Named after Hoppegarten, a name that comes from ‘hops’.
The name Hoppegarten derives from the word Hopfen, hops. The place became famous for its racecourse, opened in 1868, and locals soon nicknamed the station building the ‘Kaiserbahnhof’ (emperor’s station). It became Hoppegarten (Mark) in 1911; since 2018 the municipality officially calls itself Rennbahngemeinde, ‘racecourse municipality’.