Zentralvieh- und Schlachthof, Former slaughterhouse complex in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany

The Zentralvieh- und Schlachthof is a former municipal livestock market and slaughterhouse in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district, on the border with Friedrichshain and Lichtenberg. It began on the triangle between Thaerstraße, Eldenaer Straße and the Ringbahn and was later extended northwest between the Ringbahn and Hausburgstraße beyond Landsberger Allee. The complex consists of large halls and functional buildings; the S-Bahn station Storkower Straße, until 1977 called Zentralviehhof, lies nearby.

Rudolf Virchow proposed a municipal slaughterhouse in 1864, and an 1868 Prussian law required public abattoirs after trichinosis outbreaks. Berlin delayed construction for 13 years amid cost disputes and lobbying by about 800 private butchers. The complex opened in 1881 in Prenzlauer Berg, on the border with Friedrichshain and Lichtenberg; it belonged to Friedrichshain from 1920 and to Prenzlauer Berg from 1938.

The site lies in Prenzlauer Berg, on the border with Friedrichshain and Lichtenberg, and belonged to Friedrichshain from 1920 until the district boundaries were corrected in 1938. The nearby S-Bahn station Storkower Straße was called Zentralviehhof until 1977, when it was renamed after the Fennpfuhl housing estate was built. The name refers to the municipal livestock market and slaughterhouse opened here in 1881.

The site sits next to the railway ring, which historically made animal transport easy. Today the place is partly damaged and only limited accessible as it remains in active use or is being redeveloped.

The site lay in Prenzlauer Berg, on the border with Friedrichshain and Lichtenberg, and only became part of that district in 1938, when Berlin's district boundaries were redrawn; before that, since Greater Berlin was formed in 1920, it belonged to Friedrichshain. The nearby S-Bahn station carried the name Zentralviehhof until 1977, when it was renamed Storkower Straße after the Fennpfuhl housing estate was built.