Hoppegarten

Hoppegarten

The Hippodrome

Coat of arms
Hoppegarten

Coordinates: 52°31′00″N 13°40′00″E / 52.51667°N 13.66667°E / 52.51667; 13.66667Coordinates: 52°31′00″N 13°40′00″E / 52.51667°N 13.66667°E / 52.51667; 13.66667
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Märkisch-Oderland
Government
 • Mayor Klaus Ahrens (CDU)
Area
 • Total 31.88 km2 (12.31 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
 • Total 16,920
 • Density 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 15366, 12625, 12587
Dialling codes 03342, 030
Vehicle registration MOL
Website Hoppegarten

Hoppegarten is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.

History

The current municipality was created in 2003 when the former municipalities of Hönow and Münchehofe were united with Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten. The old Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten is now a town district composed by Hoppegarten, Birkenstein and Waldesruh.

Geography

Haussee lake at Hönow

Hoppegarten is located close to the eastern suburbs of Berlin (Mahlsdorf, in the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf). The other bordering municipalities are Ahrensfelde (BAR), Werneuchen (BAR), Altlandsberg, Neuenhagen and Schöneiche (LOS).

The municipality is composed by the town of Hoppegarten and the civil parrishes (Ortsteil) of Hönow (detached from the rest of municipal area by a strip belonging to Neuenhagen) Birkenstein, Waldesruh and Münchehofe.

Transport

The town is served by Berlin S-Bahn and it has 2 stations on S5 line (Birkenstein and Hoppegarten). The Berlin U-Bahn line U5 has its end station in Hönow.

Demography

Twin towns

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2013 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2014.

External links

Media related to Hoppegarten at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.