Kleinmachnow in Brandenburg

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Checkpoint Bravo © GBeckmann

Checkpoint Bravo © GBeckmann

Kleinmachnow is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg. It is situated 19 km (12 mi) southwest of the centre of Berlin, immediately neighbouring the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, and 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Potsdam. The municipality encompasses the settlement of Dreilinden.

Kleinmachnow arose at the former Bäke creek, today replaced by the Teltow Canal built in 1906. Parvo Machenow was first mentioned in the 1375 land registry of Emperor Charles IV, then also Brandenburg Elector. In medieval times the ford was controlled by a castle, recently held by the Hake noble family. Together with the canal the Kleinmachnow lock was erected, soon becoming a landmark.

Vorlaubenhaus © Doris Antony/cc-by-sa-3.0 Town Hall on Town Hall Square © GBeckmann Industrial monument Schleuse Kleinmachnow canal lock © Lienhard Schulz/cc-by-sa-2.5 Ebay Germany © GBeckmann Bürgerhaussiedlung Sommerfeld © Lienhard Schulz/cc-by-sa-2.5 Checkpoint Bravo © GBeckmann
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Industrial monument Schleuse Kleinmachnow canal lock © Lienhard Schulz/cc-by-sa-2.5
From the early 20th century the former village developed to an affluent suburb of Berlin. In 1937 Wilhelm Ohnesorge, minister of the Reichspost, acquired the Hakeburg mansion as his residence and established a large research facility of communications-electronics here.

In 1946 the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) seized the Hakeburg, which hosted the party’s academy in the following years. From 1961 to 1989 the municipality was girded by the Berlin Wall on three sides and the motorway near Dreilinden (today Bundesautobahn 115) was the site of a major border crossing, counterpart of the Allied checkpoint Bravo in West Berlin. Since German reunification Kleinmachnow has seen a major increase of population, while the restitution of numerous plots in favour of those owners who had fled from the GDR led to fierce conflicts.

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