Majakowskiring

Majakowskiring
Otto Grotewohl's house at Majakowskiring 46
Location within Berlin
Former name(s)
  • Northern section:
  • Viktoriastraße
  • Southern section:
  • Kronprinzenstraße
  • (before 1900–1950)
  • Majakowskistraße
  • (short time)
NamesakeVladimir Mayakovski
TypeStreet
LocationBerlin, Germany
QuarterNiederschönhausen
Nearest metro station
Schönholz
Coordinates52°34′32″N 13°24′20″E / 52.57558°N 13.40561°E / 52.57558; 13.40561
East endPestalozzistraße
Major
junctions
  • Rudolf-Ditzen-Weg
  • Köberlsteig
  • Boris-Pasternak-Weg
  • Stille Straße
West endGrabbeallee

The Majakowskiring (named after Vladimir Mayakovsky) is an ellipse-shaped street in the Pankow district of Berlin, Germany, in the Niederschönhausen locality. It was famous as the residence of many senior figures in the government of the German Democratic Republic.

The Majakowskiring neighbourhood (Ortslage) is situated between Grabbeallee to the west and northwest, Ossietzkystraße and Schlosspark to the east, Schloss Schönhausen to the northeast, and the Panke river to the south.