpark.jpg
image_caption	Bürgerpark in the district
type	Quarter
City	Berlin
image_flag	Flagge Bezirk Pankow.svg
image_coa	Coat of arms de-be pankow 1987.png
coordinates
state	Berlin
borough	Pankow
elevation	52
area	5.66
pop_ref
population
population_as_of
postal_code	13187, 13189
year	1230
plantext	Location of Pankow in Pankow district and Berlin
image_plan	Berlin Pankow Pankow.png
website

Pankow () is a locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the district (Bezirk) of Pankow. Until 2001 it was an autonomous district with the localities of Karow, Niederschönhausen, Wilhelmsruh, Rosenthal, Blankenfelde, Buch and Französisch Buchholz.

History

The village of Pankow is named after the small Panke river, a tributary of the Spree. The settlement was first mentioned in a 1311 deed by the Margraves of Brandenburg, though the "Four Evangelists" fieldstone church had already been erected about 1230. In 1691 Elector Frederick III acquired Schönhausen Palace, in neighboring Niederschönhausen, from the heirs of General Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow, which promoted the development of the Pankow village.

As Pankow grew, due to industrialization, in the 19th century, it became a suburb – and popular day-trip destination – of Berlin. It was finally incorporated into the city by the Greater Berlin Act of 1920.

In the East German period, from 1949 to 1990, Pankow, together with Niederschönhausen, was a prominent quarter of East Berlin. From 1949 to 1960 Schönhausen Palace was the presidential residency of East Germany, and throughout the period many embassies were located in the vicinity.

Geography

Pankow is situated in the south-western side of its district. It borders the localities of Niederschönhausen, Französisch Buchholz, Karow, Heinersdorf, Weissensee, Prenzlauer Berg and Gesundbrunnen. Between 1961 and 1990, the Berlin Wall passed through Pankow (in East Berlin) and Gesundbrunnen (in West Berlin).

Transportation

The locality is served by the Berliner S-Bahn lines S1, S2, S25, S85; by the U-Bahn line U2, and by several lines of tramway.

Photogallery

References

{{Population Germany
(2006). "Duden Aussprachewörterbuch". Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus AG.
{{in lang. de "[https://www.berlin.de/ba-pankow/ueber-den-bezirk/historisches/ Die Geschichte Pankows] [The history of Pankow]". Bezirksamt Pankow. ''Berlin.de''. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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