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Hohenstein (Strausberg)

human settlement in Strausberg, Germany

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ1453281 ↗
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Hohenstein (German pronunciation: [ˈhoːənˌʃtaɪn] ) is a village and a civil parish (Ortsteil) of the German town of Strausberg, located in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in Brandenburg. As of 2007 its population was of 233.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1375 with the name of Hohensten.

Geography

Hohenstein is situated in the east of Strausberg, on a road linking the town and Buckow, close to Ruhlsdorf and to the western entrance to the Märkische Schweiz Nature Park. It is also connected with the nearby village of Gladowshöhe by a road that links Rehfelde and Garzau-Garzin with Klosterdorf.

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The public source identifies “Hohenstein (Strausberg)” as human settlement in Strausberg, Germany. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hohenstein, Strausberg and human.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hohenstein (Strausberg)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.