Hohen Neuendorf

Hohen Neuendorf
Water tower
Coat of arms
Hohen Neuendorf
Location of Hohen Neuendorf within Oberhavel district
Coordinates: 52°40′N 13°17′E / 52.667°N 13.283°E / 52.667; 13.283Coordinates: 52°40′N 13°17′E / 52.667°N 13.283°E / 52.667; 13.283
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oberhavel
Government
• Mayor	Steffen Apelt (CDU)
Area
• Total	48.06 km2 (18.56 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	25,519
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	16540, 16556, 16562
Dialling codes	03303
Vehicle registration	OHV
Website	www.hohen-neuendorf.de

Hohen Neuendorf is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located north west of Berlin.

Hohen Neuendorf is situated upon the Havel river (built on the Oder-Havel Canal) and is bordered by the Berlin areas Frohnau and Heiligensee to the south, Mühlenbecker Land to the east, Birkenwerder and Oranienburg to the north, and Hennigsdorf and Velten to the west.

Hohen Neuendorf consists of 4 districts (with area codes):

Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (blue line: population; dotted line: comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; grey gackground: time of Nazi regime; red background: time of communist regime)

Recent population development (blue line) and forecasts

Since the suburban move of Berlin which ended in the late 19th century, allowed by the development of the railway, Hohen Neuendorf was a small town with few residents.

The creation of a train station in Hohen Neuendorf on the North Train from Berlin in the last quarter of the 19th century, thanks to the larger, richer nearby village of Stolpe, led to a quick development of Hohen Neuendorf paralleled to that occurring in Berlin. With the rising role of Hohen Neuendorf as a commuter village across from Stolpe (which stayed largely agricultural in nature), it was finally with the (mis)placement of the train stop that emphasis on the settlement of Hohen Neuendorf ensued. The new Hohen Neuendorf station today is frequented by the users of Berlin's S-Bahn (rapid railway), while the old station's building has now been changed into a hotel.

The municipality shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall. Between 1 January 1988 and 30 June 1990 Hohen Neuendorf's component village of Stolpe served as East German border crossing for cars travelling between West Berlin and the East German Democratic Republic) or the West German Federal Republic of Germany. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations, which followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972) for traffic between West Germany and West Berlin. After 9 November 1989 eastern controls were gradually eased into spot checks and finally abolished on 30 June 1990, the day the Monetary, Economic and Social Union between the GDR and the FRG () was introduced.