Kissingenviertel
The Kissingenviertel is a Berlin neighborhood in the Pankow district . The name is derived from the central Kissingenstrasse, which was named in 1906 after the town of Bad Kissingen .
location
The quarter is located south of the area of the former Berlin-Pankow freight station on the Szczecin Railway . In the east it is bounded by the Prenzlauer Promenade, which is part of the Bundesstraße 109 . Berliner Straße closes off the area to the west. The dead ends south of Borkumstrasse (Hiddenseestrasse and Arkonastrasse) close off the south of the district with a street scene of old buildings that were built before 1945. In addition to the east-west axis of Kissingenstrasse, Neumannstrasse opens up the quarter from north to south.
Infrastructure
The Kissingenviertel is the location of several Berlin and Pankow institutions:
- District court Pankow / Weißensee
- Pankow correctional facility for women
- Rosa-Luxemburg-Gymnasium
- Kissingen Stadium with 8,000 seats
- Sweeping system of the subway
- St. George's Church
Landmarks and monuments
- Several residential complexes between Granitzstrasse and Kissingenstrasse, built from 1925 to 1931,
- Zeppelin residential complex , Prenzlauer Promenade, built in 1930/1931 by Georg Thoféhrn and Walter Borchard , with zeppelin roofs as an architectural feature,
- Former children's home, Granitzstrasse 38 / 38a
literature
- Portrait of the District Region VIII - Pankow Süd of the District Office Pankow
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 34 ′ 8.1 ″ N , 13 ° 25 ′ 17.8 ″ E