Bohnsdorf: Falkenberg

Falkenberg is a peripheral district with village-like structures, open landscapes and a quiet residential environment. The defining local feature of Falkenberg is the surviving older street pattern, plot structure and building lines that remain legible beneath later development. How Falkenberg is used over the course of the day depends on the overlap of historic fabric with present-day housing, shops and local institutions. Falkenberg lies in the borough of Treptow-Köpenick, about 17 km southeast of central Berlin. Falkenberg merges gradually into Alt-Bohnsdorf and Preußen Siedlung; building scale, street activity and open space change before any clear boundary is felt. The immediate streets and open spaces give Falkenberg a recognisable local identity of its own. Together, these elements make the continuity of the original settlement within modern Berlin central to the identity of Falkenberg.