Hohen Neuendorf

Hohen Neuendorf
Water tower
Hohen Neuendorf
Location of the town of Hohen Neuendorf within Oberhavel district
Coordinates	52°40′N 13°17′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Town subdivisions	4 districts
Mayor	Klaus-Dieter Hartung (Left)
Basic statistics
Area	48.06 km2 (18.56 sq mi)
Elevation	32 - 66 m
Population	24,551 (31 December 2011)
- Density	511 /km2 (1,323 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	OHV
Postal codes	16540, 16556, 16562
Area code	03303
Website	www.hohen-neuendorf.de

Hohen Neuendorf is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located north west of Berlin.

Geography

Hohen Neuendorf is situated upon the Havel river (built on the Oder-Havel Canal) and is bordered by the Berlin area Frohnau to the south, Muehlenbeck (including Schoenfliess) to the east, Birkenwerder and Oranienburg to the north, and Hennigsdorf and Velten to the west.

Division of the town

Hohen Neuendorf consists of 4 districts (with area codes):

• Hohen Neuendorf (area code: 16540)
• Stolpe (area code: 16540)
• Borgsdorf and its east side Pinnow (area code: 16556)
• Bergfelde (area code: 16562)

Demography

• 1998 - 17,295
• 1999 - 18,262
• 2000 - 18,922
• 2001 - 19,281
• 2002 - 20,023
• 2003 - 21,168
• 2004 - 21,920
• 2006 - 21,344 (May)

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  Development of Population since 1875 within the Actual Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)

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  Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

History

Since the suburban move of Berlin which ended in the late 19th century, allowed by the development of the train, Hohen Neuendorf was a little town with few residents.

The creation of a train station in Hohen Neuendorf on the North Train from Berlin in the last quarter of the 19th century, thanks to the larger, richer nearby village of Stolpe, led to a speedy development of Hohen Neuendorf paralleled to that occurring in Berlin. With the rising role of Hohen Neuendorf as a commuter village across from Stolpe (which stayed largely agricultural in nature), it was finally with the (mis)placement of the train stop that emphasis on the settlement of Hohen Neuendorf ensued. The new Hohen Neuendorf station today is frequented by the users of Berlin's "S-Bahn" ("Schnell-Bahn", lit. fast train), while the old station's building has now been made into a hotel.

West Berlin border crossing

The municipality shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall. Between 1 January 1988 and 30 June 1990 Hohen Neuendorf's component village of Stolpe served as East German border crossing for cars travelling between West Berlin and the East German Democratic Republic) or the West German Federal Republic of Germany. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations, that between West Germany and West Berlin followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972). After 9 November 1989 eastern controls were gradually eased into spot checks and finally abolished on 30 June 1990, the day East and West introduced the union concerning currency, economy and social safety (German: Währungs-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialunion).

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Hohen Neuendorf is twinned with:

• Janów Podlaski (Poland)
• Maing (France)
• Müllheim (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
• Fürstenau (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Honey bee memorial

Sport

The RU Hohen Neuendorf, a rugby union club, competes at the second tier of German club rugby, the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga North/East, having earned promotion to the league in 2008.

See also

• Hohen Neuendorf railway station

External links

• Official site (German) This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.