Märkisches Viertel

Märkisches Viertel
Quarter of Berlin
Skyline Skyline
Märkisches Viertel
Location of Märkisches Viertel in Reinickendorf district and Berlin 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Reinickendorf
Founded	1964
Area
• Total	3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population (2008-06-30)
• Total	35,206
• Density	11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	(nr. 1210) 13435, 13439
Vehicle registration	B
Website	Official website

Märkisches Viertel (MV) is a German locality (Ortsteil) in the borough (Bezirk) of Reinickendorf in Berlin.

Overview

It consists of a large housing estate of about 17,000 apartments with chains of high-rises up to 18 floors that were built from 1964 to 1974 by the GeSoBau Gesellschaft für sozialen Wohnungsbau (Association for Social Apartment Construction). Originally a part of Wittenau, it became an officially recognized locality of its own in 1999.

To the east it shares its border with the Rosenthal and Wilhelmsruh localities of the Pankow borough, from which it was separated by the Berlin Wall until 1989. In 2003 Märkisches Viertel had about 36,000 inhabitants.

Notable people

The rapper Sido and several artists of his Aggro Berlin record label were born or grew up here.

Literature

• Brigitte Jacob, Wolfgang Schäche: "40 Jahre Märkisches Viertel / Geschichte und Gegenwart einer Großsiedlung". jovis Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-936314-07-1

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) Märkisches Viertel website
• (German) Märkisches Viertel page of Reinickendorfer site