Marzahn-Hellersdorf. District history(s)

Visitors can expect an exciting walk through around 11,000 years of history.

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  Bezirksmuseum Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Haus 2, Alt-Marzahn 55

• Blick in die Dauerausstellung

The exhibition begins with prehistory and early history, which covers by far the longest period of time. One focus is the history of the villages of Biesdorf, Hellersdorf, Kaulsdorf, Mahlsdorf and Marzahn from their foundation in the 13th century to the second half of the 20th century. While village life outside the gates of Berlin remained essentially unchanged until the middle of the 19th century, profound changes took place after 1870.

The connections to the capital Berlin increased strongly, and in 1920 the previously independent villages were incorporated. Large settlement areas were created and the number of inhabitants multiplied. The first small industrial companies settled. For decades Rieselfelder formed the landscape around Marzahn and Hellersdorf. Politically and culturally, the 100 years - from the German Empire to National Socialism to the GDR - were also a time of many changes.

In the past 40 years, the Marzahn-Hellersdorf region changed more than ever before. In 1975, civil engineering companies began digging the first pits on Marchwitzastraße in the first Marzahn residential area. Just over two years later the first tenants of the large housing estate moved in.

With the construction of more than 100,000 apartments by the early 1990s, Marzahn and Hellersdorf took on the dimensions of large cities. After 1989/90, political and social conditions changed dramatically. The large housing estates were redeveloped, new houses were built, especially in the historic villages and settlements of Biesdorf, Kaulsdorf and Mahlsdorf.

The exhibition presents numerous original objects in all subject areas, including the lacquer profile of a wickerwork fountain from the older pre-Roman Iron Age (400-200 BC) discovered in Biesdorf-South in 2005, as well as several architectural models from the recent past.

Runtime: from November 2014

Takes place here:

• Bezirksmuseum Marzahn-Hellersdorf (ehemalige Dorfschule)