Renting
Living in the Schumacher Quartier.
In the Schumacher Quarter, more than just housing is being developed – a new part of the city is taking shape here.
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Anyone wishing to live in Berlin TXL and move to the Schumacher Quartier is choosing a neighbourhood that combines a sense of community, open spaces and a high quality of life. A variety of housing options and a high proportion of social housing make the neighbourhood a home for everyone – colourful, vibrant and affordable.
Location & Connections
The Schumacher Quartier is situated in north-west Berlin, right on Kurt-Schumacher-Platz in the Reinickendorf district. The Kurt-Schumacher-Platz and Scharnweberstraße underground stations on the U6 line provide a fast and reliable connection between the neighbourhood and the city centre: the city centre can be reached in 20 to 25 minutes. To the west lies the extensive Tegeler Stadtheide landscape park, whilst Lake Tegel and the Jungfernheide forest are right on the doorstep.
This is where the neighborhood comes to life
In the Schumacher Quartier, public spaces and green spaces are not just places to pass through – they are places to linger, to meet others and to share experiences.
A spacious, freely accessible landscape park is the perfect place for a stroll, a picnic or simply to relax. With its shaded areas, tables and viewing stands, it serves as the neighbourhood’s green living room.
Anyone who wants to get active will find everything their heart desires in the neighbourhood: a sports field, a bouldering wall, streetball, frisbee golf, an obstacle course and calisthenics stations.
How can I rent an apartment in the Schumacher Quartier?
Berlin TXL Management GmbH does not rent out apartments itself. The first apartments will be completed in 2028. Anyone interested in renting an apartment in the Schumacher Quartier should contact the state-owned housing companies directly. For the Schumacher Quartier, this is degewo on the first construction lot and, in the next phase, GESOBAU.
The first apartments are expected to be completed starting in 2028 and will be rented out by the state-owned housing companies degewo and GESOBAU. Subsidized rents account for approximately 35–40 percent of the neighborhood’s housing stock.
The rents are set by the state-owned housing companies. These are bound by the requirements of the state of Berlin, which are intended to ensure affordable housing. At a later date, housing cooperatives will also rent apartments in the Schumacher Quartier. All the latest information will be available here in due course.
- The Schumacher Quartier is well connected to Berlin city center via the two subway stations “Scharnweberstraße” and “Kurt-Schumacher-Platz” on the U6 line. The district can also be reached via several bus stops on lines X21, M21, 125, 128, 221 and N6.
- Bus line 109 runs to the Urban Tech Republic terminus, which is also the meeting point for the site tours for the entire Berlin TXL project. Before that, it also stops at the General-Ganeval-Brücke for the exit to the Infocenter Berlin TXL. You can find the route to the Urban Tech Republic stop here.
- With the further development of the Urban Tech Republic and the Schumacher Quartier, new public transport connections are to be expected. In future, there will also be a streetcar connection.
- You can find out about the current timetables at: bvg.de
Following the closure of Tegel Airport, almost 30,000 flats can be built on the site itself and in the wider surrounding area. In Spandau and Reinickendorf, there are also plans to designate neighbourhood protection zones in order to minimise the pressure for gentrification following the airport’s closure. Federal measures (such as the rent cap) also apply here. Furthermore, the so-called ISEK (Integrated Urban Development Concept) ‘Umfeld Berlin TXL’ has been drawn up for the area surrounding the airport site. The aim is to integrate the Urban Tech Republic and the Schumacher Quartier as effectively as possible with the existing neighbourhoods around them.
The first apartments in the Schumacher Quartier are expected to be completed in 2028. The approximately 2,500 residential units, which are being built by state-owned housing companies, will be allocated directly through the housing companies degewo and GESOBAU. Berlin TXL Management GmbH itself will neither build nor rent out apartments.