Parks and natural areas in Pankow

In a piece of land near Pankow, in Panke, there had been a mill since the 16th century. In 1856 Dr. Hermann Killisch von Horn (1821-1886), the founder of the newspaper “Berliner Börsenzeitung” (1855), bought this land. The mill house was reconverted to a family house. Between 1863 and 1864 Killisch

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The “Botanische Volkspark Pankow” (botanical park), developing for the last 104 years from the Rieselfeldand the school garden, is today protected as a historical monument.Today,here, the GrünBerlin GmbHis responsible for offers in the areas of education, recreation,and health.

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The meadow village (Angerdorf) Niederschönhausenwas founded around 1220 and was mentioned in documents for the first time in 1375.Nothing remains from the former village complex along the present-day Dietzgenstraße.The Brose Park at the Dietzgenstraße has been open to the public since 1920.TheKüster

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The Pankow district of Buch lies in the middle of a forest area consisting of 250 hectares of high forest and the sewage fields with their typical flora and fauna that were closed in 1984. As part of the Barnim Nature Park, the Bucher Forst offers an important recreational area for the metropolis of

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The concept for the park was created in the fall of 2010. With the intensive participation from the local residentsand interested parties,a park was built that for one, kept the slightly overgrown character of the cemetery and at the same time offers a playing ground with near-naturalplaying

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There used to be the IV. Berliner gas works on the site. It produced gas for the lighting for the fast growing industry in Berlin and for the supply to private households. Between 1882 and 1908 there were six huge gas storage containers (Gasometer) added to the existing ones. Dust and soot burdened

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Laid out in 1848 the grave yard was used as a place for funerals from the non-denominationalists. Their slogan is written on the inside of the entrance door. The non-denominational parish was founded in 1845 as an alternative to the Catholic Church. They kept on being persecuted by the government

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A row of concrete markers on the foot path in the Mauerpark show where the front wall of the former frontier protection used to be. On the slope of the park there is the so called “Hinterlandmauer” (back land wall) of a length of about 100 metres preserved. The area of the Mauerpark used to be

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The Schönholzer Heide is a small urban forest that has been designated a landscape conservation area since 2014. Walking paths lead through the pine, spruce, maple, plane tree and oak trees that make you forget the hustle and bustle of Berlin. In addition, the forest area is an extremely historic

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The public park Prenzlauer Berg is located in the eastern part of Pankow, an area that is not typical for the district. The park covers an area of around 29 hectares and was once a dump from the Second World War.
In 1967 trees of European origin were planted, in 1969 paths were laid out and in the

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Within a period of 12 years,artists created 114 sculptures, that are lined up along the path as a permanent exhibition.They call their project “Stones without frontiers”, with which they take part in the European project“Road of Peace – Road of sculptures in Europe”.Eleven of these art trails were

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