Hoppegarten

Hoppegarten
The Hippodrome
Hoppegarten
Location of Hoppegarten within Märkisch-Oderland district
Coordinates	52°31′0″N 13°40′0″E / 52.516667°N 13.666667°E / 52.516667; 13.666667Coordinates: 52°31′0″N 13°40′0″E / 52.516667°N 13.666667°E / 52.516667; 13.666667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Märkisch-Oderland
Local subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Mayor	Klaus Ahrens (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	31.88 km2 (12.31 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m  (164 ft)
Population	16,802 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	527 /km2 (1,365 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MOL
Postal codes	15366, 12625, 12587
Area codes	03342, 030
Website	Hoppegarten

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

History

The actual 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 got 2 stations on S5 line (Birkenstein and Hoppegarten). The Berlin U-Bahn line U5 has got its end station in Hönow.

Twin towns

• Iffezheim (Germany)
• Rzepin (Poland)

See also

• Hönow
• Hoppegarten railway station
• Birkenstein railway station
• Hönow railway station

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg am am 30. Dezember 2010 nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden. Gebietsstand: 31.12.2010" (in German). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de//Publikationen/OTab/2011/OT_A01-04-00_124_201012_BB.pdf. 

External links

Media related to Hoppegarten at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) Official site of Hoppegarten