Französisch Buchholz

French Buchholz (abbreviated called Buchholz ) is a district of Berlin in the district of Pankow.

History

The Angersdorf Buchholz was probably founded around 1230, like most villages on the southern Barnim. For the first time the village Buckholtz is mentioned in a document of 1242, when the border town of Schönerlinde. The Country Book of Charles IV of 1375 points for Buchholz 52 of hooves, four hooves and a parish Kirchhufe. Eight Freienhufen include those of Bredow. The village has a jug. Built out of field stone blocks village church was built at the beginning of the second half of the 13th century.

After numerous changes of the basic rule (of Schlieben of Thümen and Robel ) came Buchholz in 1670 in the possession of the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm, who had been since 1541 shares. Since after the Thirty Years War, many Kossäten and Farms were destroyed or abandoned in Buchholz, a "French colony " by settlement of French Huguenots was formed as a result of the Edict of Potsdam in 1685 by the State Minister Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow. Thus, in 1687 the first ten peasant families and six gardeners families from France settled here. 1688 are already 87 settlers detectable. They built here previously unknown plants such as green beans, cauliflower, asparagus, artichokes, and various herbs and planted fruit trees. From about 1750, the name French Buchholz naturalized one. The village became a popular excursion destination in Berlin. For this year, an etching pilgrimage comes after Frantzösch Buchholz Daniel Chodowiecke. Jean -Pierre Blanchard in 1788 led its first manned free balloon flight and landed in front of Berlin's Tiergarten Park coming with his " air ball " in Buchholz.Von 1817-1913 wore the district officially named the French -Buchholz. From 1913, the church is called to due to anti-French resentment and in the flow of the First World War in Berlin -Buchholz. The incorporation in the area of Greater Berlin was 1920. Was only at the suggestion of several clubs in the district on May 30, 1999 rückbenannt by the Borough Assembly Pankow and received so after 86 years back to the previous name. On the plaque re- naming it says:

" Aware of our German - French tradition of a fruitful cooperation in tolerance and mutual respect is the name for the connective, the History and the Last. "

Infrastructure

In 1860 the Berlin suburb received a horse bus connection, the wrong to the Berlin Alexanderplatz in 1866. From 1877 there was a further connection to Blankenburg station, which was led to the Pankow- Heiner village station from 1895. In 1904 this was replaced by the community-owned horse tram.

In the late 1990s, the district had reported extensive new housing estates. Were built predominantly medium high rise apartment buildings along the way Rosenthaler and Triftstraße, supplemented by school and sports facilities as well as retail and greenery.

The connection to Berlin city center is guaranteed by the tram line 50 with a change in the Pankow- Heinersdorf S-Bahn station. Bus 154 brings the book Holzer to the adjacent S-Bahnhof Blankenburg in Berlin's north-east, whereas the line 124 connects the district over Maerkisches center and S- and U- train station Wittenau with the Berlin Northwest.

French village church Buchholz

Pilgrimage to Frantzösch Buchholz, etching by Daniel Chodowiecke

Cemetery, grave colonists family Chatron

Kossätenhof in French -Buchholz

Peace Monument of the Huguenot community

Huguenots in Berlin, plastic