Neu-Hohenschönhausen: Mühlengrund

Mühlengrund is a residential area with planned housing structures and green courtyards, typical of large-scale developments. The defining local feature of Mühlengrund is the deliberate relationship between housing blocks, pedestrian paths and clearly structured shared open space. How Mühlengrund is used over the course of the day depends on repeated building types, green courtyards and the separation of through traffic from internal routes. Mühlengrund lies in the borough of Lichtenberg, about 8.7 km northeast of central Berlin. From Mühlengrund toward Malchower Weg and Falkenberg West, density, land use and street character shift step by step rather than at a sharp edge. The immediate streets and open spaces give Mühlengrund a recognisable local identity of its own. Together, these elements make the smaller everyday zones that exist inside a large planned layout central to the identity of Mühlengrund.