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Fennpfuhl, Berlin — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Fennpfuhl is a compact quarter of Berlin, named for an old fen pool and gathered around the Protestant Samaritan Church.
About Fennpfuhl
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Fennpfuhl is a compact residential quarter of Berlin, laid out on the ground of an old fen pool. Guest beds run short. A few rooms sit among the blocks near the Protestant Samaritan Church and the Evangelical Congregation Am Fennpfuhl, close to the Sporthalle Samariterstraße.
If you would rather bed down in a quiet Berlin quarter around the Protestant Samaritan Church than in the crowded centre, and you value calm streets over nightlife, Fennpfuhl will suit you.
About Fennpfuhl
What are the main landmarks in Fennpfuhl?
Fennpfuhl keeps a mix of churches, sport, and monuments. The Protestant Samaritan Church, the Evangelical Congregation Am Fennpfuhl and the old Dorfkirche Lichtenberg mark the ground, while the Eisschnelllaufhalle Berlin-Hohenschönhausen and the Sporthalle Samariterstraße draw in athletes. Sculptures stand between the blocks.
The Sower, the Friedrich Wolf bust and the memorial to the Deutscher Widerstand gegen den Faschismus round out this Berlin quarter.
What is the history of Fennpfuhl?
Fennpfuhl takes its name from an old fen pool, and the land around it belonged to the village world of Lichtenberg, whose Dorfkirche Lichtenberg still stands nearby. The pool gave the place its name. Later the quarter filled in as part of Berlin, and its churches and monuments followed, the Protestant Samaritan Church, the Friedrich Wolf bust and the memorial to the Deutscher Widerstand gegen den Faschismus.
Where is Fennpfuhl?
Fennpfuhl is a compact quarter of Berlin on the ground of an old fen pool, near the Dorfkirche Lichtenberg and the Protestant Samaritan Church.
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Updated July 2026