Birkenhöhe (Bernau near Berlin)

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Birch height
Coordinates : 52 ° 39 '  N , 13 ° 36'  E
Height : 73 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 512  (Jan. 4, 2016)
Postal code : 16321
Area code : 03338
Entrance sign Birkenhöhe (Bernau bei Berlin) coming from the east on Börnicker Landweg.
Entrance sign Birkenhöhe (Bernau bei Berlin) coming from the east on Börnicker Landweg.

Birkenhöhe is a typical scattered settlement as a residential area and has been a separate district of the city of Bernau near Berlin in the Barnim district since 2014 .

geography

Geographical location

Birkenhöhe is located south of Bernau near Berlin and is enclosed in the north by Lindow, west by Schwanebeck , east by Börnicke , south-east by Elisenau , Birkholzaue and south by Birkholz . The main street Börnicker Landweg joins Landesstraße 312 (L312) in a westerly direction and in an easterly direction it crosses Blumberger Chaussee.

The town is connected to the city center of Bernau and the Birkholz settlement via various bus routes.

Natural space

Birkenhöhe lies in a gently undulating ground moraine landscape created by the Ice Age with pines and mixed forest. Small biotopes and farmed arable land can be found in the vicinity. The landscape is criss-crossed by oser overgrown with pine.

history

Berlin families from the Wedding district began to settle in the south of Bernau in 1923 and set up the first wooden houses in their gardens. The first arbors were built on Lindenstrasse and Börnicker Landweg. Two entrepreneurs from Berlin Dommert and Wuttke and the residents made contracts with Bernau and called the arbor colony "Wudo" (from the first letters of the two entrepreneurs). It was not until 1931 that the city renamed the place Birkenhöhe. A Bernauer chronicler wrote: “There were birch trees here and“ Wudo ”was a fantasy, so that's where the name Birkenhö originated.

During the turmoil of World War II, local residents stayed on their weekend properties. After the end of the war, some came to the village forever and converted and expanded their arbours into real houses. In 1979 the “Association of allotment gardeners Birkenhöhe e. V. ”and an inn“ Waldschänke ”welcomes its guests. A local advisory board was founded after the formation of the local council, consisting of Heidi Scheidt as local director, Peter Brandt as deputy and Skadi Berger. All 16 side streets of the village are named after trees and the district has been expanded with broadband internet access VDSL (broadband infrastructure glass fiber 2020, funded by the State of Brandenburg with funds from the European Union ). With the bus city line 892 you have a connection to Berlin via the train station in Bernau and via Schwanebeck and Birkholz it goes back to Birkenhöhe.

  • Club sign for the allotment garden in Birkenhöhe (Bernau near Berlin)

  • Birkenhöhe hiking trail signs (Bernau near Berlin)

  • Lookout point in Birkenhöhe (Bernau near Berlin) towards Lindow

  • Advertising sign for the Waldschenke restaurant in Birkenhöhe (Bernau near Berlin)

  • View to the south from the Birkenhöhe exit (Bernau near Berlin) to the radio tower in Birkholzaue (Bernau near Berlin)

  • Weather shelter in Birkenhöhe (Bernau near Berlin) with a view to the east of part of the settlement area

Web links

Commons : Birkenhöhe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historical local lexicon for Brandenburg: Register of places and people, Part 11 by Lieselott Enders, Peter P. Rohrlach 2011 Klaus-D. Becker Verlag Potsdam p. 415
  2. ↑ The echo sounder . 4. February 16 to 28, 1943 Walter Kempowski Albrecht Knaus, 1993 - 732 pages from Peuschel, Erich (Bernau near Berlin) Childhood under the swastika p. 112 (restricted view)