Heinersdorf

Heinersdorf is a residential area in northeastern Berlin with a historic village center and modern residential streets. A distinctive water tower from 1910 and the fieldstone church shape the local landscape today.

The area was first documented in 1319 and later came under the control of Berlin's Hospital of the Holy Ghost. It became part of Greater Berlin in 1920, gaining its current status as a city district.

The stone church shapes the local character with its fieldstone construction and houses stained glass windows by Charles Crodel from 1946. These artworks tell the story of the area and were created by an important postwar artist.

The residential area is accessible by S-Bahn on lines S2 and S8 at Pankow-Heinersdorf station. The M2 tram line also connects this area to the center and other neighborhoods.

The water tower was originally planned as part of an unrealized town hall but later served as a flak tower and Soviet listening post. After 1991 it lost this military role and now stands as a historical landmark in the area.

Location: Pankow

Elevation above the sea: 50 m

Shares border with: Weißensee, Pankow, Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow, Blankenburg

GPS coordinates: 52.56690,13.44000

Latest update: December 7, 2025 20:48