Parking near Karolinenhof

Karolinenhof, a picturesque locality located in Berlin's Treptow-Kopenick district with around 2000 inhabitants, is an attractive place to live. It is located five kilometers south of Grunau and is between the west shore of the Long Lake road and the Adlergestell Road. Karolinenhof is located on the southern border of Schmockwitz and has two islands in the Long Lake, the Big Rohrwall and the Small Rohrwall. The small Rohrwall isle, as well as Karolinenhof, belong to Schmockwitz. However, the Big Rohrwall isle belongs to Grunau. The Krumme Lake is formed by the Schappachstrasse forest.

Karolinenhof is a place with a long history. It dates back to 1785, when farmer Kersten built the Karolinenhof farm. The farmhouse, named after his wife Karoline and covering 72 hectares of land that he leased from Schmockwitz Community, was built in 1785. In the 1880s a restaurant called "Seeschlosschen Carolinenhof" was built along the Long Lake shore, and in the surrounding neighborhood a laundry. The buildings still stand on Rehfeldtstrasse. Albert Schappach, a Berlin banker, founded Carolinenhof terrain in 1895 and built a villa colony there. In Schappachstrasse 16 he built a villa and a stable, which served as a Kindergarten until the 1990s. Both Schappachstrasse 27 and Schappachstrasse 16 are historical monuments. By 1901, thirteen houses existed on the present-day Schappachstrasse/Rehfeldtstrasse/Vetschauer Allee. The population grew steadily after World War I. In 1912, the Schmockwitz - Grunau shore railway was built to connect the area with the Berlin suburban trains. The shore rail used to run along the current Vetschauer Allee and Schappachstrasse. It also ran through the forest, parallel to Karolinenhofweg. Adlergestell was located directly behind the gardens. In 1925, however, because Karolinenhof did not develop as planned, the tram was relocated from Schappachstrasse into Vetschauer Allee. Along the Dahme's banks, water sports clubs were established. At the end of World War II, in May 1945, the Karolinenhof forest cemetery was established as an emergency cemetery southwest of the Adlergestell/Vetschauer Allee intersection. Around 100 Karolinenhof residents were buried there until the end of 1946. The high water table in the area and the marshy soil caused the basements of houses along Karolinenhofweg to flood frequently. After World War II, the Fechtwiese pond was built on Rehfeldstrasse. In 1960, Karolinenhof was home to about 2000 residents in 650 homes. Karolinenhof became a popular ship trip destination in the 1980s for the East German Government. Today, houseboats can be found at the old Honecker Bridge on the western village exit. Karolinenhof had three grocery stores and a fruit and vegetables store. It also had a pharmacy, a post office, a bakery, a hairdresser and kindergarten. Only