Plans & Concepts
Gain an insight into urban development! This page offers a comprehensive collection of city-wide strategies and plans that are shaping the character and future of our city. From comprehensive development strategies to detailed sectoral plans, you’ll find a wide range of documents here that provide insights into Eberswalde’s urban development.
General city-wide concepts
Integrated Urban Development Concept (INSEK) – My City Eberswalde 2035(2024)
Development Strategy for Residential Land(2023)
Development Objectives for the Eberswalde Sub-region(Central Area Concept, 18 November 2014)
City-wide Plans
Land Use Plan 2014 (Original Plan)
Plan version
Explanatory Notes
Supplementary maps
Environmental Report
Summary Explanation
1st Amendment to the Land Use Plan
Plan version
Explanatory Memorandum
Summary Statement
2nd Amendment to the Land Use Plan
Plan version
Explanatory Notes
Summary Explanation
1st Amendment to the Land-Use Plan
Plan version and justification
Land-Use Plan 2014, as republished on 19 January 2022
Plan version
4th Amendment to the Land-Use Plan
Plan version
Explanatory Notes
Summary Explanation
The Integrated Energy and Climate Protection Strategy forms the basis for Eberswalde’s current energy and climate policy. It brings together the wide range of local activities, derives realistic recommendations for action and serves as the basis for the current climate protection and adaptation measures.
The strategy was developed in 2012 and 2013 with broad participation from the local community. Initial analyses of the current situation and potential identified the range of possible actions, which were subsequently fleshed out in various scenarios, ultimately leading to the vision‘Energy+City Eberswalde 2030’could be developed. The result was a comprehensive action plan comprising 56 measures in the following areas:
- Renewable energy
- Energy-efficient refurbishment – public buildings
- Energy-efficient refurbishment – residential buildings
- Local and district heating
- Climate-resilient urban development
- Mobility – Transport
- Street lighting
- Internal structures and processes
- Education for sustainable development
On 12 December 2013, the City Council approved the strategy and an implementation-focused action plan. The action plan is intended to ensure swift implementation through initial, concrete measures.
The concept and the associated implementation process are being co-ordinated and supported within the city administration by the Department of Building and a cross-departmental working group led by the Climate Protection Manager.
To develop the concept, Eberswalde received funding from the RENplus programme of the State of Brandenburg and the European Union’s Regional Development Fund.
On 16 December 2010, the City Council adopted the Eberswalde Play Strategy as a guideline for action.
The Play Strategy is a strategic planning tool that focuses on the living environment of children and young people. It considers not only the play and activity areas allocated to them, but the entire urban area. The aim is to safeguard existing spaces for play, adventure, recreation and physical activity, and to develop new ones.
The Play Strategy is divided into various phases in which children and young people were actively involved. These phases are: stock-taking, potential analysis, development of measures and projects, and their implementation.
The individual documents relating to the Play Master Plan can be viewed via the following links:
Documentation
Eberswalde Play Master Plan
Finow Play Master Plan
Resource Pack
Recreation planning is an ongoing municipal responsibility. Information on the current status of implementation can be foundhere.
Transport development planning
The Mobility Plan 2030+, an integrated comprehensive documentcomprising a total of four components, as well as a preliminary (summary) framework plan, which you can view and download below:
Framework Plan – ‘Mobility in Eberswalde’ Mobility Plan 2030+andAppendices
Component I – Transport Development PlanandAppendices
Module II – Noise Action Planand Appendices
Module III – Air Quality Plan
Module IV – Mobility ManagementandAppendices
Our Mobility Plan 2030+ was adopted by a majority vote of the City Council on 26 November 2020 and received funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the State of Brandenburg. It thus replaces the Transport Development Plan, Noise Action Plan and Air Quality Plan from 2008, which had previously formed the basis for transport development in Eberswalde.
At the end of 2018, we set out with the aim of improving quality of life by increasing the efficiency of transport systems whilst simultaneously reducing the negative impacts resulting from traffic. The challenge here is that our society is becoming increasingly mobile. We are travelling more than ever before and spending more and more time in traffic. Goods, too, are now planned and delivered with pinpoint precision. It is therefore important to plan future transport development with a vision
Under the guiding principle:‘Together – Future-oriented – Mobile’measures were planned, assessed and finalised in consultation with all stakeholders (including citizens, politicians, interest groups, institutions, etc.) through various event formats.
These are to be implemented gradually over the coming years, and their effectiveness regularly evaluated. Only in this way can it be determined whether the implementation of the measures has achieved the stated objectives or, where necessary, whether appropriate adjustments need to be discussed. This must always be done against the backdrop of the respective framework conditions; these framework conditions may also change over time. The Mobility Plan 2030+ operates in an integrated manner across two timeframes: the current situation and the forecast. The current situation reflects the state of affairs today. It therefore describes the current transport conditions in Eberswalde. The planning horizon extends to the year 2030 – and the years that follow. A distinction is made here between two general approaches to the traffic forecast (baseline scenario vs. target scenario). The state’s current planning also relates to the year 2030. This ensures consistency across the planning levels.
Against this background, the Mobility Plan 2030+ defineslong-term objectives, which correspondthe current political decisions, will remain in force even beyond the year 2030 sollen. It thus sets out a long-term strategic vision, which is supported by the measures and the action plan. Accordingly, the Mobility Plan is, on the one hand,a framework and set of guidelinesfor future policy decisions. On the other hand, it provides anessential basis for forthcoming planning.
“People cycle primarily where the infrastructure meets cyclists’ needs and safety is guaranteed.”
With the support of a planning consultancy and the assistance of local residents, intensive work has been carried out over the past two years to further develop cycling infrastructure. On 25 June 2015, the city councillors unanimously approved the implementation-oriented cycling strategy that had been drawn up. It serves as a basis for decision-making by politicians and the administration when drawing up investment programmes and allocating budgetary resources. A key component of the cycling strategy is the 2030 target network, which is intended to be safe, fast and convenient to use in future. The necessary measures to achieve this have been drawn up.
The planned cycle network for the town of Eberswalde covers a total of 143 kilometres and is divided into three categories:
- Express cycle routes
- Main cycle routes
- Local and leisure cycle routes
The cycle express routes are links that enable safe, everyday cyclists to travel quickly and provide access to Eberswalde town centre from three directions. The main routes serve to link residential areas, the town centre, the secondary centre of Finow, as well as secondary schools, the university and the railway station. In addition, the urban integration and leisure routes offer alternative routes away from the main roads within the ‘shadow network’ and in the local area. All measures, the final report and comprehensive maps, as well as the brochure ‘Cycle … on new routes’ can be downloaded below.
Final Report – Implementation-Oriented Cycling Concept for Eberswalde
Analysis
Map of Cycling Destinations
Map of Destination Network
Map of Accidents
Traffic Counts
Map of Counting Points
Map: Public Participation
Measures
Measures
Measures in the long term
Map of measures
Assessment of measures
Explanation of the assessment of measures
Further studies and notes
Report on cycle parking facilities
Preliminary planning
Model Solutions
Meeting Minutes
Concept for Heegermühler Straße (B167) in Eberswalde
Road Safety Audit for Heegermühler Straße (B167)
Leaflet – Cycle route guidance on Heegermühler Straße
Sustainable and integrated transport planning has always been of great importance to the town of Eberswalde. The town’s aim is to reduce the share of private motorised transport in the modal split, i.e. journeys made by private car. The measures set out in the ‘Mobility Plan 2030+’ are intended to significantly increase the share of eco-friendly transport in the overall transport mix.
Promoting cycling plays a key role in this. Both municipal and regional forecasts indicate a continued steady increase in the number of commuters using local rail services in the coming years. Our cycle car park, situated directly at the transport hub – Eberswalde Central Station – is a hybrid structure that is unique to date.
During the construction of the cycle car park, priority was given to wood as a natural and renewable building material. In addition, solar panels and a bee-friendly substrate for the green roof were installed. This represents an important step towards promoting cycling. With a total of five entrances, the two-storey structure enables quick and hassle-free parking for 604 bicycles. In 2022, the Eberswalde cycle parking facility was awarded the German Transport Transformation Prize as one of five flagship projects in Germany and also received an honour as part of the 2022 German Civil Engineering Prize.
Bicycle Parking Facility Flyer (2022)
Guide to Bicycle Parking
Bicycle parking facilities are a vital part of cycling infrastructure. To ensure that people choose to cycle even more often in future, key factors for success include a high level of user-friendliness, easy access to one’s bicycle and, overall, an attractive standard of the entire cycling infrastructure. With theBicycle Parking leafletprovides a concise overview, whilst the accompanyingguideprovides detailed information on how to design and implement good cycle parking facilities.
As part of the project, the city has drawn up an‘Electric Mobility Action Plan’, which the city councillors approved for implementation in December 2015. This can be accessed on the city’s website under the ‘Urban Development’ section in the newly revised ‘Energy and Climate Protection’ section. The action plan brings together measures from five key areas: vehicle fleets, electric vehicle sharing, charging infrastructure, legal and political frameworks, and public relations. A particularly important objective is to inspire those who use vehicles with internal combustion engines in their daily lives to embrace electric mobility, thereby bringing the issue more into the public spotlight.
The first measures to be implemented in the town include the roll-out of public charging infrastructure for electric cars and e-bikes, the replacement of a petrol-powered vehicle with an electric car for the town council, and an information event for businesses with mobility needs. With this action plan, the town of Eberswalde is launching a further measure under its approved climate protection strategy and is also supporting the German government’s target of putting one million electric cars on German roads by 2020.
Combating climate change also requires urgent action at local level, as in Eberswalde. The transport sector contributes significantly to CO₂ emissions. A shift in thinking regarding urban and transport development planning is crucial to promoting sustainable mobility. Existing plans in the field of electric mobility are to be integrated and implemented through this action plan.
Looking for a parking space – found it?! On 1 July 2005, a new parking management scheme was introduced in Eberswalde town centre. This followed the realisation that there was very high demand for parking in some streets, attributable to the coexistence of paid and free parking spaces. Whilst paid car parks were being avoided, demand on the surrounding road network remained very high.
The results of the analysis can be summarised as follows: the parking management scheme has been highly effective ever since. It has achieved its aim of better balancing demand for parking spaces in public areas and in multi-storey car parks, as well as its aim of making the city centre’s retail sector and local service providers more accessible to motorists. But as is well known, where there is light, there is also shadow. The analysis therefore also includes the sobering realisation that, unintentionally, private car traffic to and from the city centre has increased. On balance, however, the positive effects of parking management clearly outweigh the negative ones.
This success was to be extended to the Bahnhofsvorstadt area in 2008. Following a thorough analysis of the city centre’s parking management to date, the Bahnhofsvorstadt area was examined in terms of parking supply and demand, as well as vehicle user groups and their association with recording times and frequencies.
Parking Management Concept(2008)
Parking Management Concept(2012)
Analysis
Measures
Evaluation Report
Leaflet
On 10 September, the Urban Development Office presented a transport planning study to the Building Committee of the Eberswalde Town Council regarding the potential use of the extended Biesenthaler Straße between Eberswalde-Finow and Biesenthal.
At present, section 010 of Biesenthaler Straße (from the B167 in Finow to the L200 in Biesenthal) is a state road (L293) and is therefore the responsibility of the State of Brandenburg. The structural condition of the road is only suitable for vehicular traffic in the section between the B167 and Eberswalde–Finow Airport. Along the remainder of the route, there is significant structural damage in places. Furthermore, the section of the route between Eberswalde–Finow Airport and Biesenthal – known as the ‘Grüner Weg’ – is closed to all types of vehicles. In 2005, the towns of Biesenthal and Eberswalde (with the support of Barnim District) decided to to take over responsibility for Biesenthaler Straße as a local road in the long term, once the new B 167 has been opened to traffic, as a potential need (e.g. including cycle traffic) is recognised at local authority level that is to be accommodated via Biesenthaler Straße.
In this context, the draft traffic engineering study prepared by the town council was presented to the Committee for Construction, Planning and the Environment on 10 September 2013. The aim is to identify possible development alternatives for the section of Biesenthaler Straße and their implications.
Draft transport planning study
Special report on species protection
FFH Impact Assessment
Photos
The Mobility Plan 2030+, an integrated comprehensive documentcomprising a total of four components, as well as a preliminary (summary) framework plan, can be viewed and downloaded below:
Framework Plan – ‘Mobile in Eberswalde’ Mobility Plan 2030+andAppendices
Component I – Transport Development PlanandAppendices
Module II – Noise Action Planand Appendices
Module III – Air Quality Plan
Module IV – Mobility ManagementandAppendices
Our Mobility Plan 2030+ was adopted by a majority vote of the City Council on 26 November 2020 and received funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the State of Brandenburg. It thus replaces the Transport Development Plan, Noise Action Plan and Air Quality Plan from 2008, which had previously formed the basis for transport development in Eberswalde.
At the end of 2018, we set out with the aim of improving quality of life by increasing the efficiency of transport systems whilst simultaneously reducing the negative impacts resulting from transport. The challenge here is that our society is becoming increasingly mobile. We are travelling more than ever before and spending ever more time in traffic. Goods, too, are now planned and delivered with pinpoint precision. It is therefore important to plan future transport development with a vision
Under the guiding principle:‘Together – Future-oriented – Mobile’measures were planned, assessed and finalised in consultation with all stakeholders (including citizens, politicians, interest groups, institutions, etc.) through various event formats.
These are to be implemented gradually over the coming years, and their effectiveness regularly evaluated. Only in this way can it be determined whether the implementation of the measures has achieved the stated objectives or whether, where necessary, appropriate adjustments need to be discussed. This must always be done against the backdrop of the respective framework conditions; these framework conditions may also change over time. The Mobility Plan 2030+ operates in an integrated manner across two temporal levels: the current situation and the forecast. The current situation reflects the state of affairs today. It therefore describes the transport conditions currently prevailing in Eberswalde. The planning horizon extends to the year 2030 – and the years that follow. A distinction is made here between two general approaches to the traffic forecast (baseline scenario vs. target scenario). The state’s current planning also relates to the year 2030. This ensures consistency across the planning levels.
Against this background, the Mobility Plan 2030+ defineslong-term objectives, which correspondthe current political decisions, will remain in force even beyond the year 2030 sollen. It thus sets out a long-term strategic vision, which is supported by the measures and the action plan. Accordingly, the mobility plan is, on the one hand,a framework and set of guidelinesfor future policy decisions. On the other hand, it provides anessential basis for forthcoming planning.
“People cycle primarily where the infrastructure meets cyclists’ needs and safety is guaranteed.”
With the support of a planning consultancy and the assistance of local residents, intensive work has been carried out over the past two years to further develop cycling infrastructure. On 25 June 2015, the city councillors unanimously approved the implementation-oriented cycling plan that had been drawn up. It serves as a basis for decision-making by politicians and the administration when drawing up investment programmes and allocating budgetary funds. A key component of the cycling strategy is the 2030 target network, which is intended to be safe, fast and convenient to use in future. The necessary measures to achieve this have been drawn up.
The planned cycle network for the town of Eberswalde covers a total of 143 kilometres and is divided into three categories:
- Express cycle routes
- Main cycle routes
- Local and leisure cycle routes
The cycle express routes are connections that enable safe, everyday cyclists to travel quickly and provide access to Eberswalde town centre from three directions. The main routes serve to link residential areas, the town centre, the secondary centre of Finow, as well as secondary schools, the university and the railway station. In addition, the densification and leisure routes offer alternative routes away from the main roads, within the ‘shadow network’ and in the local area. All measures, the final report and comprehensive maps, as well as the brochure ‘Cycle … on new routes’, can be downloaded below.
Final Report – Implementation-Oriented Cycling Concept for Eberswalde
Analysis
Map of Cycling Destinations
Map of Destination Network
Map of Accidents
Traffic Counts
Map of Counting Points
Map: Public Participation
Measures
Measures
Measures in the long term
Map of measures
Assessment of measures
Explanation of the assessment of measures
Further studies and notes
Report on cycle parking facilities
Preliminary planning
Model Solutions
Meeting Minutes
Concept for Heegermühler Straße (B167) in Eberswalde
Road Safety Audit for Heegermühler Straße (B167)
Leaflet – Cycle route on Heegermühler Straße
Sustainable and integrated transport planning has always been of great importance to the town of Eberswalde. The town’s aim is to reduce the proportion of private motorised transport in the modal split – that is, journeys made by private car. The measures set out in the ‘Mobility Plan 2030+’ are intended to significantly increase the share of eco-friendly transport in the overall transport mix.
Promoting cycling plays a key role in this. Both municipal and wider forecasts indicate a continued steady increase in the number of commuters using local rail services in the coming years. Our cycle car park, situated directly at the transport hub – Eberswalde Central Station – is a hybrid structure that is unique to date.
During the construction of the cycle car park, priority was given to wood as a natural and renewable building material. In addition, solar panels and a bee-friendly substrate for the green roof were installed. This represents an important step towards promoting cycling. With a total of five entrances, the two-storey structure enables quick and hassle-free parking for 604 bicycles. In 2022, the Eberswalde cycle park was awarded the German Transport Transformation Prize as one of five flagship projects in Germany and also received an award as part of the 2022 German Civil Engineering Prize.
Bicycle Parking Facility leaflet (2022)
Guide to Bicycle Parking
Bicycle parking facilities are a vital part of cycling infrastructure. To ensure that people choose to cycle even more often in future, user-friendliness, easy access to bicycles and an overall high standard of the entire cycling infrastructure are key to success. With theBicycle Parking leafletprovides a concise overview, whilst the accompanyingguideprovides detailed information on how to design and implement good cycle parking facilities.
As part of the project, the city has drawn up an‘Electric Mobility Action Plan’, which the city councillors approved for implementation in December 2015. This can be accessed on the city’s website under the ‘Urban Development’ section in the newly revised ‘Energy and Climate Protection’ section. The action plan brings together measures from five key areas: vehicle fleets, electric vehicle sharing, charging infrastructure, legal and political frameworks, and public relations. A particularly important objective is to inspire those who use vehicles with internal combustion engines in their daily lives to embrace electric mobility, thereby bringing the issue more into the public eye.
The first measures to be implemented in the town include the roll-out of public charging infrastructure for electric cars and e-bikes, the replacement of a petrol-powered vehicle with an electric car for the town council, and an information event for businesses with mobility needs. With this action plan, the town of Eberswalde is launching a further measure under its approved climate protection strategy and is also supporting the German government’s target of putting one million electric cars on German roads by 2020.
Combating climate change also requires urgent action at local level, as in Eberswalde. The transport sector contributes significantly to CO₂ emissions. A shift in thinking regarding urban and transport development planning is crucial to promoting sustainable mobility. Existing plans in the field of electric mobility are to be integrated and implemented through this action plan.
Looking for a parking space? Found one?! On 1 July 2005, a new parking management scheme was introduced in Eberswalde town centre. This followed the realisation that there was very high parking demand on some streets, attributable to the coexistence of paid and free parking spaces. Whilst paid car parks were being avoided, demand on the surrounding road network remained very high.
The results of the analysis can be summarised as follows: since then, the parking management scheme has been highly effective. It has achieved its aim of better balancing demand for parking spaces in public areas and in multi-storey car parks, as well as its aim of making the city centre’s retail sector and local service providers more accessible to motorists. But as is well known, where there is light, there is also shadow. The analysis therefore also includes the sobering realisation that, unintentionally, private motorised traffic to and from the city centre has increased. On balance, however, the positive effects of parking management clearly outweigh the negative ones.
This success was to be extended to the Bahnhofsvorstadt area in 2008. Following a thorough analysis of parking management in the city centre to date, the Bahnhofsvorstadt area was examined in terms of parking supply and demand, as well as vehicle user groups and their distribution across recording times and frequencies.
Parking Management Concept(2008)
Parking Management Concept(2012)
Analysis
Measures
Evaluation Report
Leaflet
On 10 September, the Urban Development Office submitted a transport planning study to the Building Committee of the Eberswalde Town Council regarding the potential use of the extended Biesenthaler Straße between Eberswalde-Finow and Biesenthal.
At present, section 010 of Biesenthaler Straße (from the B167 in Finow to the L200 in Biesenthal) is a state road (L293) and is therefore the responsibility of the State of Brandenburg. The structural condition of the road is only suitable for vehicular traffic in the section between the B 167 and Eberswalde–Finow airfield. Along the remainder of the route, there is structural damage, some of it considerable. Furthermore, the section of the route between Eberswalde–Finow Airport and Biesenthal – known as ‘Grüner Weg’ – is closed to all types of vehicles. In 2005, the towns of Biesenthal and Eberswalde (with the support of Barnim District) decided to to take over responsibility for Biesenthaler Straße as a local road in the long term, following the opening of the new B 167, as a potential need (e.g. including cycle traffic) is identified at local authority level that is to be accommodated via Biesenthaler Straße.
In this context, the draft traffic study prepared by the town administration was presented to the Committee for Construction, Planning and the Environment on 10 September 2013. The aim is to identify possible development options for the section of Biesenthaler Straße and their implications.
Draft transport planning study
Special report on species protection
FFH Impact Assessment
Photos
Neighbourhood development plans / specialist planning
Integrated Development Concept 2019 for the Brandenburgische Viertel in Eberswalde(29 April 2019)
Report
List of measures and plans
Project profiles
Brandenburgisches Viertel Neighbourhood Development Concept (STEK BV)(23 November 2017)
Text section
Map 1: Analysis and Need for Action
Map 2: Vision and Objectives
Map 5: Urban Regeneration Area Category
Map 4: Measures
Finow Neighbourhood Development Plan (2011)