Hakenfelde is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 locality (Ortsteil) of Berlin in the borough

Boroughs and localities of Berlin

Berlin is both a city and one of Germany’s federal states. It is made up of twelve boroughs , each with its own borough government, though all boroughs are subject to Berlin’s city and state government.-History:Each borough is made up of several officially recognized localities...

 (Bezirk) of Spandau

Spandau

Spandau is the fifth of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is the fourth largest and westernmost borough, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel, but the least populated.-Overview:...

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History

The name Hakenfelde is derived a dairy-farm

Dairy

A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting of animal milk—mostly from cows or goats, but also from buffalo, sheep, horses or camels —for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on a dedicated dairy farm or section of a multi-purpose farm that is concerned...

 built in 1730 on the outskirts of Spandau. Part of the town of Spandau

Spandau

Spandau is the fifth of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is the fourth largest and westernmost borough, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel, but the least populated.-Overview:...

 it merged into Berlin in 1920 with the "Greater Berlin Act

Greater Berlin Act

The Greater Berlin Act , in full the Law Regarding the Reconstruction of the New Local Authority of Berlin , was a law passed by the Prussian government in 1920 that greatly expanded the size of the German capital of Berlin.-History:...

". Due to its position at the borders of West Berlin

West Berlin

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 within East Germany it was largely crossed, from 1961 to 1989, by the Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...

. In 2003 it became an autonomous Ortsteil, separated (with Falkenhagener Feld

Falkenhagener Feld

Falkenhagener Feld is a German locality of Berlin in the borough of Spandau.-History:The project to build a residential complex in the rural area of west Spandau and close to the village of Falkenhagen, started in 1962 . The locality, situated at the borders of West Berlin with East Germany, was...

 and Wilhelmstadt

Wilhelmstadt

Wilhelmstadt is a German locality of Berlin in the borough of Spandau.-History:In the year 1945 the allied armed forces from the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom accomplished an exchange of territory, among the area of Seeburg in Spandau...

) from the one of Spandau

Spandau (locality)

Spandau is a locality of Berlin in the homonymous borough of Spandau. The historic city is situated, for the most part, on the western banks of the Havel river. As of 2008 the estimated population of Spandau was 33,433.-Position:...

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Overview

Located in the nort-eastern suburb of the city, Hakenfelde is surrounded by the Spandauer Forest and separated from the district of Reinickendorf

Reinickendorf

Reinickendorf is the twelfth borough of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest of the city area, including the Berlin-Tegel Airport, Lake Tegel, spacious settlements of detached houses as well as housing estates like Märkisches Viertel.-Subdivision:...

 by the river Havel

Havel

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. It borders with the Brandenburg

Brandenburg

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er municipalities of Falkensee

Falkensee

Falkensee is a town in the Havelland district, Brandenburg, Germany. It is the most populated municipality of its district and it is situated at the western border of Berlin.-History:...

, Schönwalde-Glien

Schönwalde-Glien

Schönwalde-Glien is a community in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany.-History: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....

 and Hennigsdorf

Hennigsdorf

Hennigsdorf is a town in the district of Oberhavel, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated north-west of Berlin, just across the city border, which is formed mainly by the Havel river.-History:...

, all in the district of Havelland

Havelland

Havelland is a geograhical region and district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Ostprignitz-Ruppin and Oberhavel, the city-state of Berlin, the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark, the city of Brandenburg and the state of Saxony-Anhalt .-History:-Geography:Geographically...

. The bordering Ortsteil are Falkenhagener Feld

Falkenhagener Feld

Falkenhagener Feld is a German locality of Berlin in the borough of Spandau.-History:The project to build a residential complex in the rural area of west Spandau and close to the village of Falkenhagen, started in 1962 . The locality, situated at the borders of West Berlin with East Germany, was...

, Haselhorst

Haselhorst

Haselhorst is a locality in the borough of Spandau in Berlin. It is located between Siemensstadt and the Old Town of Spandau and is separated from the Hakenfelde locality by the River Havel.-Overview:...

, Spandau, Reinickendorf

Reinickendorf (locality)

Reinickendorf is a locality of Berlin in the borough of Reinickendorf. It had a population of 72,859 in 2008.-Geography:...

 and Konradshöhe

Konradshöhe

Konradshöhe is a German locality within the borough of Reinickendorf, Berlin.-History:In the course of the northern extension of Berlin during the 19th century, many people settled in the suburbs, attracted by the proximity to nature and the low price of land. One of them was the coppersmith...

 (both in Reinickendorf district).

On the Havel there is an island (Eiswerder) and 3 islets (Pionierinsel, Großer Wall and Kleiner Wall) belonging to Hakenfelde. Eiswerder, situated in the middle of the Lake Spandau (Spandauer See), is linked to Hakenfelde and Haselhorst by 2 bridges.

Subdivision

The locality counts 2 zones (Ortslagen):

• Gartenstadt Waldsiedlung Hakenfelde
• Wasserstadt Spandau

Transport

Hakenfelde is not served by railways, it is simply traversed by the industrial track of the Osthavelländische Eisenbahn and the abandoned Bötzowbahn. It is served by several lines of the bus network

Bus transport in Berlin

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 and by some private ferry lines

Ferry transport in Berlin

Berlin, the capital city of Germany, has an extensive network of rivers, lakes and canals. As a consequence ferry transport forms a part of the transport network of Berlin.-History:...

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External links

Hakenfelde page on www.berlin.de