Panketal

Panketal is a municipality in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 15 km northeast of Berlin (centre).

History
Panketal emerged in 2003 by merging the municipalities Zepernick and Schwanebeck. Since 1996, the population increased by 52.8%.

From 1815 to 1947, the constituent localities of Panketal were part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, from 1947 to 1952 of the State of Brandenburg, from 1952 to 1990 of the East German Bezirk Frankfurt and since 1990 again of Brandenburg.

Recreation
In 2006 a ropes course has been set up in the district Hobrechtsfelde. The ropes course has some 20 different training units. It was subsidized by Panketal with a total sum of 150,000 €.