Niederschönhausen

Niederschönhausen (, literally "Lower Schönhausen") is a locality (Ortsteil) within the borough (Bezirk) of Pankow in Berlin, Germany. It is also known as "Pankow-Schönhausen" to differ it from Hohenschönhausen in Berlin-Lichtenberg. From 1949 until 1960 Schönhausen Palace and the adjacent Majakowskiring quarter were the residence of several members of the East German government, commonly referred to as Pankow by the West German media.

Key facts

German location.name: Niederschönhausen
German location.image_photo: Berlin Schloss Schoenhausen 06-2014.jpg
German location.image_caption: Schönhausen Palace
German location.type: Quarter
German location.City: Berlin
German location.image_coa: Coat of arms de-be niederschoenhausen 1987.png
German location.state: Berlin
German location.borough: Pankow
German location.divisions: 3 zones
German location.elevation: 52
German location.area: 6.49
German location.postal_code: 13156

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Geography
Overview
Subdivision
Transport
History
Photogallery
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==Geography== ===Overview=== Located north of the Berlin city centre, Niederschönhausen borders with the localities of Wilhelmsruh, Rosenthal in the north, Französisch Buchholz in the east, Pankow in the south and the Reinickendorf locality (in the homonymous borough) along the Berlin Northern Railway line in the west. The locality comprises several green areas, as the Schönholzer Heide, the Brosepark, the Schlosspark Pankow, the Bürgerpark and the cemetery Friedhof Pankow III.