Karlshorst

Karlshorst (, ; ; literally meaning ''Karl's nest) is a locality in the borough of Lichtenberg in Berlin. It is home to a harness racing track, the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW''), the largest University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, and the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst.

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German location.name: Karlshorst
German location.image_photo: Treskowallee gesamt 1.jpg
German location.image_caption: Treskowallee
German location.type: Quarter
German location.City: Berlin
German location.state: Berlin
German location.borough: Lichtenberg, Berlin
German location.elevation: 37-42
German location.area: 6.6
German location.postal_code: 10318
German location.licence: B
German location.year: 1895
German location.plantext: Location of Karlshorst in Lichtenberg district and Berlin
German location.image_plan: Berlin Lichtenberg Karlshorst.png

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Population: 27956
Area: 6.6
Elevation: 36
Image: StMarien Khst-28.JPG

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Commons category: Berlin-Karlshorst
Commons gallery: Berlin-Karlshorst
postal code: 10318
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Karlshorst (, ; ; literally meaning ''Karl's nest) is a locality in the borough of Lichtenberg in Berlin. It is home to a harness racing track, the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW), the largest University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, and the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst.

==History== thumb|left|The German-Russian Museum. Established in 1895 as the Carlshorst'' mansion's colony, Karlshorst from 1901 had access to the railway line from Berlin to Breslau (today Wrocław, Poland) and developed to a quite affluent residential area, sometimes referred to as "Dahlem of the East". The locality encompasses the Waldsiedlung, a garden city laid out between 1919 and 1921 according to plans by Peter Behrens.